Month: July 2024

We’ve probably all played the trick on another adult or child where we tell the person to “look over there”, while we steal something from them “over here”. It could have been a piece of candy, a potato chip or French fry, or maybe we switch plates or drinks. When the person looks away, we quickly take possession of our prey of choice, or make the swap. Regardless of the item acquired or switched, when we are the instigator of this “practical joke”, we do so at the expense of another who is unsuspecting and maybe naive. One thing is for certain, the instigator uses verbal power, or words, at the expense the other. Words are a very powerful tool, to be used for good, or to be used for bad. If you are a believer in the Creation, then you know that it was not God’s hand that brought everything into existence, it was done by His spoken Word. “Then God said . . .” (Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, and 29). Now that is REAL power. Created in His image, we too have power in our words, that can be used to His glory, or to our demise, or to the destruction of another. The “word” we want to focus on today is the word “DEMOCRACY”. Some are trying to pull a form of “bait and switch”, where what is promised is not what is given, or where that which is professed is not what is practiced.

Our “DEMOCRACY” is being corrupted. It is not the threat of future corruption; it is the act of current corruption. We have explained the concept of “PROJECTION” in a previous blog, but we need to review it once again for emphasis. In Psychology, it is “the tendency to ascribe to another person feelings, thoughts, or attitudes present in oneself . . .” (dictionary.com.) In politics today, if I know I am doing something nefarious, I may use “PROJECTION” to accuse the other party of doing what I am doing in hopes of deflecting attention away from my own nefarious acts. When it comes to claiming the Republican party is going to destroy “DEMOCRACY”, we have only to look at what the Democrats are currently doing to destroy “DEMOCRACY”. While claiming that all votes should be counted, they deny that all legal votes should be counted. They have denied attempts to place a citizenship question on National census questionnaires, thus inflating the House of Representatives with bogus additional Representatives not based on legal citizens alone. They are encouraging illegal aliens to register to vote, knowing that it is illegal for them to do that without proper documentation. They continually deny attempts for voter I.D. (identification). They rebuff any and all attempts to prove the sanctity of election results, knowing full well that fraud will be found. If they were so sure that fraud was void in our elections, they would be first to step forward to prove it to be so.

Democrats have been so enraptured with their own definition of “democracy”, that they have been willing to subvert their own definition by throwing out over 14 million votes for the current occupant of the White House. Those elites in power have orchestrated a “soft coup” to replace him with one apparently less mentally compromised, who incidentally failed miserably and dropped out early in the democrat primary process. In the process of replacing their own candidate by their own power and design, they have negated those peon voters, like you and me, making their votes null and void. That is NOT “DEMOCRACY”. That is setting up an Oligarchy (government by a few), maybe even leading to an Autocracy (government by one).

So where does “GASLIGHTING” come into play. This is another word we have addressed before in an earlier blog post but will briefly review it now for your remembrance. It is the “psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator.” (merriam-webster.com.) It is a form of “Stockholm Syndrome”, where when you have been exposed to something for an extended period of time, you begin to sympathize with your captors and come into alignment with their cause. If everyone around you tells you the sky is really green, over time, you may become to believe it to be true, even though the sky is still blue.

Our “DEMOCRACY” is being corrupted. We have been told enough by the democrats that all other parties are a threat to democracy, that some may begin to believe it to be true, even though it is not true. We have been the victims of “GASLIGHTING”. We need to recognize that democrats are using “PROJECTION” accusing other parties of going to do what they themselves are doing now. We need to cut the strings corrupting our “DEMOCRACY”. Our FREEDOM and LIBERTY are in danger of being corrupted as well. Democrats will try to redefine those words, and attempt to expunge them from our founding documents, and even erase them from historical context and from memory itself. If you believe we as a Nation were better off four years ago, then there is only one candidate that can save “DEMOCRACY” within our REPUBLIC. You must vote for a change in the current leadership within Washington, D.C., not just for President, but for all Senators and Representatives, and all “down-ballot” candidates that desire a return to National sanity, to morality, to equal justice an accountability.

The date was July 9, 1755. It was the French and Indian war. Basically, a battle of the French against the British, where the Americans sided with the British, and the Indians sided with the French. A two-hour battle ensued. While riding to the French Fort Duquesne, and only seven miles from the fort, now known a Pittsburgh, the British and Americans rode into an ambush by the French and Indians. A 23-year-old rider was tasked with riding “. . . to and fro on the battlefield, delivering the general’s orders to other officers and troops.” “Of the eighty-six British and American officers, sixty-three were casualties.” “At the end of two hours, 714 of the 1300 British and American troops had been shot down; only 30 of the French and Indians had been shot.” The only officer still on horseback who was not shot down, was this 23-year-old man. “The next day, [this man] wrote a letter to his family explaining that after the battle was over, he had taken off his jacket and had found four bullet holes through it, yet not a single bullet had touched him; several horses had been shot from under him, but he had not been harmed. He told them: ‘By the all powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation’. [He] openly acknowledged that God’s hand was upon him, that God had protected him and kept him through that battle.”

“However, the story does not stop here. Fifteen years later, in 1770 – now a time of peace – [this same young man] and a close personal friend, Dr. James Craik, returned to those same Pennsylvania woods. An old Indian chief from far away, having heard that [he] had come back to those woods, traveled a long way just to meet with him. He sat down with [the young man], and face-to-face over a council fire, the chief told [the young man] that he had been a leader in that battle fifteen years earlier, and that he had instructed his braves to single out all the officers and shoot them down. [The young man] had been singled out, and the chief explained that he personally had shot at [him] seventeen different times, but without effect. Believing [him] to be under the care of the Great Spirit, the chief instructed his braves to cease firing at him. He then told [the young man]: ‘I have traveled a long and weary path that I might see the young warrior of the great battle . . . . I am come to pay homage to the man who is the particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle’.” (josephsmithfoundation.org.)

This man went on to serve in the Revolutionary War but lost more battles than he won. Others wanted him replaced, calling him ineffective. He even had others planning for his assassination. Against many odds, this young man became a leader, serving as a general in the Revolutionary War, standing about six feet two inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds, truly a giant among his peers. You may know him by his name. He became the first President of our United States. He has become known as the “father of our Country.” This young man’s name was George Washington. Had it not been for this “young man”, and God’s hand protecting him, we may today be living under British rule, and not being able to enjoy the FREEDOM and LIBERTY that we currently enjoy, protected by our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

We started our blog today with the title “FIVE BULLET HOLES and the course of our Republic.” So, you ask us, “Washington had four bullet holes in his uniform, why did you mention ‘five’.” Few men stand head and shoulders above others, having the fortitude, wisdom, and vision to lead a nation to become greatest among all others. Washington was the first, but what we witnessed on Saturday, July 13, was a man standing tall, taking a bullet hole in his ear. This was the “fifth bullet hole” which we referenced at the beginning of our blog. The previous President of the United States has not won every battle he has had to fight. He has been hindered by opposing forces at nearly every turn. The opposition has spied upon him from the very beginning, has used the “administrative state”, unelected bureaucrats, to foil many of his efforts and programs to make our Nation safer, more unified, while lifting the down-trodden out of poverty and into prosperity. They have charged him in national and state courts, with contrive, bogus charges, in hopes of imprisoning him for hundreds of years. They have attempted to remove him from ballots in an attempt to prevent citizens their right to vote for him. They have brought unproven charges against him and have taken millions of dollars away from his estate, even desiring to remove from him his ownership of properties. They have used a two-tier justice system to try and bring him down. They have called him every evil name they can think of and in fact congressional leaders and most of the media have used inflammatory language raising unfounded accusations leading opposing forces to anger to the point of violence. Finally, they have failed to assassinate him, leaving him with the “fifth bullet hole” in the ear we referenced earlier. And still, this man stands tall for our Nation.

We live in a very special Nation. Unique in its founding principles, based on ages of previous wisdom, formulated under the direction of Godly men and women. At FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM, we believe that the hand of God was a work to protect the previous President of the United States from the assassination attempt on July 13. God is at work in our lives and in the life of our Nation. We will close with the following text found in Romans 13: 1-5.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid Gods wrath but also for the sake of conscience.”

We are privileged to live in this Nation where FREEDOM and LIBERTY are for all legal citizens to enjoy and protect. We are God’s earthly instruments to be and do good. To be silent is not our job, but our job is to speak boldly and proudly and to proclaim eternal salvation to those who believe. “Fight! Fight! Fight!” for our Nation’s survival. Our Nation was founded with God’s providential hand at work, and our Nation is now witnessing His hand once again in the providential care provided to our last President of the United States. Do your part, however small and ineffectual it may seem to be, for our Creator works in mysterious ways, sometimes using processes and humans in ways we could never imagine, let alone orchestrate.

Okay. We hear your complaint once again. “There you go again, throwing big words or three-letter abbreviations at us! We just don’t understand and get confused with these terms.” We understand your frustration, but that’s the point of those who throw these terms around like free candy. They really don’t want you to understand what it is all about, hoping instead that you will just ignore it all and allow the words or letters heard to simply go in one ear and out the other. The problem lies in the fact that what is being disseminated can alter your existence and frustrate your efforts to appreciate, enjoy, and support your FREEDOM and LIBERTY, not just for yourself, but for your Nation as well.

We all know what a road intersection looks like, where two or more lanes of travel come together, or intersect with each other. Some lanes of travel are more well-traveled and may get preference over others less traveled. You may experience from time-to-time frustration trying to pull out into traffic from a store parking lot when attempting to pull out onto a four-lane road with traffic travelling at forty miles per hour. You could wait for minutes. Pulling across traffic going in a direction opposite to the direction of your preferred travel, without any kind of regulated stop signal, is not only time-consuming but can increase the dangers to you and your vehicle. It certainly impedes your progress in trying to get from where you are to where you want to go.

INTERSECTIONALITY is similar to what we described above but relates to how certain entities or groups within our society have preference over others. Emphasis has been placed on certain segments of our society who feel subjugated by others, so the term was created to bring awareness to this issue. Look at the picture below to better help understand its origins.

Well, there is another term mentioned above that we really don’t want to get into in this blog. Critical Race Theory, or CRT. We’ll set this term aside for maybe a latter blog. We’ll get to the term “DEI”, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”, later in this blog and how it all ties in together with INTERSECTIONALITY. When we strip all the bark of the tree and get down to the hardwood, we basically have a section of those in our society who feel disadvantaged and suppressed by other sections of our society. Those feeling so oppressed have joined forces to create this movement of INTERSECTIONALITY. They include people of color, primarily some blacks, some women, and many of those in the LGBTQIA+ movements. To address the dangers of INTERSECTIONALITY and DEI, consider just for a moment having a traffic light at every store along your main street. How effective would your transportation from your departure point to your destination point be? You may be able to get out more easily into the stream of traffic, but it would be so backed up at every traffic light that your progress toward your destination would be extended not simply by a matter of minutes, but by hours, and maybe even days!

DEI has been incorporated into many of our society’s firms, entities, businesses, organizations, and corporations for years. The attempt being made is to counter the perceived inequities in INTERSECTIONALITY. While it is true that many segments of our society face challenges not faced by other segments, what is dangerous about this push toward “equity” is that those who may be most qualified may not be the ones promoted to higher positions or offices. In a previous blog we talked about the concept known as THE PETER PRINCIPAL, where sometimes an individual is promoted to their level of incompetence. Just because you may belong to a group who feel suppressed, doesn’t mean you have the talents or abilities to handle higher levels of responsibility. To bring this point down to something all of us can relate to consider the following scenarios. Consider that you are about to be operated on with a procedure that can be life-threatening if not accomplished in the most skillful manner. Of all surgeons available, you have been assigned one not based upon skill but based on DEI, a person advanced to this job not based on skill, but based upon race, gender, and maybe even ideology, one that could be opposite to yours. How comfortable would you be for a successful outcome of your operation? Here is another scenario. Consider you are about to climb aboard an aircraft known to have had some maintenance problems in the past, some even leading to death of hundreds of passengers. Who do you want to Captain your flight? Would you prefer Captain “Sully” who landed his powerless passenger jet in the Hudson River saving all aboard, or do you want someone up front flying who was advanced to that position based only on their gender, race, and ideology? INTERSECTIONALITY and DEI is another way of imposing quotas on businesses and corporations and has been of late most observed in the center of our Nation’s government. Lest we forget, the United States “Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions”. Affirmative Action was used for years that allowed universities to consider a person’s race in the admittance process, and in doing so mandated racial percentages regardless of “challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned . . .”. (npr.org; updated June 29, 2023; Nina Totenberg.) But INTERSECTIONALITY and DEI have taken the place of Affirmative Action in a much broader way, extending well beyond the college institution experience, in a surreptitious way imposing “quotas” either by government mandate or due to the threat of government and social media retaliation.

Finally, INTERSECTIONALITY and DEI have not only invaded our social and business institutions but have reached deeply into the fabric of our National government. Consider for a moment what the current occupant of the White House said when preparing for a Supreme Court nomination. “The president also reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the nation’s highest court.” (cbsnews.com; updated on January 28, 2022; Kathryn Watson.) He was a man of his word. “[The current occupant of the White House] nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on Supreme Court.” (abcnews.go.com; February 25, 2022; Devin Dwyer.) So how deep was the pool of potential Justices for this position? “2.28% of all lawyers at firms were black women.” (forbes.com; updated March 20,2024; Jeffery Johnson, J.D.) In selecting the candidate for the Supreme Court, over 97% of all potential attorneys were excluded from the process. Now we are not saying the person selected was not the most qualified, but do you really believe she was the most qualified among all attorneys within our Nation? This was INTERSECTIONALITY and DEI at work.

Our FREEDOM and LIBERTY are being peeled away from us right before our eyes. We have allowed those in charge of our National government to use restrictive ideologies to put many in charge of vital functions of our National infrastructures. It is impossible to claim the best and brightest, the ones most qualified because of “challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned” have filled the powerful positions within the halls of our current National government. If you recognize the dangers posed by INTERSECTIONALITY and DEI, then you must vote to replace those currently in power of our National government. Do this for yourself, for your prodigy, and to be counted among those who through the ages have fought and sacrificed much to establish and maintain the greatest Nation that has ever existed on the face of the earth. Put feet to your prayers and actions to your words.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLIGIANCE. Who and what are we pledging to and for? Sometimes this process sounds a little Communistic, where we are being forced to show solidarity to the powers in control of our lives and destiny. We believe a little bit of history is in order place THE PLEDGE into its proper context.

“The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). It was originally published in The Youth’s Companion on September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country. In its original form it read: ‘I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’ In 1923, the words, ‘the Flag of the United States of America’ were added.” “In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words ‘under God,‘ creating the 31-word pledge we say today.” (ushistory.org.) Going back slightly further, “The first version, with a text different from the one used at present, was written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later authored a book on how to teach patriotism to children in public schools.” (wikipedia.org.)

Other things were incorporated into saying the pledge, some gestures still stand, and some do not. Men are still asked to remove non-religious and non-military head ware, and soldiers are asked to offer a hand salute, straight forearm and hand, with the palm down, to the forehead. What is not done any more is to offer a hand extended upwards, with the palm up, toward the flag, but with the rise of the Third Reich and their salute, that similar gesture was dropped by the U.S., asking instead that the right hand be placed over the heart area. THE PLEDGE is still given when opening “. . . legislative sessions of the United States Senate and countless other government, public and private gatherings.” (religionnews.com.) But a review of the history of THE PLEDGE is not the only purpose for this blog.

First, and more simply stated, is that the currently used pledge should be recited slightly differently than how many say it. When saying the phrase, “. . . one nation under God . . . “ There is NO comma after “one nation”! There is NO pause between the words “nation” and “under”! (oklahoman.com; one among many other articles.)

Call it a pet peeve, but we at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM see an enormous amount of hypocrisy when it comes to those on the left who say our “democracy” is being threatened by the return of the former President of the United States. The left constantly and irreverently claim that our Nation is a “Democracy”, when in fact, it is a Constitutional Republic. Yes, there are democratic principles within our Republic, but our system of government was set up to not simply always favor the majority, but to favor equality for all. A smaller minority could be voted out into extinction if their rights under our Constitution are not protected. Smaller, less populated states, have the same weight when it comes to National issues as do those larger, more populated, states. The Electoral College helps to provide this protection for all states equally. So does the makeup of the Senate, where each state, regardless of size and population, have equal representation, two Senators per state. But this leads us into the major point of our blog today.

The major hypocrisy displayed by those on the political left, who keep claiming they are the saviors of “democracy”, fail themselves to understand that our Nation is NOT a “democracy”. We started our blog today talking about THE PLEDGE. Yes, it was a good history lesson, but the purpose for starting our blog this way was for this last point in our blog today. When those on the left say THE PLEDGE, do they understand that they are pledging their allegiance to “the REPUBLIC “, not to “the democracy”. Those on the left are hypocritical, duplicitous, and to say it in maybe a less threatening way, ill-informed and unknowledgeable. Our FREEDOM and LIBERTY are threatened by those who practice gaslighting and “newspeak” (see our blog on June 16, 2024, titled, “INGSOC”.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”