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Last week we did a deep dive into the power of WORDS. It seems like new WORDS are thrown at us every week. We can hardly keep up with this inundation. When we began blogging back in 2021, we focused on how those who seek to obtain and maintain power set at odds segments within our Nation. Please spend a few minutes to review the following blogs as they are as prescient today as they were over three years ago. They are: “A FRACTURED SOCIETY”, March 3, 2021; “E PLURIBUS UNUM”, March 7, 2021; and “UNITY IS STRENGTH”, April 7, 2021. Especially review: “DIVIDED WE FALL”, June 9, 2021. We knew then what continues on to this day. Why we allow the opposition to continue to divide us, and how these attempts can be thwarted, the answers seem to be as illusive today as they were over three years ago. But we claim these efforts to divide our Nation extend back not just three years, but in fact extend back decades. While many of us found comfort and ease in our own little protected bubbles, seemingly unaffected by these gradual incursions into our Nation’s founding culture, we failed to recognize the gradual shift in culture and ideology that has now hit us like a Mack truck on the freeway.

So, exactly what are some of these WORDS that have been thrust upon us as of late. You know them well, for they have been forced upon us like castor oil down the throat of a sick three-year-old in the forties. “Yuck! I can’t get the taste out of my mouth!” Try on some of these words for size and see if they fit your experience: Racism, Bigotry, Xenophobic, Transphobic, Antisemitic, and how about Islamophobic. Add to that short list any other word or words ending in “ism” or “ic”. Last week we learned about at least two other “groups” of individuals that have attempted to form a new way to divide our Nation along ideological lines. Did you hear about “White Dudes for ‘X’“, or how about “Karens for ‘X’“. Just another attempt to further divide our Nation, to bring more hatred and distrust among a people who have more in common than what divides.

We are ALL AMERICANS. We All currently enjoy our FREEDOM and LIBERTY, although more and more of that seems to be squeezed from our grasp like sand through our fingers. As we warned more than three years ago, we renew our same warnings today. Do not allow those who seek to divide to be successful. Do not allow those who want to separate us into separate groups to succeed. Do not allow those who want to control the masses by subjecting the same to oppressive measures, restrictive processes, and overbearing rules and regulations to win. We must all do our part to insure those currently in power never again have the same control that they have had over the last four years. Their thirst for wealth and power have diminished the lower classes, brought despair and frustration upon many, and have brought great harm to our Nation within and without her borders. As we have said before, so we say again now. If you want to retain and strengthen your FREEDOM and LIBERTY, then PUT FEET TO YOUR PRAYERS.

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.”

The storms of life will THREATEN me, but they will not OVERCOME me.

The storms of life will CHALLENGE me, but they will not WEAKEN me.

The storms of life will PURSUE me, but they will not CATCH me.

The storms of life will RESTRICT me, but they will not CONFINE me.

The storms of life will HURT me, but they will not KILL me.

The storms of life will CRITICIZE me, but they will not SILENCE me.

The storms of life will CAPSIZE me, but they will not DROWN me.

The storms of life will ENDANGER me, but they will not CONQUER me.

Our Nation is in the midst of multiple STORMS. Some may feel somewhat isolated from many, or even most, of these STORMS, but do not be naive and feel immune. STORMS of evil surround all of us. Some we can see and recognize, others we cannot see, but we can witness their manifestations. Inflation continues to make housing, healthcare, food, and energy costs more expensive. The growing National debt, where the current government leaders continue to spend money our Nation does not have, are adding one trillion dollars to our National deficit about every three months, threatening the dollar’s standing as the world currency, one of our most vital assets. STORMS of expanding wars, and the threat of others starting, are affecting world commerce. The FREEDOM and LIBERTY of the innocent are being negatively affected. The STORMS of illicit drugs, sex trafficking, and the continuing rapes and murders of our citizens by illegal aliens are expanding. The rape and murder of just one of our citizens by an illegal alien is one too many. Questions about the competency and cognitive condition of our current occupant of the White House brings with it STORMS of controversy and how that impacts the planning of many world leaders who seek our Nation’s demise. The multiple STORMS of politically driven prosecutions, almost completely against the current leadership’s opposing party, bring into question daily the fairness of our judicial system.

In addition to the beginning statements made above, we want to highlight words of wisdom passed down through the ages.

“Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.“ (Ephesians 6: 10-13.)

We are not asked to fight the fight alone, but we are not insignificant to the battle at hand. It is our faith in our Creator as the source of power to defeat that which we cannot see, that which we alone cannot conquer, that will calm these STORMS. Recall how the Egyptian army was defeated when Moses led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt following the 10 plagues. “But Moses said to the people, ‘Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent [still]‘.” “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. And the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharoah’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. And it came about at the morning watch, that the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion. And He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, ‘Let us flee from Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.’ The LORD said to Moses, ‘Stretch out you hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen.’ So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharoah’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.” (Exodus 14: 13-28.) Do you doubt this ever occurred? Read from many articles related to this incident, and we list two of them here (wyattmuseum.com, 1993), (drrichardkent.org, 2014).

For a more recent reason to not fear these multiple STORMS, take comfort in these following words. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33; Jesus’ words to His disciples.)

The power that is behind us (God) is greater than the power that is before us (STORMS). Do not sit back and take your ease. Do your part to retain our FREEDOM and LIBERTY in our Nation. We must continually put feet to our prayers.

Buffering. That thing that everyone likes to see on their computer screen . . . . . . . . . or not. That endless circle of dots, dashes, or lines that seem to chase itself about, usually in a clockwise direction, like a dog chasing its tail. Is it a moment for self-reflection, a time to meditate upon your life, or is it designed to illicit dependence, frustration, anger and despair? Well, it may depend upon how patient you may or may not be. It is the device telling you that it is thinking about your request. It is trying to line-up its ones (1s) and zeros (0s) in an organized fashion to present to you that which you requested of it. It may be pausing your video while it attempts to load more video content. On occasion, it may continue seemingly indefinitely requiring you to start all over from the beginning, even to the point of unplugging your device, which by the way is a vastly better option than heaving the computer out your nearest window. By some, this infinite pattern has been referred to as “THE CIRCLE OF DEATH”, because what may or may not come up next, may or may not be what you had requested. In today’s ever-increasing internet speeds and with the development of more powerful computer chips, maybe just maybe you will see “THE CIRCLE OF DEATH” a little less frequently. We want to use this image and verbiage to illustrate the point of our blog today, and how our Nation, and in fact the world at large, seems to be stuck in “THE CIRCLE OF DEATH”, and that a BUFFER can serve a useful purpose.

Why do we often not learn from the past, and in turn end up repeating history? Why do we not look far enough ahead to more accurately predict outcomes and consequences? Maybe because too many in our society have become what we will call “microwave consumers”, wanting everything instantaneously, that any time we spend in waiting is a sin and an enormous waste of our precious time? Sometimes we fail to see results as we seek our power and wealth today. We may seek only for the betterment of ourselves, rather than for the benefit of our fellow man. If our world view is that our existence here on earth is only a chance happening, that our short life span is the sum total of our existence, then it is easy to see why so many seem to be in for all they can get now, not fearing the possibility of any kind of eternity for the soul. It is sad that for them their footprint in life is easily washed away as a rising tide wash away an imprint in the sand. For those who see the continuation of their soul after death, their imprint lingers long after, like a fossil imbedded in a rock, for many thereafter to remember, cherish and treasure.

Some BUFFERS are useful and should be encouraged. A border dividing nations provides security and stability for both sides. Our Nation’s southern border is like a sieve and acts like THE CIRCLE OF DEATH, bringing a continuous flow of illicit drugs, sex-trafficking, and grievous harm to many of our Nation’s legitimate citizens. The out-of-control spending habits of those currently in control of our Nation’s government bring with it THE CIRCLE OF DEATH to our economy by bankrupting our Nation. They have failed to provide a BUFFER, by spending only our income. We now spend more money paying interest on the debt our Nation has accrued, than what we spend on defense in our Nation. We invite THE CIRCLE OF DEATH as those who wield the levers of power within our Nation seek to steal the wealth from other nations, using other nation’s money for our own illicit purposes. The consequences of these actions will certainly undermine our dollar as the world’s dominate currency, forcing our dollar into an inflationary spiral for which escape may not be possible. The current occupant of the White House has allowed our Nation to be drawn into international conflicts which could lead to the Third World War. By not recognizing Ukraine as a BUFFER between Russia and NATO, those currently in charge of our Nation have not only failed to remember history but have also failed to predict future outcomes. By making our Nation once again dependent upon energy from other nations, we have lost the BUFFER that keeps rouge nations in check by allowing them to finance their efforts at world dominance, often at our expense, to our destruction. By shipping much of our manufacturing base overseas, we have lost our Nation’s BUFFER to be self-reliant and to insulate ourselves from nation-ending world events. By allowing social elites to dictate terms of FREEDOM and LIBERTY to our Nation through entities like the WHO (World Health Organization) and the WEF (World Economic Forum), we as a Nation have been led into subjugation by those currently in control of the levers of power within our Nation. By breaking down the natural BUFFER between many of our Nation’s news and social media conglomerates, and our current government leaders, we have allowed rouge agencies like the FBI and CIA, and other non-elected governmental administrators, to spread falsehoods, allowing them to squash the FREEDOM of speech guaranteed to our citizens by the First Amendment to our Nation’s Constitution. By allowing collusion between the Executive and Judicial Branches of our government, we have removed the BUFFER between the two and have allowed a two-tiered judicial system to run amok, unfortunately proving that our Lady Justice is not blind after all, and that her scales of justice have been unfairly weighted against any and all opposition to those currently in control of our Nation’s government.

THE CIRCLE OF DEATH has got our Nation by its throat and is choking the FREEDOM and LIBERTY out of our Nation’s citizens. If we don’t recognize those natural and normal BUFFERS, and see to their re-establishment, our Nation will be lost. If we don’t break free of THE CIRCLE OF DEATH, our Nation will be lost to history and join many others in the dustbin of failed states. What will you do to help change the course our Nation is currently on? Will you vote, and will your vote be one for the vast change in our Nation’s current destructive leadership, or will you sit silently saying you can endure whatever may come? But what of your children and grandchildren, and all who follow after you? If you fail to speak and vote for the re-establishment of sane, moral, and just leadership, how will those who have fought and died to establish and protect this great Nation before us view us in the here-after? Will we be considered among the honored patriots who have done everything within our power to save, and cause to endure, the greatest Nation that has ever existed upon the face of the earth, for the betterment of all?

Many of us have heard the term “Orwellian”, but for those who have heard it, do you really know what it means? If not, it is past time for some literary education. “Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and [literary] critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.” He was born in India, raised and educated in England. He was associated with the Independent Labor political party and was 46 when he died. “‘Orwellian’ . . . like many of his neologisms [a new word, expression, or usage; American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition], such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought Police’, ‘Room 101’, ‘Newspeak’, ‘memory hole’, ‘doublethink’, and ‘thoughtcrime’ . . . “ have become part of our English language. (Wikipedia.)

“Orwellian is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or social condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the ‘unperson’ – a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments.” (Wikipedia.)

His book, “Nineteen Eighty-Four” (1984), was published in in 1948. The movie, by the same title, distributed in 1984, is a gut-wrenching tail of how controlled a society can become. The movie is not for the faint of heart, for it brings to life what the political ideology of a totalitarian state could look like. It is unfortunate, but it would appear that our current government leaders, propped up by globalist elites, is on course to become to a great degree those fears for which Orwell’s book was written. Have you noticed how certain words have morphed over the last few years to become something they were never intended to become, like the word “gay”. If today you were to tell someone you were going out to have a “gay old time”, some might look at you with a slightly skewed eye. Maybe more recently you have noticed phrases spoken that have, in no one’s reality, any real application to the actual effects of the phrase. For example, the “Inflation Reduction Act” of 2022, has done nothing to reduce inflation, but in fact has only cemented inflation’s course in our Nation, and in fact has exasperated it. The Act only increased spending on global climate initiatives and the advancement of burdensome regulations on many. There has been an effort to rewrite our Nation’s history. Have you noticed any statues removed or defaced recently. How about any schools or bases renamed of late? We’ll list only one more as you can probably name many others. Consider the “Affordable Care Act” of 2010. That Act substantially increased the cost of healthcare for many and brought with it exclusions and cancellations. It wasn’t so “affordable” to many.

We will now quote from the movie what was explained to the lowly citizen, Winston, as he was being tortured into submission by “Big Brother”. The “Thought Police” had found him out, and reprograming was imperative. To set the stage, the book and movie talk about the war that the society was browbeaten into believing was occurring between Eurasia and Eastasia. Enjoy the conversation below and see if you can recognize any parallels between what is said, and what we see in our Nation today. If you cannot see any similarities, you may already be subjected to “Newspeak”, where simplified grammar and limited vocabulary is designed to limit a person’s ability for critical thinking (Wikipedia).

“In accordance with the principals of Doublethink, it does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labor. The hierarchy of society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not victory over Eurasia or Eastasia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.” “There is truth or there is untruth. To be in a minority of one doesn’t make you mad.”

Winston, the civilian being tortured during his reprograming says, “I understand how. I don’t understand why.”

“They say that time heals all things. They say that you can always forget. But the smiles and the tears across the years, they twist my heartstrings yet.” “We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us. As long as he resists us, we never destroy him. We make him one of ourselves before we kill him. We make his brain perfect before we blow it out. And then, when there is nothing left but sorrow and love of Big Brother, we shall lift you clean out of history. We shall turn you into gas and pour you into the stratosphere. Nothing will remain of you, not a name in a register, not a memory in a living brain. You will be annihilated in the past as well as in the future.”

“How does one man assert power over another? By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Power is inflicting pain and humiliation, otherwise you cannot be sure. Power is tearing human minds apart and putting them together again in shapes of your own choosing. Power is not a means; it is an end.” “In our world there will only be triumph and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy. The past is forbidden. Why? Because when we can cut away from his own past, then we can cut him from his family, his children, other men. There is no loyalty, except loyalty to the party. There is no love, except love for Big Brother. All competing pleasures, we will destroy. If you want a vision of the future, Winston, image a boot stamping on a human face forever.”

Do you see any FREEDOM and LIBERTY in the world view set forth above? We doubt it. The elites and “Big Brother” only want those things for themselves . . . . . not for you. Family, love, sex, food, entertainment, enjoyment, fulfillment, personal achievement, fairness, equality, justice, and mercy are qualities forbidden in Nineteen Eighty-Four. If we are not careful, if we do not speak out, if we remain silent in the face of opposition, if we are not mindful, our Nation’s calendar could be wound back to Nineteen Eighty-Four.

“Newton’s laws of motion are three physical laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it. These laws, which provide the basis for Newtonian mechanics, can be paraphrased as follows:

1. A body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, except insofar as it is acted upon by a force.

2. At any instant of time, the net force on a body is equal to the body’s acceleration multiplied by its mass or, equivalently, the rate at which the body’s momentum is changing with time.

3. If two bodies exert forces on each other, these forces have the same magnitude but opposite directions.”

“The three laws of motion were first stated by Isaac Newton in his . . . (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), originally published in 1687.” (wikipedia.org.)

Commit the three laws to memory as you will be tested on them at the conclusion of this blog. . . . . or not. We are not in the habit of giving tutorials on the dynamics on Physics or the kinematics of Motion. What we aim to do is briefly state that exerting force has effects. Some may be seen immediately. Some may not be recognized for an extended period of time. The short video clip above is meant to demonstrate our point. A great effort is being applied by the man to move the immovable object by himself. But is his effort a waste of time? Is there no benefit to his effort? We claim that there is benefit, but it will not be recognized immediately. No, we will not claim that if he pushed for a hundred years on that cement column that he would be even able to move it one-quarter of an inch. But consider the changes taking place in the young man. Will he ever be able to move that column? No. Will he become stronger over time? Yes. RESISTANCE MAKES HIM STRONGER.

Why do people do exercises? Why do people “pump iron”? Why do people sometimes push through their own immovable objects to set new records, to become stronger, to achieve that which for them was once unachievable? As humans, most of us have an innate drive to be better tomorrow than we were today. We seek to improve the human condition, not just to benefit ourselves, but to better others and society as a whole. We are not an “island unto ourselves”. We have the ability to impact not only ourselves, but the lives of others as well.

Remember back to the founding of our Nation. Once we declared our independence from Great Brittain, our little fledgling army, often without proper clothing, armament, or pay, were pushed all over the colonies being defeated initially on nearly every major encounter. Were they fighting for their extinction? No. They were fighting for their FREEDOM and LIBERTY. Many were killed. Thousands died of disease and starvation aboard British prisoner ships in the waters near New York Harbor. (history.com; updated August 21, 2018.) So, what did our Founding Fathers and those fighting for our independence do? They became stronger, more resilient, more cunning, and more determined than ever to see our Nation gain its FREEDOM and LIBERTY. RESISTANCE MADE THEM STRONGER.

Going back in history even further, consider the birth and rise of Christianity. During the reign of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (AD 54 to AD 68), he orchestrated his mother’s murder, and Roman sources also implicated him in the death of his wife (Claudia Octavia) and his stepbrother (Britannicus). “Most contemporary sources describe him as tyrannical, self-indulgent, and debauched. The historian Tacitus claims the Roman people thought him compulsive and corrupt. Suetonius tells that many Romans believed the Great Fire of Rome was instigated by Nero to clear land for his planned ‘Golden House’. Tacitus claims Nero seized Christians as scapegoats for the fire and had them burned alive, seemingly motivated not by public justice, but personal cruelty.” (wikipedia.org.) “Because Christians were already viewed with suspicion, he blamed the burgeoning Christian movement. He had Christians dipped in oil, and then lit ablaze on crucifixes to light up his nightly garden parties.” (evidenceunseen.com; James M. Rochford.) The historian Tacitus said Nero did this “. . . while he drove around in his chariot, naked, indulging himself in his midnight revels, gloating over the dying agonies of his victims.” (geocities.ws.) Nero was only 30 years old when he died by suicide. This was the reign of Nero under which the Christians flourished, not waned. Ironically it was under the persecution from Saul, who later became Paul the Apostle to the Gentile people, where Christians were dispersed sharing the Gospel message abroad, expanding the breadth and scope of Christianity (Acts 8:1-4). RESISTANCE MADE THEM STRONGER.

There is an enormous amount of RESISTANCE in today’s political climate. The overwhelming amount of it being aimed at those who are more conservative in nature. The leader of the opposition to the current occupant of the White House has been convicted in a biased, contrived, Marxist-like conspiracy. Many of this leader’s attorneys, and those who professed their Constitutional Amendment I right to assemble and to petition the current government authority figures for alleged grievances, have been subjected to an overwhelming number of bogus subpoenas, consuming time and finances. They must provide their own resources necessary to counter these claims, while those who bring these suits usually are funded by our own Nation’s citizens, your tax dollars at work. Many in this situation are proudly claiming that this RESISTANCE IS MAKING THEM STRONGER.

How are you fairing in today’s economy? Are prices too high and going higher? Are mortgages rates too high and interest payments to you too low? How are you fairing with today’s influx of illegal aliens? Are too many of them taking away jobs and tax dollars that could be spent on our own legal citizens? How are you fairing in a world on the brink of WWIII, where current actions and increasing threats from China proliferate? How are you fairing in a Nation where street violence and vandalism is on the rise forcing the alteration of your plans and the closing or moving of businesses you depend upon? Are you tempted to cower in fear and pretend the implosion of our Nation’s FREEDOM and LIBERTY will never happen, or at least impact your life in any substantial way? Do not succumb to the desire to be unseen and unrecognized. If those who oppose you can inflict casualties upon your conservative leaders, do not believe you are beyond their grasp to manipulate and contrive accusations against you. Let your words and actions prove that RESISTANCE MAKES YOU STRONGER!

On May 28, 2024, Anthony Blinken, our current National Secretary of State, made the following statement at a recent press conference. “Over the past few weeks, Ukraine came to us and asked for the authorization to use weapons that we’re providing to defend against this aggression, including against Russian forces that are massing on the Russian side of the border and then attacking into Ukraine.” “And that went right to the President, and as you’ve heard, he’s approved use of our weapons for that purpose. Going forward, we’ll continue to do what we’ve been doing, which is as necessary adapt and adjust.” The referenced article stated, “It is the second time this year that Biden has quietly relaxed his policy on weapons supplies for Ukraine. Earlier this year, he bent to calls to send long-range missiles known as ATACMS to Kyiv.” (usnews.com; May 31, 2024; By Reuters.) Another report said this, “While Washington ‘does not encourage nor enable’ Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapon systems outside of the country, it is ‘fundamentally’ Kyiv’s decision how to use those weapons, U.S State Secretary Antony Blinken said at a press conference. A journalist asked Blinken about the U.S.’s hesitation to provide Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) allegedly caused by fears Kyiv would use them to strike Russian soil. ‘When it comes to how Ukrainians use these systems, the targeting decisions are theirs. They’re not ours,’ the official replied.” (yahoo.com; September 16, 2023; Dinara Khalilova, The Kyiv Independent news desk.)

Why our current occupant of the White House and his rouge minions feel it necessary to “poke the bear”, Russia, is beyond our ability to comprehend. Those in current leadership have made it clear, even before the start of conflict in Ukraine, that our Nation desired to see Ukraine join NATO. In the Bucharest Summit Declaration, issued April 3, 2008, it was made clear that eventually Ukraine will become a member of NATO (politifact.com; April 14, 2022; Bill McCarthy). Russian has the highest number of nuclear weapons (worldpopulationreview.com; 2024). WHAT CAN GO WRONG ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF? Russia had considered a non-aligned Ukraine as a buffer between itself and NATO. The simple threat of removing that buffer has brought on this conflict.

It is hypocritical of our current government inept leaders to boast of weapons withheld from our ally Israel for use against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, their remaining fighters in Raffa who profess the annihilation of Israel and America, but seemingly in the same breath will provide long-range weapons to Ukraine who is NOT an ally OR a member of NATO. Our current tyrannical government leaders will dictate terms of use to Israel but will “wash our hands” if Ukraine uses our weapons against targets within Russia, by claiming Ukraine has the right to make their own decisions and targeting decisions. Duplicitous and conflicting National policy. It is obvious that those in current control of our National levers of power love Ukraine more than Israel and hate Russia more than Hamas. The “why this is” is yet to be determined, but we believe it to be over the potential financial benefit from the continued production of weapons, and those who manufacture them, and the expected billions of dollars to be skimmed off during any type of reconstruction of that which has been obliterated. Our feckless government now in control is the same fault-filled government that caused the death of military members in the failed retreat from Afghanistan, has abandoned ELEVEN of our U.S. Embassies around the world (dailysignal.com; March 18, 2024; Tony Kinnett) and continues to see conflicts and wars pop up all over the world while telling our citizens abroad to flee for their lives. Our citizens do not desire to inflict pain and suffering upon the Russian people, or anyone for that matter. Pompous, ego-filled men have found it very easy to send our citizen’s sons and daughters into war, offering up their life and limb to feed the empirical desires of these ruthless, amoral leaders. These types of leaders follow the three “Ps” of management, Piss Poor Planning. But we believe the driving force of the three “Ps” is Prestige, Profit, and Power.

The current occupant of the White House is now aiding the expansion of the Third World War by allowing China and the CCP to infiltrate our Nation by military-aged men coming across our Nation’s boarders, allowing the flooding of our Nation with fentanyl and other opiates killing thousands of our citizens every month, by allowing enemies to obtain our farmlands and food processing plants, and making us too dependent upon green energy-type skeptical projects like EVs, wind turbines, batteries and their materials. Now, another front is opened up on this war against our Nation, and that is our current National leadership pushing this war with Russia, using Ukraine as our proxy while using our weapons of war. The current of the occupant of the White House is injecting our Nation into another Mid-East war by building a pier supposedly to give humanitarian aid. What we learned over the last many days is that the pier was poorly conceived and has become, for the most part, a 300-million-dollar anchor pulling us into this war. “The Gaza pier mission got off to a troubled start after U.S. soldiers and sailors stabbed the floating pier into a Gaza beach earlier this month, with the flow of aid temporarily interrupted when delivery trucks were overran, resulting in the death of at least one individual, The Associated Press reported.” (armytimes.com; Sunday, May 26, 2024; Beth Sullivan.) Several of our soldiers and contractors have been injured (one critically) in this endeavor. More blood and treasure given by our Nation, financial treasure that only further inflates our National debt soon to be pushed beyond the point of recovery.

Do you think we are upset here at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM? YOU BET! And now, the current occupant of the White House and his puppeteers have made every effort to take his leading opposition in the November election off the campaign trail by constructing zombie cases, in deeply blue areas of our Nation, finding him guilty of bogus claims, and soon will possibly have him imprisoned or placed into house arrest for months pending appeal. If all of this fails to stem his burgeoning pole leads, these same characters will potentially orchestrate his death. Our three letter rogue agencies have in the past been proven effective at taking out national leaders permanently. Already subpoenas are flying all over the Nation accusing anyone having anything to do with the previous president. The reckless actions of this current administration are attempting to alter the trajectory of National election by causing fear leading to inaction for anyone or group opposing the current administration. This is blatant election interference on multiple levels, and if not stopped, will be the cause of our Nation’s demise.

It is past time for our SCOTUS (Supreme Court Of The United States) to become proactive and go on offense to stem the abuse of our Constitution by these rouge judicial agencies and their obviously biased and conflicted jurists. Always only being reactive allows events to have negative impact before being reviewed and corrected. It is time for SCOTUS to be the thermostat, not simply a thermometer. We all know that once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you cannot put it back in. We all know that words or actions once taken, cannot be unspoken or undone. SCOTUS injected itself into the “Hanging Chad” issues in Florida in the 2000 election, because it was a “broad social issue”. It is time to consider this again. It is time to ask for a Writ of Certiorari, under the Act of 1925 by the same name. It is time to Grant Certiorari. The former president’s lawyers need to ask for it. Wake up Chief Justice. It’s time to act. WHAT CAN GO WRONG ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF? Our Nation’s FREEDOM and LIBERTY can be lost forever.