Thursday, November 19, 2020

Like yelling Fire in a Theater I The "BIDEN" Border Crisis

COMPASSION? REALLY?
IT IS LIKE YELLING FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER...and Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is asking Biden to change his policy.



Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, complains that BIDENS POLICY is destabilizing many of our governments and communities by INCENTIVIZING the EXPANSION of the CARTELS?



(see full article at)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive/exclusive-migrant-president-biden-stirs-mexican-angst-over-boom-time-for-gangs-idUSKBN2B21D8 


AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY EXPANDING BIG TIME! 

To Victimize the most desperate! And endanger the most vulnerable through careless control and coercion during transport, and even in America, after catch and release. 

HOW?

By defunding Law Enforcement Agencies, Disbanding Anti-Gang Efforts and Dismissing Criminal Prosecutions Nationwide.  

(Consider the following video)



WELCOME TO AMERICA CARTELS! 

Your businesses are sure to blossom as... 

CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES are ABOLISHED! 

You can even vote without identification in this land of the FREE RIDE. Compliments of the new administration. 


BUT THERE IS NO FREE RIDE TO THE BORDER! 

SO PAY UP PAPA! GIVE ME YOUR KIDDOS, 

YOUR CASH AND PERSONAL INFO NOW!


This is no surprise, consider this May 23, 2011 Article titled...

Smuggling migrants a billion-dollar business, By Katherine Corcoran - Associated Press

YES.. EVEN BEFORE TRUMP IT WAS A BILLION DOLLAR CRIMINAL INDUSTRY

Biden's policy just threw tankerloads of gasoline 
on the fire.

(See full article at this link)

 https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/23/smuggling-migrants-a-billion-dollar-business/ 

(First Current Article Title

Overwhelmed Mexican Alien-Smuggling Cartels Use Wristband System to Bring Order to Business


 (Click links below for stories)

 (Second Article Title)

13 killed in California border crossing crash: How did it happen? Why were there 25 people in an SUV? A visual explanation. 

(SAY THEIR NAMES JOE-MALA!) 

(BECAUSE THEIR LIVES MATTER TOO!)


(see full articles in links below)


and

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/03/13-killed-after-suv-crash-california-how-did-happen-why-were-there-27-people-suv-visual-explanation/6901993002/ 

(and)


(see full article below)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-suspends-its-most-wanted- 


Freed into cities that have defunded
anti-gang/anti-gun programs
and refuse to prosecute criminal activities

(Fourth Article/Video)
Portland police responded to 800 shootings in 2020 
(More than double the 2019 count)

 

Portland police responded to 800 shootings in 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNcon-fnevY 

(Fifth Article) 

Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed at Expanding 'Voter Access' 

(No ID required)



(see full article in link below)

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2021/03/07/biden-signs-executive-order-expanding-voter-access-n2585836 


With the previous border crisis abated and the expectation of easy entry reduced under Trump's leadership, Biden could have worked strategically to improve the immigration process and assist our neighbors in in their battle against Cartel Influence and control. 

INSTEAD HE REOPENED THE PATHWAY FOR CARTELS

 TO DOMINATE THE CULTURE.

Perhaps now, John Kerry and President Joe will be forced to send in the usual special opps... (their own kids and their friends), to extract profits from the opportunities they have created. This certainly would be return to the World Wide Swamp Problem Solving System, (WWSPSS) that prevailed prior to the election of Trump.


Consider their financial roles under the Obama administration in this Fact-Checker Article excerpt below

Note... 
In the FactChecker Article you have to read 3/4ths of the way down to find the portion containing  pertinent facts. The prior sections are filled with misleading disclaimers.

,,,, while Hunter Biden now has a 10% stake in BHR, which he acquired through a company he created named Skaneateles LLC, “there have been no distributions to the shareholders since Hunter has been an equity owner.”

But that doesn’t mean Biden won’t eventually make millions from the deal. Steven Kaplan, who conducts research on issues in private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, corporate governance and corporate finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, told us that a private equity fund with $2 billion under management will typically generate fees over its life of hundreds of millions of dollars.

See full article in link below.

Friday, November 13, 2020

The Social/Political Gospel and Cults of Personality

America's Social/Political Gospels...


Are American Christians Embracing a Personality Cult with Donald Trump? 
Or are They Rejecting the Socialist Unification of Cultural, Religious and Political Power? 


photo source:https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-stands-in-front-of-st-john-s-church-holding-bible-after-threatening-military-action-against-protesters-84206661837
When I was a child, I watched Portland Wrestling every Saturday night on the television with my grandfather.

The broadcasts highlighted, "bigger than life," personalities who were transformed into Heroes and Anti-Heroes.

Years later, as an adult while working at my hospital, I was called to assist in a confrontation with one of these heroic personalities. He was easy to recognize by name and appearance and fortunately physical confrontation became unnecessary when he responded to problem solving. But I was saddened to see this childhood hero, reduced to a frightened elderly man.

What I had experienced as a child is called a, "cult of personality," which is similar to the, "cult of the leader."

My intention is to compare and quantify these two terms in regards to President Trump. The, "cult of the leader," refers to a political or military figure that authoritatively captures the venue of mass media, (keyword authoritatively). Both cult forms work through the creation of spectacle and insert disinformation or propaganda or even the disarming effects of the big lie to create an idealized, heroic, and even worshipful image or regime.

These, "Cults of the Leader," or the regimes they create exist in a climate of unquestioning flattery and praise, (keyword unquestioning), where acts of glorification through the arts and government-organized demonstrations and rallies of focused loyalty are mandatory and dissenters are punished. North Korea's Dictator Kim Jong-Hyun is this type of leader. 

Although the wrestling. "Cult of Personality," that I engaged in as a child, had it's distortions of reality. It was a harmless entertainment, tool used to create emotional engagement and excitement in the wrestling audience.

In the 2016 and 2020 Presidential elections, a similar technique occurred as Donald Trump personified himself, in a similar manner under the inspiration of the engaging and entertaining Jesse Ventura.

Jesse Ventura's entertaining," Persona," in Wrestling was also useful in Politicking. This strategy opened the door for him to successfully become a City Mayor and later, the Governor of the State of Minnesota.

Similar to Jesse... Trump's grandiose and engaging politicking style has also been successful and this success has also led to a, "Cult-Like," following. Although his presentation often seems extreme, he has not sought extremes in social or political change. He has not authoritatively taken charge of the government or media. On the contrary, his stance has been mostly Libertarian as he has demonstrated tolerance of opposing views and buffered changes on the social level. Consider for instance his being in support of conservative views on abortion and religious freedom and liberal views toward the Gay Community. (Have you heard his UN speech?) 

Instead of seizing power and increasing authoritarian Governmental control, Trump's focus has been on reducing the powers given to Governmental institutions. For these reasons, I believe that Trump has an unusual, "Cult of Personality following, but not a, Cult of the Leader," position. I also believe that the unified, intense opposition to his presence and actions by his opponents show a much larger, more pervasive and authoritarian, "Cult of the Leader," regime wrongly labeled as Liberal tolerance. 

In comparison, to Trump's, "Cult of Personality," the regimented effects found in the, "Cult of the Leader," (or regime of his opposition) are much more dangerous. 

Consider what occurred in Germany during the first half of the last century. The Nazi regime was not a harmless expression of freedom. It was founded on, and wrongly legitimized through a series of culture shaking,  misinterpreted scientific discoveries. With social emphasis focused on these, emerging "Evolutionary Interpretations," views of human existence changed as values clarification goals were promoted through the schools to support the racial advancement of select groups and subjugate and even exterminate those who were less valued by their culture. This was easily achieved through their educational system extending down to the youngest of students. 

Many aspects of this effort were applauded throughout German academia and among Progressive elites internationally. It became central in the culture, and Churches that embraced these values were labeled the, " Recognized Church," while dissenters were discounted and cancelled or even experienced death and persecution. In just eight years Nazi values progressed to dominate the entire nation and soon this Progressive Socialist Government ruled as central authority in all areas of German life. For the Progressives of that day, It was a miracle! As Germany finally had a (seemingly) cohesive society. 

But back to the original question. How is all of  the current emphasis on Trump and Trumpism being experienced by Christians? Are the 
thousands of predominantly Christian rural communities across America united in a desire to dominate and oppress those who disagree with them through the oppressive strength of an authoritative dominating leader? Are they seeking to centralizr power under the government? 

Or are they along with vast numbers of nonreligious Americans seeking to avoid being dominated by an imposing culture of radicle change?  Are they hoping to stop this advancement and return to the American values that they love and understand?

In watching the brief informative videos below, consider how the perceived needs and fears of Germany's people were shaped to motivate German Citizens to adapt to the Nazi Narrative. An exclusive and pervasive narrative that was so contrary to the values they had held just one generation before. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y81-SzkwwhU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHERiyU7jcM



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7awpjXrWls




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFkb7vYZp8U

Unfortunately a more comprehensive video on the politics of religion in Germany was removed from youtub. It is still available  at https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x79b28o.

A  central figure presented in that video is Gerhard Kittel, chosen due to his disciplined scholarly influence and fluctuating compromises with the evolving positions held by Germany's, "Recognized Church", as compared to Bonhoeffer's, "Confessing Church." Kittel is also described in the brief video below and the groups are described briefly in the  second video below.


The Strange Story of Gerhard Kittel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHMFiConJ1A




Two Kingdoms in the Third Reich - Professor Alec Ryrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEdnwpo28NM

For a fuller understanding, I do encourage vieing the original 56 minute video at https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x79b28o


And now after considering these lessons from history. What do you think? Are American Christians embracing a, "Cult of the Leader," with Donald Trump as in the Pro Hitler German-Christian Movement? 

Or: 
Is Trump's, politicking, "Persona," more of an entertainment feature that crudely engages America's audiences. Is the support of Americas conservatives and libertarians more like the1934 Confessing Church who opposed the takeover of their Government, Religion and Culture by a progressively Socialist regime? A takeover accomplished through censorship, discriminatory laws and social practices. One that seized their Sources of industry, Healthcare, Education and  regulatory institutions to create Governmental Centralized Control? Are these libertarians and conservative Christians joined with Trump in a progressive take over? 

Or:
Is theirs's an effort of resistance against a Progressive, "Cult of the Leader," (regime) that has already captured much of what I listed above and is tightening their grip with each advancement? 


Also consider this short eyewitness account..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOlxAFm25lg&list=PLc7nB8Z7S2L9GQlR3fYnbWBRejFm6cyHt&index=3

Were they welcoming Hitler as a leader? Or embracing the promises of what was to come with the progressive social changes demanded by his regime?

For a less serious comparison, consider leadership styles in the Presidency at my other blog at: