Considering the selection of so many Goldman Sachsers1 by the newest POTUS D.J. Trump, it seems timely to re-post this observation from August 2, 2013.2
Econ 013 ~ Clip art from MS Office 2000
The Gods must have an infinite sense of irony to have inspired the naming of this modern behemoth. Is this not the latest, perfect symbol of ten-thousand déjà vus since the days of Cain?
Is this what we champion with our capital addictions?
Isn’t this the inevitable legacy of Randians [and Trumpites]?
Isn’t there a better option? like maybe a third way? not right or left, but UP?3
WHY, with the recent, increasing exposés of corporate greed, corruption, and criminality,1 do we still listen to their lies, their propaganda, and their spokesmen?
Can we not see how the BIG guns of power and gain are firing non-stop:
» at vaccination critics?
» at anyone who asks why known toxins, poisons, and viral/bacterial contaminations are deliberately added or allowed to remain in approved vaccines?
» at everyone who questions the safety of administering combined vaccines to infants, children, and adults?
» at those who expose the flawed science, manipulated trials, corrupted data, false attributions, compromised officials/scientists, etc. that underpin many vaccine approvals and justifications?
Isn't it way past time that WE, as primary stewards of personal and family health, quit trusting in those BIG guns, their dupes, and shills?2 Harsh words, yes, but if “We the People” don't open our eyes to the reality of rampant deception and propaganda orchestrated by those BIG guns, we will continue to suffer devastating consequences.
So, please, (including all you trusting doctors, health care workers, and “journalists”), please take time to listen to these warning voices—warning voices that include hundreds of knowledgeable scientists and doctors of integrity. Such warning voices have been sounding for decades, so let us begin to use our God-given capacity to observe, to think, and to stand united against the increasing psychopathic tyrannies of power and gain.
Let us GET INFORMED and quit believing the repeated, repeated, repeated “big lies”
» that the link between autism and vaccines has been debunked;3
» that vaccines have been proven safe and effective;
» that anecdotal evidence of vaccine injuries from parents and others is of no value;
» that everyone who questions the status quo of vaccine protocols is anti-vaccine;
» that corporate spokesmen are free to speak truth if it contradicts corporate agendas;
» that main stream media is fair, balanced, and truthful;4
» that bottom-line corps have top-line integrity;
» etc., etc.
How déjà vu Hitler:
... the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.5
Or as Joseph Goebbels (another criminal pursuer of power and gain) allegedly put it:
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”6
In light of all this, should we re-read Foxe's Book of Martyrs? review the history of Bible suppression? remember John Huss,3 Wycliffe, Tyndle, et al.? study prophecy? study relevant Papal Bulls and catechisms? ask God what He thinks of all this (with real intent to listen)?
Or is all this going to prove another tragic déjà vu as church and state again conjoin while we distract ourselves with the gods of this world?
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.4
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us." (OT:Ecclesiastes 1:9-10)
"Dwell in the past and you'll lose an eye. Forget the past and you'll lose both eyes." (Old Russian Proverb)
(Subject to change over time: experience/learning/ evidence)
▪ Life is a three-act drama with pre-mortal, mortal, and post-mortal stages. ▪ The second act boils us down toward test one:[1] the test of power. ▪ Abusers of power lose it in Act Three when justice and equity take the bench. ▪ Tipping points happen—over time and a fulcrum. ▪ Motes and beams are everywhere.[2] ▪ Folly is a shadow of every ism, including capitalism. ▪ Money talks louder than morals—all the way to the tipping point. ▪ The direction you are facing, matters.[3] ▪ Extremism in the defense of liberty is extremism.[4] ▪ When the blind follow the blind, it is time to blow the whistle.[5] ▪ Opposites attract the same lobbyists. ▪ Solon of Athens espoused, “Nothing in excess;” laissez-faire capitalists pursue “Everything in excess” (except the costs of gross profit). ▪ “Simplify” displayed on the counter-top of a new 21,000 sq. ft. home does not compute. ▪ High fructose corn syrup is not the staff of life. Unfortunately, sweets can twirl your teeth. ▪ Revolving doors between government and business do not admit sufficient fresh air. ▪ The common good doesn’t seem to be very common. ▪ N. American football is a testosterone pageant in tights.[6] ▪ Exploitation is a delusion of grandeur. Stewardship is a grander conclusion. ▪ The excesses of major religions occur when members fail their espoused values. The excesses of ideological tyrannies occur when tyrants act upon theirs.[7] ▪ Praise is best deflected toward God. ▪ Too many who say, “I do, I do,” don’t. ▪ Electronic media has become the Roman Coliseum of the 21st Century. ▪ The First Law of Attraction[8]: the Devil is more obsessed with persons striving to do and be good than with persons who are not. ▪ The trans-rational[9] is beyond most of us, so if it’s “turtles all the way down,”[10] maybe it is “revelation all the way up.”[11] ▪ Egoism accounts for 80% of human problems. The remaining 27% lies with rhetoric and propaganda.
In the near words of Groucho Marx, “These are my [views]; if you don’t like them, I have others.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1]New Testament: Matt. 4:2-4—The first temptation presented to Jesus, to misuse His power to satisfy self-interest/-will/-gratification. [2] Ref: Matthew 7:3-5 [3]Old Testament: Jer. 32:33 [4] A Barry Goldwater phrase “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” A phrase applauded by some of the GOP. (Suggestion: reverse liberty and justice to see if it sounds more palatable, or is the latter half merely castor-oil for the first?) [5] Ref: Matthew 15:14 [6] Observation of a friend, MS, who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. [7] Ref: Ravi Zacharias [8] Ref: Adam & Eve; Biblical Job; Jesus in the Wilderness; CS Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, etc., etc., etc. [9] Ref: Flatland by Edwin Abbott. In summary, circles, squares and other flatlanders can’t get a fix on spheres and cubes; can’t quite reason themselves into the properties of those in 3-D space. Enlightenment of things beyond (i.e., trans-) Flatland takes condescension from those above & beyond. Any parallels here in 3-D? [10]Google this phrase if you have not heard of it. It’s just one way of saying we don’t have a rational explanation for some things. [11] Conditional on the will of the Revelator and the willingness/ ability of the revelatee to receive.
About SMS
A few 6-to-7-Word Memoirs: ▪ Hope for the world comes and goes. ▪ Loves to read more than eat. ▪ Loves to think more than eat. ▪ Eats too much while reading and thinking. ▪ Always running out of time and daylight. ▪ Finds extremes too far from the center. ▪ Troubled by the world’s failure of memory. ▪ Has a tendency to counsel God. ▪ Learned gratitude before it was too late. ▪ Apparently hasn't learned enough gratitude yet.
3) People are free to post divergent or convergent views on their own blogs; 4) Learning from comments here would be preferable, but— (see 1, 2, & 3).
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*"This is like déjà vu all over again" is perhaps the most perfect tautology possible and is credited to Yogi Berra.
