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October 19, 2016

"And the Lord will not hear you in that day."

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11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. - - 1 Samuel 8:11-18

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 19, 2016 9:23 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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In spite of being reared in the church and spending many hours in bible study I am not really good at quoting or interpreting quotes from the bible. So pardon my ignorance but is any of this code word for or to be interpreted as applying to the FBI, DOJ, IRS, etc. I do see the connection between the 1 in ten taking of my seed to the IRS and I do see gross injustice and favoritism that can be related to the DOJ. And of course I see the connection to the president; "the one" and the king. Will the lord hear us on Nov 8th??? Could we pencil that in?

Posted by: GoneWithTheWind at October 19, 2016 11:04 AM

Believe it's related to the Charles Mackay post to the left of this one. "A corrupt republic is tainted in its blood,and bears the seeds of death in every pulsation." It takes a moral and decent population to keep a Republic running well. Most of our political class are neither,nor are many who sent them to Sodom-On-The-Potomac. Unpleasant times are inevitable with the very bad choices that have been made over decades.

Posted by: Nori at October 19, 2016 5:15 PM

As a wiser man than I recently said, "When God really wants to punish you, He gives you what you want."

Posted by: Vanderleun at October 19, 2016 5:26 PM

People vote for many different reasons. Many votes for Obama were simply because he was black. A vanity vote; a racist vote; or simply a vote based on bias. Had Obama been a white man whit his record and qualities he would be lucky to be a one term state legislator and stay out of jail. Hillary will likely be elected barring a health emergency or another 9/11 style attack. Most of her voters will be Democrat special interest groups voting for free stuff or legislation that favors them and many will be voting for her simply because she is female. If Hillary had been a man and not married to a well known politician it is likely she would have ended up as a legal clerk or more likely in jail.

We cannot continue to vote for people based solely on their race and gender. We willingly and eagerly elect fools who we identify with racially or genderwise. Presumablly if we survive Hillary the Dems will next give us a hispanic or more likely a LGBTQ individual.

This will be god giving us what we want. Or put another way we will be getting the government we deserve.

I have talked with numerous women who will be voting for Hillary and many of them aren't Democrats and don't even usually vote. They are doing this to 'get even' or maybe more correctly to 'even the score' or to win one for the gipper. It is girl power and all that goes with it. It is NOT carefully considering who might lead us through the treacherous waters during the many storms we are facing, or who might actually sink the ship of state. I haven't seen this phenomenon since JFK where many of my female friends were voting for him because he was so handsome. I don't know how to fix this stupidity. I get the voting for free stuff or favorable legislation but voting your gender or race without regard to the outcome is dangerous.

I will repeat I expect Hillary to win and I also expect her to be impeached in her four years. I will modify that slightly and say I think when impeachment threatens she will 'unexpectedly' develop a serious perhaps terminal illness and she will resign the presidency (to avoid impeachment of course). Sadly our new vice president Kaine won't be much/any better.

In some ways I am lucky, I'm old, it may not matter quite as much to me how badly she and her fellow criminal party screws things up as it would to a 21 year old or a 40 year old person. I am also lucky because I was raised in poverty and lived and thrived in poverty and I can live on beans and rice and be happy. But IMHO the majority of Americans are going to pay a terrible price for this choice. Perhaps to look at the bright side; we are all going to be tested and get a chance to become the greatest generation again (or fail to).

My best advice is put a little something away for the tough times. Whatever; could be beans and rice, maybe guts and guns, look around at your family and friends and figure out who you can trust, who is honest, who you want to depend on and want to have them depend on you as well.

I have one last wish/suggestion for this election; I wish it could be held on Halloween. The ghosts will be voting, the witch will be elected and the goblins are in congress, the DOJ, FBI and really all of the federal government. A Halloween night election would help it all make more sense.

Posted by: GoneWithTheWind at October 20, 2016 4:15 PM

"I don't know how to fix this stupidity."
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Yes you do.
You know dam good and well it is wrong to steal.
You also know it is wrong to hire someone to steal for you.

Politics is nothing but stealing.

Do I have to draw it right on your retinas with a BIG RED CRAYON?

You are more concerned with what other people are doing, than doing right yourself.

You'll internally rationalize your immoral behavior by telling yourself all sorts of silly excuses based on what you believe other people are doing.

Your last sentence girds the silliness that has taken over a seeming majority of the US populace and people that don't take things seriously have no business expecting to be taken seriously.

You've been given fair warning for long time but the silliness has captured all and all will act in kind, directly to failure 101.

All you have is you, the rest is irrelevant.

Posted by: ghostsniper at October 20, 2016 7:04 PM

Universal suffrage is killing Western Civilization. Women think differently than men,we're watching in real time,worldwide,the actual results of that fact. Merkel's Germany was the economic engine of Europe til she inexplicably invited in the inbred mutants of the 3rd world. Look at the Defense Ministers of any European country. Now look at Sergey Shoygu,DM of Russia. Hillary is the worst possible choice for POTUS,yet millions will vote for her. Prepare for the worst.

Posted by: Nori at October 21, 2016 7:08 AM

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