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The consequence of living under a central governing authority requires the public to exercise wisdom regarding political matters. A viewpoint shared by late 18th-century Americans, leading up to the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1789. Indeed, the venerated “framers” put forward an extensive standard as regards a responsible citizen’s political attitude. The Federalist…
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The road to glory paved by Mr. T., et al.? Scripture puts no such emphasis on any created being. Strange, therefore, for “Christians” to behave as though trust in Master T. equals faith in God. Scripture says there is no more Jew nor Gentile (Galatians 3:28). And Jesus Christ died for people that span the…
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Mass media is where solicitations, e.g., commercial advertising, abound. And an accompanying pretense regarding hierarchy, that the solicitor inhabits a lower station than the one being solicited (the one who occupies the La-Z-Boy recliner). Prior to the Industrial Revolution of 1750, people worked out of necessity. With mass production, however, a subtle shift occurred. Necessities…
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Certain people concede that political candidates claiming to worship God may attain the highest offices in the land. Yet, for inexplicable reasons, political candidates who worship Satan sub rosa may never rise above the office of local sheriff. In conversing with political activists swearing to be Christian, they believe they have a mandate to prevail,…
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One Dupe in a Million: born and raised in the U.S. ‘singsongs’ that it is their country. Quite the contrary, for country, not unlike family, appears first. One belongs to one’s family, not the other way ‘round. One Dupe in a Million may carol that certain natives have made the choice to stay; thus, invite…
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Perplexity surfaces on the faces of certain people upon learning that others do not share their zeal for touchscreen phones. A queer insinuation: zealots are exemplars for all. “I have consecrated tech like any sober, wise person.” The U.S. became the whirld’s cardinal economic, political, military power without these wonders. Marriage, family, education, travel, employment,…
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Among advanced, developed nations (typically categorized as OECD and G7 members), the United States consistently ranks as the most violent, with a homicide rate roughly 3 to 7 times higher than its peer nations. According to data tracked by the OECD Better Life Index and the UNODC Global Study on Homicide, the most violent first-world…
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$39 trillion federal debt. Conducting warfare outside the borders of international law and the idolized U.S. Constitution. Genuine claims of civil authorities in the highest offices engaging in monstrous behavior. Still, inhabitants citing foundational phrases, core principles of the government found in the revered Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, carry on their lives irrespective…
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People admit they work to pay bills, e.g., insurance, car, phone, and so forth. And of course, the primitive essentials: clothing, shelter, water, food, and accessories. Certain people will even admit physical and institutional infrastructure, like highways, bridges, railways, utilities, schools, emergency services… Rare that people confess working to pay the decision-makers, and millions of…
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When the WTC columns imploded, characteristic of a specialized engineering process (controlled demolition), and the mainstream media pronounced the devastation resulted from airplanes striking 1,300 feet above ground, one faced a choice of believing one’s ears or eyes. Trust in the inherent goodness of humankind, despite nations settling disputes with warfare after 6,000 years, encourages…