ONCE to EVERY MAN and NATION
Once to ev'ry man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth and falsehood,
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, some great decision,
Off'ring each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever
'Twixt that darkness and that light.
Then to side with truth is noble,
When we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit,
And 'tis prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses
While the coward stands aside.
Till the multitude make virtue
Of the faith they had denied.
By the light of burning martyrs,
Christ, Thy bleeding feet we track,
Toiling up new Calv'ries ever
With the cross that turns not back;
New occasions teach new duties,
Ancient values test our youth;
They must upward still and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth.
Tho' the cause of evil prosper,
Yet the truth alone is strong;
Tho' her portion be the scaffold,
And upon the throne be wrong;
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Have YOU?
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
ReplyDeleteThere is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
~ Psalm 46 (KJV)
Once more unto the breach,
ReplyDelete___ dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall
___ with our Republican dead.
In peace there's nothing
___ so becomes a man
As modest stillness
___ and humility:
But when the blast of war
___ blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action
___ of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews,
___ summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature
___ with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye
___ a terrible aspect;
Let pry through
___ the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon;
___ let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth
___ a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty
___ his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild
___ and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth
___ and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath
___ and bend up every spirit
To his full height,
___ noble Conservatives.
Whose blood is fet
___ from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like
___ so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts
__ from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords
___ for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers;
___ now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers
___ did beget you.
Be copy now to men
___ of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war.
___ And you, good yeoman's
Llimbs made in America,
___ show us here
The mettle of your pasture;
__ let us swear
That you are worth your breeding;
__ which I doubt not;
For there is none of you
___ so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre
___ in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds
___ in the slips,
Straining upon the start.
___ The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit,
___ and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Donald Trump,
___ and Righteous Wrath!'
~ William Shakespeare - King Henry V (adapted by FT)
ReplyDelete____ A BARNYARD PARABLE ____
Sarah was in the fertilized egg business.
She had several hundred young pullets
and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.
She kept records and any rooster not
performing went into the soup pot
and was replaced.
This took a lot of time, so she bought
some tiny bells and attached them to
her roosters. Each bell had a different
tone, so she could tell from a distance
which rooster was performing. Now, she
could sit on the porch and fill out an
efficiency report just by listening to
the bells.
Sarah's favorite rooster, old Butch,
was a very fine specimen but, this
morning she noticed old Butch's
bell hadn't rung at all! When she went
to investigate, she saw the other roosters
were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing,
but the pullets hearing the roosters coming,
would run for cover.
To Sarah's amazement, old Butch
had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring.
He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job,
and walk on to the next one.
Sarah was so proud of old Butch,
she entered him in a Show and he
became an overnight sensation
among the judges.
The result was the judges not only
awarded old Butch the "No Bell Prize"
they also awarded him the
"Pulletsurprise" as well.
Clearly old Butch was a politician
in the making.
Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on earth by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing
them when they weren't paying attention?
Vote carefully in the next election. You can't
always hear the bell.
[If you don’t share this in every available venue, you're chicken ...... and that's no yolk!]
This midterm election is a referendum on President Trump. If the Dems win big, our republic is doomed.
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DeleteAren't the terms "DEMOCRAT" and "HOPELESSLY DELUDED" synonymous, FJ?
DeleteWhen I see videos like the one yu linked it raises strong feelings that is was a tragic error ever to have give women the rght to vote.
Surprisingly none other than ANN COULTER agrees with that opinion.
I don't think that women (or Democrats per se) are the problem. It's the system that conspires to allow women, et al, to be deluded that is the problem. The press which obfuscates the issues. The government leakers who manipulate and use the press to pursue an agenda inimical to the people's interest.
DeleteThis is where perhaps I agree with Zizek. Populists generally seek a scapegoat to blame for the system not functioning properly. Leftists (like Zizek) like to think that they are merely pointing out 'systemic' flaws (but I'd argue that the Identity politics of the Left isn't a systemic flaw). Anyways, we need a method for reforming and reducing the unbalanced bias of the MSM that allows the electorate to become deluded and ill informed.
DeleteYou better believe that I will vote AGAINST any and all candidates who support the concept of Sanctuary Cities or the concept of taking illegal "migrants" Caravans or No Caravans, as well as Candidates that support Obamacare, who are for any further Taxes, Candidates who support Iran, the Palestinians and are against Israel.AGAINST Candidates who support Football Players “Taking a Knee”.
ReplyDeleteAGAINST Candidates who that are Against imposing Voter Identification requirements, Candidates who are for Open Boarders, Candidates who do not think about the Military, and Veterans before they think about Foreigners. Against Candidates who support Socialize Medicine, or Socialized Anything.
And AGAINST SAME SEX BATHROOMS!
In other words, DD. to put it ore succinctly you really want to
DeleteMake
America
Great
Again
Isn't that it?
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Exactly..,
DeleteProgressives are Despicable Liars
ReplyDeleteI prefer to think of them as master DISTORTIONISTS. Their view of the world is horribly, hopelessly WARPED –– according the standards with which I was raised, and the substance of everything in which I've placed my faith for over seventy years..
DeleteBut then they, apparently, want to think eqally ill of US.
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I have NO patience, or tolerance for the party of Hate, and Resist, and Obstruction, and Everything You Democrats Revolve Around.
ReplyDeleteYour Being Harassing People that you disagree with, your walking around Naked to protest something , your Screaming at the Sky, you Pink Pussy Hat Wearing, Purple Haired, Pierced Nose & Tongue Socialist Democrats.. You're a Bunch of Pathetic Radical Losers.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you are a bunch of Progressive Socialists.
WOW! It's always a great pleasure to read comments that express a positive, creative, constructive, good-humored point of view.
DeleteAOW is right. This is a referendum on President Trump, also on illegal immigration. if the Dems take the House, our gates are smashed off the hinges, progressive judges stymie the Trump administration at every turn, and the flow of illegal immigrants from all over the world continues, and they continue making their own little US citizens.
ReplyDeleteAs has often been said, "We are cursed to live in interestng times."
DeleteAs an article of my Christian faith, I try to maintain an attiude of cautious optimism. It MAY be possible the election will turn in "OUR" favor.
After all, look what happened just two short years ago: Mr. Trump WON a DECISIVE victory, even though the POLLS had told us for WEEKS that Hillaturd had a NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT chance of winning, and winning BIG.
And a Har Dee Har Har to THAT, eh? It didn't turn out very well for Her Heinous, did it? She and all her scurrilous band of lame0brained supporters have been squealing like a barnyard full of stuck pigs ever since, haven't they?
From the tremendous positive response our our frankly marvellous president keeps getting during his marathon run of seemingly endless rallies crisscrossing the nation, the majority of rank and file working Americans just LOVE Donald Trump.
It's only the vain, conceited, deluded pseudo-intellectual snobs in the ENEMEDIA, the decidedly MARXIAN PROFESSORIAT, the BOORISH, OUT-OF-TOUCH, frankly STUPID VULGARIANS that run HOLLYWOOD, the dour, self-righteous, captious dullards who are always eager to condmn just-about EVERYONE who stands up to be counted, and the monstrously greedy, godless globalist-internationalist OLIGARCHS who fancy themselves as Masters of the Universe and quite open strive to ENSLAVE the entire WORLD who DON'T like President Trump.
They are a distinct– but-disproprotionately powerful MINORITY who just happen to control about 85% of the world's wealth.
Once "The People" en masse become fully aware of the way this cabal of greedy hubristic bastards has taken them for a ride since the 1930's at least, we may see an uprising that could make the excesses of the French Revolution seem like a Sunday School Picnic by comparison.
Meanwhile, I'm gong to hope for the best possible result, and pray to all to be able accept whatever comes with good grace.
I pray your optimism prevails over my dark view
DeleteIt seemed to have done just that, even though the DemonRats did gain 34 seats in the house.
DeleteHowever, I wouldn't call my own "dark vision" of the inevitability of a bloody revolution if The Peoole FAIL to kick out the Marxicrats once and for all at the ballot box "optimistic."
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I will put up with lots of things, but one thing is for certain, I will never, ever vote for that Commie, Liberal. Progressive, Democratic, party ever!
ReplyDeleteI hope Trump and the Republicans knock the shit out of the Demo Craps. Who the hell wants to listen to Pelosi Galore blabbering and stammering for tow years. And I swear I'll end up gouging out my eyes and ears if that bitch Maxine Waters comes to power and we have to listen to her shit every day.
ReplyDeletePLEASE LORD!!! GOD ALMIGHTY!!! Kick the Democrats in the balls hard with your divine steel toed boots!
Do come back someday, Rex, please, and tell us how you- REALLY feel, will you?
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