Oct 04 2013
Lips of Venus
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Oct 01 2013
SHUTDOWN: The Whipping of America
800,000 federal employees have been furloughed today because our Congress can not compromise on Obamacare. The Federal WIC program which provides food and healthcare to poor pregnant women and infants, has been cut as one of non essential programs that will be stopped today. Veterans Administration and hospital facilities, miltary contractors, and non profits dependent on government grants will be shut down today. All the national parks will be shut down laying off hundreds of thousands of employees and destroying local and state economies dependent upon tourism. The estimated cost of shutdown is 10 billion dollars a day to local and state economies.
The madness and indifference towards the American people of our politicians to shutdown our government by refusing to authorize a spending bill, will cause the end of this country. We are on the precipice of an econonmic collapse, and now this push by both political parties to shutdown the government will push the American economy over the brink, into a downfall that will plunge the world economy into a full blown Depression. This is the New World Order Agenda, promoted by both U.S political parties, that is designed to devastate the national economy.
The first strike of the NWO whip was to rob our banks and destroy our personal retirement investment and pensions. The second strike of the whip is our current unemployment rate continues to rise, which is now at a true rate of 36%. The third vicious strike of the whip is the loss of 800,000 jobs effective today. The fourth stike of the whip will be the collapse of Wall Street, because Congress will not compromise on raising the debt ceiling, and will allow the U.S to default.
Once this final brutal and deadly thrashing of America happens Americans will lose their investments to a market crash, and there will be a run on all U.S banks. Businesses will fold up across the country and Americans will plummet into the deepest economic Depression the world has ever known. Congress and Obama will continue their impass because they are not being personally economically effected, until there is no money to pay the politicians, and no more money for them to steal. The chaos will be world wide, with the collapse of governments. Once there is no money to pay the politicians, the compromise will be reached, and it will be too late to save the U.S.
Damn the U.S Congress! Damn Obama! Damn all, who will not compromise to save this country! What idiotic, traitor, would rather see his country collapse into ruins, instead of compromising to keep it running. We are witnessing the beginning of the end. There will be few if any survivors, and those that do survive will have nothing left but chaos.
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Sep 27 2013
Obama Hell Care
Below is a list of what the monthly premiums for Obamacare effective October 1, 2013 will cost Americans. The absurdity of this program is that even with federal subsidies anyone unemployed or employed part time, or even full time employees making less that $15.00 an hour, (which is $7.00 an hour above the current minimum wage),can not afford health insurance under this plan. The arrogance, ignorance, and indifference of Obama to the suffering of the poor, is proven by the cost of his heath care plan. Its cost to each individual proves Obama doesn’t care or doesn’t know, that real unemployment in the U.S is 36%. Over 50 million Americans are on food stamps. How are people who are barely getting by, or homeless and hungry going to afford the Obama Care premiums?
The cruelty of punishing Americans with fines, who do not buy Obamacare, because they can not afford it, and are already at the bottom of the income levels in the U.S will create even greater injustice, poverty and hardship upon them. Does Obama expect to imprison everyone who can not afford even the most basic of premiums, or will he have the IRS attach their meager wages, or unemployment checks to pay for Obama Care? Is this why over 300 FEMA camps have been constructed throughout the country, and recent reports state they are being fully stocked and staffed to begin operation as early as October 2013? After viewing this list of premiums that follows this paragraph, I think you will rethink your position on Obama and his criminal care package.
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The Source for the following tables are U.S Dept of Health and Human Services and published by: Yahoo news/Market Watch.
Weighted average monthly premiums in 48 states
Alabama has the lowest $ Weighted average premiums in 48 states.
State / Lowest-cost silver/Second-lowest-cost silver/Lowest cost Bronze
Alabama $303 $318 $247
Alaska $474 $474 $385
Arizona $248 $252 $214
Arkansas $351 $366 $275
California $341 $373 $278
Colorado $305 $305 $232
Connecticut $397 $436 $340
Delaware $356 $360 $308
District of Columbia $293 $297 $204
Florida $304 $328 $257
Georgia $304 $317 $265
Idaho $276 $285 $227
Illinois $274 $286 $203
Indiana $392 $403 $304
Iowa $266 $287 $212
Kansas $260 $260 $197
Louisiana $356 $374 $265
Maine $388 $403 $328
Maryland $266 $299 $197
Michigan $271 $306 $222
Minnesota $192 $192 $144
Mississippi $403 $448 $342
Missouri $318 $334 $245
Montana $309 $316 $251
Nebraska $298 $312 $241
Nevada $295 $297 $227
New Hampshire $359 $360 $282
New Jersey $382 $385 $332
New Mexico $275 $282 $217
New York* $319 $349 $276
North Carolina $361 $369 $282
North Dakota $350 $353 $281
Ohio $304 $321 $263
Oklahoma $256 $266 $174
Oregon $241 $250 $205
Pennsylvania $259 $286 $229
Rhode Island $341 $366 $264
South Carolina $333 $339 $267
South Dakota $341 $357 $298
Tennessee $235 $245 $181
Texas $287 $305 $211
Utah $239 $266 $201
Vermont** $395 $413 $336
Virginia $323 $335 $237
Washington $350 $352 $264
West Virginia $331 $331 $280
Wisconsin $344 $361 $287
Wyoming $489 $516 $425
Weighted Average, 48 States $310 $328 $249
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
* New York premiums are the same for all ages.
** Vermont premiums are the same for all ages.
NOTE: Premiums shown above are a weighted average of the lowest-cost silver plan, the second lowest cost silver plan, and the lowest cost bronze plan in each rating area within the 36 Supported State-based Marketplaces, State Partnership Marketplaces and Federally Facilitated Marketplaces as of Sept. 18, as well as 12 State-based Marketplaces. The rating area weights are constructed based on county-level population under the age of 65. For State-based Marketplaces, premiums are a weighted average across all rating areas for California and New York, and are for the entire state in Rhode Island and Vermont and in D.C. For the remaining states, premiums are for the following rating areas: Denver, Colo.; Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven, Conn.; Baltimore, Md.; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle, Wash. Age weighting for all states is based on expected age distribution in the marketplaces, estimated by the RAND Corporation.
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Sep 25 2013
Anger Management
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Sep 19 2013
DEAR MR. PRAVDA.RU , by SENATOR JOHN McCAIN
I have quoted three consecutive paragraphs as they appear from John McCain’s article published today 9/19/13 in Pravda.ru , and added Obama’s name in parenthesis next to Putin’s, and U.S next to Russia to show the hypocrisy of McCain’s statements and how closely his complaints against Putin’s leadership reflect the truth about Obama’s leadership and the U.S.
John McCain is an unabashed Zionist Israeli shill, who has been given millions of dollars by Israeli lobbyists and military contractors for his political campaigns, and represents few Americans except the Military Industrial Complex. His history is one of fraud,greed,incompetence and treason yet, he is still considered by many people in the U.S and around the world, and in the Republican Party, as a spokesman for the American people. He has been an embarrassment to all intelligent Americans his entire life, and is the All American Idiot. He has gained his wealth and status by inheritance, marriage, and corruption, not by personal skill or talent.
Madman McCain’s personal history and sickening hypocrisy make his words worthless to any reader, except as political farce and satire. Russia and Putin have many issues and problems but, Russia isn’t any more hypocritical than the U.S, and in the case of Syria Putin is a far more responsible world leader and diplomat than Obama is, and John McCain retains his world status as America’s Idiot Statesman. The following three paragraphs are from McCain’s article in Pravda.ru.
“President Putin (Obama) claims his purpose is to restore Russia (U.S) to greatness at home and among the nations of the world. But by what measure has he restored your greatness? He has given you an economy that is based almost entirely on a few natural resources that will rise and fall with those commodities. Its riches will not last. And, while they do, they will be mostly in the possession of the corrupt and powerful few. Capital is fleeing Russia,(U.S) which – lacking rule of law and a broad-based economy – is considered too risky for investment and entrepreneurism. He has given you a political system that is sustained by corruption and repression and isn’t strong enough to tolerate dissent.
How has he strengthened Russia’s(U.S) international stature? By allying Russia (U.S) with some of the world’s most offensive and threatening tyrannies. By supporting a Syrian regime that is murdering tens of thousands of its own people to remain in power and by blocking the United Nations from even condemning its atrocities. By refusing to consider the massacre of innocents, the plight of millions of refugees, the growing prospect of a conflagration that engulfs other countries in its flames an appropriate subject for the world’s attention. He is not enhancing Russia’s(U.S) global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world.
President Putin (Obama) doesn’t believe in these values because he doesn’t believe in you. He doesn’t believe that human nature at liberty can rise above its weaknesses and build just, peaceful, prosperous societies. Or, at least, he doesn’t believe Russians can. So he rules by using those weaknesses, by corruption, repression and violence. He rules for himself, not you.”
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Sep 17 2013
The D.C Massacre Is Another Government Attack To Ban Guns In America
What kind of imbecile is in charge of the D.C Naval Yard security? Who could be so stupid to allow a security clearance to a man who was discharged from the Navy for mental issues, and allow him to enter a secured area with an assault rifle and two loaded pistols, and go into a building where 3000 people are working? The stupidity or insanity of all in charge of the security system in the D.C Naval Yard rivals anything the Key Stone Cops, or the Three Stooges would have done as Naval Yard Security. What imbeciles were placed in charge of the D.C Naval Yard Security, and what morons are allowed to be security guards there? It doesn’t take much more intelligence than a zombie has, to notice someone carrying an assault rifle into work and wonder what he needs it for? With all the security being imposed on office buildings and schools around the country being mandated by cities and towns, the Military and Federal Government have obviously been sleeping for the last year, or they just don’t care, or they planned this assault as another excuse to ban assault weapons and disarm the American People.
There is no excuse for such a farce of security, and there is no excuse for the families of those who died, other than the Naval Yard security morons are liable for their murders. Negligent Homicide at least, criminal insanity and life imprisonment at best.(or planned murder by the government) After the murders at Ft. Hood any miltary facility should have had the highest degree of security , not the least as did the D.C Naval Yard. Old women and wheel chair bound veterans are being strip searched at airports by TSA terrorists, and yet a known mentally disturbed man can walk into a guarded military area like the Naval Yard with three weapons on him, without being questioned. What is wrong with this picture? Is this another Obama ordered/CIA/MKULTRA inspired assassination like Sandy Hook, and Ft. Hood? It doesn’t make sense unless it isn’t supposed to. It doesn’t make sense unless it was supposed to happen. Suddenly a busload of Sandy Hook parents are headed to D.C to lobby for gun control. This isn’t just a coincidence?
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Sep 14 2013
Petraeus confronted by CUNY Students, (Video)
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Sep 14 2013
Obama Twerks the Nation
Obama has been “twerking” the American people since he was first elected.
He has virtually accomplished nothing of historical significance other than expand wars, threaten illegal attacks against sovereign nations, shred the U.S Constitution and plummet the economy into an unrecoverable Depression. Recent polls show a true rate of unemployment in the U.S at 36%. U.S debt has been downgraded for the first time in history.
I am sick and tired of Obama’s shaking his ass at the American people. Obama’s “twerking” has been going on long before Miley Cyrus made the action of “twerking” famous. Obama is a Twerker if there ever was one. All he’s done since he’s been in office is drop his pants to the public and moon the American people and people around the world. So get off the stage Obama, you’ve embarrassed America and yourself enough.
L.A. Steel
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Sep 12 2013
Putin’s New York Times Oped
Putin’s New York Times Oped makes so much sense, that is why the American Congress hates it. I called Putin a Putz recently because I believed he backed down and gave Obama a way out of his stupid claim of attacking Syria. But Obama is far too arrogant to accept the help without biting the hand that helped him. Why would Syria want to give up its chemical weapons without assurances that the U.S will cease its support of the Rebels and also continue its threat of attack even if Sryia agrees to chemical disarmament? The U.S leadership is such a joke that Putin can use the New York Times a CIA controlled newspaper to attack U.S foreign policy and the incompetence of U.S leadership.
If you read the Oped you will be amazed at the common sense of Mr. Putin’s logic with regards to Syria and his serious warning of what has happened in other countries in the Middle East that the U.S has militarily occupied. The U.S has failed in every situation by using aggressive force in the Middle East, and ignoring international law. He simply reminds the U.S leadership that a diplomatic resolution to the Syria problem is far more sensible and rational than the threat of a military attack. I found it interesting how he ended the article quoting Obama on his speech regarding U.S exceptionalism. The following is the last paragraph of his Oped. I thought Putin was an atheist, but this might of been a Putin Put Down of the hypocrisy of America’s Christian virtue, racist history, and historical aggression and war against Muslim nations.
“My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on American exceptionalism, stating that the United States’ policy is “what makes America different. It’s what makes us exceptional.” It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”
I honestly enjoyed this article. Please check it out if you have a chance at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Sep 09 2013
The Russians Back Down / Putin is a Putz
It was all theatrics. Like Putin wrestling a trained bear. A deal has been made with Syria by the Russians that Syria would hand over all of its chemical weapons to international control. I’m disappointed in the Big Bad Putin for giving in to the Big Bad Kerry and the Big Bad Obama. I guess they are all controlled by the NWO bankers and butlers and bozos.
I was looking forward the Middle East finally standing up to the U.S and its allies and maybe kicking the western interests out of the Middle East for good. But hey, eveyone this way saves face, and averts WWIII.
But it isn’t over yet. The Big Bad Ass Obama may want to still attack Syria, because that was his plan all along. But the Russians put up a road block. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few days, and hopefully we can avoid the horror of another Obama speech. I never thought Obama could be more disliked in his own country than G.W. Bush. Every speech G.W Bush made was an insult to his audience. With Obama every speech he makes is a lie and a deception. Everything he says has the stain of hypocrisy.
Oh well, it was fun watching Putin punch out Obama over Snowden and Syria, but I guess all of it was political theater. It always is. The only difference in this threatrical production was that the actors seemed more realistic than other productions the world has witnessed.
But their might still be hope for the remnants of G.W.Bush’s administration who are still advising Obama to conquer all Middle East countries. Iran and Syria were the last two they needed for full dominance of the Middle East. Also interestingly enough they are the two surviving Middle Eastern countries that are not under IMF and the Rothchilde world banking monopoly.
But Obama hasn’t accepted the Russian/Syrian proposal yet. He may be stupid enough not to or may be told not to by his NWO puppet masters and playwrights. If that happens the curtain will fall on Act I and rise again on Act II of the Punishment of Syria and The Ass kicking of Obama.
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Sep 08 2013
Obama’s Last Stand
No one wants to listen to Obama. No one wants to see him. No one believes him and no one wants him as President anymore. His Israeli buddies are now swarming Congress like rats to lobby for war. But most Americans can’t stand Israel. Many Jewish Americans support Israel, but not a war with Syria that would cause Israel to be destroyed. Israel will be sacrificed for the oil fields in Iran. Israel has outlived its usefulness for the NWO. Israeli leaders must be insane to advocate a military strike against Syria. If Israel is so committed to war with Sryia and the rest of the Middle East let them go to war and keep America out of it. I would rather see Israel defeated and destroyed by their own insanity than lose one U.S soldier in a needless fight with Sryia. Americans now see the uselessness and danger of our alliance with Israel.
If Obama strikes Syria, Americans will hate Israel even more than they do now. Israeli leaders may think they “own” the American Government , but they have no idea how little loyalty to Israel most Americans feel and how much their Zionist Congressmen are truly hated by the American people. Diane Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, John McCain, and a host of other traitorous war mongering NWO puppet senators and congressmen will find themselves scorned and under siege by their constituants and all of the American people. They have been exposed for the slimy creatures they really are. They are pathological liars, contemptable hypocrites and war mongering murderers. Obama and these creatures from the Lagoon of slimy polticians are snarling and groweling at the American people and their world opponents.
The next two days will be the end of the Obama administration and the end of the political careers for any politician that supports him. Russia,China and Iran have stated they will attack U.S warships and Iran has threatened to destroy Televiv and declare war on Israel if Obama attacks Syria. the U.S is broke, its miltary is exhausted and its generals and commanders are incompetent. There are no countries who support Obama other than Israel and Saudi Arabia, two of the most racist and murderous countries in the MiddleEast. The entire U.S military is against fighting in Syria. Egypt and Iran have threaten to close off the Suez Canal and Straight of Hormuz. There has never been such a hatred by the American people for a President or Congress.
Tuesday night will be Barack Obama’s final speech ever listened to by the American people. His stupidity and arrogance will be witnessed by all Americans and people around the world. He looks like a fool already for asking the American people to support him in striking Syria without honest evidence or reason. He will ask the American people to take sides in Syria with Al Qaeda on 9/10/13. One day before the anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. Obama’s idiocy is absurd, it is insane! If Congress approves this attack, there will be a revolution in the U.S and against governments around the world. Hold on people. Let us wait until Tuesday night, to watch the total political demise of Barack Obama, or the beginning of World War III.
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Sep 03 2013
Spy Guys and Spy Girls
I never wanted to be a spy or an intelligence agent or even a cop. To me it would put such a damper on my life if I had to spend 8 hours or more a day reading websites like mine, or other free thinkers, who questions their government’s involvements and rational for screwing everyone and going to war with everyone including their own people. I always wondered what kind of qualifications spies must have to become spies. Edward Snowden was a highschool drop out, but he obviously had talents that got him his highly paid, highly classified job, other than a high school or college degree.
I have to laugh at some of the suspicious things I’ve noticed about spies. They might be very smart people, but they must live ultra strange lives. Why would someone want to spend their life searching for bad guys? I would prefer to spend my life looking for good guys. I suppose their work is vital to the nation’s security and all that patriotic police stuff, but if anyone is wasting Federal time and being paid by the government to spy on me, they are really wasting their time and the government is getting fleeced for paying them. I suspect that if any spy guy or spy girl is spying on me, they are probably justifying it more for their amusement.
I guess I don’t really mind being spied on because everything I have to say about politics or politicians or whatever is important and happening around the world I want to report it and talk about it. I’m an open book to spies. I have a Facebook account,a Twitter acct, an internet radio program, a website, hell virtually everything someone wants to know about me is publicly accessable. I use to have over 100,000 results on Google,but since last year they changed their algorythms and I’m down to only 15,000 to 20,000 results and tons of my stuff has been cached on Google. This website is registered on over 40 search engines world wide. To be private about what I do and say and think would defeat my goal, which is to make my opinions as public as possible and for everyone in the world to hear and read.
When I first got into broadcasting and writing I was a little sensitive about being criticized or insulted by a listener or a reader. But after 14 years of this it doesn’t bother me anymore. My audiences of readers and listeners have grown substantially over these years and I accept the fact, that my work interests many people and may alarm some people. But my goal is and always has been to express myself boldly and present my opinions, news and facts as much and as often as I can. I have almost 900 posts on this website and 1000 archived radio shows on BlogTalkRadio.com/lasteelshoworg all on different topics, music, art, history, politics, metaphysics, news, philosophy. When I stop enjoying what I am doing, will be the day I stop doing it. So spy guys and spy girls keep on spying, and while you are spying I hope you are enjoying my website and share it with your friends.
L.A. Steel
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Sep 03 2013
Barack Obama and John Kerry the Madmen of U.S Foreign Policy
Barack Obama and John Kerry are the terrible two of U.S Foreign Policy.
These two historical figures are more of a farce than a threat to anyone, and are considered as such by the American people and the rest of the world. We have to stop kidding ourselves and end this stupid farce of a horror show, promoted as the retaliation for Syria’s use of chemical weapons. By his threat of attacking Syria Obama has made a fool of himself, and has tried to make John Kerry his Boogyman. John Kerry has no credibilty and scares himself more than anyone else. He is a baffoon of the highest order of Skull and Bones.
I warned my readers of Kerry’s nomimation when it happened. We are now seeing the results of his nomination as Secretary of State. No one takes him seriously, his bravado is like the bass singer in a comedic opera. He is a paper mache puppet held up by his NWO puppet masters. Obama is beyond his own ability to mask his incompetence and must put up Kerry as the scarey face of U.S foreign policy. If it weren’t such a bad farce it would be funny.
Congress must not back up Obama. The political dynamic is suddenly shifting away from the acceptance of Obama’s incompetent presidential authority. The latest revised story by the mainstream media is that Obama decided to subordinate his military strike authority to Congress. However since he had no support for his aggressive stance against Syria from his traditional European allies, and 90% of all Americans and the military are opposed to attacking Syria, Obama had to correct his tyrannical approach with “his military”, and awkwardly pass the responsibitiy of attacking Syria to Congress.
Obama is not fooling anyone with his deception. Today Kerry and Hagal will be presenting their case for attacking Syria to Congress. I look forward to seeing what the congress will do. Hopefully they will have the good sense of not approving the attack.
But 90% of the American people have no faith in Congress, and rightfully so. Congress has betrayed Americans continually and have no intention of stopping as long as Americans allow them to steal from them, lie to them, and push them into endless wars around the planet.
L.A. Steel
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Sep 02 2013
“Flood the Zone”
Obama publicly stated he will “Flood the Zone” to put tremendous pressure on Congress and the American people to accept his great lie, about the Syrian government using chemical weapons on its people. This is the same lie G.W Bush used against Saddam Hussien in 2003 to attack Iraq. Obama must be an idiot of the highest order. He can’t understand the word NO! He will be defeated and humiliated by the American people, and by leaders around the world. If I am calling Obama an idiot I can only imagine what the rest of the world is calling him. He will fall on his face at the upcoming G20 Summit, and he will be seen as a fool, as stupid as G.W.Bush is and, even more incompetent and dangerous than G.W Bush was.
May God help America, before Obama completely destroys this country.
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Aug 30 2013
THE WAR PRAYER
Source: “WAR IS A RACKET”.COM
Mark Twain wrote this in 1904 to be published after his death and stated that,
“I have told the truth in that… and only dead men can tell the truth in this world.”
Mark Twain died in 1910.
The War Prayer
by Mark Twain
It was a time of great exulting and excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and sputtering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest depths of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles, beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast doubt upon its righteousness straight way got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety’s sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way.
Sunday morning came – next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams – visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender! – then home from the war, bronzed heroes, welcomed, adored, submerged in golden seas of glory! With the volunteers sat their dear ones, proud, happy, and envied by the neighbors and friends who had no sons and brothers to send forth to the field of honor, there to win for the flag, or failing, die the noblest of noble deaths. The service proceeded; a war chapter from the Old Testament was read; the first prayer was said; it was followed by an organ burst that shook the building, and with one impulse the house rose, with glowing eyes and beating hearts, and poured out that tremendous invocation:
“God the all-terrible! Thou who ordainest, Thunder thy clarion and lightning thy sword!”
Then came the “long” prayer. None could remember the like of it for passionate pleading and moving and beautiful language. The burden of its supplication was, that an ever-merciful and benignant Father of us all would watch over our noble young soldiers, and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work; bless them, shield them in the day of battle and the hour of peril, bear them in His mighty hand, make them strong and confident, invincible in the bloody onset; help them to crush the foe, grant to them and to their flag and country imperishable honor and glory – An aged stranger entered and moved with slow and noiseless step up the main aisle, his eyes fixed upon the minister, his long body clothed in a robe that reached to his feet, his head bare, his white hair descending in a frothy cataract to his shoulders, his seamy face unnaturally pale, pale even to ghastliness. With all eyes following and wondering, he made his silent way; without pausing, he ascended to the preacher’s side and stood there, waiting. With shut lids the preacher, unconscious of his presence, continued his moving prayer, and at last finished it with the words, uttered in fervent appeal, “Bless our arms, grant us victory, O Lord our God, Father and Protector of our land and flag!”
The stranger touched his arm, motioned him to step aside – which the startled minister did – and took his place. During some moments he surveyed the spellbound audience with solemn eyes, in which burned an uncanny light; then in a deep voice he said:
“I come from the Throne – bearing a message from Almighty God!” The words smote the house with a shock; if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. “He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd, and will grant it if such be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import – that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of – except he pause and think.
“God’s servant and yours has prayed his prayer. Has he paused and taken thought? Is it one prayer? No, it is two – one uttered, the other not. Both have reached the ear of Him Who heareth all supplications, the spoken and the unspoken. Ponder this – keep it in mind. If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. If you pray for the blessing of rain upon your crop which needs it, by that act you are possibly praying for a curse upon some neighbor’s crop which may not need rain and can be injured by it.
“You have heard your servant’s prayer – the uttered part of it. I am commissioned of God to put into words the other part of it – that part which the pastor – and also you in your hearts – fervently prayed silently. And ignorantly and unthinkingly? God grant that it was so! You heard these words: ‘Grant us victory, O Lord our God!’ That is sufficient. The whole of the uttered prayer is compact into those pregnant words. Elaborations were not necessary. When you have prayed for victory you have prayed for many unmentioned results which follow victory – must follow it, cannot help but follow it. Upon the listening spirit of God the Father fell also the unspoken part of the prayer. He commandeth me to put it into words. Listen!
“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle – be Thou near them! With them – in spirit – we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with hurricanes of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it – for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.”
[After a pause.] “Ye have prayed it; if ye still desire it, speak! The messenger of the Most High waits.”
It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said.
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Aug 26 2013
From a Virgin to a
I am glad I do not have a daughter growing up today. After I watched a few clips of the
VMA awards I was disgusted by Miley Cyrus and Lady GaGa. This is a direct assault against all girls and women. What started with the virginal reversal of Olivia Newton John in Grease became the hallmark of the music industry thereafter. Madonna set the low mark for porno pop princesses with her book on bestiality and other sordid sexual preferences. Her embrace of the twat in your face video genre paved the highway for Christina Aguilara and Brittany Spears to do a lesbian VMA dance that transformed Christiana’s and Brittany’s images. The music industry raped them and severely damaged their already crippled reputations.
Brittany Spears became a teen centerfold in the late 1990s and a model of tween sexuality. She got married and did a sex tape and nude pregnant photos. Then she had her breakdown, shaved her head, divorced and lost custody of her children. More recently she recovered and rebuilt her singing career with dominatrix videos. It’s just sorry, sick and sad, that young talented singers are forced to prostitute themselves. Americans are bombarded with this sexploitation of starlets and musical vixens 24/7, to the point that it has become part of American culture. The sexploitation of young women in America is everywhere and is defended as feminine freedom, as constitutional freedoms are being completely destroyed along with the morality of American society.
I understand women’s sexual freedom and equality I grew up in the 60s and 70s. I’m a believer in contraception and ERA and even bra burning, but to pervert a once innocent child star and parade her on a stage as a porno queen in front of millions of television viewers is criminal. I support censorship of pornography and sexual exploitation of children. The sexual exploitation of young women actors and singers by the movie and music industries, to corrupt the morals of children and promote child sexual abuse should have no rights or legal protections, and should be criminally prosecuted throughout the world.
L.A. Steel
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Aug 25 2013
A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt
Some singers are so incredibly gifted they inspire lifelong devotion from their fans. Linda Ronstadt is one of those gifted singers. She has given joy to millions of people of several generations, who have listened to the beauty of her voice. The two songs I chose as a tribute to her are two of her biggest hits she performed in the 1970s. As a devoted fan I wish Linda a full recovery from her illness.
L.A. Steel
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Aug 24 2013
The Field of Driven Over Dreams
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Aug 19 2013
Road Rocks
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Aug 13 2013
Woodstock Documentary: A film by David McDonald. The amazing history of Woodstock prior to 1969
This is a relatively unknown documentary about Woodstock New York. The history of Woodstock as a late 19th and early 20th century haven for artists and musicians is remarkable. Some of America’s most famous artists, actors and musicians lived and worked in Woodstock NY. Few people are aware of the rich history of Woodstock New York. I wasn’t until I saw this documentary. It is true to the people and place and is a remarkable historical document, that displays the incredible history of Woodstock, and why it became the hallmark of artistic excellence by generations throughout the 20th Century, and why it must be preserved and appreciated by all future generations.
L.A. Steel
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Aug 13 2013
Running Brook
A running brook continues its course
in daylight, moonlight and darkness.
The cold water rushes over stones
as they embed or roll with the current.
The brook sings the songs of the earth,
songs of anger, passion, love and compassion.
Heavy rain or drought effect its depth and speed,
as it moves onward through the forest to the sea.
L.A. Steel
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