The Murder of a Soul

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I don’t know if I can write this without losing my temper, but I’ll try.

Satan’s servants in Colorado, aka the Colorado “Civil Rights” Division, have ordered a Christian baker–and his employees, including his 87-year-old mother!–to undergo “sensitivity training” until they are pronounced “rehabilitated” from their belief that same-sex imitation marriage is a sin. For two years, they will be on parole, and required to report to the servants of Satan at regular intervals to prove their minds are right.

As is true of every country in this fallen world, there have been plenty of evil things done in America. But now, for the first time, we see tyranny and wickedness reaching out past the body and grabbing for the soul.

If they can re-arrange your conscience, and order your mind as they please, are you even you anymore?

For virtually the entire time the human race has been on earth, in virtually every nook and cranny of the inhabited globe, people have believed homosexuality to be unnatural and immoral. The teaching of the Bible is crystal clear–this behavior is a grave sin, hateful to God.

Now this view, not only handed down by God, but ancient and universal, has been declared wrong and hateful and punishable by persons for whom no language I can think of would be harsh enough. Now a Christian who owns a business, and peaceably lives among his fellows, can and will be persecuted unless he takes an active part in a grotesque parody of marriage that he is convinced is a mortal sin. The triumphant forces of Organized Sodomy, with the State as its strong-arm man, offer the Christian a choice: either you bow to us and disobey God and betray your own soul, or we will destroy your livelihood and make your life a hell on earth.

How long will we allow this to continue?

I am a free-lance writer. Will the day come when two sodomites demand that I write a piece celebrating their mock nuptials, and not only write it, but attend the sham wedding and read it aloud as part of the festivities? Why should a writer be any safer than a baker, or a photographer?

In advance, this is my answer.

NO. NO. NO.

Another Morning in the Doctor’s Waiting Room

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We don’t have television in our home, but it’s always waiting for me at any doctor’s office. This morning it was the eye doctor.

His TV is always turned to morning talk shows featuring as guests fifth-rank celebrities I never heard of. “And now let’s give a great big welcome to Bajja Bajuvnik from Facebook!” And the audience goes wild. The co-hosts are always some undersized white woman who talks faster than I can hear, and a hulking big athlete with earrings. And of course there’s always a Musical Guest to perform real loud music that I really hate.

Most of the commercials seem to be for antidepressant drugs that could kill you if you don’t watch out, according to the long disclaimer.

You might not need those drugs if you didn’t watch these shows.

In an effort to tune out the TV, I picked up a magazine–New York, the magazine for libs ‘n’ progs who want people to think they’re cool.

A couple of ads jumped out and caught my eye. One was for “Must-Have” sunglasses. Must have? Is there someone out there who needs to get a life?

Another asked, “Are you gorgeous, handsome, young, super-successful and rich… and you don’t have a head-turning woman in your life? If you are, we need to talk.” This was for some “model-quality introductions” service, illustrated with head shots of women who were supposed to be beautiful but actually looked kind of creepy. Maybe they were cyborgs.

Ah, our wonderful popular culture!

Another Radio Gig for Me

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Oops, I almost forgot: I’ll be on the radio again tomorrow, a little guest spot on the Rob Schilling Show, Radio 1070 WINA, at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time. We’ll be talking about some little problems with public education. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to plug my books (they need it).

You can probably listen on your computer, so tune in and hear the creaking door that is my voice.

Fantastic Success by the Age of 23

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Curious as to what all the hoopla is about, I have obtained a copy of Veronica Roth’s best-selling teenage post-apocalyptic dystopia novel, Divergent. It’s a big movie, and my local supermarket is full of Divergent movie guides and other items.

Divergent may become the next big marketing item after The Hunger Games. I have not yet read a word of it, but two things have already struck me as remarkable.

In her acknowledgements, Roth first gives thanks “to God and to his Son, who have blessed me beyond my comprehension.” Wow! These days, publicly giving thanks to God takes courage. If you do it at your high school graduation, they’ll turn off your microphone. Tim Tebow did it as an adult and they turned off his football career.

The other thing is, when Divergent was published in 2011, and soared to the top of the New York Times Best-seller List, Veronica was 23 years old.

Twenty-three! I was twenty-three, once. But in 1988 I was already 39, and had been writing since I was ten. In 2011 I was 62. My Bell Mountain came out in 2010 and quickly fell about 25 million copies behind Divergent.

To be fair, when I was a 23-year-old writer, I produced nothing that anyone would be any better off for reading. When I was a 39-year-old writer, I had a few short stories out there and a horror novel which was pretty good, for a Stephen King knockoff.

I can’t help wondering what any 23-year-old could say that was worth reading. But who knows? Veronica Roth might astound me. She certainly has more courage than I had when I was 23, and a better conscience.

I remember Cecilia Holland, who was from my home town. While I was still in high school, and she was in her very early twenties, Cecilia scorched the best-seller list with a spectacular historical novel, The Firedrake. She returned to our high school to address us, and someone asked her, “What are your books about?” To which she answered, “Read ’em!”

Cecilia is still writing, and I keep meaning to get some of her newer books to see if the magic has come back to her. Her first couple of books were really something special, but I couldn’t say that for those she produced later on.

Meanwhile, I’m intensely curious to see what Veronica’s book is like; and when I do, I’ll tell you all about it.

Argentina’s Secretary of Thought (ROFL)

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You’re not gonna believe this.

As reported by The Telegraph, “Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner has created a new post: secretary for strategic co-ordination of national thought” ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/10880243/Argentina-appoints-new-secretary-of-national-thought.html ).

Yeah, ha-ha, very funny..,. but I’m afraid this is no satire.

The guy who got the job as Secretary of National Thought “said the idea was ‘to build networks among academics and intellectuals who are thinking about joint projects in Latin America,'” The Telegraph reported. He denied it has anything to do with trying to achieve “uniformity of thought” in Argentina.

How long will it take them to discover that a lone musketeer can’t do much, even if he is a secretary? So, presto! They create another huge bureaucracy, the Ministry of National Thought, complete with a new horde of unionized public employees, etc. *sigh*

I’ll bet you absolutely can’t wait until this catches on in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and everywhere else. Secretary of National Thought–brilliant! Why didn’t we think of that! Can we get Michelle Obama to do it? Oh, she’s busy telling people what to eat? Ooh-ooh, I know–Michael Bloomberg! The ideal man for the job.

Man, we could have it so you can’t think without a thinking license, and someone could invent, like, a monitor you can wear on your forehead so they’ll always know what you’re thinking and can jump on you if you have any bad thoughts about our beloved president…

Can I wake up now–please?

D-Day: What Were We Fighting For?

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June 6, 1944–Tens of thousands of American, British, Canadian, and Polish soldiers swarm onto the beaches of Normandy in a bloody  battle that will bring about the end of Nazi Germany–a criminal regime founded on socialism, “science,” state supremacy, and racial hatred, all mixed together in a cauldron stirred by Hitler.

June 6, 2014–The European Central Bank announces a new policy of “negative interest”: if another bank puts money in the ECB, it will earn interest of minus 0.1% ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/05/less-than-zero-europ-introduces-negative-interest-rates-to-save-its-economy/ ). According to the Washington Post article, “Charging banks to park cash at the ECB” is supposed to inspire those banks to lend the money instead, and perk up Europe’s sagging economy.

There is no truth to the report that when New York Mayor Warren “Bill DeBlasio” Wilhelm Jr. heard about negative interest, he suffered a seizure of envy that caused his head to spin around a full 360 degrees.

Yes, boys–you overthrew National Socialism to make the world safe for Euro-socialism. We Americans fought for our current right to be ruled–not “governed”: that word would imply some measure of lawfulness–by low-lifes, racists, thieves, liars, Juan Peron wannabes, and homosexual supremacists.

But it’s not your fault that subsequent generations–like mine–have failed you. Your courage defeated the evil of your age in history.

We today bow down to evil.

P.S.–The link to the Washington Post story does not work. I have no idea why not. Sorry!

A Human Sacrifice to… Slender Man?

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While teachers’ unions, the ACLU, and the rest of the gang frantically labor to protect America’s children from Jesus and the Bible, a pair of 12-year-old girls in Wisconsin tried to stab a third girl to death–as a sacrifice to a fictional character called Slender Man. The Guardian provides the best coverage of the story ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/slender-man-online-character-wisconsin-stabbings ).

The victim clings to life, no thanks to her little friends, who did their best to kill her.

Slender Man is a kind of monster, created just for fun and entertainment. I was amazed to discover there is a whole Slender Man subculture out there. This thing was only invented a few years ago, and it’s already spawned at least one attempted murder.

Oh, well… as long as they’re protected from the Sermon on the Mount, who cares what else fills the vacuum?

About that contest–

I’d better put my own comments up here for the time being, so that I don’t accidentally win my own contest by posting the 2,000th comment.

A reader has suggested that I sign the book to be given as a prize. Can do.

Another has suggested I offer Bell Mountain instead of The Palace, because Bell Mountain is the first book in the series.

Sorry, no can do. I’m just about out of copies of this book, whereas my supply of The Palace has hardly been touched.

Anyhow, buying Bell Mountain won’t break anybody’s bank, the paperback is currently offered at half-price, and from time to time the Kindle version will be offered at no cost at all, by amazon.com. And it would be nice for me to earn a little money, don’t you think?

A Contest for My Readers

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I’ve been getting a lot of comments lately, closing in on No. 2,000; so I’ve decided to hold a contest.

To whoever turns out to be the lucky reader who posts that 2,000th comment, I will send a paperback copy of my latest book, The Palace.

Please try to make them witty, wise, and to the point. I won’t give the prize to any idle one-liner that doesn’t have anything to do with anything.

Here’s That Disgusting Story

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All right, I’m ready to give you that news that I couldn’t bear to write about yesterday. I don’t do this to torture myself, or you. I believe we have a duty to bear witness to the evil things that are done in this age, so that future generations–if there are any–will know that those things were done without our consent, and be warned not to turn from God and worship themselves as gods.

A pair of insane parents in California has won a Harvey Milk Award (oh, give me strength!) for encouraging their 6-year-old daughter to insist she’s actually a boy. (For an article that includes pictures, see http://conservativeread.com/hipster-parents-win-award-for-turning-6-year-old-daughter-into-a-boy/ )

They say Harvey Milk–a sexual predator recently honored by the U.S. government with a postage stamp–inspired their whole family to “come out.” They say they did it because they were worried that their “transgendered” daughter was going to commit suicide if they didn’t let her be a boy.

They expect us to believe their tall tales about a 4 or 5-year-old child contemplating suicide because God–it’s always God’s fault–cruelly made her a girl instead of a boy. Uh-huh–sure, we believe that. They couldn’t possibly be lying. But on the slender chance they’re not–who put those ideas into a little child’s head? Because they sure didn’t pop up there themselves.

I never believed I would live to see such perverted evil as is exhibited at all levels of this story. If this truly is where our country, our culture, is at, then I do believe America is finished. God has washed His hands of us, and given us over to a reprobate mind.

He is going to inflict upon the American people the most severe punishment He can: He is going to give us what we ask for.

But keep praying. It may be that He will hear us, have mercy on us, and wipe away all this nightmare with a sweep of His hand.

Too Disgusting to Report

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Sometimes I just can’t take it anymore.

I came across a news story this weekend that I really ought to comment on, here and elsewhere, as I bear witness to the murder of Western civilization. Maybe tomorrow I’ll have something to say about it. But for the time being, my stomach has been turned too violently and I’m grieving for my country.

In the last year or two, I’d say, I’ve found an increase in the number of news reports–that is, things that really happened–that I deem just too vile to write about. Week in, week out, I report the asinine, the outrageous, and the cruel things that people are doing to our way of life. Do you think this is fun? I’m here to tell you that it ain’t!

Anyhow, there are things that happen out there that I just plain can’t find words for.

God save us. Turn us, turn us, turn us, O Lord, turn us back to you, and cause thy face to shine: and we shall be saved.