The World Today

When you hear the word 'propaganda', what do you think?  Do you think of Nazi Germany, or the U.S.S.R.?  I think of Hitler, and how he used everything he could use, to fool the people of Germany into believing that everything he was doing, was for their own good.  I'm reading a book called 'Small Wonders', about how the Volkswagen came to be.  Ferdinand Porsche came up with the idea for a small, dependable car, that the everyday, German citizen could afford to buy, and afford to repair drive.  Hitler, a car buff, heard about it, and wanted to build it to use for propaganda efforts.  He told the Germans citizens that he cared about them, and wanted them to have good things, like the other countries have.  He also was using Porsche, and other car designers, to build fast race cars, so Germany could become known in the racing circles.  Both efforts eventually worked. 

The whole point of this, though, is as I read this book, and saw how Hitler operated, I noticed a scary similarity to how our own government is operating today.  They jumped in and started telling the banks, and car companies, and Wall Street, how they were, and were not, going to do things from now on.  They come on TV and tell us things are turning around, and how THEIR WAY was the RIGHT WAY.  Propaganda is alive and well on our TV's and the internet, as we speak.  As if TELLING us things are okay, MAKES everything okay.  I wasn't born yesterday, and I have been a very patriotic citizen of these United States all my life.  Something has got to be done to slow down the rate of deterioration in our country, and it has got to be done NOW.

Let me tell you, honestly, I LOVE Muslims, Mexicans, etc., but we have got to stop allowing ANYONE, from ANYWHERE, to just waltz into our country, and start demanding we stop what we're doing, and take care of them.  We have gotten so 'tolerant', (I get sick when I hear this word), that we, our government anyway, actually stop and say, "ok, what can we do to make you happy?".  We have become the cash cow for anybody that hates their country, and wants to go take advantage of the new, tolerant, happy, smiley, kumbayah, take-whatever-you-need, America.  I would say, United States, but our states aren't very UNITED these days.  Look at Arizona, California, and the few states that have allowed homosexuals to 'legally marry' each other. Ugh!. 

But, anyway, I digress.  Before this new government took over, we argued about what we have always argued about in this country.  Republican or Democrat.  Left or Right.  Rich or Poor.  Now, we've gone outside the box.  We are no longer concerned about taking care of our own, we want to make sure EVERYBODY likes us.  We don't want to be seen as exclusive, but ALL inclusive.  And even though every other house, on every block, in every county, in EVERY state, is empty, because of foreclosure, we are being told that this is the 'Summer of Recovery'. We are doing GREAT!  HAH!  Tell that to the family that can't afford to drive their Japanese car down to their local Saudi Arabian gas station, run by some guy from India, (who, by the way, is probably not having to pay taxes, like you and I have to).  Again, and seriously, I mean it, I am so NOT racist, or bigoted, in ANY WAY.  This is not about color, or nationalities, or languages, or anything like that.  It is about RIGHTS!.  Whatever happened to our RIGHTS as American citizens? 

I don't know.  Maybe it's just me.  Maybe I'm WAY off base with this.  But I hope not.  I would like to think that there are about 300 million others in this country, that want it to be like it used to be, before we got so smart, and likable.  I want the America that I grew up in.  When we used to fly our flags on our front porch.  When we watched out for each other, and cared about each other.  Now, there's so much fear, so much distrust, we only look out for NUMBER ONE. 

If you are not already, PLEASE START praying for this once great country of ours.  We have turned so far away from where we started.  We used to be a God-fearing people.  We used to be United.  We used to care what happened to each other.  The Bible says that in the last days, the love of many will grow cold.  Guess what.  It's already started.  I believe we are in the LAST of the last days.  Jesus said that the returning of the Son of Man would be at a time when we would be like in the days of Noah, and the days of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.  In the days of Noah, any evil thing that a man could think of, was being done.  Sodom and Gomorrah was overrun with homosexuality, and all sorts of perversions.  Sound familiar?  Watch TV.  Read a newspaper.  It's here.

We are told to WATCH and PRAY, for the appearing of the Son of Man would come like lightning in the sky.  QUICKLY and very suddenly.  Are you ready?  By looking at the condition of the world we live in, I doubt very many people are ready.  If you are not saved, ask God to forgive you of your sins, and turn away, or repent, from you wicked lifestyle.  Believe that Jesus IS who He says he is, THE Son of God.  Be ready.