Are our freedoms at stake? Headlines today - Is God at Work?

Pay attention - don't let your future go UN-noticed when we all need you the most - Where are you old 'Hippies'? We need you! Where are those of you that were willing to fight for your way of life that meant something? Let's take a look at some things that make me question a few things.

What happened to the good old-fashioned 'Public Demonstration' - our freedom of speech and our right to choose?

When you understand that the simplest protest now needs to be organized and permitted by the government, it truly is sad.  “There's nothing to fear but fear itself”. Boy, are we there!!!! The fear that has embellished the world is frightening in itself. Is it not? I'm not suggesting that we don't have good reason to be on guard, but I am begging that we are mindful of what is happening to our society, and the freedoms that we have already fought for and won.

I know the abortion thing has been a political hot button for decades, but I see it as a ploy for both parties - just promise the extremists anything, but this reality will bounce around from safe to strike-out and almost every call will be right.  I don't know anyone that wouldn't agree that it would be better if all people (especially our young) had better sense than to get pregnant before they were ready to settle down and plan a family.

Anything can happen with this hot button, but it will probably not be reversed for one simple reason: We can try, but we can't control the behavior of others, and many good families are faced with the decision to abort or take on raising a child. Most people - even the holiest-of-thou types - are too selfish to take on that type of responsibility.

So, I think most (though not all) are happy about the right to choose. I would hate to see it go back to the days of illegal, dangerous procedures taking place behind closed doors. Let's pray that never happens.

A recent political hot button that is really troublesome is the separation of Church and State. We are such hypocrites, saying one thing and doing another, but this problem has too many undefined legs to it. To go into this at any length would take a book. Volumes of wrong doings have happened - from supplying the wrong countries with high powered weapons to justifying every evil deed in the name of God. From every angle we should all pay special attention to any political party that has too much control and power. Silence isn't always golden; sometimes it's just secrecy.

Another careful look should be taken at the whole pharmaceutical industry. These companies are also too powerful. They spend billions on advertising each year, and that's something new. I don't remember seeing this push for drugs in the past, but I do see this as a wake up call for us. If they deem it necessary to peddle more drugs, could they be more concerned that the health food stores are getting too much of their money?

How long do you think it will take before you see our non-invasive herbs taken off the shelves, one by one? Or, you'll see herb shops closed, one by one. I think an across the board ban on 'plant food,'  (which is what herbs are) would raise too many flags, but the unaware or sleeping consumer wouldn't even notice their rights being taken away in this area if it were done in a sneaky under-handed way.

Did you hear about the Supreme Court decision that made people give up their homes to private developers? Is that OK with everybody?

Did you love it when you heard we have a news reporter in jail because she chose to protect her source in the obstruction of justice rumor involving Karl Rove, the White House brain and architect that got Bush four more years. Are we outraged yet? Not about Bush - hell, that really will pass, but will we have anybody reporting uncensored news?

You know it doesn't seem 'that bad' when you take a look, one freedom violation at a time, but when you stop and look at the whole circle, the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” take on a whole different meaning.

Alright, already, enough! But, I could go on and on and on, etc.

This too shall pass, and I love it when I take a quote right out of the bible because for some this is the word, the only word. I'll be happy when this time passes, and I pray to God we have enough pieces left of what was good, so we can rebuild the constitution and make our forefathers proud again. I hope we can stop the justification based on our own moral bias.

What about the 'War'? What about our troops?

Maybe it's just 'Mars.' The Red/War Planet is about to be spectacular!  Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate on August 27th when the two planets will come closer (within 34,649,589 miles) than any two planets in recorded history. The last time Mars came this close to Earth was 5,000 years ago, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.

Something is going on - something's not normal. We will have to wait and see.

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