All of the News that Fits

H Ross Perot died today of leukemia at age 89.  He was born in 1930 and I guess he started his own electronics company at age 32 and soon became a millionaire.  But then he sold out or something in 1984.  He ran for president in 1992 and got 19% of the popular vote.  George W Bush regards him as a great patriot.  He did a lot of charity work.   I voted for Ross Perot in 1992 and he is one of the few totally honest politicians.  We need more of them today. 

An eighteen month old girl named Clowie from Indiana fell through an open window in a child’s play area on a ship and fell eleven floors or 150 feet to her death.  Her grandfather held her up to the unknowingly open window and somehow she slipped through her grandfather’s hands.  They want to see the surveillance record.  It’s a strange case.

Trump praises Jeffrey Epstein because they are good friends.  This is the guy who ran that sex ring involving young girls as young as fourteen.  Clinton was also buddy-buddy with Epstein.  The secretary of labor was the prosecutor in the case that helped cover up his earlier crimes by giving absolution to fellow conspirators.  But now we hear this prosecution deal was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court because it didn’t take into account the victims bill of rights.  They were ordered to prosecute but then didn’t.   If Trump likes firing people now he should fire his secretary of labor and we’ll all feel better.  Of course people like Judy say “Well the package Trump comes in may be flawed but his heart’s in the right place”.    I do not understand this love affair between fundamentalist Christianity and President Trump.  By the way it isn’t up to me to “forgive” Trump’s sins against others.   It’s funny how Christians hate the idea of a lay person assuming the mantle of God except for one area.  They want me or anybody to assume the authority of God, who is the only one according to the Bible, that can forgive sins.  But there is some magnetic attraction between fundamentalist Christianity and President Trump.  

Police in England used to be like they are in America.  They could lie to suspects while questioning them and brow beat them and threaten them and get them to sign false confessions.  But they can’t do that anymore.  Knowing the police propensity to lie like on ‘Major Crimes’ I wouldn’t make any kind of a deal with the police even if I was guilty.  I would say “We have a legal system in this country and I’m choosing to let them do their jobs”.   I have yet to hear a suspect say “I respectfully decline to answer that question because I honestly believe my answer might tend to incriminate me”.   You also can’t deprive them of meals or getting rest.

Now they are in the process of perfecting drugs that literally switch off dangerous genes such as dreaded genetic inherited diseases, even Huntington’s disease.  They are trying out these drugs right now in patients with some success, and within five years or so they may be able to eliminate other diseases.  Who knows, maybe Downs sidrone or Tay Sachs.  We’ll see.  Of course some may say we are “playing God” and it’s always been up to the sovereignty of God whether a person was afflicted with some debilitating disease such as Huntington’s.

God can strike you down whenever he chooses.  On July 4^th there was this guy out in the desert working on his car and he had it up on a jack changing a tire.  Then the 6.4 earthquake strike and the guy was killed, crushed to death- - just like that.  They didn’t find the body till five days later and it’s the first death resulting from the two earthquakes we’ve had.

According to Christian litriture,  when you’re Born Again, like President Trump is alleged to have been a few years ago, God comes in and controls your life and “Self” is de-throwned to assume a subordinate role.  God is now the driving force that makes the decisions in your life.  According to Calvary Chapel, this is a wonderful thing.  It would mean if true, that “God” has been controlling the destiny of our country these past three years.  Of course if I ask why “God” isn’t leading my life I’m told glibly, “Well, miracles don’t occur today”.   That’s not what it says in the Bible.   I had other observations about Christianity but I’ll save them.