Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

  Our Constitution calls for Church and State to be separate. This is common sense for a variety of reasons, Theology has no place in politics, a specific religion would have to be primary, and just like any group of 3 or more you have disagreements and religious leaders more than most.

  So along comes the 2016 election and all of a sudden we have public money being made available to church schools. What other purpose is money from the tax coffers being redirected to religious organizations?  Does it really matter? No, the point is that either someone in the GOP went to the religious leaders and proposed a deal or they came and asked for one that called for them to support Trump for a price.

  This is the same kind of deal that started with the Vatican and Mussilini and then with HItler and tax money was provided to Christian faiths to support the actions of 2 Fascist leaders. That agreement was never revoked in Germany  and the churches are still getting public funds. The hypocrisy of that action allowed the death of 6 million Jews without major protest. The cost of the war to the christian world was about 20 million lives.

  The hypocrisy of the religious right in this country is that they feel that they are somehow supposed to tell the rest of society how to conduct our lives in all things. This includes who we can marry, racially and gender wise, what we can do with our personal health and who we can allow into this country based on faith. Now that they have their hand in the collective pocket they no longer need fain loyalty to the guy that got them there, which is okay by me. However, they would like to put the stamp of one faith on everything and require adherence to that selection.

  Not being a biblical scholar some of my observations sound pretty much off course, but if Jesus died on the cross to absolve mankind of all sin what is the purpose of going to church and praying? If Adam and Eve are the original humans and they are the parents of only sons, where did the rest of us come from? If Eve was made from Adam’s rib and they had sex is that not a form of incest? Just a few of the questions that never seem to have  satisfactory answers.

  Did the founders desire this nation to have a specific faith to follow? Since the majority of the founders were Masons and they only request that a belief be made, not a particular faith be named, then it leaves it open to the individual. This of course, is to WOKE for the current batch of religious and many of the political leaders to be comfortable with. Personal choice, not let us tell you how to believe, which way to vote, how to sleep with, convince you the Sun rises in the West, we can’t have that sort of nonsense getting in the way of our Bull Shit.

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

  IMMUNITY Part 2.  Do we want to explore the other reasons that Trump is so worried about immunity? Never mind the selling of national secrets, that is one sort of crime, how about some social crimes?

  Does he want to be able to sleep with his daughter, which he has allegedly said he would like to do? Does he have a desire to have sex with minors? What other immoral acts are on the agenda? It is certain that taking up with religion is not about redemption, more of a smoke screen to take care of something else that should not be happening.

  During his time in the WH he took money from foreign powers. He collected mightily from using his properties to house and entertain people from out of town. He billed the government, us, for his golf trips and the protection by the Secret Service. That is a conflict of interest situation and a totally illegal act according to the Constitution.

  So if he gets re-elected, no thank you, will he decide to sterilize all the folks that he considers to be inferior beings. We can only hope he doesn’t try for complete eradication of a group because of the superiority complex that he has. If he should do that he will make sure that all are aware that he has immunity for such an act. 

  The question will be if he is immune will he provide protection for the people he has doing the deed. It would seem like he should but since there is no real reason to protect anyone else for crimes it is unlikely that immunity will be offered to those that do the dirty work.

  The ability to influence so many really calls on the Stupidity of the masses. The cause for one to follow may have to do with race, another with religion and yet another political point of view. The acceptance of a view without critical thinking and the unwillingness to research to either verify or eliminate a point of view are necessary to give this brand of stupidity legs. The brand that is following Trump not only has legs it appears to have some other form of transportation as well. Why do we have Nazi’s parading in our streets? 

  They are here because someone has given people the go ahead to show their worst side. You no longer are expected to keep the genie in the bottle or the racial comments to yourself. All seems to be completely okay with the religious right as they will claim that they are justified in making negative statements about others because the church says so. More supremacy nonsense talking out their asses.

  On top of all the other nonsense some on the right believe it would be just to round up Democrats and put them on trial and then after they are found guilty put them in front of firing squads or some other executioner. Yes sir, we are going to have equality and righteousness even if we have to kill half or more of the population to reach that goal.

  Hitler made a pact with the Vatican and did everything he could to keep all other Christian faiths on his side and in return he was able to kill Jews and many of the other Gypsies to include women and children. Wonder if Trump’s followers will make up prayers seeking his assistance and honoring his place as a deity?

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

 IMMUNITY! What does it cover and what should it cover? There is Constitutional Immunity that takes care of the political representatives that need to sometimes approve projects that are not popular such as annexing land for road building. They are also covered during times of conflict so that they cannot be held responsible for things like bombings as a means to win a war.

  What we are hearing is that a President can order a unit that is trained to be efficient killers in a time of war and order them to kill a rival of that President and the President cannot be held accountable for that act. This would be like everyone being armed and just pulling out the weapon and shooting whoever gets in the way and not being tried for it. Oh, wait, isn’t that pretty much where we are with our gun laws and ownership of weapons?

  If the Supreme Court hears this case, and I assume they will, and they find in favor of that action, then the next thing that needs to be done by this administration is to order Seal Team 6 to eliminate Trump. Be careful what you ask for. This is a remark that keeps being repeated by the man and he needs to have it turned on him.

  The issue at hand is not all Presidents, it is only for his benefit. He attacks people but does not want to have anyone attack him or his family. He has mustered his forces of well intentioned but misinformed followers to do his bidding and make life miserable for all those that are not bowing to his wishes. This all seems like it came from Hitler’s playbook. The dehumanizing of others to make them seem like lesser beings.

  The efforts to get the religious right to believe that Trump is the leader they want to follow. Is he really driven by faith to support the actions that have been taken? Does he really care about abortion or gays rights, or any thing else that the bible thumpers claim are so important? His most cherished possession is his ego and he cannot stand to have it bruised. As to the rest of all the issues, when the hammer falls, his main concern is that his name is on the top of a list of the wealthiest people on the planet. Beyond that he cares not one bit for any other being or thing in the universe.

  The German people listened to the propaganda about the Jews. They lived through the pettiness of the League of Nations repayment program and they elected a leader  that promised to set things right. That dragged them into a second war and ultimately the destruction of their homeland. After many years of occupation and reconstruction all seemed to be going in the direction of peace and growth. Recently they have had political problems similar to our own with the return of radical efforts to bring back hate and separation instead of unification.

  History seems to be on the fast track to once again bring us to World War and with the weapons now at the disposal of the worst leaders we may be on the doorstep of complete annihilation of humanity. Greed and hate, separation and dehumanization, fear and loss of respect and compassion are the forces driving the game, and the lemmings are headed for the cliff. Good luck to us all.  

Comments and critiques always welcome.