Ham-Beef-Horse Burger

Ham-Beef-Horse Burger

I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.

-Roger Baldwim, Founder of ACLU

            For Godless communism to take over a people there must be a complete disintegration-disappearance of integrity. No longer can a people say, "In God we trust." The communist society trusts no one.  This world traveler has traveled through most communist countries-societies. We think we have seen decadence, even as it grows daily in America but you can not imagine the distrust, injustice, despair of a communist-totalitarian state.

            In the world's largest democracy, India, one province, it is reported that 1/3 of all the ministers-politicians are criminals. The second largest employer on earth, the train system in India, its director, accused of murder. It is amazing what lying, cheating, stealing will do to personalities-nations. If all the wealth in the world were equally distributed among all the population in the world, each person would only have $13,000.  Yet, it is not the money but what greed for money does to the character of an individual.  God created-designed man to work, create, show off his talents. He gave man the instinct for accomplishment.

            My 85-year-old cousin was in the grocery store with his wife. In bad health, he went and sat near the front of the store while his wife was buying-shopping with her clipped coupons from the paper. He said, over and over, large carts of groceries, best meats, etc., welfare people presenting their card in payment, then their beer, cigarettes, they pulled out cash. He said to me, "Why should anyone want to go to Heaven anymore? For many in the world, there is Heaven on earth- not working, living off the work-taxation of their fellow man." The two of us, reared in the same rural community, our entire lives, had seen our parents-grandparents-others, work hard (the good earth produces everything man needs to live) growing-selling crops-helping one another, demonstrating thankfulness to the almighty creator of the universe in worship at the church house, supporting the community, its future citizens at the school house, showing obedience to the justice of the democratic republic by obedience at the court house.

            We belonged to a generation who believe you are not stuck where you start, both of us have done well with investments. We knew the thrill at one time of seeing a movie outdoors on the side of a building, the bright lights of a traveling carnival. To those who  live on welfare, do not get far from their Lazy-Boy recliner, find thrill in television trash, never knowing the enjoyment of your children and neighbor's respecting your job-work. There is nothing as sad as indolence-sloffleness, such a TRADE OFF with personal freedom. The most damnable heresy of communism, what it does to the personhood of the individual.

            God help the man who did not have heroes. One of mine, Sir John Templeton (November 29, 1912 – July 8, 2008). I believe God designed me for investing. In other blogs I have described my torturous investment road. Templeton was a student at Yale from rural Tennessee when his father told him there would not be another dollar for college because of the great depression. He set out to make it on his own, many jobs, his exposure to the world of frugality and investing. I would watch him on Louis Rukeyser, "Wall Street week", his intentness on your "buying shares", his philosophy of "thought control." At death, Templeton was a billionaire. His generosity and philanthropy known throughout the world. Templeton was a committed Christian, his foundation gave The Templeton Prize each year to an outstanding Christian ($1.5 million, world's largest prize). If POACHERS of government (parents, preachers, professors), could only realize how they cheat students by not encouraging responsible living-giving.

            Even in the commercial world of private capitalism, so tempting to take shortcuts. Horse meat costs 80% less than beef. Economically starved Europe, cutting corners, using horse instead of beef for their burgers and, if it starts there it will soon be here. Few ask the question, "Where will government get the money to keep up entitlements?" Years ago, this writer crossed the vast-desolate Gobi desert (traveling from outer Mongolia to China). The Gobi is a world treasury of gold-silver-copper. One mining operation has spent $6 billion dollars to start mining operations there, already brought out much copper ore....furnishing 30% of Mongolia's GMP. I can tell you without fear of contradiction, I was there, there is nothing in Mongolia to produce anything yet the communist government is so greedy about the mining operation. My citizenship, like that of most Christians, chosen by God on display by Him for all eternity, is in Heaven (Philippians 3:20). We are just passing through but must live among the powers of this world (Ephesians 6:12), world, flesh, Devil BUT, just think of those who have lived the Christian life before us "of whom the earth was not worthy" (Hebrews 11:38). There was never a worse time than when Jesus himself walked the earth, during Pharisee law, Roman domination.  It was that youngest son of Jesse, David, poor sheepherder, future King if Israel, unafraid to even challenge the giant Goliath from whom Israel's army shuddered, that gave personality to God in his Psalms. "When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me. In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me" (Psalm 56:9-11). For a blind veteran, one who knows the joy of redemption, it breaks my heart to think that I live in a culture-society which now has, and probably deserves, a liar in The White House, a liar in the pulpit at the church house, liars in school houses, court houses, clinging to the faith that makes one free (John 8:32). (We seek another city whose builder and foundation is God (Hebrews 11:10)).