As a follow-up to last night, it is worth considering that US corporations along with US media, higher education and popular culture are the major proponents of perversion and other immorality in the world today. Would it not be a good thing if the power of those institutions were reduced? An economic calamity would reduce their power. What might cause such an economic calamity? How about a trade war produced by the equally ignorant Trump or Sanders?
I have seen the light. Make America collapse again! Trump for President!
With all due respect to Rush, I think that’s much too simplistic and very short-sighted. The history of cultural collapse takes more than just a generation and has its seeds sown way before we’re even aware of the changes being wrought.
This has been been a long road to get where we are today and it didn’t start with the flower children (though it reached something of an apex). Even more so now with the millennials, so look out.
Many put the date at around 1900 when our culture began to go off track. Maybe earlier.
Books will be written about it long after we’re gone. And they’ll be able to even better assess all those root causes and the many twists and turns that brought America to where it ultimately ended up (with the rest of that story remaining to be written, of course).
… On some issues, Hollywood can be downright right-wing. From the value of guns in The Walking Dead to the honor of police in countless dramas to the importance of family in most sitcoms, there is a lot more conservatism, broadly understood, on TV than conservatives or liberals ever notice. And so it is with abortion. With the exception of Maude (an awful left-wing 1970s TV show) and some “edgy” HBO series, there have been no major sitcoms in which a character has had an abortion. …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of Americans say they prefer lower prices instead of paying a premium for items labeled “Made in the USA,” even if it means those cheaper items are made abroad, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
While presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are vowing to bring back millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors, public sentiment reflects core challenges confronting the U.S. economy. Incomes have barely improved, forcing many households to look for the most convenient bargains instead of goods made in America. Employers now seek workers with college degrees, leaving those with only a high school degree who once would have held assembly lines jobs in the lurch. And some Americans who work at companies with clients worldwide see themselves as part of a global market.
Nearly three in four say they would like to buy goods manufactured inside the United States, but those items are often too costly or difficult to find, according to the survey released Thursday. A mere 9 percent say they only buy American. …
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… So if we agree not to call Hillary Clinton a “liberal,” and (since we’re polite) not to call her “Lyin’ Hillary” more than once, what do we dub her and her supporters? Let’s use a word they like, “progressive,” but let’s scrutinize the word through biblical glasses. The Bible is repeatedly unprogressive. Mankind from Eden to Noah declined. From Noah to Babel came decline again. Israel from Moses to Samuel declined. From David to the last kings of Judah came decline again.
In American history, compare the Federalist Papers to the writings of either Northern abolitionists or Southern fire-eaters in the 1850s. Compare the Lincoln-Douglas debates to our recent Trump and Co. debates. I sympathize with the desires of those who would like a new constitutional convention that would make some things right, but it seems far more likely that we would end up with more things wrong.
So if Hillary Clinton wants to be called a “progressive,” call her that. But to those of us who embrace biblical realism, it’s not a term of endearment.
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One of the themes that emerged from Barna’s research on pornography are the enormous generational differences. There are wide gaps between how younger and older generations not only behave toward porn—but also what they believe about porn. In short: not only do younger generations use porn more regularly, they are also less likely to think there’s anything wrong with it.
While half of adults think viewing porn is wrong. Only one-third of teens and young adults believe it is wrong to view porn. …
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I’m beginning to think this may be the cause of coming judgment.
There has always been evil, but evil could be identified.
A drunkard was doing wrong. He knew he was doing wrong while he did it.
Homosexuals generally operated in the shadows. They knew it wasn’t right.
Men used to hide their pornography.
But today, every evil is being redefined.
The worst evil is intolerance.
Problem is. God goes by the old definitions.
Chas, agreed — calling evil good and good evil. We’re not the first nation or generation to do it, but that’s it in a nutshell and it never bodes well!
Meanwhile, this is an excellent analysis of “where we are now,” presented at a conservative retreat.
Lately I’ve been thinking of two sayings by foreigners—one probably familiar to most everyone, and one likely not. The first is Bismarck’s famous quip that “God looks after drunks, fools, and the United States of America.” I’m hoping this is still true. To the extent that accident and chance play a huge role in determining political life (the teaching of the classics), I think we’d have to say that America has been pretty lucky though most of its history. Thank God it was Harry Truman, and not Henry Wallace, who was vice president in April 1945 when FDR died; Truman was far from perfect, but he was right on a lot of important questions at that important moment.
The second saying comes from my late Hungarian-born friend Peter Schramm. Peter grew up under Communism, and when the Soviet tanks rolled through the country in 1956, his father said—“That’s it: we’re going to America.” “Why are we going to America, dad?” “Because son, we were born American, just in the wrong place.” That was back at a time when people around the world understood clearly what America meant. I’m not so sure it is as clear to the world any more just what America means, or what it stands for, let alone whether it can be counted upon to defend the West. …
First, events of just the last 10 days should remind us once again that our politics have become all out war—a fact that conservatives, and their weak vessel, the Republican Party, do not like to recognize. Conservatives like order and moderation (in the Aristotelian sense), and recoil from the idea of political warfare, because when things reach that stage, it means things are out of hand. But avoiding the unpleasantness of political life—and avoiding confronting it directly—will not make it go away, but instead guarantee that it grow worse. …
… If we can’t win the Bathroom Wars, we might as well load up the lifeboats right now and become the refugees from our own country that the Left longs for us to be. And the most outrageous part of the recent controversy over bathrooms in North Carolina is the role played by big business, which is the most potent force in forcing states like North Carolina to back down from a common sense understanding of human nature. Why have big corporations become adjuncts to leftist identity politics? I suspect a study of corporate HR departments will find they are a hotbed of graduates with degrees in gender and ethnic studies, etc. …
About Congress, I will just say that for those who have been critical of Republican leadership over the last few years, the problem is deeper and worse than you think ….
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But if you just want a good laugh, this is a great take on last night’s Democratic debate — old people yelling at each other (with some Seinfeld references)
To call the Democratic debate Thursday night a travesty would be an insult to serious travesties throughout history — because it was, save for an extraordinary back-and-forth on Israel, a series of hostile exchanges that were alternately pointless and stupid when they weren’t entirely disingenuous.
Also, with the screaming they were doing, these two Social Security recipients came to look like they were battling over the last open seat on the board of the Del Boca Vista Condo Association. If they had been playing canasta, they would have accused each other of cheating and spilled their glasses of tea all over the card table in the game room.
Why all the yelling? Maybe that’s the only way they could hear each other….
Sanders said he had no specific plan to break up the banks because it wouldn’t be appropriate for the government to come up with the details for their self-destruction.
Please.
Clinton said she was for a $15 minimum wage but that she was also for a $12 minimum wage but was really for a $15 minimum wage but also supported a $12 minimum wage.
Another point from my “where we are now” retreat link 2 comments up:
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…Peter told me that a favorite Hungarian saying is, “Things are serious—but not yet bad!” Now, I’m starting to think that things are bad. It is likely possible to recover from eight years of Obama with the right leadership, but if Obama is succeeded by Clinton or Sanders—or by a clueless Republican—the damage might be so long-lasting as to be irreversible. …
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I see on O’Rilley that Trump’s Bible passage that influenced him most is
“An eye for an eye”
It is in Matt. 5:38, but I think he misinterprets it.
Pastor Jeffres (FBC Dallas) supports Trump.
So, all these Librule companies, States and cities are mad because North Carolina nixed boys using girls restrooms and girls using boys restrooms? They will get their way and then just think, every school will have to build at least one unisex restroom. $100,000 or more for each restroom. Then private businesses…
Already the high school in town has a boy that insists on using the girl’s restroom. All the girls walk out when he walks in.
Not only are all the LGBT xyzers seriously evil, they are greedy to boot! Snowflakes. Trigger warnings.
Wandering Views 
As a follow-up to last night, it is worth considering that US corporations along with US media, higher education and popular culture are the major proponents of perversion and other immorality in the world today. Would it not be a good thing if the power of those institutions were reduced? An economic calamity would reduce their power. What might cause such an economic calamity? How about a trade war produced by the equally ignorant Trump or Sanders?
I have seen the light. Make America collapse again! Trump for President!
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Rush says the problem is that the “flower children” of the sixties are teaching our children now.
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With all due respect to Rush, I think that’s much too simplistic and very short-sighted. The history of cultural collapse takes more than just a generation and has its seeds sown way before we’re even aware of the changes being wrought.
This has been been a long road to get where we are today and it didn’t start with the flower children (though it reached something of an apex). Even more so now with the millennials, so look out.
Many put the date at around 1900 when our culture began to go off track. Maybe earlier.
Books will be written about it long after we’re gone. And they’ll be able to even better assess all those root causes and the many twists and turns that brought America to where it ultimately ended up (with the rest of that story remaining to be written, of course).
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And remember — it is God himself who brings blessings and calamity, all for his glory throughout history. It’s not all about us. 🙂
It certainly feels that He’s brought our nation to the edge of a cliff. It may be a while before we tumble off. Interesting (if distressing) times.
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“It started in the movies (and TV) when Rhett Butler said,
Frankly my dear, I don’t give a dam>”
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Interesting take on our entertainment media
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434096/big-bang-theory-abortion-truth-comes-through
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… On some issues, Hollywood can be downright right-wing. From the value of guns in The Walking Dead to the honor of police in countless dramas to the importance of family in most sitcoms, there is a lot more conservatism, broadly understood, on TV than conservatives or liberals ever notice. And so it is with abortion. With the exception of Maude (an awful left-wing 1970s TV show) and some “edgy” HBO series, there have been no major sitcoms in which a character has had an abortion. …
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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e6fc02ebcc644379861b80f87152c9bd/poll-americans-prefer-low-prices-items-made-usa
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of Americans say they prefer lower prices instead of paying a premium for items labeled “Made in the USA,” even if it means those cheaper items are made abroad, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
While presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are vowing to bring back millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors, public sentiment reflects core challenges confronting the U.S. economy. Incomes have barely improved, forcing many households to look for the most convenient bargains instead of goods made in America. Employers now seek workers with college degrees, leaving those with only a high school degree who once would have held assembly lines jobs in the lurch. And some Americans who work at companies with clients worldwide see themselves as part of a global market.
Nearly three in four say they would like to buy goods manufactured inside the United States, but those items are often too costly or difficult to find, according to the survey released Thursday. A mere 9 percent say they only buy American. …
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From Olasky:
http://www.worldmag.com/2016/04/progressives_vs_biblical_realists
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… So if we agree not to call Hillary Clinton a “liberal,” and (since we’re polite) not to call her “Lyin’ Hillary” more than once, what do we dub her and her supporters? Let’s use a word they like, “progressive,” but let’s scrutinize the word through biblical glasses. The Bible is repeatedly unprogressive. Mankind from Eden to Noah declined. From Noah to Babel came decline again. Israel from Moses to Samuel declined. From David to the last kings of Judah came decline again.
In American history, compare the Federalist Papers to the writings of either Northern abolitionists or Southern fire-eaters in the 1850s. Compare the Lincoln-Douglas debates to our recent Trump and Co. debates. I sympathize with the desires of those who would like a new constitutional convention that would make some things right, but it seems far more likely that we would end up with more things wrong.
So if Hillary Clinton wants to be called a “progressive,” call her that. But to those of us who embrace biblical realism, it’s not a term of endearment.
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And downward it goes …
https://barna.org/blog/culture-media/roxanne-stone/the-sexting-crisis#.VxFAsvkrLIV
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One of the themes that emerged from Barna’s research on pornography are the enormous generational differences. There are wide gaps between how younger and older generations not only behave toward porn—but also what they believe about porn. In short: not only do younger generations use porn more regularly, they are also less likely to think there’s anything wrong with it.
While half of adults think viewing porn is wrong. Only one-third of teens and young adults believe it is wrong to view porn. …
_______________________________
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I’m beginning to think this may be the cause of coming judgment.
There has always been evil, but evil could be identified.
A drunkard was doing wrong. He knew he was doing wrong while he did it.
Homosexuals generally operated in the shadows. They knew it wasn’t right.
Men used to hide their pornography.
But today, every evil is being redefined.
The worst evil is intolerance.
Problem is. God goes by the old definitions.
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Congress is now debating on a possible bail out of Porto Rico.
Not a nickel until they come up0 with a balanced budget. .
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Chas, agreed — calling evil good and good evil. We’re not the first nation or generation to do it, but that’s it in a nutshell and it never bodes well!
Meanwhile, this is an excellent analysis of “where we are now,” presented at a conservative retreat.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/04/where-are-we-now.php
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Lately I’ve been thinking of two sayings by foreigners—one probably familiar to most everyone, and one likely not. The first is Bismarck’s famous quip that “God looks after drunks, fools, and the United States of America.” I’m hoping this is still true. To the extent that accident and chance play a huge role in determining political life (the teaching of the classics), I think we’d have to say that America has been pretty lucky though most of its history. Thank God it was Harry Truman, and not Henry Wallace, who was vice president in April 1945 when FDR died; Truman was far from perfect, but he was right on a lot of important questions at that important moment.
The second saying comes from my late Hungarian-born friend Peter Schramm. Peter grew up under Communism, and when the Soviet tanks rolled through the country in 1956, his father said—“That’s it: we’re going to America.” “Why are we going to America, dad?” “Because son, we were born American, just in the wrong place.” That was back at a time when people around the world understood clearly what America meant. I’m not so sure it is as clear to the world any more just what America means, or what it stands for, let alone whether it can be counted upon to defend the West. …
First, events of just the last 10 days should remind us once again that our politics have become all out war—a fact that conservatives, and their weak vessel, the Republican Party, do not like to recognize. Conservatives like order and moderation (in the Aristotelian sense), and recoil from the idea of political warfare, because when things reach that stage, it means things are out of hand. But avoiding the unpleasantness of political life—and avoiding confronting it directly—will not make it go away, but instead guarantee that it grow worse. …
… If we can’t win the Bathroom Wars, we might as well load up the lifeboats right now and become the refugees from our own country that the Left longs for us to be. And the most outrageous part of the recent controversy over bathrooms in North Carolina is the role played by big business, which is the most potent force in forcing states like North Carolina to back down from a common sense understanding of human nature. Why have big corporations become adjuncts to leftist identity politics? I suspect a study of corporate HR departments will find they are a hotbed of graduates with degrees in gender and ethnic studies, etc. …
About Congress, I will just say that for those who have been critical of Republican leadership over the last few years, the problem is deeper and worse than you think ….
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But if you just want a good laugh, this is a great take on last night’s Democratic debate — old people yelling at each other (with some Seinfeld references)
http://nypost.com/2016/04/15/the-democratic-debate-was-just-old-people-yelling/
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To call the Democratic debate Thursday night a travesty would be an insult to serious travesties throughout history — because it was, save for an extraordinary back-and-forth on Israel, a series of hostile exchanges that were alternately pointless and stupid when they weren’t entirely disingenuous.
Also, with the screaming they were doing, these two Social Security recipients came to look like they were battling over the last open seat on the board of the Del Boca Vista Condo Association. If they had been playing canasta, they would have accused each other of cheating and spilled their glasses of tea all over the card table in the game room.
Why all the yelling? Maybe that’s the only way they could hear each other….
Sanders said he had no specific plan to break up the banks because it wouldn’t be appropriate for the government to come up with the details for their self-destruction.
Please.
Clinton said she was for a $15 minimum wage but that she was also for a $12 minimum wage but was really for a $15 minimum wage but also supported a $12 minimum wage.
Please. …
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Another point from my “where we are now” retreat link 2 comments up:
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…Peter told me that a favorite Hungarian saying is, “Things are serious—but not yet bad!” Now, I’m starting to think that things are bad. It is likely possible to recover from eight years of Obama with the right leadership, but if Obama is succeeded by Clinton or Sanders—or by a clueless Republican—the damage might be so long-lasting as to be irreversible. …
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LA was actually slow to get on this bandwagon.
On Twitter: LA City Council, Mayor Garcetti set travel ban to Mississippi, North Carolina for enacting anti-gay laws
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I see on O’Rilley that Trump’s Bible passage that influenced him most is
“An eye for an eye”
It is in Matt. 5:38, but I think he misinterprets it.
Pastor Jeffres (FBC Dallas) supports Trump.
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“I think he misinterprets it.”
Ya think? 😀
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So, all these Librule companies, States and cities are mad because North Carolina nixed boys using girls restrooms and girls using boys restrooms? They will get their way and then just think, every school will have to build at least one unisex restroom. $100,000 or more for each restroom. Then private businesses…
Already the high school in town has a boy that insists on using the girl’s restroom. All the girls walk out when he walks in.
Not only are all the LGBT xyzers seriously evil, they are greedy to boot! Snowflakes. Trigger warnings.
Who needs porn? Just go to a public restroom.
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