Posted by
peripheral on Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:11:44 AM
From My Perspective - - -
The
world has become a comparatively small place since the advent of
satellites and internet, etc. Almost instantly, events unfold at a
rapid pace. The affairs of our nation are universally known, and the
world is disinterested in what our diplomats state or the talking
points they attempt to share. The world sees and knows! In terms of our
nation, an old phrase – from the sublime to the ridiculous – is no
longer apropos! It is more like moving from the ridiculous to the
absurd. This week there have been some instances that indicate the
world’s thoughts regarding the United States – its trends and
behavior...
On Monday, June 1st, PRAVDA published an item: "AMERICAN CAPITALISM GONE WITH A WHIMPER".
The article states: "It must be said, that like the breaking of a great
dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking
speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple…" Cleverly
using the word “sheeple” PRAVDA masks their scoffing and derision of
the USA. The intent and meaning is: “Sheeple is a term of
disparagement, a portmanteau (a blend of two (or more) words) created
by combining the words "sheep" and "people." It is often used to denote
persons who acquiesce to authority, and thus undermine their own human
individuality. The implication of sheeple is that as a collective,
people believe whatever they are told, especially if told so by
authority figures, without processing it to be sure that it is an
accurate representation of the real world around them. The term is
generally used in a political or religious sense. (the singular form of
the term is sherson).”
Also on Monday, June 1st, Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner was in China to reassure the Chinese
government that its huge holdings of dollar assets are safe and
reaffirmed his faith in a strong U.S. currency…”Chinese assets are very
safe, Geithner said in response to a question after a speech at Peking
University…His answer drew loud laughter from his student audience,
reflecting skepticism in China about the wisdom of a developing country
accumulating a vast stockpile of foreign reserves instead of spending
the money to raise living standards at home.” Laughter and Derision is
the response of a discerning world regarding the USA that has chosen a
pathway of bankruptcy in areas of financial responsibility and
credibility, as well as the overall approach and lifestyle in terms of
ethics, mores and morals.
The Washington Post reported
yesterday, June 3rd: “The nation needs to begin planning now to reduce
the budget deficit, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said
Wednesday, arguing that even as the government acts to bolster the
economy in the short run it must ensure that spending and revenue will
come into line in the longer term. Congress and the administration face
formidable near-term challenges that must be addressed…But he warned
that the economy will suffer “unless we demonstrate a strong commitment
to fiscal sustainability in the longer term…he even connected recent
swings in the market for U.S. Treasury bonds to worries about the
nation’s long-term deficits. The interest rate that government must pay
to borrow money for 10 years or more has risen sharply in the past two
weeks as investors in the United States and around the world have
become more wary of the nation’s growing debt load.”
If PRAVDA
is correct – that we are a “sheeple” nation – laughter, ridicule and
scoffing are among the least of our concerns. The descriptive words in
Isaiah 59:1-2, 9-11: “The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot
save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have
made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden
His face from you so that He does not hear… justice is far from us,
righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold,
darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. We grope…we hope
for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.”
Also, Matthew 9:35-38, “Jesus went throughout all the cities and
villages…proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom…When He saw the crowds,
He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd…” The solution is not seeking appeasement
with Muslim nations. This nation must return to the Lord, and seek Him,
and obey Him! Think about these things with me…