The headline from The Christian Post jumped out at me this morning.
“Trump tells Christians their ‘religion will be in tatters’ if Biden wins: ‘We answer to God in Heaven'”
Sure, it’s a classic Trumpian scare tactic. But coming from him, that audacious claim literally drips with irony.
And if you are a true person of faith, it would seem to be more than a little blasphemous, perhaps even sacrilegious.
This grotesque utterance, after all, comes from a man who cheated on his pregnant wife with a porn star, sold autographed Bibles, bragged about grabbing women “by the p***y,” cheated students at his “university,” stiffed contractors, bankrupted every business venture he ever launched, stole top-secret government documents and refused to return them, committed bank fraud, lied about the 2020 election (don’t bother trying to rebut that; he lost some 60 challenges in court – some before judges he himself appointed) and God knows what else.
So, the man who never attends church, holds Bibles upside-down for a photo-op and promises “retribution” against all whom he perceives to have harmed him (the true Christian spirit would be forgiveness, would it not?) now invokes the will of the Almighty in wooing the evangelical vote.
What’s even more puzzling is how any person, capable of thinking form himself or herself, could ever fall for such claptrap. How could anyone who proclaims to possess a grain of faith twist their beliefs into rationalizing that this man is their salvation? It literally defies all logic. The man represents every one of the so-called seven deadly sins which a real believer abhors: greed, lust, pride, wrath, envy, gluttony and sloth. To insist on supporting this man, one must first lie to oneself.
Having said that, here’s another headline that caught my attention this morning:
“Paula White says Trump asked her what God thought about his presidential run”
I suppose Rev. White, a florida televangelist, communicates with God on a regular basis on elections. Maybe it’s to learn the odds in order to lay a heavy bet on the outcome of the election – all to benefit her City of Destiny Church, of course.
You see, she is one of Herr Trump’s “spiritual advisors.”
But then, so was Robert Morris, a founding pastor of Gateway Church in Dallas.
Well, he was the pastor until…well, I’ll let this headline from The Guardian explain it:
“Pastor and ex-Trump adviser resigns after admitting to child sexual abuse”
This occurred back in the 1980s and the church learned of it in 1987, it took a mere 37 years for the guilt-ridden Rev. Robert Morris to step down.
“I don’t care what they write about me as long as they spell my name right.”
That quote, or variations of it, have been attributed to such notables as Mae West, P.T. Barhum and Earl Long. It could just as well apply to Jeff Landry.
Landry knows, or should know, as most personal injury lawsuits say, that his Ten Commandments law isn’t going to fly once it gets into court. It’s in clear conflict with the First Amendment which says Congress “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
The issue of displaying the Ten Commandments has already been firmly established by the courts and good as the commandments are in setting out the rules of society, this law is nothing more than grandstanding by a governor who seems to thrive on publicity – any publicity.
Yes, it’s a law sponsored by a legislator, Rep. Dodie Horton (R-Haughton), and passed by the Louisiana Legislature but make no mistake, this was Landry’s bill all the way. Just as he has signed on to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, it is a typical move that a publicity whore would embrace.
There is one other possible motive: as a reader opined, it could be a smokescreen, a diversion, to obscure 16 other laws concerning public education in Louisiana that our esteemed legislature just passed and Landry eagerly signed into law.
Besides the Ten Commandments law and yet another version of “don’t say gay,” some of the more controversial bills pass included that of Sen. Rick Edmonds (R-Baton Rouge) which created taxpayer-supported vouchers, known as “education savings accounts (ESAs) to pay for students to attend private schools and another that prohibits teachers from asking about a student’s vaccination status.
Simply translated, it transfers public tax dollars from public schools to private schools. That’s a dream come true for all those private schools that popped up back in the 1970s as a frantic effort to avoid desegregation of previously lily-white schools. The law was ballyhooed as a wonderful statute to improve education in Louisiana but it failed to address how local school systems will cope with what is certain to produce a financial shortfall.
And never mind that it was vaccinations that eradicated measles, polio and smallpox; our clown car of lawmakers and our idiot governor don’t want required Covid-19 innoculations while ignoring the fact that 1.2 million Americans died from the virus.
In other words, these are just more examples of the legislature’s tendency to pass kneejerk laws to cater to the prevailing political winds with no thought to the negative effects.
Oh, and speaking of legislators doing their jobs and seeing a task through to the finish, whatever happened to that probing legislative committee’s “investigation” of the Ronald Greene death at the hands of Louisiana State Police? Just askin’.
He spoke at a Repugnantcan FUNDRAISER in Nashville last Saturday during which he had this to say:
“I’m going home to sign a bill that places the Ten Commandments in public classrooms,” he said. “And I can’t wait to be sued.”
Can’t wait to be sued? Seriously?
Remember, it was a scant four weeks ago that I PREDICTED that that was exactly what was going to happen, that lawsuits would be filed, not only by the ALCU, but by the various faiths – Catholics, Protestants, Hindus, Islamics and Buddhism each has its own “Commandments” – whose particular version of the Commandments is not the one posted in the classrooms. So, which version will be posted to the exclusion of the other four?
Remember, I also said Landry’s hand-picked attorney general will be awarding contracts to defend the state against any lawsuits, and you can bet the contracts will be going to big donors.
Can’t wait to be sued?
Of course. The hundreds of thousands of dollars necessary to defend the lawsuits won’t be coming out of Squeaky Landry’s pocket. It’ll be coming out of the pockets of you, the taxpayers of the gret stet of Looziana.
That makes it kind of easy for him to be so cavalier as to say he “can’t wait to be sued.”
It’s no real surprise that Jeff Landry would veto HB 423 by State Rep. Michael Melerine (R-Shreveport). He is, after all, an attorney and he did receive considerable support in the form of campaign contributions from trial attorneys across the state.
So, when the legislature passed Melerine’s bill which would have REDUCED PAYOUTS in personal injury cases, it represented the first real chasm between Landry and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, which had backed the bill.
But the siren song of bar association political contributions was just too enticing for Landry to turn his back on fellow attorneys.
But the real story is the how and why of the bill’s origin.
Oh, the business has long wanted tort reform to ease the pain of having to open their wallets, of course. And Landry, for the most part, has been sympathetic to the needs of the conservative business interests.
Perhaps that was the reasoning behind Melerine’s filing of the bill. Or could it have been the long list of clients represented by his boss’s law firm.
Melerine is an attorney in the law firm of Seabaugh Sepulvado. The founding partner of the firm is State Sen. Alan Seabaugh (R-Shreveport).
But even more telling is the impressive list of clients represented by Seabaugh Sepulvado, according to the firm’s own Web page:
The Hanover Insurance Group
Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Arkansas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
Permanent General Assurance Corporation
Homesite Home Insurance
GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company
GuideOne Specialty Mutual Insurance Company
Southern United Fire Insurance Company
Louisiana Restaurant Association
Indigo Minerals LLC
NextEra Energy Resources
EnSight IV Energy Partners LLC
San Saba Royalty Company LLC
CNC Oilfield Services LLC
Barksdale Federal Credit Union
Century Surety Company
Norris Ferry Landing HOA
Air-U Shreveport, LLC.
Quality Exteriors, Inc.
Camterra Resources, Inc.
Retail Merchants Association, Inc.
Temple Baptist Church of Ruston
Presbyterian Village Nursing Home of Homer
Benton United Methodist Church
Town and Country Nursing Center of Minden
Shiloh Baptist Church of Shreveport
Springs of Grace Baptist Church, Shreveport
Springfield Baptist Church
Apostolic Faith Tabernacle of Shreveport
Airline Lawn and Pool
Scott Welch Homes, L.L.C.
Andersen Properties, Inc.
McClelland Properties, Inc.
South Highlands Athletic Association
Consolidated Title and Abstract, L.L.C.
Trinity Development of Shreveport, L.L.C.
PDR Marketing and Management, L.L.C.
In The Zone, L.L.C.
Southern Bliss, L.L.C.
Not that any of these firms, churches or other entities has one shred of negativity, but there is always the possibility of a slip and fall, or some other cause of injury of death or negligence on the part of any one of them, so it’s always good to have capable legal representation – just in case.
At the same time, that splendid list of insurance companies represented by Seabaugh Sepulvado gives us pretty good insight to the real inspiration behind the bill.
Just sayin’…
Oh, and here’s a headline from the Wall Street Journal that should give every homeowner a warm fuzzy:
Well, it’s finally happened. It was inevitable, I suppose, so why would I be surprised that such mentality persists and prospers under the guise of Christianity?
There’s (sigh) another book about Donald Trump but I have to say this one’s different. It was first published two years ago but has managed, with good reason, to fly below the radar or literary excellence.
It’s called (watch for lightning strikes) a “Christian book” on the Amazon page offering the book for sale.
Okay, you want to know the title? Here it is: President Donald J. Trump, the Son of Man – the Christ. It’s written by some delusional person named Helgard Müller who found it necessary to tag along at Trump’s public appearances in an effort to hawk this piece of trash out of a trailer. I’m unsure of the results of those efforts but the concept of the book seems to stem from Trump’s own claim that he is the “chosen one.”
I admittedly call it garbage without having ever read it, so I’ll let you decide for yourself. Here’s the Amazon blurb on the book:
During the presidency of President Donald Trump, it became evident to me that the prophecies about the Son of Man, as predicted by Jesus in the Bible were, to a significant extent, fulfilled at the hands of Mr. Trump.
The Bible speaks about two different Christs—or Messiahs. Jesus, the Son of God is the one Christ, whereas the Son of Man is the other. Jesus always referred to the Son of Man in the third person. The greatest distinction or significance between the Son of Man and the Son of God (the Lamb) is their respective positions at the throne of God. There are numerous differences between the Son of God and the Son of Man, but overall, people read these scriptures and they do not realize that the Son of God (the Lamb) stands in front of the throne of God, whereas the Son of Man, is positioned on the right hand of God. Jesus spoke about two different killings in the four gospels of the New Testament. People read these scriptures and are unaware that Jesus (the Son of God) predicted his own killing in the first person, as opposed to the several prophecies that He made in respects to the Son of Man who will be crucified.
The New Testament speaks about “two Kings;” Jesus, the Son of God, is the “King of the Jews,” whereas the Son of Man is the “King of Kings” who will be a world-ruler, and He will rule all the nations (the tribes) of the earth with a rod of iron.
This book will explain in depth how “Donald John Trump’s” full name literally means: “The Ruler of the World, graced by Yahweh (the LORD) and a descendant of a Drummer.”
Upon reading this book, the reader will be captivated when they realize how President Donald John Trump fulfilled most of the prophecies as the Son of Man. It speaks about End Time Prophecies and Biblical revelations regarding “President Donald J. Trump, the Son of Man. The Christ.”
Yep, Müller actually would have us believe there were two Christs. He advances his theory that Jesus was the son of God who was betrayed by Judas and Trump is the son of man “who was betrayed by (former Vice President Mike) Pence.” You can check it out on Snopes by going HERE.
The reviews were all over the road:
Beautifully written text with direct scriptures noted within the text itself (each paragraph). All the authors thoughts are backed up by scripture. The puzzle is finally coming together, and it’s nothing short of being biblical.
Poorly written. Incoherent. Rambling. Extraordinary claims made without any evidence. Presupposes the author’s word to be authoritative and reliable while the content proves otherwise…Honestly, there are better ways to kill brain cells.
The content is void of biblical scholarship, the author has no credentials as a theologian, and among other things the book glorifies the “good old days” of apartheid in South Africa. This is yet another propaganda tool in Trump’s arsenal of deception. I returned the book for a refund. Shame on Amazon for even selling it.
This is simply an amazing book. I read it cover to cover in about 90 minutes. I simply could not put it down. The insights here will thrill you and encourage all of us to stand fast in the face of rampant paganism in our country.
Information of the fact that his army exists. Millions of soldiers willing to fight and die under his orders.
As my headline says, THIS BOOK IS EASILY THE WINNER OF MY ANNUAL “Worst Book of the Year” award! How low can any author go?!
The author’s delusional ranting convinces me of nothing. If Donald J. Trump sits at the right side of god I pity god.
This book is, and I cannot stress this enough, surprisingly easy to autoerotically climax to. Even the cover drips of unfettered animal instinct.
The words themselves trigger my confused loins in a manner that hasn’t been done since Birth of a Nation.
It’s time the Southern Baptists add Donald John Trump to that little creed they make us say right before they take our money.
The writing of Mr. Müller would make wonderful satire were it not for the disturbing fact that hordes of rabid Trump evangelicals will twist themselves into knots in an effort to validate the book’s premise. And therein lies the real tragedy: Americans of faith who are so willing, yea, eager – to ditch their core beliefs in order to embrace a man who cheats on his wives, pays off porn stars, cheats on his taxes, stiffs contractors, embraces the leaders of terrorist states, swindles attendees of Trump University, bankrupts every business venture he’s touched, boasts of grabbing women by the p*****s, walks uninvited into dressing rooms of Miss Teen American contestants, steals top secret government documents and refuses to return them, constantly whines about being a victim, sells autographed Bibles, tacky gold-colored tennis shoes and violates every single Commandment, and much more too numerous to itemize here.
Here is one more review that pretty much sums it up: “No real Christian believes a word of the author’s conclusions.”
Those who continue to insist that Donald Trump is the right person to lead this divided nation, is have only one question – have you ever heard of the anti-Christ? – and the words found in one of my favorite Internet memes:
“Wisdom has been chasing you, but you have always been faster.”
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