Don't Count Your Chickens- -

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. Obama has assumed for the past couple of months that he is the Democratic nominee, when in fact he is not. His claim to that certainty is more uncertain than any other so called "presumptive nominee". Hillary "lost" the race by less than a hair's breath. Even at that it was ONLY the proclaimed preferences of the super-delegates that pushed Obama over the top, and that isn't much to claim. They say it would "disrupt the unity" of the convention to put Hillary's name in nominatrion. People's memories are short. They used to put other names in nomination, even people that had absolutely no chance of winning and they would get a speech and a "spontanious demonstration" with music and balloons, for their Presidential bid. There is no reason in God's green earth why we can't do that for Hillary. What is plain now is that these Hillary die-hard supporters aren't going away and if they are not treated respectfully they're voting for Mc Cain. Throughout history there were things that seemed certain but wern't. Take King David's son, Adonijah, the oldest surviving son that was "running for King" and had the backing of David's favorite general, Joab. Yet he ended up getting killed. Prime minister Chamberland was waving a piece of paper inhis hand in 1939 promising "Peace in our Time". But that didn't work out, either. There are other times in Isriali history where all of the Prophets predicted victory and one guy- Elisha or somebody- was negative, and he was right. Back in 1868 in this country it looked as if Andrew Johnson was going to be impeached and removed from office and the whole vote depended on one Republican from Kansas or someplace, who looked like a sure thing. But he voted the "wrong way" and Johnson survived. We all know about that Chicago newspaper that had the headlines "Dewey Defeats Truman". A lot of things seem certain but aren't. My paternal grandfather, whom I was named after- - - has no great grandchildren that are carrying on his last name. This man had one son and three daughters by one wife and two sons by his 2nd. wife. Somewhere you'd think there'd be mail heirs carrying on the family name. Pete Richards and his first wife both loved and wanted children. But that never happened. You can't count on anything as a sure thing. You cant even count on a certain TV station still being on the air. There are times when "playing the odds" doesn't work. Obama thinks he's president already. Ask me on the evening of January 20th. 2001 who is President at that time and then I'll decide whether Obama is indeed destined to be President.

In Word Art I have the slogan "Christians don't grow OUT OF undesirable behavior, they grow INTO it". Some say that Red China is an "Emerging democratic state" that is evolving slowly from communism to democracy. But Thom Hartman points out that Red China is evolving but evolving INTO the most powerful Fascist state the world has ever known. To do business with them is not to encourage them to democricy but only will corrupt us. Because every day that passes, they are not becomming more like us, but rather, we are becomming like them, as we tollerate these low dollar an hour wages. But now there is Viet Nam, where you can get products even cheaper because they work for thirty cents an hour there. George Bush can't be serious when he says that China will "embrace democracy in its own time" because their "own time" is when hell freezes over. George Bush is the first president ever to visit an Olympics on foreign soil. That's what they've been saying. As such China is being singled out for a special honor from our President. But how can we be against their violations of civil rights when we've started doing the same thing with our people behind bars and others Hartman says "Democracies might produce capitalism, but capitalism does not produce democracy". Bush sees a perfect world where Corporation and State are unified, and in many cases we are almost there.

I confess I thought it was the Republicans who recessed congress for five weeks and kept any energy bill from being passed. On the contrary it is the republicans who want to reconveine congress during this long five week period to try and get something passed before the congressmen take a fall break to go out campaigning. In no other profession, except perhaps radio talk show host, do you appear to have so many vacations. The democrats have handed this energy issue to the Republicans on a silver platter to use it against them in the campaign. Whoever has the least boring party convention might get my vote at this point. I'm saying this in jest but the facts are if they had a "real convention" they would produce a better candidate.

Was there once a sect in Egypt and in Rome that used the upside down cross as its symbol. We often use an "upside down" symbol, for instance in Tarrot Cards, to mean "the reverse", like those upside down five pointed stars in the Republican logo. Picture the following happening. An Egyptian leader is arrested during a night raid on the Mount of Olives as his men were attacking Jerusalem, where the leader had vowed to destroy the Temple. The leader was scourged and thrown into prison in the fourth level of a dungeon. Then in the night an "angel" or perhaps just a guy appears to him and they go past all the guard stations and he's free. He first goes to his buddy John Mark, who is of African dissent, and Rhoda the housekeeper opens the door. The next day all four guards who were guarding him were put to death on the cross at Pilate's orders. The same day there was a total eclipse and it was dark for three hours to more or less of a degree. It was November 24th. 29 AD. The individual's name was "Crestus". The man fled to Egypt and organized his first following there but then the sect came to Rome. The foiregoing is but one of four "narritives" that went into what we know as The Gospels. I'll even name the other three for you. Appolonius of Tyannus in Asia Minor, John son of Judas of Galilee, and a figured called "Yeshua" in the Thalmud. So in light of all of this why would anybody pay lip service to Christianity? First of all if there are Christians around you and your family claims to be Christian, and your friends were Christian, and all the people who support Mc Cain and Obama are Christians, then obviously even knowing what may be the Truth- - you have to do an "attitude adjustment". Obama in particular is highly conscious of the Christian vote and how his Christianity is perceived by others. It's stated that Black people owe their middle class status to Christianity. Like it or not Christianity has given Black people hope at times they appeared not to have any other. People still regard members of the clergy with the greatest respect. On top of all this there is the extra-terriestrial angle. There are shall we say "forces" out there that have their own realities in terms of what they believe and would like you to believe. Some people live by the axiom "Truth is whatever is expediant and whatever is expediant is the Truth" I'm not even going to get into that- - at least now. I thought of telling you everything I know but now is not the time. There are "Powers in the heavenlies" for lack of a better term, that influence us. Including their reality in decisions is something we should not dismiss out of hand. These powers have no "patience" for your petty theology, or the lack of it. When you think about it, a President does the same thing when he conducts the affairs of the world.