Truth...or fiction?

Throughout our time as humans on this planet, throughout modern AND ancient history, there has been a constant record of governments lying to the citizens. Nero set fire to Rome and blamed the Christians to encourage persecution of them. Hitler set fire to the Reichstag and blamed it on the Communists in order to unite the country to war. Our governments, who are intended to be our protectors, fail in truthfulness. And are quite often intentionally dishonest, using lies to rile up the citizens and unite them in some action that the government wants to take, but needs to legitimize it somehow. And thus, the lies are born. And we, as citizens, become puppets as our emotional strings are pulled and yanked in whatever direction the government wants us to go. We become slaves to their will, unknowing of their true intentions until it is too late.
December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 are two dates that will always be remembered. 60 years had passed since we had an attack on our own soil, two days that both involved airplanes and "faulty intelligence".
December 7, 1941. It was a Sunday morning in beautiful Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. There was a report made of incoming planes, but the report was not thought to be anything out of the ordinary. The U.S. was expecting a fleet of B-17 bombers to be coming in from a direction so similar that it was only a few degrees off. And the sailors watching the radar had never seen a fleet of enemy planes as large as this one, so they mistakenly assumed that they were American.
September 11. 2001. George W. Bush was at an elementary school, listening to a little girl read a story about her pet goat. He was doing one of his numerous publicity stunts about the importance of education. One of the White House men with him leaned over and whispered into his ear. Bush did not respond, but bent down towards the children for more poses. Norman Mineta told Lee Hamilton:
“During the time that the airplane was coming into the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President…the plane is 50 miles out…the plane is 30 miles out….and when it got down to the plane is 10 miles out, the young man also said to the vice president “do the orders still stand?” And the Vice President turned and whipped his neck around and said “Of course the orders still stand, have you heard anything to the contrary!?"'
For more info on all of the specifics, go to http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/260607_mineta.html
After reading all of the information presented there, I find it very hard to put blind trust into the vague report of the 9/11 Commission. There is just NO reason why the USAF would permit a plane to enter into the 40 miles of most restricted airspace in the COUNTRY unless they had been told to stand down! And what truthful, just, pure reasoning would someone in power USE to ORDER such a thing? There are none. The Pentagon is the core of our defense. The core of our government. To allow an attack on that would provoke the proper emotional response to hurrah the President into going to war with a country that had nothing to do with the attack, but all of the oil for the U.S. to gain. The United States has falsely accused the Middle East of things for which they are not at fault. And our army has invaded their countries. Their homes. They have kicked in the doors of their homes while they were having supper, pointed guns at them, yelled at them in a language that they did not understand, told them to get against the wall while they ransack their possessions, and left them, shaken, bitter, and resentful.
And the "resistance fighters". The "terrorists". I'm not saying that what they are doing is right. But didn't America do the same thing in 1776? We resisted England. We killed the English. Shot them, butchered them for invading what was ours. We are occupying Iraq and Afghanistan, building military bases and bomb shelters. We are planting ourselves in countries that are not ours. If another country was occupying America, how would we treat them? Give them candy and sweet words? NO! We would be hunting them down. It is protection of the land from a foreign threat, which is what we are to them!
They hate America. They hate the immorality, and the common religion of Christianity. I am a practicing Christian, not just one by birth or raising, so I can't agree with them on THAT reason for hating us. But the immorality is enormous...fornication is promoted and smiled at, immodesty is prevalent, greed is accepted and praised, women are placing themselves above men, (some) men and women are becoming homosexual, television is praising this type of lifestyle as our filthy shows and movies are aired in countless countries. America has turned its back on God, and has become a greedy parasite, consumed with lust and greed.
Some of the citizens can remember days when it was not so terrible. When Daddy worked, and Mommy stayed home and raised the children. When the word "sex" was not even whispered in the hallways of high school. When the "bad women" were known an shunned as such, not embraced as they are now.
Times have changed. The country's departure from God has led us into greed, which in turn has led us into war. The deaths of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are not tainted by the politics of this war. Their intentions were true. Their service was true. But the chain-of-command which was responsible for their demise will not walk away with such clean hands and pure hearts as the fallen.
What blind trust that once was encouraged, and maybe warranted in the past is gone. It is now every man for himself. The government will not protect us anymore. What used to be "us" is now "us" and "them". They don't represent us anymore. Their political pork has ensnared the senator's attentions, and Congress' unending support of this tyrannical President and his "good intentions" is tainted by their greediness of heart.

Hmmmm....:-)

I decided to play hooky from school today. So I have been sitting on my bed, looking at old pictures from long ago, playing with Babbitt, Cookie, and watching these rather idiotic court shows like Divorce Court.
Today I was looking at old pictures from when I was 18 and 19. Chris was thinner back then, and I was fatter back then...it seems that we've traded places since then.
I felt a lot more relieved after seeing where I was, and where I am now. I miss the place I was in at the time...at a private school, with a great plan for the future. And oh yeah, my BLONDE hair! heeheeheeeeeeeee
I am going to have to go back blonde pretty soon. I miss it! I feel ever since I dyed my hair dark that a plague of umm...bats! has descended upon my head and shrouded me with...poop! haha

Alabama Man

Today
I saw a man
Old
Brown eyes
A touch of youthfulness
Orneryness
Drawl
In his sixties
Lived his life
With-
-contentedness
Made me
-homesick for the South
courteous
confident
.......happy.......
His wife with the way
of Southern women
and the friend with
...california uneasiness in her eyes...
when you get scared
unsure
no foundation
no base
in the South
...they have a foundation
God
Sweet tea
Country Music
Barns
miles of rolling country
hospitality
God...again
I miss it.

Truth...and the pursuit thereof.

Truth.
Versus dreams.
Versus the permanence of the past as it affects my soul.
My thoughts.
My beliefs.
Why I choose to sew some of my clothes rather than being totally dependant on stores for existance.
The goals that I want to acheive...the past as it affects me now.
The realization that I have not been living the life that I should be living.
The realization that I have screwed up...but it is fixable.
Why I want a flower garden.
Why I write poetry that makes no sense, does not rhyme, but makes me feel contented...for a moment.
Why hearing of the selflessness of the women of the Bible make me feel very ashamed of myself.
The reason that I love antiques
The reason that I cannot stand men who are overly stylish and (pardon me) "pimped out"
The way sweet tea soothes my soul
The feeling of petting my bunny rabbit and him hopping around my room
How the lightbulb goes on
How looking at anatomy class slides through a microscope lets me see a world that most do not even fully realize is there
The feeling of the flute in my hands, the hot air streaming through the holes and keys, the strong vibrato and mellow notes that sets my flute singing
The changes that I earnestly want to make within myself.
The desire for perfection...knowing deep within myself what the said perfection would be...and puzzling over how to obtain the said perfection.
Truth...is masked in mystery. The truth of one situation is but lies to another soul. The best you can be does not exist. When a soul attains the best they can be, there is always one...more...inch...and after that inch, then another, and another, until we have gone miles past what we previously thought we could...

Thoughts

Why do so many single people claim to be "alone"? I think this is such foolishness. A lot of these people come from good families, have good friends, and may even have pets to play with. I think, that in our society and in ALL societies, females are taught that we cannot function without a "love interest" or "boyfriend". I used to be one of those girls...jumping from one relationship to another, and never really giving myself time to think and to grow. I always worried about pleasing whoever I was dating at the time, rather than spending time with just myself and my goals. Lately, I have had so much time to think and reprioritize...it's amazing. I feel that God is nearer to me than He has been for a long time, and that I am on the way up, rather than down. This semester, I plan on having A's, paying my credit cards down, and to continue getting in shape like I have been. I am so excited for the opportunities that I've been given, and can't wait to make them a reality!

Today :-)

Today, in general, was a good day. I worked this morning, didnt get kidnapped (lol), but at work I got this really trippy phone call...I tried to be polite to her but she was foreign and wouldn't get the message that NO I could not turn the store upside down while looking for a black, drawstring linen Liz Claiborne pair of pants. Goodness.
After that, Leah came in, and her knee was entirely bloodied...she had fell down and I was so proud of myself...I didn't even get queasy when looking at it. :-D Yeah, I'm a nerd.
Then Mom came and we went to Lamont to go pick up oranges from this nice lady and her husband, and they HOOKED us UP! We got three boxes from them...it was awesome :-D
Now I am roasting some chicken with olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper, and balsamic vinegar. It smells amazing already, but it still has a while to cook.
I am so tired...I think my job is really draining me tired. I always look forward so much to going home, because I don't have to try to impress people, and it's nice. There are some people who I genuinely like and don't have to try hard to joke with, but there are some people who you just don't click with, and those are generally the people who find something to complain about.
*sigh*
I can't wait until I'm done with my degree. My mother told me that I will see many people die, but as a Christian, our lives are oriented towards our deaths, when our lives are sealed. Dying doesn't frighten me very much...I just think of those left behind. I am looking forward to doing this...and I pray that I will succeed. If I don't, I'll be back at square one again. But I have to try. :-D
Love,
*Sara Marie*

थे Joy of the LORD

The last few days, I have been on such a spiritual high. Such a spiritual high that I have not come down yet. All of the outside world swirls around my head but my heart is not touched by the filth of the Earth. Not anymore.
For the past few days, I have been drowning out everything that I possibly can. All of the "love" music, the depressing rock music, the music with a "good beat" but disgusting lyrics, as well as TV...I have drowned it all out and feel so very different already, and it's only been a few days!
See, our culture is desensitized to everything these days. It's the liberal agenda: push a little, back off when you meet opposition, then push a little harder again. And it's what our culture has done! TV started out as something rather wholesome, but it has become so very corrupt in these later years. It seems like the American people are unplugging their consciences and letting a glowing box in the corner dictate morality. TV brings the pressures of society and dumps them into your living room or bedroom...home is not even a place of refuge from outside influences.
But all of that aside, I made a trip to Berean book store, and found WONDERFUL software programs for only $9.97 each. They each have several different translations of the Bible on there, as well as Fox's book of Martyrs, Paradise Lost, etc. The complete works of Josephus are on there, also. I am very excited about it! I want to begin writing again, so that software with all of the references will definitely be a big help!