What Hath God Wrought?
We live among people who believe that God wants the United States to function according to the ideals of the modern-day Republican party:
• Round up and deport everyone living here without documentation.
• Re-instate the death penalty.
• Destroy the natural environment if it can be done profitably.
• Further degrade educational standards.
• Back Putin in his war against Ukraine.
• Transfer virtually all government power to the executive branch under Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
• Eviscerate the federal government, defunding programs that keep Americans healthy and safe.
I’m skeptical.
The suggestion from a reader at left represents the right idea overall, but needs to be rethought.
The man with the sign here is my friend Paul Scott, co-founder of 
At left are the words of former Republican Party U.S. representative from Illinois and 2020 Republican presidential candidate Joe Walsh, apologizing to the free world for what’s happening in the United States at this point in time.
The author of the meme here doesn’t seem to understand that the youngsters in DOGE are making policy decisions that do violence to the health, safety, and general well-being of every American, and, indirectly, most of the people in other countries around the world.
Yes, stupidity is required here, but keep in mind that the MAGA crowd will believe anything, regardless of how absurd, if it comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. That’s more than mere stupidity.
My wife believes that the United States is headed towards the Orwellian dystopia “1984,” based on the systematic distortion of truth we see all around us. If a U.S. president can convince his followers that Ukraine started the war with Russia by attacking first, I suppose she has a point.
We shouldn’t expect people with hundreds of billions of dollars to become heroes, but we shouldn’t allow them to become terrorists, either.
I’m sure that millions of people have had the thought offered at left.
As at least 99% of us know, school students can read the Bible if they so choose.
