She's America's Game

  We're talking baseball, the Hammer and the Mick.. (Much better with music). So the National league championship has moved from the heart of America to Tinseltown. Fitting in a bad way using that perspective, but in that light, one side for each in the shame of our current national divide. But baseball thank God, has remained clean of the filth of politics. Unlike the other game capable of filling stadiums to overflow, which has embraced politics over pure sport. Although some of baseballs players are free to their own political point of view, as a game, baseball has remained far from the source of our divide, that being political correctness. 

  As I write this, game three of the National league has already been decided, and Milwaukee being the winner, takes a 2-1 advantage. The beauty of baseball in particular, and all sport generally, is that when it is played within the rules, and within the confines of the fields and lawns on which they are played, it is a beautiful thing. Sport is the best of us, because sport is pure, and allowing for my bias, baseball is the greatest of all sport. I didn't get to bed last night until after the post game show, and then woke up at 4:45 AM. So what else would I do with all this peace and quiet than read or write? Obviously, I chose the latter. 

  Now baseball in and of itself is a great game, but Playoff baseball brings the game to a whole other level. In playoff baseball, what would seem insignificant during the 160 game schedule, can become the subject of furious debate. October baseball, high drama? You bet. Like most fans of the game after our team has been eliminated, we eventually make our choices of who we pull for of the four teams remaining, and love talking about who we think will emerge as the best team in the world. Milwaukee to all but themselves and their fans are seen as the under dog, and as is our benevolent nature, most Americans find themselves rooting for the under dog. Los Angeles with its big market location and its huge salary could be seen as the mighty Goliath standing in the way of little David. C'mon David!

  As for the American league, there is no such glaring difference, as the two teams are as evenly matched with all the factors of the game, so much so that the winner could easily be chosen by a coin flip. Houston of course won it all last year and look now to become another baseball dynasty. Boston too has won it all, and are quite capable of winning this one. As for me, I have no dog in this fight, and I believe that whoever wins the American league pennant, will become the champions of baseball. 

  In the end of course, it makes no difference what I think or what anyone else thinks as there is only one who knows the outcome, and that is God. For him, because he is outside of time, these coming games, their outcomes and their stories, is a matter of history. I wish he'd tell me, but I'd probably do something stupid like look up my old bookie? Play on you boys of Summer, because winter is right around the corner.  

Looking for America

     Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. ( Psalm 13:12 ). 

  My people my people, what am I to do with you? You strain at the bit while kicking at the goads. Each day you become more like Sodom, saith the Lord. You have become a people at sea, with no rudder to steer. This nation was founded under my name, even your currency says so. But your history remains to be finished. If you look, The United States is not mentioned by name anywhere in the holy scriptures, other then the parallels, which like all things, will come around again. That time is now. You are not mentioned in the bible, because your full history is yet to be determined. When I set this country up to be a beacon to the entire world, a light made bright by the most glorious desires of them all. Freedom! Many people from all over, many different tongues and dialects, all looking to find freedom, from all and any type of oppression.

  A rich country with plenty of room, a country blessed with every natural resource known to man. They did come, and they still look to come, especially those under the boot of tyranny. I gave you a new form of government, one run by the people, because America's strength and power comes from its people. You are a patchwork of people, a quilt of many colors and textures. Yes you are many, but you are one. For with this experiment of government, you should know that by having the power, comes the old saying, To whom much is given, much is expected, and with great power comes great responsibility. So where is America, and what is it she is to become? You see, there is evil at the gates, there are those who tear at the stitches which holds our blanket together, and they have no god but themselves. They look always to accuse, always to separate. They know no better, as they have become blind to the truth, and that is the decision that is up to you the voters. That my friends is up to you, up to me, and up to you! May our God continue to bless this land, there is still time, together we can right this ship, while separated we can do nothing.   

America's pas-time

  As a long time Yankee fan, and as I felt like writing, what lies in draft form is far more important, but it will have to wait, that is, until the intentional interruptions finally leave. By the way, the one waiting to come to a paper near you is called, Looking for America. So, making lemonade out of lemons, I turned to something that is easier.
  I am a fan, but far from a fanatic. I love the game, have so all my life. I'm not going to speak about my Yankees specifically, as I'll leave it to others, but rather about the game itself. For the game by itself is sacred, pure. The thinking man's game for sure, as for me, even though a prefer the designated hitter, I thought the most interesting game from that perspective, was by far and away the Chicago vs. Rockies. (If I'm wrong on the two teams, you can hang me at sunrise). To say that I'm not a fan of the binary efforts as a way to manage a baseball team is an understatement. They are a tool and nothing more. And while I'm off on this little tangent, I might as well go on. There is so much one could say about this subject, as there is a lot. But let me at least say this. May they never take away living breathing umpires! 

  But beyond that, lets dig a little deeper shall we? At its core, baseball is a very easy game to learn. Like any sport, the "game" leads its players to be ever pushing to excel. and as for life lessons learned from a game played.  Life lessons? It, the game, can only make you a better person. Are there exceptions? of course there are, but these are the type players who are into the game for themselves, they don't understand the gift they've been given is a gift from God. Think about the millions of kids throughout the world, who dream of being where these select few are someday. 

Gripes in opinion form. The shift: Because I'm only a fan, take what I say with a grain of salt if you must, but I'll never understand how professional hitters can't hit an outside pitch with authority. You hit baseballs for a living, and you can't stop being a dead pull hitter? I'll tell you a story that I just found out about recently myself. Joe Maddon is a great coach, and when he started using it in Tampa I believe, obviously, he started something. But as Solomon once said, There is nothing new under the sun, and so it is with this. The greatest hitter of all time, Boston's own, Ted Williams, was held to a paltry 116 in the world series. How? The shift.  

  But skipping ahead to more recent times, when Joe's team would go into these switches, their pitching staff were told to stay inside, to entice them into hitting into the switch.  But now, the pitchers throw outside often to these pull hitters. Maybe its me, but I would take that as in insult. I'm a professional hitter, and I can't learn to hit a ball with authority where its pitched?

  

The making of President Donald Trump

  Whether your God is God the father, or your god is science, there is no denying that Barack Hussein Obama created the need for a Donald Trump. With science we are told from the laws of physics, that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. From the spiritual side of things, How else do you explain Mr. Trump becoming President Trump if not for a miracle. A down to earth, blown wide open in the sky for all to see, miracle! Never before in our young history had one man triumphed over such seemingly insurmountable odds. No wonder Hillary couldn't understand it as I doubt she's too bright when it comes to physics, and I Know that when it comes to belief of a God outside of herself, she is cold as ice. 

  After eight very long years, freedom loving Americans watched in horror as all that was considered clean and sacred was tarnished by bullying, and ridiculed by laughter. But unlike the left, the right suffered in silence, all the time thinking to themselves, This next election, I'm going to take the time to understand things clearly, and then I'm going to the polls and vote. No screaming like a banshee in the streets, no rioting, no looting, no lawlessness. Oh, and as a side bonus to you who think conservatives are conscious about the environment, every mass meeting of those silly Tea Party people, not a speck of paper was left to clean up, only overfilled trash cans. Mean while, back in NYC, the Occupy Wall streeters were shitting all over Bryant Park. 

  So love him or hate him, do our ex-president some love, because without him, there would never have been President Donald J. Trump. May God continue to bless this great nation on this day of remembrance, this day, Sept. 11, 2018      

  

Bank of America (BOA) part two

  Now onto the business of banking in America today. I had recently opened a checking account with the Bank of America, and short lived as my staying with them was, the story of what happened needs telling. My wife had advised me not to take on another big target, and after the distress and harassment it cost that still goes on today, I agreed with her. Maybe I should rest for a while, and meld back into the faceless crowd and disappear. But because I answer to a much higher authority, I cannot leave the lies to go on unchallenged. Even though I don't own a gun, I paid a year's dues to join the NRA, especially as I think it was anti-fa who threatened to hack into anyones bank to disturb their ability to do banking electronically. It wasn't an idol threat, as I got an email from BOA corporate, that my account had in fact been hacked, after many trips to the bank to be able to gain access to my finances electronically, all of which failed. 

  In addition to this problem, recently, on two locations, my BOA issued credit card was rejected? So I go again to my local office on Rt. 70 in Lakewood, to find out what is wrong this time. After a banker from that bank finally got through to Corporate, I was told by the woman on the phone, that my credit card has been dropped because I failed to pay a twenty five dollar late fee, for the card which I had signed an agreement to have my charge paid off automatically in full, each month. But even if I had been late on a $25. dollar fee, What bank stops your card for that? Late fees and unpaid balances are what they want so they can charge you 30% interest on your unpaid balance. Everyone knows that. So you say to yourself, thats personal, how does it a affect me, and what makes such banking procedures so dangerous? Because along with my provable complaints, is the fact that it is also reported that Bank of America has suddenly made common business loans next to impossible for small companies and larger ones who are tied in any way to the gun industry. So now we can expect publicly owned corporations to get involved in politics, and by their choice, chancing to lose the business of not just the proud patriots of this country, but even of the left who is smart enough to see that if the bank refused to fairly serve those who have had abortions, that (BOA), and other such behemoths, who look to intimidate those customers whose politics, the bank's leadership disagrees with is a really serious danger. I'll say one thing for these elitist types, they hate the people because they took the Constitution seriously, that clearly states that the true power is held by we the people. We got rid of kings long ago. I wonder if you took these lock step ideologues back to the beginnings of this great country would they be on the side of the people, or their only loyalty would go to the Crown?  

Bank of America (BOA) part one

  The problems and abuses created by this attempted take over by a bloodless coup has just become infinitely more dangerous. Remember the great fanfare made of a small business who refused to make a cake celebrating homo-sexuality because of religious reasons? Remember how much the rabid left looked to destroy this family owned and operated business? Remember how gleefully the leftist media looked to shame these Americans because they denied the religion of the left, which is the religion of men and not God. With their religion, there is no set in stone morality, as what they see as being moral changes often, depending on which way the wind blows. Who, or what, is the god of this new religion? Believe it or not, these fools look to the government and its status quo elitists leaders who have had their way in spades after eight years of Barack Hussein Obama. Labeled a Muslim by Hillary in the 2008 primaries, and labeled a Marxist by his choice of college study, and his willingness to become the leader of the new world order under the fantasy of a one world government, an idea that was defeated by the people of the UK who decided to remain autonomous and free rather than be governed by some central controller, located somewhere in the world. America's Brexit was the election of Donald Trump, where again, it was the working class, long since forgotten, who rose up and said soundly, No more, and elected President Trump, soundly beating Hillary and her global initiative. Picking on a small business, and accusing them of discrimination is small stuff, but when that discrimination comes from a huge conglomerate Corporation in the banking business, well thats a horse of a far more dangerous color. 

  Speaking the truth to power has cost me dearly in the last years. It is relentless, and peace of mind is hard to find, even sometimes rising to the level where you would be happy just to find a quiet place. As I have said many times before, the truth is an equal opportunity offender, and being an admitted evangelical Christian, it seems someone is always mad at me. Not just from the left, as they being unable to think freely are easily dispatched, but also from the Christian side, I call them the "jot and tittle" crowd, and many of them, like the Pharasees before them, believe that salvation comes only from the law. These, though their access to salvation remains in spite of themselves, are the type who with good intentions, will tell you that you need their guidance. You don't, as that is the Lord's business. Excuse me, as I digress. The political side of things, unlike faith in God is a deep subject, politics and the PC warriors who look to stifle free speech are much more obvious, and therefore, much easier to dispatch as mere fools. The true base of the left are the anarchists like anti-fa, occupy Wall St. and such ilk, who the Democrats have protected and nurtured as being necessary when their is no logic to their pointless point of view and it is rejected. Time to bring in the new brown shirts, and turn them lose to attack people physically, and to destroy as much property as they can. My wife and I finally got our day in court, and though true and complete justice was denied, a fall guy was chosen to take the rap, while the one with powerful political connections got off scot free. You would think after almost two years and still counting,  I would have taken the small victory and dropped exposing those involved who openly helped the connected one from due process, and I have. If you think you can't fight city hall, try it at the County level. Obviously, most if not all of what I've written hasn't much to do with the bank in question. To find out, please see page two.   

Harvest America 2018 with Greg Laurie