Monday, and still the world is here...

I wonder if the people to whom we entrust the government of our Republic are aware that we know what goes on with their duplicity and don't care, or are they actually so arrogant as to think we are stupid enough to buy into their wickedness.
It does appear that the citizenry are not willing to stand up and cry down the president and vice-president (vice! how apt a title for these evil men!). Clearly, the revolutionary spirit bequeathed this nation by the likes of Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, et al, has been squandered on us.
We are content to allow the status quo, despite the clear and present danger posed by those entrusted with higher duties. The maelstrom into which this administration has thrust us has so far confused the general citizenry, they cannot discern front from back, night from day. A sad state of affairs. More sad, still, is that the logical outcome of this mess will be laid at the doorstep of our posterity for generations to come.
The US is no longer the force for good and the light of the world it once thought itself to be.
We cannot be trusted to uphold treaties, stand staunch for human rights, maintain even basic ecological standards.
We are sold into a bondage to the corporations, who care for naught but their profits. The ancient Scripture holds too true and sadly prescient:
(Gen 25:31) And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
(Gen 25:32) And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
(Gen 25:33) And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
(Gen 25:34) Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
The wise see the underlying truth and prophecy of this excerpt. We are lost, because we have not strong faith and have not looked to the future of our children and the world in which they must live. The sin is ours, the penalty will fall on our future. It is axiomatic, the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children:
(Exo 34:7) Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
We will not be given a pass on this: we knew the fraud and injustice of the administration's claims and actions, almost as soon as they were spoken. Yet, we stood by and allowed thousands of lives to be destroyed needlessly and illegally. It has taken us 5 or 6 years to get irate enough for many to rise up in protest and non-cooperation. Where were the many 5 or 6 years go? Why has it taken us so long to discover our voices? How will we justify to the Father of Lights, when HE comes to ask us how and why we allowed this horror to occur? Will we take the line taken by so many "innocent citizens" after World War II, "I was just following orders" or "we did not know anything about it?"
How is this an adequate excuse for the commission of torture or endless incarceration just on the say-so of a madman?
When this madman is (purportedly) elected by the people, then even those who did not vote for him are responsible for his actions. That is the nature of a representative democracy. For better or ill, all derive the benefits or pay the price of the decisions of the elected representatives. We forget that aspect of our government. We cannot divest ourselves of the penalty, just because we disagree with it!
NO! We do not have the luxury of denying the terrible sin because we do not live under an absolute monarchy. We cannot blame "them" and let it stand. They speak for us, whether we like it or not. Did we raise our voices in protest, did we write these evil people letters begging them to repent, to cease and turn away from their wickedness? If we did not, it may well be, however distasteful we found the behavior, we will bear the brunt of the sin committed in our names.
I, for one, refute this shame. I have been outspoken since the beginning. Will that save me? I cannot presume to speak for the Lord's Justice, but I can say, I have not been silent, I have not let the sin go unnoticed, unspoken. Whether I have been heard is another matter; yet have I screamed that this sin must be ended, that repentance MUST be our course. Nor is this strength mine: it comes from the Ancient of Days. Why me? I cannot answer...but it is not my place to refuse HIM when HE comes asking for my voice.
I marvel that so many otherwise fine and faithful Christians, who see so clearly the costs of sin (and spare neither time nor our feelings to inform us of the evils we follow) wave their flags and claim that God's will is being done.
Patently, the fact that the Father is not the God of one nation only, but of ALL HIS Creation, has been lost on this generation. The evangelicals seem to think their god will bless only the US: I am not sure of such hubris.
The Muslim extremists think similarly that Allah will bless only their cause. Fundamentalist Hindus are equally deceived that their "divinely" appointed mission is just. Can all these narrow interpretations be valid?
Which of these divinities can be true and worthy of our worship? Or, the question MUST be asked, are these poor fellows just deceiving themselves and wreaking havoc in God's Name (whatever Name might be used)? A myopic vision of the Universe will not usually lend itself to a bright vision of the future. Myopia, by its very nature, tends to cut off Light, reduce the field of vision and wither the soul in its search. This myopia we are suffering at present. It seems to have manifested itself in a brutally heavy-handed nationalism, a chauvinism which serves no purpose nor any good.
This is terribly misguided and has led us into the penultimate state, before death-throes. We cannot risk allowing this myopia and narrowness to continue. Our friends must be undeceived of their conceits and nationalism. See what a terrible disaster following such a narrow path made for Hitler or Stalin, Pol Pot and the other dictators in recent years and the millions who perished to accomplish his goals. Do we want THAT to be our legacy? I know I don't.