Movies and the Present Times

There is movie called Runaway Jury.  It is about how 2 young people foil the attempts of an unscrupulous law firm to steal a jury for its client.  The young couple played by John Cusack and Rachel Weisz show they were prepared for all the dirty tricks thrown at them.  After all, they had carefully studied and prepared for the subversive tactics of the attorney in previous trials.  They successfully countered his every diabolical move.  In the end, they prevented the jury from being stolen and allowed them to vote their consciences. 

Is that fiction?  Do people really steal juries?  I don’t know, but there is a new movie coming out about a similar topic.  It is about a runaway election.  The movie is actually a documentary.  It uncovers a systematic scheme by one candidate’s team to thwart the efforts and turn the caucuses and primary elections from one particular candidate to theirs. Oh I know, the easy thing to say is that in the world of rough and tumble politics there will always be these charges.  Sore losers point to nefarious schemes of the winner instead of their own inadequacies.  That is probably true, but we need to at least see what the people in the documentary are saying.  After all, the path to a free and fair election is knowing all the tactics politicians have used to throw an election and to confront them and thwart their efforts in the next ones.  

The documentary is named We Will Not Be Silenced.  It will soon be released and it will be interesting if the media talks about it or if they put it under their cloak of darkness.  It will be hard to hide this one.  After all, it is written by the Clinton people about the Obama people.  They tell some amazing tales about how among other things, neighborhood caucuses were literally stolen by aggressive Obama supporters who steered or scared away Clinton supporters in location after location.  This is coupled with the now well-documented stories of wholesale voter registration charges.  The film has the potential of breaking open some deep fissures in the Democratic Party.   

There is another movie that comes to mind here.  It starred Patrick Swayze and Liam Neeson and was called Next of Kin.  It was about a situation where the Chicago mob killed a young man only to find that their victim was related to a tight knit and vindictive clan from the back woods.  Something to think about?

Even though the documentary is obviously not sponsored by Hillary or Bill Clinton, I am very sure they are aware of it and would not allow it to be released if it did not contain anything but pristine truth.  Turning the film loose is literally lighting a fuse that no one using civilized means will be able to blow out.  I have stated several times that Hillary Clinton will resign as Secretary of State by early next year.  This film supports that theory. 

Someone once wrote that President Obama should be enjoying these first two years in office.  He should do exactly what he is doing.  He should invite more rock stars to the White House, take more elaborate vacations, and play as much golf as possible.  For his administration, these will be known as the good old days.

In previous decades an average citizen could enjoy life without needing to identify with a particular political party or movement.  What will happen in the next few years will be polarizing to all of us.  It will matter.  The most powerful ability of each political movement seems to be its ease in casting dispersions on the others.  Christians need to be above this fray, but we are not called to be neutral.  We will be called to take a stand.  We will be called to discern truth from lies.  It will be our time to declare God’s righteousness.  It will not matter what government we voted for or supported before.  It will only matter Who we support now. 

Have you read the wonderful prophesies in Isaiah 60 and Isaiah 61?  You know Isaiah 60.  It starts out with those beautiful words,  “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.”  The words of Isaiah 61 are what Jesus used to announce to the world His presence.  “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Now read Isaiah 59.  It is why the good news of Isaiah 60 and 61 needed to come.  They need to come in us now, because we are living in Isaiah 59.  Verse 8 is about this nation: “The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.”  

It is time for the Christian light to become real.  We cannot avoid the conflict.  We need to be the ones who lead our country through it. It is our time

New York City

I love it that some liberal thinkers and even some Administration officals were considering calling on George Bush to come to the aid of President Obama with regards to the mosque in New York City.  Remembering when he was President, they are sure that his fair minded approach towards Muslims would lend support to Obama’s position that we must stand up for the right of Muslims to build their mosque in a place that overlooks Ground Zero.  To even consider this shows a desperation that is at a critical level. 

Again network news, most of which are based right in New York City, have avoided showing the rest of America the extent of the daily demonstrations of huge spontaneous crowds that are flocking to this site to protest the building the this mosque.  Again, the most significant story here is not the Muslims or even President Obama’s tone deaf position.  It is the media’s collective cloak of darkness over this issue.  Some day, the media will be held accountable about how they refuse to show America what is really going on.  When I heard that Obama’s people wanted George Bush to weigh in, I was excited because his presence would be something that the media could not ignore. 

Apparently, Bush has declined to go to New York and weigh in on the topic.  Too bad.  I wanted him to go.  I would have even written his speech.  I would have made it a media event in downtown Manhattan.  I would have put a platform on the hood of a fire truck and I would have asked a fire fighter to stand on the platform arm in arm with President Bush.  Here is what President Bush should have said.

“In September of 2001 I stood here with you citizens of New York City.  We were all horrified by the devastation of the unprovoked attack on our innocent brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, husbands and wives.  That day, an evil group of Islamic terrorists carried out plan of destruction that was meant to do as much harm to this city and to our country as it could.  Their hatred for us knew no limits.  Their savagery and cowardice also knew no limits.  I stood before you and told you that I hear you.  Men and women of New York City, I still hear you. 

In Texas we have a small fort in San Antonio.  It too is the site where an invading force massacred brave men.  Today, the Alamo still stands as a tribute not to the religion or the beliefs of the invaders, but as a tribute to the ideals of the fallen.  So, to my Muslim friends, whom I respect, I ask you to respect these fallen.  If you want to show your love and support for them, then I ask that you contribute your finances to a memorial to them, not a mosque for you.  If you love America, and want to heal the wounds, then show your respect for these dead and honor them by supporting their monument, not your structure. 

President Obama was correct in reminding us that our laws allow you to build your structure.  Now I am here to remind you that this wound that America suffered on this site will not heal by inserting your mosque here.  This is a time for you to show your respect for the fallen.  It is time for you to show your love for America.  So I ask that you go to all the people of your Muslim religion, here and around the world.  I ask that you raise and bring to this site $10 billion and tell the citizens of New York to use it to build a memorial of their choosing with that money. 

Now President Obama's position on this issue, notwithstanding, I know it would be a grievous mistake to build that mosque.  Mayor Bloomberg stated that Democracy must be adhered to.  But from where I stand, the will of you New Yorkers is that your voice be heard.  They both need to say as I did.  I HEAR YOU! That, my fellow Americans is democracy!  God bless you and God bless America!

OK, so he probably wouldn’t use my speech. But he should