As the conversation continues, I welcome debate.  Especially when comments dropped are highly reflective of “general sentiments“.   Such is the case for this recent comment from Bob Jones.  He outlines a generally popular retort – and presents a great opportunity for expansion:

BOB JONES SHARES- I respect the truth, and anyone who helps me to discover it.  There is plenty of it to be found on this website. I respect differences, and I respect attempts to make others feel included, as opposed to making people feel excluded or trivialized.  If I can accomodate someone without being forced to abandon or destroy my own identity, then I will do so.

I do not respect this kind of sentiment: “And you, or any other, are wearing that uniform, I will most assuredly consider you the enemy with as much reflexivity as I will any other that may or may not hold a similar constitution. ”

#1: I try to strive for critical thinking, not reflexive and knee-jerk forcible confinement of people into “you are either with us or against us” groups. (more…)

The average freedom loving Egyptian person, and the Egyptian military, are furious.   Duh.     What did McCain / Graham actually hope to accomplish with this insufferable stupidity?

[…]  During their press conference Tuesday afternoon, McCain and Graham urged the Egyptian government to find a way to reach an accord with the Muslim Brotherhood protesters, and called on the military to release the handful of party leaders who have recently been arrested.
“In democracy, you sit down and talk to each other,” said Graham. “It is impossible to talk to somebody who is in jail.”

Hence the irrational disconnect.  McCain and Graham are cognitive codependent enablers for the Muslim Brotherhood crew who would destroy all individual freedom within Egypt.
McCain/Graham pontificate about Democracy but really what they are advocating for is “mob rule”, which is the very central component of the uprising that just dispatched the Muslim Brotherhood.   The average Egyptian does not want “mob rule”, they want to be free and able to strive…

Graham and McCain seem to conveniently forget it was the Muslim Brotherhood who disbanded the law and legal processes once they took power.  It was Isamist Morsi who took over the government, disbanded the judicial process, and instituted totalitarian control of the entire nation. (more…)

Yes, in the swirling unconstitutional advancing Cultural Marxism that now rots the very fabric of our once free republic, It Has Come To This.
(KMOV) – A Metro East storefront is now at the center of a federal lawsuit after city officials told the owner a posted sign was illegal.
The owner of Pour Haus is suing the City of Belleville after officials told her to take down a sign that sarcastically thanks the city for turning down the her request for tax breaks to start up a sandwich shop.
“You’re allowed to put political statements anywhere you want and this is my business. It’s inside, it follows the sign ordinance, and therefore I’m not breaking any laws. You cannot stomp all over the constitution; Belleville or anybody else,” Dianne Rogge, the owner of Pour Haus, said. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

You can get a deconstruction of the media at many places. The people who visit the Treehouse want to see the entire context; The entire truth, as it presents.

So here we go….

In any endeavor of corruption and misleading governance, the control of, and support by, the media, is an absolute necessity. The USSR needed Pravda to keep the ruse of governance for decades. The need of/by the U.S. government has steadily grown over the course of several progressive decades; but the urgency has increased exponentially over the past five years with the extremes of The Obama Administration.
Yesterday another blatant example of this was clearly evident to those who are tuned in to the deceptive enterprise. However, for the sake of those who do not have the time or energy to actually track such things, here is what took place.
CNN broadcast a story about the Benghazi attacks on 9/11/12; a subject of much controversy. So much so, the administration cannot seem to get away from it because the deceptive narrative is so fundamentally false. Enter the need for the Pravda-esque media, CNN.
CNN needs to maintain an optic of middle road media in order to be effective. MSNBC is so far down the water-carrying road they are essentially useless in helping the White House except for motivating and cheerleading the base of Democrats. But CNN has a more important role, they need the illusion of journalism, as it pertains to the current U.S. administration, in order to be effective.
In the past 48 hours a series of events took place to establish the optic for their Benghazi coverage. (more…)

If you are watching the Benghazi Story on CNN drop your comments here.   So far it appears to be 100% spin.   Heavily edited, heavily misleading and the use of Wesley Clark shows it to be a production specific narrative…… so far

On the very night (tonight @10pm) that CNN will air their Benghazi story outlining the #1 Benghazi suspect walking around freely thumbing his nose at the administration,…. all of a sudden they file the very first criminal charge in the attack.   
Can they be any more obvious in their intent to frame the optic?    The current administration is laughable in such an extreme they diminish the White House.
Washington (CNN) – Federal agents and prosecutors investigating the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi have filed charges against Ahmed Khattalah, leader of a Libyan militia that officials believe was involved in the assault, people briefed on the investigation said. The charges under seal are the first criminal counts to emerge from the probe.

The investigation of the attack last September 11 that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others continues, these people said, as investigators try to build their case against Khattalah and others who authorities believe were involved.
Attorney General Eric Holder had earlier this year promised congressional lawmakers the Justice Department would soon make public what actions it would take.  (more)

The gunman who opened fire at a local Pennsylvania Municipal Town Hall was a disgruntled Democrat supporter of President Obama.

Perhaps it’s just me, but given the modern media manipulation of anti-gun narratives, I find myself breathing a sigh of relief when it comes to light the mad gunman is another supporter of Obama.    Had this been a “conservative-minded” unstable person it would be leading the national headlines 24/7.    Sad, because the first thought I want to have is  sorrow for the victims’ families;  Instead I find myself hoping not to see freedom diminish as the first thought.   I don’t like that….
(PENNSYLVANIA)  State police at Lehighton are seeking a search warrant from a district judge to search the property of Rockne Newell in the wake of the deadly shooting in Ross Township. According to Trooper First Class Michael Sniscak, troopers are expected at the scene within the hour. (more…)

We are surrounded on all sides today with contentment in the process itself, with no expectation of ends or absolutes.  Such contentment inherently saddles us with a serious distortion.
Being addicted to process offers us the option (if we want it) to think of life, or dilemmas, or problems, or realities as always consisting only of the journey–but never actually arriving anywhere; as always providing one more negotiating point, but  never being set in cement; as always consisting of a journey that has no terminal destination; nothing ever being settled.
Even those whose faith informs them differently find it difficult to stand free of the magnetism that the high priests of process call them to, but it must be resisted if we are to consistently respond to “This is so.  That is not so.”
We’ve been influenced and made uncertain by a flood of unfaith.  It is no wonder that we find it overwhelming to think sound thoughts about God. So, as for me, I’m revisiting old, favorite reading to strengthen my innards.
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