The Last Days of Democracy?

The Last Days of Democracy?

PRAYER OF PROTEST-(LORD HELP US OVERTHROW TRUMP)

SINCE OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS CRIED OUT,
SINCE YOU HEARD THEIR CRIES AND NOTICED,
SINCE WE LEFT THE BRICK PRODUCTION OF EGYPT,
SINCE YOU FOILED THE PRODUCTION SCHEDULES OF PHARAOH,
     WE HAVE KNOWN YOUR NAME,
     WE HAVE SENSED YOUR PASSION,
     WE HAVE TREASURED YOUR VISION OF JUSTICE.

AND NOW WE TURN TO YOU AGAIN,
     WHOSE PRECIOUS NAME WE KNOW.
WE TURN TO YOU BECAUSE THERE ARE
     STILL IMPOSSIBLE PRODUCTION SCHEDULES,
     STILL EXPLOITATIVE SYSTEMS,
     STILL CRIES OF PAIN AT INJUSTICE,
     STILL CHEAP LABOR THAT YIELDS MISERY.

WE TURN TO YOU IN IMPATIENCE AND EXASPERATION,
     WONDERING, "HOW LONG?" BEFORE YOU ANSWER
          OUR PLEADING QUESTION.
     HEAR OUR PETITION,
          SINCE YOU ARE NOT A LABOR BOSS AND DO NOT SET WAGES.

WE BID YOU, STIR UP THOSE WHO CAN CHANGE THINGS;
     DO YOU STIRRING IN THE JADED HALLS OF GOVERNMENT;
     DO YOUR STIRRING IN THE CYNICAL OFFICES OF THE CORPORATIONS;
     DO YOUR STIRRING AMID THE VOTING PUBLIC TOO ANXIOUS AND (FEARFUL) TO       CARE;
     DO YOU STIRRING IN THE CHURCHES THAT THINKS TOO MUCH ABOUT PURITY AND NOT ENOUGH ABOUT WAGES (AND THE POOR).   

MOVE THE WATERS AND THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS
      TOWARD NEW STATUTES AND REGULATIONS,
               NEW EQUITY AND GOOD HEALTH CARE,
               NEW DIGNITY THAT CANNOT BE GIVEN ON THE CHEAP.

WE HAVE KNOWN NOW LONG SINCE,
        THAT YOU REJECT CHEAP GRACE;
        EVEN AS WE NOW KNOW THAT YOU REJECT CHEAP LABOR (AND UNJUST GOVERNMENTS).

YOU, GOD OF JUSTICE, AND DIGNITY AND EQUITY,
KEEP THE PROMISES YOU BODIED IN JESUS,
      THAT THE POOR MAY BE FIRST-CLASS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY,
      THAT THE NEEDY MAY HAVE GOOD CARE AND RESPECT,
      THAT THE POOR EARTH MAY REJOICE IN WELL-BEING,
      THAT WE MAY ALL COME TO SABBATH REST TOGETHER,
            THE OWNER AND THE WORKER,
            THE LEISURE CLASS AND THE LABOR CLASS,
ALL AT PEACE IN DIGNITY AND JUSTICE,
            NOT ON THE CHEAP, BUT GOOD MEASURE,
            PRESSED DOWN,
            RUNNING OVER....FORGIVEN. 

Walter Brueggemann-with additions in pharenthesis
        

PEEVER LAW #106

I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT AMERICA SO DUMB AS TO ELECT A COMPLETE IDIOT AS OUR PRESIDENT. I'M STILL HOPING IT WAS A MISTAKE. CANADA IS WAY TOO COLD.

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

DEAR LORD, FORGIVE US, FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN OF DISHONOR TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A DARK HOUR FOR US. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN WHO IS A RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, DISHONEST, LYING, WOMANIZING, EGOMANIAC WHO IS ABOUT TO LEAD THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH. THIS HAPPENED OUT OF FEAR AND A RACIST MENTALITY THAT IS PERVASIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE AFRAID OTHERS WILL TAKE WHAT WE HAVE. WE ARE AFRAID OF COLOR. WE ARE AFRAID OF OTHERS WHO WORSHIP DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO. WE ARE AFRAID OF HOW OTHERS LIVE, AND WHO THEY LOVE. FOR A MAN WHO WALKED AMONG THE POOR, HEALING THE SICK, RESPECTING WOMEN, ACCEPTING THOSE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND PROTESTING A GOVERNMENT THAT WAS UNJUST, WE NEED NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, STRENGTH TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. HELP US TO CONFRONT WITH FAITH AND JUSTICE A GOVERNMENT THAT WILL LIKELY BE THE WORST IN OUR HISTORY. HELP US TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. HELP US TO BE BETTER PERSONS AS AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY SEE HOW HOPE CAN BE MAINTAINED THRU THESE TROUBLED TIMES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE HURT BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED, GIVE THEM FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD, GIVE THEM COURAGE TO STAND TALL AND PROTEST WHAT IS UNJUST, DEMEANING, AND NON-INCLUSIVE. IT IS ALL SET BEFORE US, AND IT IS US WHO HAVE TO DREAM AN ALTERNATIVE DREAM OF JUSTICE, INCLUSIVENESS, LOVE, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND DIVERSITY. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR NAME AND WITH THE SAME DETERMINATION THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED TO US.   AMEN

In the Dumps? Ten Ways to Fight Trump

In the Dumps? Ten Ways to Fight Trump

OUTLINE FOR FUTURE ACTIVISM UNDER TRUMP

ON PONDERING LAMENTS

WE CELEBRATE YOUR STEADFAST LOVE.
WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR MERCY.
WE COUNT ON YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
   WE CELEBRATE AND
       PRAISE AND
       COUNT ON.

AND THEN THE WORLD DOES NOT WORK RIGHT.
    WE FIND OURSELVES UNSAFE AND ANXIOUS,
        CAUGHT UP IN GREED AND SELFISHNESS.,
        BESET BY A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND THREAT.

WE WONDER ABOUT THE MISMATCH
        BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CREATION.

MOSTLY WE TRUST,
        DOWN DEEP, WE SOMETIMES DO NOT.
WE RISK TRUTH-TELLLING
        ABOUT YOUR ABSENCE AND SILENCE AND WITHDRAWL.

WE DO SUCH TRUTH-TELLING,
        TELLING IT TO YOU,
   YOU...ABSENT, SILENT, WITHDRAWN.
   YOU WE ADDRESS, YOU, OUR ONLY HOPE
      IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE WORLD TO COME.

WALTER BRUEGGEMANN
 

LAMENT

ANYONE WHO THINKS WE SHOULD GIVE DONALD TRUMP A CHANCE IS IN FACT NOT THINKING. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR HIM, YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE REST OF US WILL HAVE TO SUFFER ALONG WITH YOU. THANKS.

HELL ON EARTH-THE DARK AGES

THIS BLOG SITE IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. THE CABINET HE IS BUILDING WILL BE THE WORST IN OUR HISTORY. IT IS FILLED WITH RACISTS, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. MINORITIES, IMMIGRANTS, THE POOR, ARE GOING TO GET STOMPED ON. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL BE DESTROYED. WE ARE ABOUT TO RE-ENTER THE DARK AGES. GOD HAVE MERCY ON US.

PEEVER LAW #41

EVERYONE HAS A BREAKING POINT. MINE CAME ON NOVEMBER 8.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“A little stupid is like a little forest fire. If you happen upon some stupid, please stomp it out before it spreads.”
― Quentin R. Bufogle

Ugly and Unprepared, 'Knife Fight' Breaks Out in Trump Transition

Ugly and Unprepared, 'Knife Fight' Breaks Out in Trump Transition

A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME. TOTAL CHAOS.

LICKITY-LUMP, WE GOT US A TRUMP

A WHITE HOUSE FILLED WITH CRAZIES. THE LINCOLN ROOM MAY BE MAKING US SOME MONEY. AND THE PROPOSED CABINET. OH, WHAT A NIGHTMARE. SARAH PALIN. NEWT GINGRICH. CRIS CHRISTY. BOZO THE CLOWN. THE WHOLE THING WILL BE ENTERTAINING, IF IT WERE HAPPENING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. WE WILL BE SEEN AS EVIL PERSONIFIED AROUND THE WORLD. THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE PLANET. NO WHERE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WILL THERE BE ANYTHING QUITE AS PATHETIC. WHAT BOTHERS ME MOST IS THE RACIST, WHITE, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED HIM IN. (ACTUALLY, HILLARY WON THE POPULAR VOTE). THESE SAME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET IT IN THE END. FIRST MEDICARE, THAN SOCIAL SECURITY. THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WILL BE DRAFTED INTO THE MILITARY. AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS THEY RELY ON WILL BE DONE. IT WILL BE A SLIGHT BIT ENJOYABLE TO SEE THEM GET WHAT THEY DESERVE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE RICH WHITE'S WHO VOTED FOR HIM WILL ONLY GET RICHER. THE WHOLE THING IS JUST SHY OF PSYCHOTIC. THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO START A NEW CHURCH: WEIK'S CHURCH FOR THOSE FOOLS WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP. MY HOPE WILL BE TO DEPROGRAM THESE RELIGIOUS FANATICS, AND MAKE THEM REALIZE THAT CHRIST STOOD FOR CHARITY, COMPASSION, HOPE, INCLUSIVENESS, WAS DEFIANT OF AN UNJUST GOVERNMENT, WAS PRO-FEMALE, AND WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE AGAINST RIGHT-WING IDEOLOGY. IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING UNDERTAKING IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN THE COUNTRY AWAY FROM EVIL AND TOWARD THE COMMON GOOD. ANY OF YOU CAN JOIN ME. WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR CHURCH HERE IN HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, THE HEART OF RICH, WHITE, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICAN RIGHT-WING IDEOLOGY. I NEED PEOPLE PROFICIENT IN ELECTRICITY, WATER BOARDING, AND MIND MANIPULATION. (THAT'S ASSUMING WE CAN FIND ANY. MINDS, THAT IS).

A TRUMP PRESIDENCY

• HE IS NOT GOING TO WANT ANYONE SNOOPING AROUND IN HIS BUSINESS. THE SECRET SERVICE WILL EVENTUALLY SAY: SCREW YOU. YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
• THE PRESS WILL BE MONITORED AND KEPT AT ARMS LENGTH.
• HE WILL WANT TO USE HIS PRIVATE PLANE, WHICH WILL BE VETOED BY THE SECURITY PEOPLE. THEY ARE AFRAID SOMEONE WILL STEAL HIM, WHICH I WOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT.
• THE LOBBYISTS WILL BE MAKING PRIVATE DEALS WITH HIM. THE MONEY WILL GO IN HIS POCKET OR HIS KIDS. 
• IF TRUMP GETS CRAZY AND WANTS TO BLOW SOMEBODY UP, WE MAY HAVE OUR FIRST MILITARY COUP. 
• THEY WILL WANT TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY. THAT IS OUR MONEY AND IT WILL NOT GO OVER WELL WITH THE ELDERLY. BURNING AT THE STAKE COULD OCCUR.
• YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST: THERE WILL BE COUNTRIES THAT DENY HIM ENTRY. THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF HIS CABINET PICKS.
• HE WILL PUT TOGETHER THE STUPIDEST AND MOST OBNOXIOUS CABINET EVER ASSEMBLED IN THE UNITED STATES. DUMB AND DUMBER WON'T HAVE A PRAYER.
• IN THE END, WE WILL BE AN UTTER FAILURE AND MIGHT VERY WELL NOT EVEN FINISH HIS 4 YEARS.  
• IT WILL BE SAID BY MANY THAT THIS WAS JUST A BAD DREAM, A NIGHTMARE, CAUSED BY A PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WAY.  THEY'D BE RIGHT.

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

DEAR LORD, FORGIVE US, FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN OF DISHONOR TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A DARK HOUR FOR US. WE HAVE ELECTED A MAN WHO IS A RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, DISHONEST, LYING, WOMANIZING, EGOMANIAC WHO IS ABOUT TO LEAD THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH INTO IRRELEVANCE. THIS HAPPENED OUT OF FEAR AND A RACIST MENTALITY THAT IS PERVASIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE AFRAID OTHERS WILL TAKE WHAT WE HAVE. WE ARE AFRAID OF COLOR. WE ARE AFRAID OF OTHERS WHO WORSHIP YOU DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO. WE ARE AFRAID OF HOW OTHERS LIVE, AND WHO THEY LOVE. FOR A MAN WHO WALKED AMONG THE POOR, HEALING THE SICK, RESPECTING WOMEN, ACCEPTING THOSE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND PROTESTING A GOVERNMENT THAT WAS UNJUST, WE NEED NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, STRENGTH TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. HELP US TO CONFRONT WITH FAITH AND JUSTICE A GOVERNMENT THAT WILL LIKELY BE THE WORST IN OUR HISTORY. HELP US TO SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. HELP US TO BE BETTER PERSONS AS AN EXAMPLE TO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY SEE HOW HOPE CAN BE MAINTAINED THRU THESE TROUBLED TIMES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEING HURT HURT BY WHAT IS HAPPENING, GIVE THEM FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD, GIVE THEM COURAGE TO STAND TALL AND PROTEST WHAT IS UNJUST, DEMEANING, AND NON-INCLUSIVE. IT IS ALL SET BEFORE US, AND IT IS US WHO HAVE TO DREAM AN ALTERNATIVE DREAM OF JUSTICE, INCLUSIVENESS, LOVE, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND DIVERSITY. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR NAME AND WITH THE SAME DETERMINATION THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED TO US.   AMEN

TAX BOYCOTT-PAY WHAT TRUMP PAYS. I UNDERSTAND THAT MAKES HIM SMART. LET'S SPREAD THE SMART

I THINK WE SHOULD ALL PAY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT TRUMP PAYS, WHICH IS APPARENTLY ZERO. SOMEONE NEEDS TO ORGANIZE A TAX BOYCOTT. IF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DO IT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE SCREWED. WE CAN LIST REASONS FOR NOT PAYING, INCLUDING OR PRESIDENT DOES OT PAY; WE ARE PROTESTING CABINET MEMBERS WITHOUT BRAINS WE DON'T WANT; DEMEANING AND UNJUST LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMS WE OPPOSE, ETC. LET THEM PUT US ALL IN PRISON.WE SHOULD NOT PAY FOR WHAT THIS IDIOT ELECT IS GOING TO DO.

HOME OF WHITE, RICH, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICANS

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE SIDES WITH TRUMP IN RICH, WHITE, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICANS LAST STAND AGAINST MINORITIES AND THE POOR. THERE'S A REAL SURPRISE.

WARNING

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU ELECT A NARCISSISTIC, SOCIOPATH FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? STICK AROUND, YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.

POST ELECTION PRAYER-WALTER BRUEGGEMANN

You creator God
          who has ordered us
              in families and communities,
              in clans and tribes,
              in states and nations.

You creator God
          who enact your governance
               in ways overt and
               in ways hidden.
           You exercise your will for
               peace and for justice and for freedom.

We give you thanks for the peaceable order of
     our nation and for the chance of choosing---
          all the manipulative money notwithstanding.

We pray now for new governance
    that you will and purpose may prevail,
    that our leaders may have a sense
        of justice and goodness,
    that we as citizens may care about the
       public face of your purpose.

We pay in the name of Jesus who was executed
     by the authorities.

JUST SAY NO TO TRUMP AS PRESIDENT

HERE'S MY PLEDGE: AS LONG AS TRUMP IS IN OFFICE, I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO BRING HIM DOWN. I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT ARROGANT, RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, IDIOT AS MY PRESIDENT. THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN. AS OBSTRUCTIONIST AS THE REPUBLICANS WERE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, I WILL BE TWICE THAT AGAINST TRUMP. IT IS A SORRY DAY IN AMERICA TO ELECT SUCH A PERSON. LET'S FACE IT: THIS IS A RACIST, WHITE, CHRISTIAN BACKLASH AGAINST MINORITIES AND THE POOR. WE ARE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE POSITION TO BECOME A THIRD WORLD NATION. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS NEGATIVE. NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED. YOU ARE EITHER FOR THIS, COMPLACENT WITH IT, OR AGAINST IT. EVERYTHING YOU SAY, EVERY ACTION YOU TAKE, NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE TO EVERYONE THAT YOU WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS DIRECTION. IT IS WRONG AND HELLISH. THE GOOD WILL PREVAIL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD BATTLE. LET THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS SICKENING NIGHTMARE BEGIN.

CANADA, OH CANADA

OH SHIT!