It’s already started. The mainstream is trying it’s level best to create some controversy about immigration. Trump has put Canada on notice, and I can’t help wondering how everybody’s feeling about it. I know Canadians are proud, but I’m pretty sure everywhere is going to be jealous.

The whole world is seeing what’s going on over here, and I can’t imagine they don’t want in. They’re going to see the exuberance of Americans and the nations are taking note. I get the feeling that the “save the planet” movement has taken its course. How can the planet be saved if China and India won’t play ball? Has anybody seen Al Gore lately?

Our heads may explode on January 20th. There are geniuses working to cut waste now. We thought we’d never see it. Everything was so entrenched that it was just the way things worked, and we didn’t know how it would end, but it wouldn’t be pretty. Is it dawning a new day?

The only thing I have to go by is the election of Ronald Reagan after four years of embarrassment. It was like someone turned on the afterburners. Business ramped up in a big way. It’s not nearly as bad now as it was during the Carter years, but it’s a different situation. But no less important.

The way we were going in the Carter years, we wouldn’t have lasted. Ronald Reagan turned things around in a way that has lasted through all these bad presidencies. At least the nation wasn’t completely destroyed yet. There was only so much they could do. But they’ve grown our bureaucracy until we thought it would never be put right. Hang on to your head.

With people as smart as the ones being chosen, it’s going to be fun. Liberal tears are like rain. And no doubt there will be showers in the months ahead. Donald Trump is already President. Decisions are being made, plans taken, and the other nations are taking notice. They can’t take advantage of us anymore. Sometimes it’s been hard to know if a president was even on our side. We don’t have to wonder anymore.

Our job, Dad’s job, was to chronicle the downfall of western civilizations and look toward prophetic fulfillment. But it looks like we’ve been granted a reprieve. Not to be complacent about it, on the contrary. We could see this whole thing go up like a firework if we don’t recognize the opportunity. We’ve been given another chance, and our children should know. We were so beat down by the media, so sure of themselves as they preached one false narrative after another. Notice how everything’s gone quiet?

They now know, if they didn’t before, that Americans are not buying what they’re trying to ram into our brains. We don’t believe in global warming or that we’re in an “existential crisis.” They can try that out on somebody else, it’s already fallen out of favor.

It’s been hard watching society in a mad rush for X-mas. But Santa didn’t save us. God had mercy on us.

Mark

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The jangle of X-mas is almost over. We can’t wait. Other than the Rose Parade in Pasadena, the beautiful weather, the Rose Bowl game. The whole thing seemed wholesome. All the people we listen to and read are off, and we’ll have to survive without them.  But I’m sure we’ll continue to be entertained.

Isn’t it something? God just bailed us out, and everybody can’t wait to dive right back into paganism.  I guess they don’t know any better, but we’ve been trying to give them a clue all these years.

Everything is in a state of flux in the Middle East. I remember hearing everything they’re saying, and that was longer ago than I care to remember. But the Arabs finally did it. They ran that sneak attack on a music festival, to their everlasting regret. They committed acts we don’t even want to know about, and acted like they’d won a victory. Now they’re either dead or getting pushed further and further back.

After 24 years Bashir Assad is gone from Syria. Word is that he fled to Russia, and it has been reported (the Sun) that he gave the Israelis targeting information in exchange for safe passage. We don’t know if that’s true, but there have been some huge explosions around Baghdad.

The war in Ukraine is terrible, and we’ll probably never know the extent of it.  Funny that that was one of the places where they apparently laundered money.  Who knows what corruption took place.  We don’t even want to know unless some who took advantage get entangled in some of the investigations that are coming. That would be alright.

Hopefully it’s a brighter day for America, now that we’ve got someone who cares. I was told many years ago that it was OK to have someone who was a millionaire in the White House. I think that was when Reagan beat Carter. We don’t need to worry about corruption if somebody’s already rich!  

Did I hear right? Did Nancy Pelosi break a hip? Things just keep getting more interesting. We have the smartest people alive helping with government waste, and we’re through saving the planet. As if it made any difference without the cooperation of India and China. No, we’re about to start drilling for oil! Trump says in his rallies that we’ve got more oil than Russia or Saudi Arabia, and it’s time we stopped buying it from third world countries.

The world is coming to grips with what a Donald Trump Presidency means.  Little Trudeau of Canada hopped a plane to visit Mar-a-Lago. He got told that he could be the governor of the 51^st state. I thought it was a joke, but it’s been said again.  

I hope we don’t buy Greenland or absorb Canada. But, what do I know? Seems to me we’ve got enough trouble already, and God has given us a way out. Let’s not waste it!

Mark

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