Posted
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 @ 2101 PST
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Satan
wants to take over your government (but probably won't fund his
bid with greenbacks).
Cruising the web today,
I had an epiphany. Not exactly what you'd expect, sitting in front
of your computer. It actually flashed by so fast that I didn't
copy the link - I'll see if I can find it in my history later.
But here it is: many Red state Americans of the fundamentalist
ilk don't like the UN because it might be (or become) a global
government, which they perceive as satanic. Now, you have to understand
that I never understood what the big deal was about a world government,
which seemed to me to be potentially reasonable and logical. It
was one of those mystifying American cultural things that I was
missing some crucial but subtle piece of information which would
make the whole concept clear. My previous supposition was that
it was about sovereignty. What with all the state's rights stuff
I've heard about, and a global hegemony to maintain, that seemed
the likely culprit. It never occurred to me that there was a Biblical
underpinning to this bit of foreign policy.
Then again, there's
a lot of Biblical stuff I don't get. For example, I had no idea
that the EU was run by the "Beast Government", and was
actively recruiting the Anti-Christ as its new President. Nor
was I aware that liberalism would signal the end of the world
(ironic, isn't it, that America as a country is literally a triumph
of liberal thought, yet so many Americans disdain liberalism whilst
waving their flag). Yet, I've found all this and more at the
Rapture Index, which advertises itself as "The prophetic
speedometer of end-time activity", all consolidated into
one easy reference page. I'm so relieved.
Relieved about the
US dollar, I'm not. The current state of the greenback makes it
hard for me to pay off my student loan back home, and has the
potential to wound the world economy. See
this compilation of international thoughts on the subject,
including an intelligent editorial from The
Economist. The interesting thing is, the current state of
overspending by America (and Americans domestically) will give
the world more leverage over them than they want. Who needs World
Government to limit your options when you have investors? Ernest
Partridge, Co-Editor of "The Crisis Papers" posted a
piece called "The
Vulnerable Giant" on May 25, 2004, and it is just as
valid today, if not more so.
However, with the rising
Euro, I'm sure that Satan will be able to finance his takeover
of the UN with an excellent ROI.
On the homepage front,
I've managed to incorporate a couple of the site meters that I
wanted to try out, and the link button back to Blogwise.
However, I'm sure you've noticed that the comments function is
not yet functional (sorry, busy weekend, guests and such), so
comments will have to be e-mailed until I deal with that. Still
don't have a nice template settled on, but am closer. Not enough
hours in the day.
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