I published my first post on 15 July 2011 and it has been a fun ride since. 14,000 + change views, 1600 hundred comments and here we are.
A few days ago, Tracie Louise that wonderful Aussie photographer whose work I sneak in here whenever I can find a plausible excuse, said that she has made better and more supportive friends through her blog than in real life. Know what, I have too. The people who come through here are just flat wonderful, kind, caring, humorous, opinionated, stubborn, intelligent, and all the other good words. The week I had away from the computer last month made me realize how much a part of my life you have become. Thanks.
Strangely, given all the problems we face as a country, I’m more optimistic than I have been in years. Know why? It’s you guys. There are great leaders for freedom out there and the planning for taking our country back is proceeding. It took seven years and another war in 1812 to finally get rid of King George, and this is going to take time, too, but, I believe we will win through, with God’s help.
Some of you probably wonder why I don’t address the challenges militant Islam is offering us at present more. There are a couple of reasons.
The first is, other than Iran’s Atomic weapon we’ve more pressing business internally, if we get our house in order, and start acting like America again, I think they’ll quiet down. Like jackals or coyotes they prey on weakness.
The second is more germane and more deep-seated. Science has said that we use about 10% of our brains, we should be able to do better but we don’t seem to. So Christendom uses 10% of our brains and look where we’ve come. Now look at Islam, apparently they only use 5%!
How’d I get that figure? Simple, their treatment of women. If I’ve learned (relearned , really) anything in writing this blog it’s how absolutely brilliant many women are. This is one area where the NAACP was correct: A mind is a terrible thing to waste. And that is exactly what Islam does with their women, waste their brains.
The physical mistreatment is horrible of course, but the mark of the human is intelligence, what a mark of shame to deny their minds.
Incidentally, I’m speaking from experience here, a large plurality of my subscribers (possibly a majority) are women, and the raw intelligence displayed is quite frankly, Awesome.
So, in the last analysis, if Islam wants to be part of the modern world, they are going to have to modernize just as Christianity did following the Reformation and Couterreformation. We of the west are not going to tolerate their ways forever and our energy picture based in North America looks better and better. remember Christopher Columbus was looking for a detour around the Middle East when he found the new world. We have no problems we can’t solve, they’re difficult, not insoluble. Trust in the innovativeness of the free market, not overbearing government.
And so, in a couple of weeks, Nebraskaenergyobserver will move into its 2d year, I’ve published far more on politics than I planned, less on energy use, and about what I’d contemplated on history. Next year will be different, how, whether better or worse, is not ours to know. But if worst comes to worst, we’ll have some great discussions in the FEMA camps, won’t we?
So, Thank you, and I’m proud to know you in this limited way.
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