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SECULAR vs RELIGION

Details: Published: Friday, March 01, 2019 12:33; by John Campbell; Hits: 1211

I retired from the work force about 15 years ago and found that I had time that was not being used. Besides golf and my workshop activities, I became a member of some charitable boards and still had time to fully read the newspaper and listen to television news. Shortly, I found that the world was a much different place than I had perceived, and the moral character of it had changed drastically. Soon I was writing a book called OOPS We Lost Our Values. I had it published and gave as many copies away as I sold but felt good that I had tried to tell people about the change in values that had happened since I grew up. As I see the world now, with same-sex marriage and abortion on demand and now is starting to include infanticide, we have thrown our morality away. One party is willing to destroy this country for political power, hate has replaced respect, and name calling has replaced debate. As I have been writing about current issues and my bent on them, I have decided to publish part of the OOPS book that was rejected by the Christian publisher because it was too secular. I had included a chapter on the Ten Commandments but wrote it as needed by a secular society. I do not believe that God has a secular society, and if one is truly religious I believe that it is not turned off when we leave the house of worship but is carried into our daily lives. So following this introduction is the chapter that was not published in the book. It is presented in three parts.

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THE NEW DEMOCRATS

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Published: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 16:01

by John Campbell

Central New York was a dairy farming region when I was growing up, and most farms were small and family owned. When I was in school many of my classmates had worked 2 or 3 hours before getting ready for school doing “chores” or milking their cows and feeding them. This was a real lesson in taking responsibility and learning a work ethic. I did not live on a farm but did so in the summers as my uncle had a dairy farm, and I worked on it from age 12 to 16 or until I could get working papers to work in the canning factory to make money for college. I also learned about work ethic and taking responsibility for yourself.

THE WALL

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Published: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 11:52

by John Campbell

Thirty years ago the US Congress and administration gave amnesty and a path to citizenship to millions of illegal aliens and were going to close the southern border to future illegal immigration. The first part happened, but the border has remained open to cross illegally and to the smuggling of drugs and other contraband. Until the present, the presidents have vowed and tried to stop illegal entry into the US but to no avail until Trump came along. His message as he ran was to build a wall and close the southern border to all illegal traffic. After two years he is still trying to make good on this campaign promise, but the political swamp in Washington, DC, has stopped him at every attempt. Until now, the protection of an open border has been by both parties with lobbyists calling the shots. The cheap labor has won out, with the drugs and other problems with gangs and criminals being just the cost of doing business.

PSEUDO MARKETING

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Published: Sunday, December 02, 2018 12:57

by John Campbell

Got a call from my cell phone carrier the other day, and they offered me a deal on a new iPhone. I went to the store the next day to get the new phone, and then the marketing happened. After picking out the new phone and getting ready to transfer the data, the salesman mentioned that the phone I thought I was buying for half of the price listed was a lease and after the eighteen months of payments I would have to finish paying the other half for the phone or turn it in. The deal offered was no deal. I felt that, after praising me for being a good customer for fifteen years and being deserving of a deal, I had been used by a large company to sell a cell phone. I left the phone on the counter and walked out. I am looking at a different carrier but suspect that they will be the same in their marketing or, really, scams to sell new phones.

MANIC MIDTERMS

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Published: Sunday, November 25, 2018 15:26

by John Campbell

The midterm elections are finally over; well, almost, because there is still a runoff election later this year. It was one of the most interesting and boring at the same time with negative advertising beating out anything positive most of the time. The advertising was overwhelming with my telephone belonging to the politicians and not available for my use. I probably missed quite a few calls because I refused to answer it anymore. It rang twenty times a day and into the night waking me up many times. The mail was just as bad with ten to twenty large cards with political advertisements each day. The mail box was full. The television ads were constant, and because I live in West Virginia but receive Pittsburgh stations, we received double. Between Casey and Manchin, I have had enough negativity to last for a long time.

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