Monday.....Miscellaneous....A New Day.....Redux

The following blog is from April 17, 2009 and deals with the British Colonel's comment at the end of the movie Bridge on The River Kwai and pertains, in my comments here, to the mainstream media in America today. Free Speech is a mainstay to American independence and the press is the main instrument of information to the citizenry. If a government clamps down on the press as Chavez does in Venezuela, many people will find a way, but if the press, as also now happens in Venezuela, broadcasts and prints disinformation, or in our case biased information, a sizable portion of the people still will not care to find a way, for they are happy in their ignorance. Our media absolutely refuses to deal with Barack Hussein Obama in an unbiased manner. Why? In my own opinion here, it is a religious issue of which has absolutely nothing to do with Islam. Conservatism is too closely associated with Christians. I'm not talking about "political issues" at all! Rather, the conviction from the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is so strong, and the desire to avoid it so intense, that professions whose essence is inherently secular tend to be the most anti-Christian and many within them attempt to assuage their guilt by diligently searching for any evidence to disparage it . Some religions force their beliefs, others rely purely on feelings and yet others entice with the metaphysical, the supernatural and gnosticism. Only Christianity is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12 NKJV) One simply cannot get too close to the flame. Islam presents no problem whatsoever to our media for it is perceived only as a way of life that is no threat at all in enticing a large number of Americans, and certainly not they themselves. The media's determination to challenge anyone and anything too closely associated to a literal interpretation of the Bible, and not receptive of a modern social gospel, or ecumenically impotent one, is abundantly evident. This disdain has blinded them to the dangers of ideologies, philosophies and religions that they themselves would reject, thus they fail to inform and warn.

April 27, 2009

There is a scene from the 1957 classic "Bridge On The River Kwai" with Sir Alec Guinness and William Holden which I would like to bring up...again. British prisoners of war were forced to build a bridge that would enable Japanese soldiers to cross a gorge by rail on their way to fighting and killing American and  British soldiers. Guinness, as Colonel Nicholson, was driven by proper military protocol to such an extreme that he lost touch with the reality of who the enemy was. His fortitude, even under torture, inspired his men to follow him blindly. Holden, as American prisoner Spears, may not have had a military career as his goal, but was not deluded by that which he did not have either. The bridge was built with great pride and  Colonel Nicholson attached a plaque to it as he stiffly walked across the wooden panels, admiring the work of the British soldier. Spears had escaped and reluctantly returned to blow up the bridge. The operation had almost gone off perfectly but Colonel Nicholson, now in total delusion, followed the detonation wires that were exposed, foiling the  surprise. Confronting Spears, his anger at this "gold bricking" undisciplined American is suddenly shattered as mortar rounds explode around him. He suddenly comes to the harsh realization that the American, and others, were sent to blow up the bridge he built. He then looks skyward and says "My God...what have I done?" I wonder if any Americans who voted for Barack Obama and saw the picture of him beaming as he grasped the hand of Hugo Chavez, question their decision? And this, a day after the Obama administration had religious symbols covered at Georgetown University while Obama spoke from the podium, and this the same day that the administration said that this was a "New Day" for relations with Cuba. No, what it is, is a "New Day" for America, one the radical Left has planned for a long time.