What the coming battle will be all about...

Simply stated: The coming battle will be between the forces of evil, and the forces of good.

Make no mistake about it, the evil forces include a political party; the Democrats, and their allegiance to the anarchists who want to prohibit our freedom of speech, and disarm us.  In other words, to abolish the First and Second Amendments.

If you think I'm lumping all Democrats into that category, you would be wrong, however, it is a fact that any members of that party who dare to speak out against the culture of death, (abortion, contraception, homosexuality, euthanasia) are muzzled to the point of being threatened.  I can't prove this, but the actions or, in this case, inactions of those pro-life Democrats speaks volumes.  Hence, you rarely if ever hear a pro-life Democrat give an interview, or speech carried in the mainstream media.  Almost never!

But this is more, much more than "just" the cause of life and death in the form of abortion, it is a cause of what will be left of our Constitutional republic if civil war does erupt.

As far as the Republicans are concerned, lets not close our eyes to the obvious fact that far too many members of that party embrace the Democrat agenda wholeheartedly.  We call them RINOs: Republicans in name only.

If I were to label the Republicans the party of life, that would be a stretch.  Many are "pro-choice."  Of course, "pro-choice" refers to the mother having the right to destroy her developing baby; there is little choice for the poor kid in the womb.

Currently, the leftists and their minions use a very familiar tactic: they accuse us of what they do.  I see this on a daily basis.  And it works, at least on those who take the "6'0clock news" as gospel.

When, or should I say, if, the confrontation does occur, some of our institutions will no longer be recognizable after the dust settles.  Including the way we live our lives; earn a living; express our opinions, etc.

And I wonder if the living will envy the dead?

The comments I'm making refer to the upheaval that may take place here, in the U.S., but I'm afraid  the war will not be limited to our shores, but also to many countries that are attempting to stem the flow of their enemies from the ongoing invasion, threatening their culture; their way of life.

Ultimately, all wars are the result of kicking God out of the public sphere, when that happens, He allows us (through our free will) to choose evil over good; the dark over the light.

So, who do we have to blame in all of this?  I'll let the reader answer that one...

Gene DeLalla

Another "civil war" has begun...

If you studied American history when in school, surely you learned about the "Civil War."

Was it really a "civil war," or was it the war between the states, or, the war of northern aggression?  Call it what you will, literally, hundreds of thousands of Americans died fighting for their respective causes.  And now, we have another civil war brewing on the streets of America.

Am I exaggerating?  Not in the least.  Even the bought and paid for leftist media can't hide this fact.  Pictures don't lie, and, yes, they are worth a thousand words.

I'm not only talking about the anarchists attacking law-abiding citizens attempting to exercise their right to freedom of speech, or the right to move about unhindered, as we have just witnessed with certain leftist, loony business owners harassing anyone who dares to adhere to the Natural Law -- and that's what this amounts to in the long run, but also the on-going massacre that one reads about in the  nation's third largest city: Chicago.

Even the liberal rag, the Chicago Tribune, couldn't hide the statistics.

On June 26, 2018, it was reported that within a fourteen hour period, 21 people were shot; two were killed, and two of the wounded were under 18 years of age: an 11- and a 13-year old boy.

Know that this is not an isolated incident, quite the contrary.  The city has been setting records every year for the most homicides of any American city, far surpassing Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles, and the slaughter continues.

Also know, that the vast majority of those shot and killed are blacks; killed by other blacks, mostly gang members, drug dealers, and the like.

Keep in mind, that Chicago has the toughest, most strict gun laws in the nation.  But apparently that has little effect if the outlaw wants to get his hands on a weapon.  All he has to do is to put the word out on the street; get the money, and within an hour or two, he has the means to continue the mayhem.  So much for "gun control."

Have you heard about this?  If not, why not?

Well, I'll give you one answer: the mayor of that war zone -- I mean Chicago -- is a character by the name of Rahm Emmanuel.

Who is Rahm Emmanuel?  He was one of the former chiefs-of-staff of the most disastrous presidents in American history: Barack Obama.

Mr. Emmanuel is black, and very liberal.  Maybe that's the reason he hasn't been run out of town on a rail?

As an aside, did you know that Obama was the second black president, not the first?

Want to know who the first "black president" was?

Another disaster for the republic: William Jefferson Clinton; aka: Bill Clinton.

He was crowned by the mainstream media as such!

But I digress...

The hate and malice displayed by the hard-core communists has infected the media, the corporate big-wigs, as well as the megabanks that, for all practical purposes, control the direction of the economy, headed by that destroyer of freedom: the Federal Reserve.  Again, I do not exaggerate.

So, we have a battle on at least two fronts: the first, and main battle, is that of defending the Natural Law, as an extension of the supernatural law as dictated by the Creator, and the second, defending our rights guaranteed by the Constitution.  Notice, I wrote "guaranteed" by the Constitution, not granted by same.  You and I must know the difference, lest we loose those rights.

In closing,  it is imperative to realize that we are in a fight; a battle; a war for good over evil.  The false prophet is quickly revealing himself (or herself?).

Be vigilant; pray!

Gene DeLalla

Is another "Red Dawn" just over the horizon?

If you have not seen the movie "Red Dawn," I strongly suggest that you see it, and see it quickly.

(There were two versions of this movie: one made in the 1980s, and another more recently.)

Why do I write this?  Because if you haven't been sticking your head in the sand, like an ostrich, then you must know what is going on in our country.  I'll bring your attention to just one, recent event that occurred within the last couple of days, and this event is truly unbelievable and frightening to any freedom-loving American.  I am talking about a duly elected congressional representative, Maxine Waters, calling for, and advocating assault against anyone who supports our president, Trump, and his cabinet, or other supporters.

Recently, various members of his cabinet have been verbally, and nearly physically, harassed and driven out of places of business simply because they are part of the Trump administration.  Complicit in this unheard of attack on American citizens freely exercising their right to move and enjoy the benefits of our hard-fought freedoms, is the ultra-liberal media and their lackeys.

Almost every day, this is occurring.

As you can see, we are not being attacked from a formal enemy army from without --at least not right now --, but we are definitely being attacked from within from the "deep state," and their minions.

One way they have been executing this massive attack, is by flooding our porous borders with illegal aliens to such an extent, that we will be unable to stop the tsunami without outright positioning our Army to stop this invasion dead in its tracks.

This is not the only way we are under siege, but also by the radical left calling for our right to bear arms -- the Second Amendment -- to be destroyed, and anyone who dares to defend that right, will be labeled a terrorist.   In fact, we are NOW being labeled terrorists!  Keep in mind, that "deplorable" Americans, and that includes you and I, especially veterans, pro-life and pro-family, God-fearing citizens have been included in that group, and must be annihilated first, in their sick, warped minds.

These radical, leftists enemies are traitors to our country.

All this just might be a distraction for the real threat from outside forces, and it is not, in my opinion, Russia, but China.  In the long run the Chinese Communists would love to enslave our country, not only for political gain, but also for economic dominance.

I do have a warning for the anarchists and haters of our God-given natural rights: if you study history, you should know that some of those very same instigators of the French Revolution, themselves, lost their heads under the guillotine, as a rabid dog turns on its master, and needs to be put down.

When I joined the military so many years ago, I took an oath to defend my country and our Constitution.

We know that there are times that we renew our Baptismal vows as a reminder of who we are -- practicing Catholics.  But now, I renew my oath that I took to defend and protect my homeland regardless of the consequences.  Remember, it is Church teaching that it is a good and noble act to fight and die for one's country.  This is not my opinion, but CHURCH TEACHING!

In closing, I would acknowledge that our nation has got to end the anti-life culture, and embrace LIFE, not only within our own shores, but also change our foreign policies toward other sovereign countries that leads to death and mayhem.  This will take time.  But I also realize that we are a generous nation, feeding a good percentage of the world's population.  Still, there is much work to be done to redeem ourselves from our most grievous faults.

In the end, we must, as a people, call upon God Almighty for His generous grace, and beg for strength for what might be coming; to be steadfast in our faith; to be vigilant, and be prepared to sacrifice for our families and our country.

Gene DeLalla

The tactic of the leftists..

Have you ever been shouted down when you attempted to express a "conservative" talking point, i.e., speak some common sense, or received a piece of hate mail without a return address?

What the radical left does is to label someone a racist or bigot, or hurl some other epithet at those who disagree with their ideology or agenda.  In effect, since they cannot counter the truth, they accuse you and I of what they themselves do.  It really makes no sense at all.  But then the left makes no sense.

If these folks want to turn what is left of our republic into some type of socialist utopia, -- hint, they will not succeed! -- why don't they just go live in Communist China or some other third-world hell-hole?

Let's face it, far too many leftists are, in fact, communists.  There, I said it.

In case anyone is wondering, this short post is a follow-up to my "Domestic enemies beware," and is intended to draw a line in the sand, so to speak, when it comes to just how much you and I will endure before we have a little target practice, and sharpen our self-defense skills.

Let's not kid ourselves, there is a real movement in our country to take down a sitting president, and I might add, us!  You know, pro-life, pro-family, pro-2nd amendment, veterans, church-going, God-fearing Americans; we're all in their cross-hairs; we are their targets.  But I say, we have the means to protect and defend ourselves, a lot more than "they" think.    

The gutless media and their minions, are taking far too much for granted when it comes to what those punks think we'll swallow.

Has anyone seen the movie: Tora, Tora, Tora?  It was produced around 1970, and was a compilation of events that lead up to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

After the initial successful raid at Pearl, Admiral Yamamoto was in council with his officers on the battleship.  There was a lot of self-congratulating going on, until the admiral (who, by the way, was a Catholic) made a very somber and sobering statement.  He said that he had great fear that all the attack on Pearl Harbor did was to awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve.

You see, he lived and was educated in the US back in the 1930s, so he knew when an American is pushed into a corner, they would strike back, and strike back very hard, until the enemy is destroyed.

He was right.  I apply that same warning to those who think we -- the "silent majority" -- are a sleeping giant.  That would be a very big mistake!

If anyone doesn't like this post, too bad.

Man-up; woman-up.

Gene DeLalla

Despicable hate and malice directed at the president and his cabinet...

I have been around since President Truman; now that's a lot of years!

But I have never, ever seen anything like the hate, malice, and lies that is directed each day at President Trump and his cabinet, not to mention his family, including his young son.

The leftist, radical, anti-American media and their lackeys, are themselves beyond despicable.  Lets face it, they want nothing but upheaval and anarchy.  But I would caution these merchants of hate, that, as in the French Revolution, the instigators of same, eventually went to the guillotine themselves, as a rabid dog turns on its master.

I must warn those that attempt to destroy our country, that I, for one, will fight to the end, and I'm not just talking about peacefully either.

So beware: this is one veteran that will act, and act hard with everything at my disposal to preserve and protect my country and my family from all enemies, both foreign and domestic.

Gene DeLalla 

Sentimentalism: good or bad?

Being sentimental is good.

Why?

Because it is built into us as humans; it is part of what we are; it is part of our DNA, if you will.

Webster's describes sentiment as: an idea, opinion, or attitude based more on feeling than on reason.  A susceptibility to emotion.

Its brother, sentimental, is marked, swayed, or affected by sentiment... nostalgic or romantic feelings.

Nothing wrong or detrimental about that, right?

I'm sentimental (shock!).

Take, for instance, our dog, Dolce... We lost her about three years ago, right around Christmas time.  She was a great Lab/Retriever mix; warm and friendly; she loved us, and we loved her!

When she passed, we were saddened, and we still miss her to this day.  When I think of her now, I am being sentimental, very much so.  Again, nothing wrong with that.

But when it comes to judgment, can being sentimental steer us in the wrong direction, causing us to cast reason aside in favor of sentimentalism, sister to sentiment?

On a more serious subject, say religion or faith (here I'm talking about the Catholic faith, but this applies to anyone that believes that there is a Heaven and hell and judgment after we die) for instance, how can or does sentimentalism figure in?

Can it sway our judgment when someone we love; a family member, a close friend, a neighbor, a former military brother, etc., passes away, and we immediately place him or her "in a better place"?

How many times have we heard that?  I've lost count...

Sure, I know it's not my job -- or your job -- to say where that soul ended up, but to presume that we know he or she is "in a better place," is a grave error; it is a sin against the virtue of hope.

On the other side of the coin, is despair, a grave error; also a sin against hope.

Don't we also hear that God would never condemn anyone to hell?  I agree, He wouldn't; we condemn ourselves (rejecting God's grace) by how we live our lives.  Or, we save ourselves (with God's grace) by how we live our lives; it works either way; we have the free will to choose.

Always pray for the ability to discern fact from fiction, and leave the subjective judging to God Almighty.

Gene DeLalla

Render (give) to Caesar...

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's...

What is meant by this, and how do we reconcile the evil things that "Caesar" does with the money and goods we render (or, should I say, are confiscated from us to give) to "him"?

We, as a people, must be governed, that is, we must be controlled to a certain extent, lest we revert to the jungle mentality, where anything goes; where anarchy runs rampant.

We live in a society, and because we do, we obey most laws, such as motor vehicle requirements, pay income taxes (completely unjust!), etc.  Some of those very taxes are used for purposes that violate our personal beliefs; our faith; the natural law, yet short of the anarchy I just mentioned, we can fight back, if not in the physical sense, then, by means of how we live our lives, raise our families, and live by the Commandments, essentially, how we treat our neighbor.

This is a tough position to be in.  But our good example speaks a thousand words to those around us.

Of course there are other alternatives; teaching, writing, evangelizing, general conversations not only with extended family members, but also with strangers, that is, if they are open to such.  Each one of us has different talents, ministries, if you will, God-given abilities that we can use and share.

In other words, we have to be social; interact with others.  As the saying goes: no man is an island.

As was promised to us, He will not leave us orphans; He is with us all days, even to the consummation of the world.  Now if that doesn't give us hope, nothing will!

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

Gene DeLalla