Climate change, or just Mother Nature?

Though books, as well as thousands of articles have been written on "climate change," or "global warming," I'd just like to touch on some things that might be helpful in seeing the forest from the trees.

So here goes...

Frist, when I lived in California back in the decade of the 70's to the 80's, I witnessed first-hand "climate change," especially during a California "winter," mainly along the coast, and then up in the local mountains just east of Chula Vista (beautiful view), a suburb of San Diego.

What the natives call El Nino hit big time in the late 70's causing a very wet winter, with temperatures so cold in the San Diego area, that heavy rain was mixed with sleet!  Not only that, but after one major storm, there was over four feet of snow in the local mountains.  I know this to be a fact, as I used to travel to the mountains for the scenery and to gather pine cones of various sizes for my collection.   But after that particular storm, and after I reached the entrance to an area off the freeway, about 4,000 feet in elevation, I was turned back because I didn't have snow tires and chains.

There were storms galore during that period of time.

I remember the flood control channels in the Los Angeles area were right up to the brim, with some cars caught in the rampage, along with people swept away in the rushing waters that drained from the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, all the way to the sea.

Second, when La Nina occurred, just the opposite happened; it was drier, and, in fact, some drought conditions lasted for quite some time, as it is now, though things have eased up somewhat, but not enough to quench the numerous fires in the northern part of the state.

These cycles were common, and scientifically proven over the years.  But back in those days, I had never heard of "climate change," or "global warming."

Third, what I did hear about was that scientists were claiming the earth was in the midst of "global cooling," and about to enter another ice age.  This was in the 1970s.

What happened with that??

When did global cooling morph into global warming?

I suspect that there's an agenda here.

Right now, there is a trial going on in San Francisco, where the global warming folks are suing five of the major oil companies for damages to the environment.  Well, it turns out that we are seeing self-hating CEOs of those various companies attempting to cow-tow to the environmentalists in an effort to maintain an image of being friendly to mother earth.  Perhaps.

But even if the climate change, global warming folks win this suit, what do they think they'll accomplish?  Can it be they think that all fossil fuels will be outlawed at some point?  And if that happens, what will replace the oil, gas, coal, and nuclear energy that generates the overwhelming majority of the electrical power that is produced world-wide?   Isn't it interesting how we take for granted when we flip on the light switch, that magical element known as electricity, will take us from darkness to light, and we'll be able to read our favorite book?

Solar?  Wind?  Hydro electric generation?  In time, maybe.

But for the foreseeable future the most reliable sources are the "big four": oil, gas, coal and nuclear.

Climate change, or just Mother Nature.

Gene DeLalla

Guilty until proven innocent?

In our country, one who is accused is innocent until proven guilty by a jury of his peers.  Yet just the opposite is now in full swing when it comes to those Catholic priests accused of some type of sexual abuse of minors, or anyone for that matter.

Once the blood is in the water, the sharks go into a feeding frenzy, ready to devour anything -- or anyone -- unfortunate enough to be in the vicinity.

This is exactly what is happening to priests these days, especially here in the United States.  Although Lady Justice is supposed to be "blind" when it comes to meeting out justice, once a priest (or anyone) is accused, the court of public opinion seems to have sway, and the accused is already guilty before any trial in a court of law which practically negates the ability to defend oneself in that very same court.

This is a direct violation of the Fifth, Six, and Fourteenth Amendments under the "Bill of Rights" to the U.S. Constitution.

It is a fact, that Catholic priests, especially, are targets of the anti-Catholic mobs that seem to permeate the landscape, ruining the reputations of even the good men caught in the cross-hairs.  Yet, those who abuse in the public school system, or Protestant ministers, or even Rabbis, seem to get a pass from the mainstream media.

Why?

In fact, the 2004 Shakeshaft study proves beyond a doubt that the abuse in the public school system is far worse than that in the Catholic Church by homosexual predator "priests" and their enablers in the hierarchy.  In fact, recent undercover videos show a systemic coverup of teachers, coaches, and  administrators abuse of minors under their charge within the public schools.  Their blatant, arrogant explanations were disgusting, and shows the equivocal corruption of these creatures.

We all agree that they must be rooted out and brought to real justice.

This is not to excuse the sick attacks on the vulnerable in the Church, but to point out the double standard applied to one side over another.

I wonder if Lady Justice will ever recover?

I know the Church will; we have Christ's word on that!

In conclusion, it is important to keep in mind the rights of the accused as well as the rights of those victims to redress their grievances before an impartial jury in a court of law.

Pray for our country...

Gene DeLalla  

Another shooting in a gun free zone!

The following is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Snyder from the Economic Collapse Blog regarding the recent shooting in Florida at a gamming event:

We have seen that mass shootings can happen literally anywhere. We have raised a valueless generation that has no moral foundation, and we have pumped them full of all sorts of pharmaceutical drugs that are messing with their heads. From now on we are going to need suffocating levels of security at all public events, and many people will decide to just stay home and not participate in public gatherings at all.

Our society is literally coming apart at the seams, and today is truly a very, very sad day for America.

I agree, but why is this happening?

There is a "simple" answer: God has been kicked out of the public sphere; out of the schools; out of sporting events; out of public buildings, allowed only to be worshipped in private.   Dare we discuss religion in the public forum!  Preach on a street corner and see what happens!

Another reason that might also be considered: gun free zones.  This is lunacy!  But not surprising, because these shooter-magnets were first proposed by liberal politicians, and, sadly, supported by "republicrats" years ago.  

Our Second Amendment rights are now relegated to what the state or city or town allows us to  have and hold as dear (for our protection and the protection of other innocents).  Our "license" to carry concealed IS the Second Amendment!  Our inalienable rights are NOT granted by government, but by God, and are supposed to be protected and guaranteed by that very same government. 

So now, there is a young son that will not have his father to guide him in his formative years, or to have his father present as he marries; as his own children come into the world -- and what kind of world will it be in the next 15 or 20 years?   And his mother?  Now a young widow, whose life is  now shattered beyond all comprehension.  

May God have mercy on the two that were killed in the Florida shooting, and may God have mercy on the families of those taken from them. 

Pray for these victims, and pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla

Follow-up: Skin Color, Does it Matter?

In my recent post: Skin Color, Does It Matter?  I indicated the efforts of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to alleviate the suffering of his black American followers, culminating with his assassination in April of 1968 (I was in Vietnam at the time, and when the news of King's death reached the base, tensions ran high.  There was a call for calm; a memorial service was held at the base chapel.  I asked my black brother policeman if I could accompany him to the ceremony; I was the only white man in the packed chapel, other than the priest and minister!).

Today, there is another massive form of discrimination going on, this time, in South Africa, but it's much worse than the "run-of-the-mill" discrimination, it now borders on ethnic cleansing.  You read that right: ethnic cleansing -- of the WHITE population!  Specifically, the Communists of the African National Congress (aka: ANC) have decided to strip the white farmers of their right to continue working the land, and, in fact, drive them off their land, and in some cases, kick them out of the country altogether.  At some of their rallies, there are chants to kill their fellow -- white -- countrymen, simply because of their skin color.

This "reverse" apartheid has turned the once prosperous South Africa into a hell-hole of fear and intimidation for those of European decent.

The former head of the ANC, the Communist, Nelson Mandela (died 2013, at the ripe old age of 95), radically changed the landscape of the culture and the politics of the nation.  His diabolical "reforms" continue to be carried out by his successors, in a campaign of fear and racism.

Fear, intimidation, racism, ethnic cleansing, land confiscation, and yet there isn't a peep out of the mainstream media in our country.  Their sympathies for the Marxist regime is obvious and frightening.  Sound familiar?  Just take a look at the violence and anarchy directed at "conservatives" at recent rallies demonstrating for our inalienable rights.

Part of the problem in this country is the continued brainwashing of those poor souls who attend colleges and universities, instilling in their students the need to tear down traditions and societal norms, and replace them with some ungodly system of anarchy.

Where will it lead?  Only God knows.  But as the saying goes: charity begins at home.  First, we have to extricate ourselves from the many sovereign nations we have invaded and occupied over the last 15-20 years.  Second, the sanctity of life must be recaptured in the hearts and minds of the American public.  Without the protection of life, from conception to natural death, there will be no peace, no harmony, only despair and enslavement to our passions.  And it's all connected...

By all means, let us pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla

Does skin color matter? It seems so, when...

I was a junior in high school back in 1963.

Yes, that was the same year that our first Catholic President, Kennedy, was assassinated on November 22, while in a motorcade traversing the streets of downtown Dallas, Tx.

For those who are old enough, you might remember exactly where you were, and what you were doing as the terrible news hit the airwaves.

I remember… I had just gotten off the school bus and walked to my friend's house to check out his coin collection: we were both collectors at that time.

While in his house, the phone rang; it was his dad telling him that the president was just shot in Dallas.  When my friend came back to the dining room area, where I was looking through his collection, he said; oh, that was my dad; he was joking about the president being shot.  I didn't think much of it, and we continued exchanging thoughts and ideas about our collections of several different denominations of coins.

When I left his home, some school-girls were walking my way, and, as we approached each other, they asked me if I had heard anything about the president being shot.

Then, it hit me like a ton of bricks; he really was shot; the president was shot!!

During 1963, not only was the killing of President Kennedy the most demoralizing and horrible event of the day for our country, in addition to that tragedy, there were other pressing issues facing our nation that needed attention and solutions too.

Things were heating up in Vietnam (little did I think that four short years later I would be in Vietnam!) and the civil rights movement was in full swing, especially in the South, where federal authorities had to use the power of their office to integrate colleges and universities, and open the doors to black Americans to continue their education.  

One of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement was Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In fact, I wrote my term paper on Dr. King, mainly because of his determination to improve social  conditions for his people, including, but not limited to, the right to use facilities that were once deemed only for whites: transportation, restaurants, voting, etc.  What attracted my to his cause, was his use of peaceful means to accomplish the ends, and to open the door to a new time of equality for all peoples.

Once, while behind bars in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. King wrote a "letter from a Birmingham jail," extolling the tenets of the Natural Law, and, in fact, quoted St. Thomas Aquinas as well as St. Augustine in determining what a just law is, and what an unjust law is.  I find it interesting that the Protestant King, quoted two Catholic saints in his thesis!

In many of his speeches, King focused on the character of a person, rather than the color of his/her skin.

If King was alive today, I think he would be horrified at the real segregation and discrimination found in the media, and the blatant attacks on his brothers and sisters simply because they are white.  You know, that phony "white privilege" nonsense.

It seems that the mainstream media is daily focused on issues that directly contradict Dr. King's reason for all the sacrifices offered up in order to right so many of the wrongs against his people.  And now, the wrongs are being perpetrated because of skin color -- again -- but this time against Caucasian folks.

It is amazing how so many things have changed, and yet they stay the same....

Pray for our country.  Pray for peace.

Gene DeLalla

The horrendous murder of Mollie Tibbetts...

The following is a quote from "Benny" who made a comment on Facebook...

"The murder marks the permanent separation of Mollie Tibbetts from her family. Where is her TIME magazine cover? Where is her CNN Townhall? Where is the national protests for Mollie Tibbetts? Where is the outraged White House press corps screaming for Trump to do something?"

This young, lovely college student from Iowa, was attacked and killed by an illegal alien monster, who had been in this country for many years.

For those who don't realize it, it is a felony to illegally cross the border into our country.

But the most horrendous of felonies recently occurred in the corn fields of Iowa, when the 20-year-old Mollie went for a jog along a quite country road.

Mollie's short life was snuffed out; there was no help for her; she suffered; killed, and her body left in a ditch near a corn field.

I cannot imagine the anguish of the girl's family, and the nightmarish scenarios of their daughter's last moments and death that must be completely occupying their minds and hearts.

I truly hope that she didn't die without a fight, but it was not enough to save herself.

Already, the demented, unhinged leftist media are actually downplaying Mollie's death, and, it seems to me, almost making excuses for the piece of human debris that took her life.  Sick beyond all description!

God will not be mocked, and I hope and pray that Mollie's killer will face swift justice, and send a message to anyone else thinking of attacking the defenseless.  But until our borders are truly secured, and we protect American citizens FIRST, I fear little will change.

This is, however, another reason for all law-abiding citizens, especially women to carry concealed and level the field against any would-be attackers.

May God have mercy on Mollie Tibbetts (and her family!).

Pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla

If your boss directs you to complete a task, and you refuse, should you be fired?

What if you like your job, but then the boss directs you to complete an "unpleasant" task, and you refuse, should you be fired, keeping in mind that the task is critical to the success and the survival of the business?

What does common sense tell you?

It tells me that your job, or mine, would -- and should -- be in jeopardy for refusing to do, or complete that critical task.

And what if it's not only your job that would be at risk, but also the jobs of your coworkers?  Remember, you and your coworkers have families to support and mortgages to pay, etc.  Without that steady job, those families might not survive, or at least they might have to depend on the largess of the government to "save" them.  Not a pretty situation to be in, for sure.

So now, let's take this same situation and replace your boss with our Boss, God.

If God requires us to do certain things in order to see Him in the Face in the Beatific vision, and we refuse out of pride -- we will not serve! -- should God "fire" us?

If one of those requirements is to obey the Ten Commandments, and we decide which of the those to obey based on what we think is right, and which ones we are "able" to obey, should we be "fired"?   After all, He would be justified in "firing" us because the Ten Commandments are not the ten suggestions.

God is our creator; our Boss!   If we disobey Him, we must accept the consequences.

Sure, there are those that say we have free-will, and they're right, but if we use that free-will to disobey the laws and doctrines of God Almighty, then we will get what we deserve.

In that situation, isn't God justified in "firing" us?

I think so.

But here is the rub: if we disobey God Almighty and refuse to do that which will get us to Heaven, we're not going to lose our "job," we'll be using our free-will to send ourselves to hell.  Not a very good prospect.

And to those who think that God is so merciful that He wouldn't ever think of sending someone to hell, think again.  Along with His great mercy, He demands JUSTICE for our actions or inactions.  That's only fair; wouldn't you agree?

Pray for discernment, and pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla