Russian officials in a report on Thursday speculated that a nuclear war could leave Romania a “smoking ruins” just as Britain said it intercepted several Russian transports that refused to identify themselves as they approached the Baltic States.
In so many ways, the current U.S. administration is responsible for this statement. Its saber rattling and concurrent acts of weakness have encouraged the Russians to make all sorts of threats.
I have many new Romanian friends. I think this statement is just Putin at his “best.” They are only words, yet dangerous ones. Would we protect Romania if Russia did something there? It is hard to say “yes” when we won’t even protect our own military personal on a U.S. destroyer as it was “buzzed” continually by Russian jets. One came within 30 feet of one of our ships. I’m sure the pilot had no intention of getting that close, but mistakes happen. A Russian jet hits a U.S. destroyer and then what? I don’t think Mr. Obama will do anything that would be taken seriously if any of our “allies” are attacked by Russia. Putin has no respect for him. I hope that Mr. Obama will stop his saber rattling. It could cause a war.
Outside the Oslo train central station, this piece of art stands.
When I go for my weekly drug test, as I have been for over a year now, I have been looking at the piece of “art.”
I think, “Did the artist consider Norwegian society in general?”
It is a society where they can take your children away until the parents have proved themselves good enough.
In Norway, parents are guilty until proven innocent.
It is a land where the police protect the oppressors, a land where dreams become nightmares.
It is a land of beautiful nature.
Greed is killing it.
They kill predatory animals here and now they are few.
The reason?
Money making farm animals need more habitat in which to feed.
It is a land where “public servants” create victims from the people they were supposed to help and assist.
It is a wealthy country, one of the richest, that is unbelievably poor.
Cold people claim to be warm while warm people are described as cold.
It is a land where insanity is normal, and where normal people are diagnosed with insanity.
It is a land where the weakest people are providing for the strongest.
It is a land where the poor get poorer, and rich get richer.
It is a land where professionals say that I am too honest.
How is this possible since I am a product of the lies they are telling?
One day I hope the truth will set us free. I will never let them turn me upside down.
I hope we will all stand on firm ground and, like this tree, expose the roots (the liars and evil ones) until they are fully viewed so that they can be removed from Norway.
I, for one, will not rest until all is turned right side up.
We must not rest because children are our future.
Best wishes to you all. Stay strong!
These wishes do not extend to those who are turning our world upside down.
They will eventually be turned inside out, and their empty insides will be obvious to all.
Written by Ken Joar Olsen
Ken is a product of a dysfunctional child care system who was fortunate to get back on his feet after they turned his life upside down.
I am in contact with Ken Olsen almost on a daily basis. I HAVE POSTED A SPEECH that I have given for Ken’s family. I have told his story to more than one group of people. Here you hear a conversation between Ken, the mother of Ken’s child, Vibeke, and a CPS worker while baby Aria is not in the room.
Four times a year for 1 hour a day!!! It is the wrong people who are being prosecuted (persecuted). Please pray for Ken and Vibeke.
I would like to thank Octavian Curpas for sharing this with me via email.
It’s entirely possible to look at something so long that you can’t really see it anymore. For years I have been calling people back to simple faith in the inerrancy of God’s Word. I’ve been patronized, mocked and more times than not, simply ignored.
I completed my doctorate at Fuller Seminary at the height of the Church Growth movement. I was exposed to all the marketing influence, the obsession with numerical growth of churches—and it was there that I was first introduced to the term “Progressive Christian.”
We were required to read the book Marketing the Church by George Barna. Some notables at Fuller at the time were C. Peter Wagner, Bob Logan, Carl George, and Eddie Gibbs. The message that permeated the core of the Doctor of Ministry Degree program was that the Church needed to be run as a business, and that the message needed to be contextualized against the backdrop of the culture.
Here is another picture of Bono that more accurately depicts his view of Christianity He is sporting a headband with the COEXIST motto.
I saw a video of one of U-2’s concerts in which Bono is leading the thousands of fans in a song and he begins to speak almost in a whisper, “Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha all the same. Jesus Mohammed, Buddha all the same.” He is pointing with the index finger to the headband.
As Mr. Peterson has found it okay to add words to the original texts of scripture, he is not to be trusted in any way. It is quite obvious that Bono’s theology is a bit mixed up, also. This is a very interesting article.
This is the best video I’ve seen about the Bodnariu Family’s situation. It is a much watch so that America can continue to learn about what this particular story. Thousands of children have been taken from good Norwegian parents. It is a great travesty.
Valeria’s blog is mostly in Romanian and is mostly about the Bodnariu case. It is an excellent blog where I found this information that I didn’t know of. Oops, this came from Delights blog. Everyone who comes here by now should know of his blog. It appears that America is getting informed! BTW…Here is a link to Valeria’s blog: https://dumezeueincontrol.wordpress.com/ Her recent pictures are wonderful!
The HSLDA went to Norway at the time of the April 16th, 2016 protest to see for themselves the international drama that has painted Norway in the worst possible light. They interviewed Marius and Ruth, Ruth’s sister, and a number of other supporters at the protest in Stryn. The HSDLA is also calling for supporters to contact the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC to express their outrage over the confiscation of the Bodnariu children.
While most of us offered support for the Bodnariu family from far away, the HSLDA went to the tiny town in Norway where the Bodnarius live to document for the rest of us that they are a great family and they are not alone in this difficult time.
(Dedicated to Daphnie, a wonderful Christian servant)
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“If you have a good lawyer you can get away with it,” said the student.
The statement caught the teacher off guard.
He looked at the young high school student and said, “Unfortunately, you are correct sometimes.”
The class was a World History class. The students were asked to raise a hand if they had finished their class work for the day. Most of the hands went up. Those finished were nicely asked to find something to do quietly. Most of them followed the directions. It only took about 15 minutes for the rest of the class to complete the assignment. There were still 30 minutes of class time remaining.
“You may talk to one another as long as you don’t get too noisy,” the teacher stated. The class followed these directions.
Not a fan of downtime during class, The teacher requested the class be quiet after about 10 minutes of talking. They obeyed somewhat reluctantly.
The students were told a story about a current place where many people do not receive due process.
They were told of recent events in a modern country and how families there are being destroyed by the Child Protective Services, those who were supposed to defend families. The students seemed very interested.
“This is why truth is so important,” the teacher said. “This is why I’m so hard on students whom I catch lying to me, he added.
“You never really get away with a lie,” the teacher said.
This is when the young lady raised her hand for permission to speak and was acknowledged.
“If you have a good lawyer you can get away with it,” said the student.
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Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas. I rarely get there as it is an hour away. There was a good reason to go there Friday and Saturday. My son’s professors had convinced him to write a paper in an attempt to win a trip to a conference that “showcased” history experts speaking on different subjects. My son won the competition and went reluctantly since he had finals only days away. I’d put in my share of work hours recently, and because the college was paying for a room for two, I asked my son if I could go along. He told me it was OK so I took the day off. My wife agreed this was a good idea.
Much of day Friday was spent in the hotel lobby on the internet as parents were not given an invitation to hear the expert speakers.
Sitting almost alone in the lobby, two men were talking at a nearby table.
“And God allowed the land to rest,” said one of the men.
Curious about this man with the Bible knowledge, I got up and walked the short distance to their table. “Did I hear you mention the Bible?” I questioned. One of them pushed an empty chair back and said, “Have a seat young man.” (As I am 57, they were retired fellows who were meeting together after having grown up as neighbors years ago.)
Having been in the middle of a blog comment, this was much more interesting. The man to my left had been involved in prison ministry and the man on the right owned a portion of the “Field of Dreams” of the movie with the same name. They were full of interesting information. We are all facebook friends now.
You can see the Field of dreams here:
The next morning my son and I packed up and put everything in the car and walked the few blocks to a beautiful old church built in 1940. It was a large church but not easily noticed as we neared because of large trees camouflaging one side.
The plan was for me to return to the hotel and let the shower water pulsate on my back for 10 minutes or so. Don’t have that option at home. Then there would be a good check of the room, checkout, and more lobby time.
As we entered the church, the historical and Biblical stained glass windows were unavoidable. Each one was original and in good shape with a few minor exceptions. After 10 minutes or so, a gentleman began to introduce the first speaker. “You walking back?” I whispered to my son. He shook his head in the affirmative. We agreed that he would call if he needed anything, and I headed off to try and find someone connected with the church to ask about the scaffolding at the front of the church.
Walking towards the back of the large church with the huge wooden beams overhead it was difficult not to notice how few were in attendance. The back 3/4ths of the large building was empty. What would be the harm taking a seat in the back row?
The speaker began to speak about a time when certain Americans were given no due process of law. Aware of this event but not of specifics my curiosity glued me to the old church pew. Many older Americans know of the main story shared on this day. It was the connection to Arkansas, among other particulars, that was of interest.
What would you do if you were informed that a law passed by our government would make you sell your major possessions, or have someone look after them? What would you do if you were told that you would be bused to a concentration camp half way across the country? The law has been passed, you have had no due process in a “free nation,” and you must prepare to move.
One lady is so upset that she destroys her belongings rather than sell them.
This happened to mostly well-behaved and loyal American citizens in the 1940s.
The correct term for the location these people were taken is “concentration camp.” It certainly wasn’t a death camp although 24 people died there over a period of years. Concentration camp is the term used at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. (http://www.janm.org/)
The Rohwer Relocation Center was one of the last of ten such camps nationwide to close. The Japanese American population, of which sixty-four percent were American citizens, had been forcibly removed from the west coast of America under the doctrine of “military necessity.” They were incarcerated in ten relocation camps in California and various states west of the Mississippi River. This marked the largest influx of any racial or ethnic group in the history of Arkansas.
The camp was located in a swampy location near the Mississippi River in Arkansas. Over 8,000 people lived there on a little over 10,000 acres. Most of them had been bused there from California.
“The Rohwer Relocation Center in Desha County (Arkansas) was one of two World War II–era incarceration camps built in the state to house Japanese Americans from the West Coast.” 1
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and America’s subsequent entry into the war, many Americans feared an eventual invasion of the West Coast by the empire of Japan. Many people viewed the Japanese American population—eighty-nine percent of which lived in Washington, Oregon, and California—as potential spies and saboteurs. Citing the “doctrine of military necessity,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, giving the secretary of war the power to designate military areas from which “any or all persons may be excluded” and authorizing military commanders to initiate orders they deemed advisable to enforce such action. 2
Accurate population and age statistics were constantly changing due to the forced movement of the Japanese populations. Well over ninety percent of the adult Rohwer population of 8,475 had been involved in agriculture, commercial fishing, or businesses that centered on the distribution of agricultural products. Thirty-five percent of the camp’s population was Issei (a Japanese immigrant to North America), ten percent of whom were over the age of sixty. Sixty-four percent were Nisei (a person born in the US or Canada whose parents were immigrants from Japan), with forty percent of those under the age of nineteen. There were 2,447 school age children in the camp—a full twenty-eight percent of the total population. 3
“While in Rohwer Relocation Center, some internees volunteered to enlist in the U.S. Army. The volunteer soldiers from Rohwer and other relocation centers received assignment to the 100th Infantry Battalion, a unit within the United States Army’s 34th Infantry Division, later activated into the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This all-Nisei unit received recognition as one of the most highly decorated and respected in the U.S. Army. While the Japanese American men who had enlisted left Rohwer Relocation Center to fight for their country, their families remained behind as internees.” 4
An attempt was made to make it as comfortable as possible. Woodworking and painting classes just a few of the many options available to the Japanese prisoners at Rohwer. I wonder if they ever played a baseball game. Probably not, as the Japanese weren’t as big on baseball then as they are now.
The graves of the 24 who died there during WWII are well maintained.
“A National Park Service grant from the 2011 Japanese Confinement Sites Preservation Program has assisted in efforts to stabilize and restore the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery. As part of the grant, the University of Arkansas Landscape Architecture Program volunteered its services to produce an Historic American Landscape Survey report of the cemetery. This effort was aided by the University’s Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) which produced a high-density survey (HDS) of the cemetery and the surrounding site.
In addition, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has worked with the Arkansas State University Heritage Sites program to produce interpretive mapping and establish educational kiosks and audio tours for the Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery. The Central Arkansas Library System also preserves creative artwork left behind by the internees, such as paintings adhered to paper.
Today, all that remains of the 500-acre Rohwer Relocation Center is the cemetery and a tall smokestack where the camp’s hospital used to stand. There is a replica small scale guard tower that serves as an informational kiosk and visitors can take a self-guided walking tour along the southern boundary of the original camp. There are also interpretive panels and audio stations featuring the voice of actor George Takei ( Sulu, helmsman of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise), who lived at the Rohwer Relocation Center with his family in 1942, before being moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center in California.”
Back to the title of this article. Will we experience a lack of due process of law like the Japanese Americans did in WWII? Will we experience a lack of due process like many in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and the U.K. are currently experiencing?
It appears we are heading down that road, but I will fight (non-violently) in every way I can to head off the trend. My best weapon in this battle is prayer. Jesus tells us that we are His friends. I will speak to Him, as a friend, each day and ask him to stop the spread of this evil totalitarianism. It may be that He is readying the world for His Second Coming by being himself, which allows men the free will to follow their unseemly evils. In any case, He is ultimately in control. I feel no fear because, as His Word promises, He will never leave me nor forsake me.
Melbourne, Australia had 300 protesters of Norway’s “Child Protective Services” on April 16th, 2016. Thus, Australia had a total of approximately 1,000 people attend in the three cities where people congregated.
“My Mom is the best Mom in the world.” I used to think that everyone thought that. It turns out that I was wrong. In fact, I’ve come to realize that some kids like going to school to get away from Mom or Dad.
In the boy’s bathroom, washing my hands, I heard “Hi, Mr. Reimers” behind me. It was a student that I would see later in the afternoon. As it was Friday, I commented, “You probably can’t wait for the weekend, huh?” “Right,” he said. Another student walked in and I continued my conversation. “Did you know that some students would rather be at school than at home?” He looked at me with that “Are you kidding?” look. The student who had just walked in said, “Yeah, just like ________________.”
My understanding of family life didn’t change on Friday, but I think a student learned that he was fortunate.
I know I was fortunate.
Former Christian Talk Show Host, Ingrid Schlueter had an interesting article on her blog the other day. The goal of her blog was to thank her mother for all she has done. Very noticeable to me was a historic family picture at the head of the post with young Ingrid with her Mom and family visiting Mt. Rushmore. I couldn’t help but make a comment on her blog. It went something like this except I’ve added and edited a few things:
“Guess what, Ingrid? When I was a kid, our family piled into a camper once a year for a few weeks during summer vacation and would travel mostly to see relatives. One year, we met some relatives near this same location (Mt. Rushmore) and had a wonderful time. If it weren’t for my Mom and my Aunt, the trips we took back then would have been disastrous. Our lives would have been completely different.
During Easter breaks, that’s what school’s Spring breaks were called back then, my Mom invited any interested child to our house to hear the Easter story. There was a craft after the story and snacks. The main craft was gluing rocks together with an empty cross glued onto the rocks. Raising six kids, my Mom didn’t have craft money so she used what was available (rocks and Popsicle sticks). I still have a picture, somewhere, of one of those “Bible schools” mostly done on our front lawn. There were probably 50 kids there. I never did hear anyone criticize my Mom for this. There may have been some ‘Bible thumper’ remarks but I never heard them.
Years after those Easter Bible studies, a young man fell off of a school mound while throwing a pitch in a baseball game and was pronounced dead of heart failure. He had a major heart problem that had never been detected.
The phone in the kitchen rang. It was the parents of the boy who died. They wanted to meet with my Mom. They were not church goers as far as I know and the only thing that seemed to give them any peace was the little Bible that the boy still had from one of those Easter break events at my house. My Mom gladly met with the couple. I have no idea what was discussed, but I know my Mom and I know she was used of God in that instance.
There are so many fond memories about Mom that a book could be written.
I remember the time one of the neighborhood kids got a ‘jaw-breaker’ stuck in his throat. He did this between his house and my house. He ran to my house. His face bright red, my Mom and Dad turned him upside down and hammered his back (this was long before we all knew about Heimlich) until the obstacle fell out, probably saving the young boy’s life. It was just another day in the neighborhood.
My Mom was a church choir director for over 50 years. She sang at multiple funerals and performed many solos in church. She directed many cantatas. The last several years the cantatas she directed ended in sickness and voicelessness. She still has a beautiful singing voice even though she struggles with pain as many in their eighties do. I am fortunate to live close enough to her that my sister and I can check on her regularly. She is still a servant of the Most High.
We are blessed to have Moms like ours, Ingrid. This post has inspired me to put these words on my blog later today.”
Thank you.
If you wish to see a picture of my Mom all you have to do is look at the top of my Facebook page. I don’t publish many pictures of family but I love this picture of my Mom and Son swimming in a lake one summer day in Arkansas.
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Wings of the Wind 
Russian Officials Speculate That a Nuclear War Could Leave Romania a “Smoking Ruins”
May 14, 2016Russian officials in a report on Thursday speculated that a nuclear war could leave Romania a “smoking ruins” just as Britain said it intercepted several Russian transports that refused to identify themselves as they approached the Baltic States.
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In so many ways, the current U.S. administration is responsible for this statement. Its saber rattling and concurrent acts of weakness have encouraged the Russians to make all sorts of threats.
I have many new Romanian friends. I think this statement is just Putin at his “best.” They are only words, yet dangerous ones. Would we protect Romania if Russia did something there? It is hard to say “yes” when we won’t even protect our own military personal on a U.S. destroyer as it was “buzzed” continually by Russian jets. One came within 30 feet of one of our ships. I’m sure the pilot had no intention of getting that close, but mistakes happen. A Russian jet hits a U.S. destroyer and then what? I don’t think Mr. Obama will do anything that would be taken seriously if any of our “allies” are attacked by Russia. Putin has no respect for him. I hope that Mr. Obama will stop his saber rattling. It could cause a war.
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