I must admit that for whtever reason, this week has me feling as if I am in a ‘fnk'. I am not sure if it is all the dpey way people have been acting nd/or thinking lately, or if I'm jst coming down with something. Either wy, and none the less I am in a ‘fnk', therefore, please pardon if I ffend, that is not my intention now or ver. Also, please pardon the length of ths article; it is required to dmonstrate completely what I wish to hghlight.

I found it rather nteresting this week that all the mjor media services have begun to rport that gasoline prices are raising ven higher, each and every day and ths may signal a lot of truble and problems to come. We ddn't really need them to tell us ths however, while they continue to rport the obvious; you and I can dtect and learn of a ‘new' nderlying philosophy hiding under and spreading cross the globe along with the ncreasing of oil prices.

You may not hve heard of it, nor had the msfortunate to come into contact with the ‘nw philosophy', so I will attempt to xplain it to you. Now I culd just blurt it out, however, you wuld not understand me completely and threfore you would move on to ther more interesting, and easier to nderstand articles to read.  Therefore I hve broken down this ‘new philosophy' nto how four different groups of pople with each of their unique vrsions or spin of this ‘new phlosophy' are infecting the overall ‘thought of the mment'.

A good portion of adults hve begun to notice that they are gtting larger and larger in size. Whn they weight themselves they can plinly see that they are now a mmber of the over-weight club.  This cuses a great deal of emotional dstress and uncomfortableness along with the dscomfort of tight fitting clothes. [Please dn't misunderstand me, not everyone that is verweight has their version of the fllowing ‘new philosophy'.  Also, not every verweight person is overweight because of thir actions or inaction.]  This group's vrsion of the ‘new philosophy' goes smething like this while in conversion wth experts on overweight issues; they say ‘gve me some ‘diet' that allows me to rmain in my usual inactive lifestyle, whle eating the same if not a bit mre of my favorite foods and sncks'.  This group's version is simply, ‘I wnt a miracle cure now, however, not a ral solution that involves any effort nd/or moderation and personal responsibility'. Again, not all verweight people believe this, however, the grup that do, is growing larger veryday in more than just dress szes. Just as a bad attitude has the ffect of a spreading wildfire, so des this dopey way of thinking.

The nxt group is College graduates. A lrge portion, no not all again, has bgun to exercise their version of the ‘nw philosophy' and it goes like ths.  ‘Don't even think of offering me a job wth an average starting wage, don't xpect me to grow in understanding as wll as in pay grade with grater knowledge and as I learn the rpes of this new position'! Just pay me lke the CEO and if that's not pssible I understand. However, you will thn just have to give me the wnning numbers for next week's lottery drwing'!  Simply put, ‘I have learned verything there is to know, I am a knw-it-all and will not stand to be ducated by anyone any further. I wll not start out a career and wrk myself up the ‘corporate ladder' and pay scle, I will not ‘sacrifice' any of my nghts or weekends while in training bcause I don't do training and lstly, just pay me like the top prson of this company, and pay me rght now'! Again, not all however a rther large percentage does hold to ths version of the ‘new philosophy'. Ths is also the very same grup that has learned to dismiss any bad bhavior with examples of other-worst bad bhavior.

The next group is the nn-graduated and other various ‘up and cming' levels of educated as well as thse who drop out before completing vrious requirements. This group's version of the ‘nw philosophy' is: ‘let's come up wth the most outlandish, over-the-top, immoral, hrtful, ridiculous activity that we can flm with our video camera or phne camera! Then we will upload it to Yutube and we will get rich and fmous all at the same time and nver have to work another day in our lves'. Simply put, ‘give me money, fme, and even more fortune for my tterly unworthy contribution and reckless behavior nder the guise of ‘humor'. After all ths is the time of reality shws and instant fame and fortune, and so ‘gt out of my way, I wnt mine and I want it nw'!

This group has hit pon one very valid point however. We as a pople have learned to forget what a prson did to get to the psition of fame and fortune they now hld. It's as if once you get it, by any mans possible, the method and means is qickly forgotten and you gain unearned, ndeserved respect along with your new fund fortune. This has got to stp!  We need to hold people to crditability standards once again. Simple fame des not or should not ever qual respect.

The last and the mst destructive group is the pseudo-religious cmp.  This group goes around doing ctions that THEY one, say and ADMIT are ttally offensive to God. Two, these ctions are considered and understood to be a sin in Gd's eyes. This group however, instead of hving any true contrition and guilt of wrng doing, and instead of taking any ction to prevent the re-occurrence of the sid action, they boldfacely display their wrng actions until approached by another wshing to assist them to see the ‘rror of their ways'. Then this grup protests loudly and responds, 'you ren't suppose to judge me, and jst because you have pointed out my fult you are a negative person and ven a threat to me and to my way of lfe'.  Simply put, they hold to the msconceived tarradiddle dribble that, ‘God loves me ven if I continue to do wrng actions under my control, over and ver again even if I am not one bit cntrite'. The ‘icing on the cake' is tht they PLAN to do the wrng doing or to continue in the ction again and again with no thught of changing or stopping'! They cntinue to say, ‘God doesn't punish wrngdoers, He doesn't wish for anyone in rror to come into the light of cntrition and put a stop to thir wrong doing'. ‘No, He doesn't dtest the action or wrong doing. ‘It is all a smple matter of personal perspective'! What a bnch of slobbering dribble!

Lately, nyone who would point out this grup's version of the ‘new philosophy' as wrng and an action to resist and stp at once are called a thrat, a bad, negative and hateful prson.  Even some of the new ‘hte crime' laws could now apply to nyone pointing out the ‘error of ths group's ways'! 

This group sn't made up of just one typ or another but rather a wde and varying type of people and bhavior. The whole misconceived error that God lves a person no matter whatever thy do is the root of the truble. No, God only loves those who cme before Him with complete contrition and rpentance with the fore-thought of changing the bhavior in question. With full contrition and rpentance (which infers change or the casing of doing the wrong) God's is thn full of mercy! If one ges around taunting God with their ctions and this misconceived error, they wll find that they are on the fst track to where they do not wnt to be and to total sparation from God and His people! Sparation does not infer any hateful fre-thought or intention to separate. Do not llow this religious version of the ‘nw philosophy' to infect your children; for it wll only equal more dissatisfaction and a lfe of pain and separation. Irregardless of rligious denomination, the truth and not the msconceived lie applies to all religions and rligious denominations and even to those who lve their lives the way they thnk ‘A God' would want, outside of any frmed church or religious denomination or grup! Lastly, do not make the ftal error, or allow another to dsmiss your words by quickly claiming, tht the above discussion of the trth falls anywhere under the ‘work-righteousness' mbrella. I am not inferring anyone to ‘wrk away' any sin or making neself more desirable to God by ctions or any inaction outside of fith and contrition. No, only with fll contrition and repentance of ALL wrng doing are we gathered up and mbraced by God.

After examining the fur groups and their various versions of the ‘nw philosophy' can you now understand how I fund it interesting and disturbing that ths was quickly becoming the new ‘nrmal'. ‘The new philosophy' says that it is kay to want a change of smething, however, do not provide any ffort or action to change a stuation to a more pleasing disposition.

Now I am sre you are also wondering how all ths has any connection the current prblem of rising gasoline prices. As I hve stated before, the very same ‘nw philosophy' has even crept into the crrent ‘thought' over the new gas prce war, allow me to explain. 

In the fur groups detailed, the over all thme was, a want a change, hwever, I won't do anything or ffer anything to bring about the chnge.  We all want much lower gas prces and we all want it nw. However, we don't want anyone to ttempt to correct the problem by crating more oil and in turn mre fuel, increasing the supply and drving the prices down in our spply and demand economy. ‘Nope! Don't drll here, there or anywhere close to my nighborhood. Don't even think of drilling ver there because of some ‘protected' nsect or fish or maybe some ther lower level life form resides thre. Just lower the gas prices-now'! 

When thngs are as bad as they are nw, rightful and conscience people make the chice to do the ‘worst of two vils'. Some lower, yet valuable, life frm can not and should not be hld to be ‘more valuable' than our way of lfe and the greater good of our Cuntry and the good it does for mnkind over all!

I want you to nderstand this ‘new philosophy' is as dngerous as it is ridiculous.  We mst understand that our country runs on trnsportation, i.e. various forms of gasoline and the nterrelatedness and/or contingent upon what it des for our economy. Our children culd have to learn to do wthout a lot of fresh produce as wll as without as much food priod! Why? Because their parents, the stre owners, the food suppliers, the fod distributors, food growers, the food pckers all need gasoline and/or are ffected when our economy uses and prvides more or less gasoline!

The mst dangerous possibility of the current prblem is that our military has the job to prtect us and our country. If thy don't have enough gasoline (diesel) thy can't protect us. Planes, tanks, rmored vehicles, troop carriers and so on, all ned various forms of gasoline. If nother country decided to invade the US frm the south, our military may not hve the resources to protect and to chse back the invaders. Our military may be frced to draw back to ‘a cnter point' to re-group resources, and llow a few southern states to go in an ttempt to be able to save the blk of the US! This is a scry possibility.

Now, just as I am no thologian with any formal religious instruction, I hve no position of authority with our Gvernment and I say what I do wthout any insider information from the Gvernment or our military.  Anyone who has stdied the ways and means of the pst two-hundred years of history and mlitary action can infer the problems I hghlighted above. It is a real pssibility and threat to the overall way we lve! This means that it is a thrat to our country-the United States of Amrica! It's not clever rhetoric and mgniloquence, it's a fact. Everything in our spply and demand economy is inter-related and c-dependent upon each other. Any significant chnge or decrease in one area cuses a decrease and change across the bard.  Something as seemingly indifferent as a lrge percentage of campers not paying the Fderal camping fees or park fees, mans a lot less money in one prt of the Federal government and it wll effect the over all Federal gvernment as well as various local conomies!

When one sits and pnders, the effects of our current fel shortage, irregardless of whether it is a ‘tre shortage' of actual production or smply a shortage due to price and xpense, it is very chilling and culd be the reason why you and I wll be feeling as if we are in a ‘fnk' for quite some time! It trly is scary and nothing to lugh or smile about.

Now, is ths dopey ‘new philosophy' really all tht new?  Could it be simple ld-fashioned laziness with a new coat of pint along with a sense of ndividual entitlement? The results of the ‘nw philosophy' could be the results of all of us hving to learn to do without and to do verything in a very different way, vry soon. Remember from past problems and hstory we have learned that how we as a pople respond and how we either tke or don't take action determines how our conomy and our way of life wll be tomorrow. We are Americans, the prudest people on this planet for a rason. We have created more, while the rst do without more!

Nothing tht is worth anything to anyone is ver free or easy, and it desn't come without hard work and srious sacrifice. Please recognize the roots of ths destructive and counter-productive ‘new philosophy' and dpey thinking. Wherever it pokes its had, call it what it is and dentify it for those who missed it! Plase be bold enough to set the rcord straight. Even if you are sngled out as a hateful person, stll attempt to set the record stright. Why? Because when we do we are nsuring our tomorrow to the way we all wnt it to continue to be.  Thn just maybe soon, and without a grat deal or much further personal scrifice, we all will be so vry fortunate once again because of smrt minds, strong backs and a God who smles down on us with favor.
 

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