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Dear MAGA: 20190310 Open Topic

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU

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This very special OH-MY-GOODNESS SUNDAY
open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody
to post whatever they feel they would like
to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

Say what you want, comment on what other people said,
comment on people’s comments.
Keep it civil.  Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.

See the January 1st daily thread for the rules of the road,
which are few but important.

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Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering,
not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
(Romans 2:4)

Have you ever thought about how long God’s goodness has been hunting you down, cutting off all your avenues of escape, relentlessly hounding you until you finally surrender to it?
God is that committed to blessing you. And that should be good news.
You may remember a time when circumstances were particularly grim, when you felt like there was no escape, you were going to be crushed. But God somehow, someway, was with you, holding your heart so tenderly you barely could feel His touch, but you lived to see another day. And you knew it was the goodness of God.
Maybe you have sensed His goodness in a very deep way when you held a newborn baby in your arms for the first time.
Or perhaps you have never really sensed His goodness, but you still choose to trust in it by His grace.
It’s easy to fall out of the practice of remembering the goodness of God. But you really can never get too much of His goodness, right?
Psalm 23 is one of the most beloved chapters of the Bible. “Surely Goodness and Mercy will follow me all the days of my life.” Who doesn’t want that?
In fact, Jesus reminds us that our Heavenly Father shares His goodness with the undeserving as well as those who do well in His sight. And He calls us to do the same.

 “But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.
For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and
he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.”
(Matthew 5:44-45)

Let’s pull on Heaven together for more of His goodness.
The world around us certainly needs it.
Think*3


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Dear MAGA: 20190308 Open Topic

This FLAG-HUGGING FRIDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider the amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
  4. No shooting at the nuclear warheads.

Just sayin’ on #4. Use ’em, lose ’em, but don’t create a needless situation.

LOGICAL THINKING.

W

Dear MAGA: 20190307 Open Topic

This THROUGH WITH THE HOUSE OF COMMIES THURSDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider the amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
  4. No shooting at the nuclear warheads.

WHY #4? Because we may need those D-CLASS INFO-NUKES to remove those pesky CRYPTO-COMMIES if they don’t go Quietly. Gotta wipe the ammo “with a cloth or something” so it’s all clean and shiny and slides into the barrel of “WE THE NEWS” nicely and without any jams.

LOGICAL THINKING.

W

Dear MAGA: 20190306 Open Topic

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU

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This very special ASH WEDNESDAY
open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody
to post whatever they feel they would like
to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

Say what you want, comment on people’s comments,
comment on content from elsewhere.

Keep it civil.  Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.

See the January 1st daily thread for the rules of the road,
which are few but important.

Picture of Ash Wednesday service. Foreground: back view of clergy in maroon robe with cross on collar, applying an ash cross on the forehead of a woman. Background: faces of various men with ash crosses on forehead and wearing Army uniforms.
credits: Christianity.com

Then the Lord God formed the man
out of the dust of the ground
and blew into his nostrils the breath of life,
and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:7

What Is Ash Wednesday?
& Why Do Christians Celebrate It?

Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday. Lent is a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ultimately celebration. The 40-day period represents Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted and where Satan tempted him. Lent asks believers to set aside a time each year for similar fasting, marking an intentional season of focus on Christ’s life, ministry, sacrifice, and resurrection.

Catholic, Orthodox and many (but not all) Protestants appreciate and observe Lent. Though Lent is not named or observed in the Bible, as Christianity Today notes, “the path of Lent—prayer, fasting, and generosity over a period of time—is heavily emphasized by the authors of and characters in the Bible, including Jesus. The Bible commends a lifestyle of worship and devotion that looks considerably like Lent. Therefore, while the word is absent in the Bible, the reality of Lent is woven throughout the whole of Scripture, as we have discovered.”

In his Gospel Coalition article Evangelicals Embracing (and Rejecting) Lent, Trevin Wax gives us an important reminder regardless of whether we personally observe Lent:

“I hardly think the church is suffering from too much fasting,” Wax says. “But I do think the church is suffering from too much self-righteousness (and I include myself in this indictment). Lent – being either for or against – can become a way of climbing up on to the pedestal.”

He goes on to say, “What is more important than the practices we take on is the heart attitude behind them. If there’s anything we should give up this time of year, it’s our sense of superiority either to those outside the church or those inside the church who do things differently than we do.”

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For dust you are and
to dust you will return.

— Genesis 3:19b

A Prayer for Ash Wednesday:

Lord, Holy One, have mercy on us. We confess our sins to you. We have fallen short of your glory and without your mercy and grace, we would be dust. We repent now. Lord, as we enter into this Lenten season, be near to us. Help us, by your Holy Spirit, to feel right conviction and repentance for our sin. Help us, by your Spirit, to have the strength to overcome the enemy.

Thank you, Lord, that Easter is coming! Death has no sting, no victory, because of Jesus! Glory and honor and praise to His name! Thank you for rescuing us. Help us keep both the weight and the joy of this season in our hearts and we move through the next several weeks. Help us bear the good fruit of your Spirit.

Thank you that the ashes on our forehead do not symbolize our ultimate reality. From dust we might have been formed, but our bodies, our spirits, ourselves, await beautiful redemption and the restoration of all things. Help us long and look forward to that day, and let it come quickly, Lord Jesus.

Amen.

Sprinkle me with the cleansing blood and I shall be clean again.

Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
And after you have punished me, give me back my joy again.
Don’t keep looking at my sins—erase them from your sight.

Create in me a new, clean heart, O God,
filled with clean thoughts and right desires.

Psalm 51:7- 10

I believe this is true for many of us — we feel it is an immense honor to join together in fellowship with every single one of the lionhearted warriors that frequent here.

We are all in this together.
Our expressions of faith are poly variegated.
Which suits us perfectly.

Our unity is based on liberty, not conformity.
And nothing thrown at us has the power to divide us.

#WWG1WGA
Think*3

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Lenten Fast Prayer

Dear MAGA: 20190304 Open Topic

This MAKE READY MONDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider The Non-Amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

But we add that there are NUKES. They’re real. Don’t shoot ’em.

Today’s message is to PREPARE.

We borrow this from the “The Clock Is Ticking” thread…..

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 9e30da No.5488056 
Mar 3 2019 17:59:38 (EST)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton-says-country-is-in-full-fledged-crisis-during-speech-in-selma-to-mark-bloody-sunday
Full-scale attack.
March Madness.
Prepare.
Q

-Q Post 2942

Things are getting close. You heard the man. PREPARE.

Most preparation, as I have *ALWAYS* stressed, is MENTAL.

Being short-handed is NOT an unrecoverable situation. What is a major problem is lack of situational awareness, including NOT having already gamed out “what you might do”.

Q says prepare. Q says MARCH timeframe. Be ready. We are TWO DAYS into things. Middle of the month is TWO WEEKS AWAY.

My recommendation is to have most PHYSICAL preparations DONE within the next WEEK. That allows one week for mistakes to be remedied.

Finally, my MOST IMPORTANT tip for preparation.

MENTAL PREPARATION.

Be COOL AS ICE. NO HOT ANGER ALLOWED. Super-cool, cold anger, absolute zero, if any. Better still, NO ANGER – JUST LOGIC.

Warm heart, love your fellow humans, but COLD LOGIC. This is how people survive holocausts. Set all fear aside and ACT or DON’T ACT according to COLD, CLEAR LOGIC.

Divine inspiration will fill you with what you need.

LOGICAL THINKING.

W

Dear MAGA: 20190303 Open Topic

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:
I AM PRAYING FOR YOU

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This very intense SWEET JESUS SUNDAY
open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody
to post whatever they feel they would like
to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

Say what you want, comment on what other people said,
comment on people’s comments.
Keep it civil.  Treehouse rules, but expect lots of QAnon.

See the January 1st daily thread for the rules of the road,
which are few but important.

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No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

(John 15:13)

Many years ago I had a fire lit in my bones for prayer and fasting by the teaching of a man named Lou Engle. Back then, he became a signpost in my life to not be content with anything less than a lifetime of seeking to follow Jesus Christ in fasting and prayer.
He is yet again leading a call to believers to join him in fasting and prayer.

2019 JESUS Fast w Lou Engle

Even if I’m not called to radical fasting at this time, I am honored to participate by adding my prayers in support of this worldwide effort.
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If you feel a tug to join in some way, here are some resources for praying & fasting.
If the subject doesn’t resonate with you, no problem. Intensity like this is not for everyone or for every season.
Be free to be you.
Think*3

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.

(Song of Songs 8:6-7)

 
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Dear MAGA: 20190301 Open Topic

This IN LIKE A LION FRIDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider The Non-Amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

We will neither confirm nor deny whether we have nukes. This is part of our new “old school” policy.

Today’s message is simple. MARCH IS HERE. Act accordingly.

Have a great weekend!

W

Stolen from a blog and I have no idea where they stole it from.
BUT WRITING!

http://ingridsundberg.com/2013/03/26/creating-emotion-within-dialogue/

Dear MAGA: 20190228 Open Topic

This THANKFUL & THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider The Non-Amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

The rule against shooting at the nukes has ANOTHER evening off. Not really sure why. Quite possibly because we have them safely stored!

Not sure if all of you know the story about this husky pup, that died in an unfortunate accident. Driller told the story and I can’t find his post, but that part’s not really what matters.

The point is, it was sudden and out of the blue, and yet Driller snapped this lucky last picture of the thing before it happened.

For some unknown reason, Wolf is really attached to this picture of Dog. He’ll probably post it all over the internet along with all his political memes and funny or inspiring pictures. Why? He’s not really sure. Maybe just so people remember. Maybe so we think about life, and remember to pet the dog, kiss the spouse, and say goodbye to the kids when we walk out the door.

Do all dogs go to heaven? I don’t know. I’d like to think so, but I’ll leave that one for the theologians.

Who knows? Perhaps this pup finds his way there, by way of the Internet.

Have a great rest of the week! Let’s pray for our POTUS, and his success in gaining peace, freedom and prosperity for the people of North Korea!

W

Dear MAGA: 20190227 Open Topic

This WINNING WEDNESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider The Non-Amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

The rule against shooting at the nukes has ANOTHER evening off.

Today’s daily thread will be used to catch up on Q posts.

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 681f82 No.5397816 
Feb 26 2019 15:01:35 (EST)
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/431633-murkowski-to-vote-for-resolution-blocking-trumps-emergency-declaration
Puppet & Puppet Master.
Q

Q Post 2899

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 44cf4d No.5398367 
Feb 26 2019 15:29:03 (EST)
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Truth v Lies – the propaganda war for your mind.
Q

Q Post 2900

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 087672 No.5399134 
Feb 26 2019 16:04:55 (EST)
[INTERNAL CIVIL WAR]
All-out assault against the duly elected President of the United States.
We have never experienced anything like this in our history.
Treason & sedition at the highest levels of office throughout many departments [F + D].
Propaganda arm [FAKE NEWS MEDIA] of the D party in full attack mode (no facts, only statements).
Propaganda arm [FAKE NEWS MEDIA] of the D party prevent-limit ‘sheep (you)’ from learning the TRUTH.
Propaganda arm [FAKE NEWS MEDIA] of the D party retain-control of NARRATIVE (control over you).
House D’s in full attack mode (no facts, only statements).
Senate D’s in full attack mode (no facts, only statements).
THIS IS THEIR LAST STAND.
Fear of prosecution?
Fear of the public learning the TRUTH?
Fear of losing POWER?
Bribes, blackmail, threats, etc. all being deployed.
WE ARE AT WAR.
Q

Q Post 2901

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 087672 No.5399463 
Feb 26 2019 16:16:29 (EST)
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When the real TRUTH re: Russian collusion is right in front of you but the FAKE NEWS media prevents public awareness.
Conformity and Behavior.
Q

Q Post 2902

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 1e2b4e No.5402061 
Feb 26 2019 18:49:44 (EST)
Anonymous ID: 67117c No.5401939 
Feb 26 2019 18:41:14 (EST)
Feeling like Anons in US will be up late tonight following POTUS/Q in Vietnam.

>>5401939

It’s going to be HISTORIC!
Planned long ago.
[-21]
Within the next 21 days BIG BIG BIG HAPPENINGS are going to take place.
Q

Q Post 2903

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 1e2b4e No.5402283 
Feb 26 2019 18:56:40 (EST)
The Armor of God
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Q

Q Post 2904

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 57f18f No.5407223 
Feb 26 2019 22:54:56 (EST)
>>5406506

Test 5
Q

Q Post 2905

There you have it. More to be added if they appear.

Oh yeah, they’re appearing. LOL!

Notice the weird out-of-order phenomenon – same as last time.

W

What follows is one of the best descriptions of the communist media’s “nickeling and diming” that keeps their sad FAKE COMPETITIVENESS in play. Donald Trump Jr. just NAILS the way they…..

FAKE IT TO MAKE IT.

In my opinion, the MSM and Democrats are now nothing but a CHICOM and RUCOM (remember – the communists operate FREELY in Russia) beachhead in America. They PRETEND to be what they are, and they have pretended since Stalin landed them in our media.

Dear MAGA: 20190226 Open Topic

This KAPTAIN KRISTOLMETH TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA world.

You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and so on.

Free Speech is practiced here. ENJOY IT. Use it or lose it.

Keep it civil. They tried to FORCE fake Orwellian civility on us. In response, we CHOOSE true civility to defend our precious FREEDOM from THEM.

Our rules began with the civility of the Old Treehouse, later to become the Wolverinian Empire, and one might say that we have RESTORED THE OLD REPUBLIC – the early high-interaction model of the Treehouse – except of course that Q discussion is not only allowed but encouraged, and speech is considerably freer in other ways. Please feel free to argue and disagree with the board owner, as nicely as possible.

Please also consider the Important Guidelines, outlined here in the January 1st open thread. Let’s not give the odious Internet Censors a reason to shut down this precious haven.

Remember – your greatest gift to President Trump is FIVE WORDS:

I AM PRAYING FOR YOU.

Also consider The Non-Amended Wheatie’s Rules:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

The rule against shooting at the nukes has ANOTHER evening off.

Today’s header image warns against the DANGERS of illegal drugs like NEOCONSERVATISM – a toxic member of the Trotskiform opiates. A grave danger to the wealthy and the comfortable, neoconservatism is quickly addictive, leaving its victims as MINDLESS ZOMBIES under the control of the greatest pusher of all, KAPTAIN KRISTOLMETH.

Or something like that. Just RUN if you see that black ship with an invisible HILLARY FIGUREHEAD leading the way. KAPTAIN KRISTOLMETH is surely onboard and looking to ENSLAVE YOU!

He will quickly fit you with your new family heirloom – a MAROON DIAPER. Only bad things can happen after that. RUN!!!

W

BOOM!

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader. If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.”  

Samuel Adams, in a letter to James Warren