Born for Greatness by Papa Roach – Song Review

This song is great! There is not much to it as far as lyrics, but the message could not be more relevant for our time right now. The lines that stick out and become the song’s message are:
“They always tried to shame us
But they don’t speak our language
No we’re not nameless, we’re not faceless
We were born for greatness”
“It doesn’t matter if the world has gone mad
If we just hold on, if we just hold on”
“One life, one chance, start living”

Originally, the song was meant to “showcase to the world that no matter your struggle and/or adversity, you are born for greatness” (songfacts.com). What a refreshingly true message from a modern song. Yes, we are indeed born for greatness, but not as defined by our twisted society. We are born to be loved and to love God, and there is nothing greater than to fulfill one’s purpose.

More specifically, this message speaks to our having been dealt a heavy blow culturally and politically by leftism and its adherents. They taste power and blood. What they perceive to be justified revenge on everyone who disagrees with them is finally at hand. They will do everything in their power to “shame us”, and now more than ever we see the dividing lines between the left and America. It is as if we do not even speak the same “language” anymore. When we say men and women are different, they say we are transphobes. When we say racism is a terrible sin, they say “Exactly, that’s why you must be an “anti-racist” and always treat people differently on account of their skin color!” When we say human beings have inherent dignity and worth, they shout their abortions, declaring that baby humans are nothing more than “nameless”, “faceless” clumps of cells.

In the end we already know who wins, and it is not the Devil and his instrument of destruction, Leftism. The world has gone mad, but we pray and persevere. Perhaps now is a good time to look about ourselves and remember just how precious this gift of life is, and how minuscule the efforts of these silly politicians are compared to God.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cRPdqpWkaNmIbPi6wJDg2?si=vn5wEV4oQB-R9CJb135W9g

Today in the News – 02/05/2021

Student Group Pledges to Re-Up Yale Lawsuit Tossed by Biden DOJ
https://freebeacon.com/campus/student-group-pledges-to-re-up-yale-lawsuit-tossed-by-biden-doj/

This is of course an immoral and unjust decision by the Biden DOJ, but I would have been more surprised if they decided to continue this lawsuit. As Blum says “…[it] had exposed Yale’s illegal use of quotas to achieve racial and ethnic proportionality…” We know from some of Biden’s first words as President that he and his administration are big fans of racism. “We need to make the issue of racial equity not just an issue for any one department of government; it has to be the business of the whole of government…” So therefore, not only does Biden not care to prosecute what Yale is doing, he will probably give them more federal funding if they promise to increase their racial quota efforts.

What the left does with our language is immoral, but genius. Everyone inherently understands, to an extent, that “equality” is a principle of The United States. Because of the leftist massacre of language, however, “equality” and “equity” are sometimes used interchangeably, and both suffer from semantic overload, meaning that when you say them, we must ask you to clarify what YOU mean.
Conservatives would say that “equality under the law” is the ideal toward which we strive because we correctly hold that each individual human being is a unique creation with inherent dignity, worth and God-given rights. Those rights must be protected by law. Leftists say “equality of outcome” is more desirable because they believe we should be considered as merely cogs in a machine, members of an identity or victim group differentiated only by skin color, ethnicity, sexual preferences, etc. To them, it is the “outcome” for the broader group that matters, and the just treatment of the individual falls by the wayside.

Edward Blum and the Students for Fair Admissions do have a good legal argument, and I would say a good moral argument as well. The issue we face now, with the radical leftists in power, is not simply an executive branch that refuses to enforce laws that were written with the proper understanding of racism and its evil, but worse than that we have an executive branch that openly proclaims that its “business” IS racism and the furthering of racist ideology.

Run Hide Fight – Movie Review

Run Hide Fight was not just a movie. It was an experience, a “life event”, something I will remember and think on for years to come. It is rare that a movie leaves me so deeply in thought and awe that I let the credits run all the way through. Not only that, but this movie served as a slap in the face, a wake-up call to remember what truly matters, to really look at the people in my life who care about me and realize anew their beauty and worth. The movie did all of this without becoming a cheesy Sunday-school lesson like what certain folks might say about God’s Not Dead or some other movie in that genre. It is no wonder Hollywood’s critics hate this movie. Let us list the reasons why:

(SPOILERS!)

The antagonists prove through their evil the truth and necessity of Western, Judeo-Christian values and serve as a powerful critique of the leftism and secularism that is eating away at our society.
The story is “inclusive” in the true, conservative sense because it shows many varied and unique characters from all backgrounds, ethnicities, etc. coming together over their shared values and cause rather than being lumped together into a meaningless categorization by some diversity equity and inclusion “expert” who places them in the same victim category or identity group.
The heroine, Zoe, is gorgeous but takes no part in the stereotypical “girl power, watch a 100-pound woman knock a grown man across the room” trope. Instead, she wins the day through grit, determination, and plenty of help from the many heroes that rise to their own challenges throughout the story.
The idiocy of a “school security guard” that is expected to keep the entire school safe from harm without a gun is put on full, despicable display.
Etc. Essentially it just has too much truth in it for Hollywood to swallow.
The final moral question posed to the audience is profound. What does justice look like for someone who just committed such an atrocity? Even the anti-death penalty, “release the prisoners” crowd, after seeing everything they have just seen, must question their absolutist approach. On the other side, even the Conservatives question whether there could have been a more measured resolution involving law enforcement or even if the shot could have been placed differently, at least those are thoughts I found floating around in my head. Mostly though, I find myself wondering if I would have the balls to do the same in Zoe’s shoes. Would I see that young man for the rabid animal that he has allowed himself to become and have the courage to put him down?
This movie is amazing and deserves every award. It is more real and more effective at making the audience think and consider things that should be considered than anything I have seen in a long time, perhaps ever.

Watch it at The Daily Wire

Hello World

The United States of America and the values that founded her are good, true, and just, but conservation is not enough. It does not suffice to defend our ideals by defeating our opponents with logical, evidence-based argumentation, always on defense. It is not useful or “nice” to accept their premises. Leftism is illogical, cares nothing for truth, and will not stop its “progress” until it rots away every institution from the inside and reduces this nation to an empty shell.

The left gives their vision of utopia openly. We must provide an alternative, show and describe what it means to live the life of an American conservative. We must comment in an unapologetic fashion on the news and happenings of the day, to consider the cultural and philosophical meaning behind them. Our values bring joy to life and freedom to nations. They must be shared.

To that end I will write about news, politics, theology, life, etc. I am a Roman Catholic convert, and not just because I wanted to marry my beautiful wife. I meant what I said and I said what I meant (a very good elephant once said) when I stood in front of the congregation to proclaim that “I believe what the Catholic Church teaches to be divinely inspired by God.” This is the perspective from which I write, my bias.

I try to keep my mind open, willing to be convinced if an argument is sound. How else would those crazy Catholics have convinced me?! So please feel free to use the contact information provided to agree or disagree. Unlike the tyrannical left, I welcome debate and alternative perspectives, because I seek to find THE truth, not “my” truth.