Pillars of Salt
In the Book of Genesis, God judges the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah for their continual evil thoughts. God then sends two angels to sequester the only remaining believer in the city of Sodom. The angels tell this person to leave the city immediately, taking only his family. A stern warning is given to this family: do not look at the city while it is being destroyed. If they did, the angels warned, then they too would be destroyed with it. In fact, if they looked upon the doomed city while it was being obliterated then they would instantly die where they stood, petrified into a pillar of salt. The story goes, that when Lot and his family had left the city and were on their way Lot's wife turned to see the great city for one last time and was consumed immediately.
The election of 2004 is one of those rare moments in history in which looking back and longing for "the good ole days" may get you killed. John F. Kerry wanted to take America back to Sept 10th, to the days when terrorism was just "a nuisance". Senator Kerry insisted on harkening back to the days of Viet Nam and establishing his fortress on the sands of forgotten battles and places. He longed for the days when Communism was ascendant and lectured us that America had made monsters in the jungles of SouthEast Asia. An Era when America was on the defensive and would not ride out to meet the enemy in the open field. He was a European at heart and felt that America should bow to all things Red. A Sodomite through and through. That was then.
This is now. September 11th destroyed the era of Sodom and Gomorrah. All those who turned their attention to that old era where consumed were they stood on November 2, 2004. They knew that we were in a new era but just couldn't quite release themselves from the "good ole days". They did not want to believe. So they turned to look one last time at a time period that John F. Kerry personified and by their vainglory were turned to pillars of salt. The old things have passed away.
Behold! The majesty and terror of war. America has arisen and an angry visage is upon our face. We will no longer suffer the contempt of petty tyrants who threaten the sovereignty of free nations. America is the land of thunder and lightning, of earthquake and tornado and the terrible sight of an erupting volcano! With a righteous fury we will consume their men who have murdered our citizens, lay waste to their cultures that have clung stubbornly against the passage of freedom's time and break their idols whom they worship as false gods! All things have become new.
The election of 2004 is one of those rare moments in history in which looking back and longing for "the good ole days" may get you killed. John F. Kerry wanted to take America back to Sept 10th, to the days when terrorism was just "a nuisance". Senator Kerry insisted on harkening back to the days of Viet Nam and establishing his fortress on the sands of forgotten battles and places. He longed for the days when Communism was ascendant and lectured us that America had made monsters in the jungles of SouthEast Asia. An Era when America was on the defensive and would not ride out to meet the enemy in the open field. He was a European at heart and felt that America should bow to all things Red. A Sodomite through and through. That was then.
This is now. September 11th destroyed the era of Sodom and Gomorrah. All those who turned their attention to that old era where consumed were they stood on November 2, 2004. They knew that we were in a new era but just couldn't quite release themselves from the "good ole days". They did not want to believe. So they turned to look one last time at a time period that John F. Kerry personified and by their vainglory were turned to pillars of salt. The old things have passed away.
Behold! The majesty and terror of war. America has arisen and an angry visage is upon our face. We will no longer suffer the contempt of petty tyrants who threaten the sovereignty of free nations. America is the land of thunder and lightning, of earthquake and tornado and the terrible sight of an erupting volcano! With a righteous fury we will consume their men who have murdered our citizens, lay waste to their cultures that have clung stubbornly against the passage of freedom's time and break their idols whom they worship as false gods! All things have become new.
posted by Bruce R. McConnell | 9:35 PM
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