NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:   THE SUMMER STREAM

(POSTING THROUGH THIS WEEK OF AUGUST 3RD TO 7TH AS ABLE)

MONDAY AUGUST 3RD

Music Links:

                                            "JOY BY SURPRISE"-BOB AYALA

"THERE IS LOVE"-NOEL PAUL STOOKEY

"REACH OUT IN THE DARKNESS"-FRIEND AND LOVER

And here we are with another "Unplugged" post trying out the new "Blogger" format in the midst of the summer as we continue to live under the "Dictatorship of Covid-19".

MASSIVE FREEDOM PROTEST IN BERLIN SATURDAY HAS MAJOR GERMAN POLITICAL PARTIES ANGRY WITH DEMONSTRATORS

The mainstream media called it a protest of the "far right" the "far left" and "anti-vaxxers" but whatever it was it was a massive and perhaps the most massive protest in the world yet against the coronavirus crackdown as tens of thousands of unmuzzled  people took to the streets of the German capital.   Police made some arrests for violating restrictions but found themselves overwhelmed by the mass civil disobedience in the face of DC 19  (Dictatorship of Covid-19)..........

                      DEUTSCHE WELLE ENGLISH TELEVISION NEWS REPORT  8/2/2020

"We did not hire them to be law enforcers.   We hired them to protect our rights"

Ammon Bundy speaking loud and clear Saturday in Nezperce, Idaho in a must see video as he brought in the current coronavirus situation and tied it in with the story of Sean Anderson and the refusal of authorities to make public the bodycam footage from their encounters with Anderson early on the morning of July 18th in Idaho.......

AMMON BUNDY 8/1/2020 NEZPERCE, IDAHO "SHOW THE PEOPLE THE BODY CAM"

                             TUESDAY AUGUST 4TH

Getting back to the rally  for People's Rights activist Sean Anderson being held without bail and without police releasing the body cam videos of what happened early on the morning of July 18th in Idaho.

He was flashed by a Lewis County, Idaho sheriffs's vehicle and flashed his lights back leading to the first traffic stop.    Fearful of the situation escalating Anderson left and traveled into a neighboring county at a normal rate of speed pursued by several police agencies.

At the second stop the police went at Anderson guns blazing and injuring him in the face and eye.

So here we got this rally last Saturday with the town of Nezperce, Idaho becoming a police state all because of a rally where Ammon Bundy made the kind of speech you saw earlier in this post.......

ENTIRE TOWN IS CLOSED DOWN AND EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE AMMON BUNDY COMES TO SPEAK!

Sad to see what America is becoming a nation with fear and militarized police funded by the federal government and by default controlled by them because of the $$$$$$ leading Ammon Bundy to call for federal defunding of local police.

Business as usual statist politics of the Republicans and Democrats isn't changing this so that brings us to the US Senate Primary in Tennessee on Thursday.

Dr. Manny Sethi backed by Rand Paul and now Ted Cruz opposing GOP Establishment candidate Bill Hagerty.

Well moving on some experience, strength and hope tonight as read on Page 164 of "Alcoholics Anonymous".......

"Abandon yourself to God as you understand God.   Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows.  Clear away the wreckage of your past.   Give freely of what you find and join us.   We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, an you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.    

May God bless you and keep you-until then".......LINK TO TEXT

Music Links:

                                      "REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE"-THE MARMALADE

                                       "I WANT TO BE A CLONE"-STEVE TAYLOR (LIVE)

                                              "ONE OF THE DOMINOES"-MARK HEARD

                             WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5TH

Heaven help us because we need it to not be dominoes going along with tide of bad things out there from the dictatorship emerging to the declining moral values.      I will not preach since I used to preach about "moral values" while being the greatest of hypocrites.

I thank my Higher Power for love in spite of my wrongdoing I have the option of making the right move right now.

I was a member of the "Religious Right" and like Frank Schaeffer I've gone in a different direction but I still value the input of his father, the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer.    I listened to Dr. Schaeffer in 1982 in person as he toured the USA.     Here is one of his appearances that year.

                                          DR. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER APPEARANCE 1982

Dr. Schaeffer also talks about the "flow of materialism" in this shorter video.......

"What has become important is not whether there is something that causes the experience, but the experience as an experience"

That's Dr, Francis Schaeffer speaking back in the 1970's and how much have I gone for the "feeling" and "experience" in my life while using the "experience" to numb the reality of consequences.   As a drunk seeking sobriety I have learned that my right actions in tune with my Higher Power lead to a "good feeling" and a "good experience".

My experience mirrors those of others.

Also in this video:

"the threat of a lower standard of living, a growing authoritarianism, world hunger and ecological disaster, a devastating war"

Dr. Schaeffer very relevant to those times when he spoke some 45 or so years ago.

But getting back to here and now a government and its rules and regulations from masks-muzzles to quarantine checkpoints as in New York City today and so on watch  this clip from Dr. Schaeffer back in 1982.

"if there is no place for disobeying the government, that government has been put in the place of the Living God.   In such a case the government has been made a false god.

If there's no place for disobeying human government that government has been made God" 

                           (starting at :15 in the video link) 

The "Blue Line Flag" seems like sacrilege in regards to "Old Glory" to me.

Back then Dr. Schaeffer saw elections and court cases as avenues to be active in but he acknowedged another option that he felt was appropriate:

"If unhappily we come to that place, the appropriate level we must also include the disobedience of the state.  If you're not doing that you haven't thought it through, Jesus is not really on the throne"

                                (STARTING AT 1:21 IN THE VIDEO ABOVE)

Fear brought about by what I perceive to be "mass intoxication" is keeping many from seeing the present situation more clearly.

Music Links:                   

                "ROAD TO ZION"-PETRA

                                   

                                                         

"SO YOU WANNA GO BACK TO EGYPT"-KEITH GREEN (LIVE)

"YOU CAN'T BE A BEACON IF YOUR LIGHT DON'T SHINE"-DONNA FARGO (LIVE)

                         THURSDAY AUGUST 6TH

NO POSTING DUE TO ILLNESS THURSDAY EVENING.........

                            FRIDAY AUGUST 7TH

Ammon Bundy reflects on the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding dismissal of charges in the  Bunkerville case yesterday and the circumstances he found himself in yesterday as his truck was impounded by police as he tried to do business with some melons.....FACEBOOK VIDEO

Todd Engel's conviction in the Bunkerville case vacated yesterday and the court ordering a new trial raising hopes Todd will be released.        Todd's retrial on those charges would be tainted by the evidence being withheld proving his innocence that caused the judge to dismiss the charges against the key defendants......FREE TODD ENGEL FACEBOOK

A lot to reflect on from the post this week from Francis Schaeffer to Ammon Bundy causing me to consider who the ultimate authority is.

Is like to put it this way.

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

DONALD TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT, HE IS NOT MY GOD

I see a void out there of understanding about the Founders and their intent for the United States of America.   

I voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and would vote for him again but I sense that the right sizing of human beings is desperately needed as I guess the lack of a Higher Power seems to lead many towards substitution in their lives of people for the Higher Power.

Its my experience and I guess both the late Dr. Schaeffer and Ammon Bundy would say look to the Higher Power first and foremost.

JOHN LEWIS WAS MAN WHO WAS BEATEN AND IMPRISONED UNJUSTLY, THEN HE BECAME A POLITICIAN

The funeral of John Lewis was a very politicized affair done in an election year with political purposes in mind sadly cutting into some good things that could have been said about him.

Like Ammon Bundy in our times, John Lewis suffered in his time at the hands of corrupt law enforcement and jailers.

Cal Thomas reflects on the politicized memorial to Lewis......

CAL THOMAS COLUMN ON JOHN LEWIS FUNERAL

Well its time to say good night well after 1 am Eastern US time .     The Weekend "Unplugged" posts in the morning.

Good Night. God Bless.

Music Links:

                              "EVERYDAY PEOPLE"-SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

                                        

                   "LIVING TOGETHER, GROWING TOGETHER"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION

                                     

                                           "SOUTHERN NIGHTS"-GLEN CAMPBELL