Some Very Sad Situations, By Roger Behra

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Some Very Sad Situations

By

Roger Behra

In America the millions of sports fans who tend to idolize their favorite players have recently been very disappointed, indeed. It is pretty certain that some very hard lessons have been learned as result. Favorite players can be respected, but they should not be idolized. Here are some reasons.

PETE ROSE ruined the chance for his crowning glory, because he broke a much repeated law in major league baseball. Pete Rose will never be in the Hall of Fame. As a major baseball player, he was outstanding. He was a sure bet to end up in the Hall. But once he placed bets on the team he was managing, his chance greatly diminished. Then it was found out he lied and showed no remorse for anything, his chance became nil. Then, as the years passed, he became arrogant about the whole affair. It is a great shame that Pete will never realize his greatest dream during his lifetime, unless a complete change of thinking takes place with a future change of baseball commissioners.

MICHAEL VICK has to be most clueless person in the world to think that he could for 6 years finance and participate in dog fighting and torturing of so many dogs. The investigation uncovered extermination of dogs through fights, drawings, and electrocutions. His cluelessness cost he millions of dollars, put him in prison, and greatly stigmatized his reputation for all time.

CALEXICO BURRESS got himself into a fine fix probably caused the end of his N.F.L. career. He accidently shot himself entering a New York nightclub with a pistol not registered in New York. And his permit to carry and use it in Florida was expired. Then, he prolonged his legal case and has to serve prison time anyway. He made up his own rules, and it cost him valuable career time and made him a convicted felon.

ROGERS CLEMENS will also never be in the baseball Hall of Fame. All the alleged evidence points to the fact he used steroids to enhance his faltering baseball career. Video tapes definitely show he used steroids. He emphatically denies what tapes show he did. And at a special hearing before Congress, it appears that he lied, but the tapes are clear cut and do not lie. No Hall of Fame for Roger C.

DANTE STALLWORTH did the big no-no. He drove his car after drinking alcohol and killed a pedestrian. It was very costly for him. A dead man, a huge financial settlement, a suspension from the N.F.L., and plenty personal grief resulted from his tragic decision to drink and drive.

BERNARD MADOFF has to go down in history as the number one deceiver of human beings. He cost so many people millions upon millions of dollars he was entrusted to invest for them. Instead, he ran away with their millions. In the end Mr. Madoff lost everything. That includes his possessions, his dignity, and his freedom during his senior years.

This six men made up their own rules, and the outcome was the same for each one. Their lives and careers were interrupted. They caused serious harm to their reputations. They showed a great lack of appreciation for God’s blessings and the talents He gave them. And the final outcome was the same for each. They share a great deal of personal sadness and loss of personal dignity.

R.B.
11-30-09

Camelot Revisited, By Roger Behra

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Camelot Revisited
By
Roger Behra

Every November n the United States another anniversary of assassination of President John F. Kennedy is remembered, which was the case on November 22, 2009, on the Coast to Coast program with George Nory. It was extremely informative and up to date this year. More complete reasons for the assassination and those involved were discussed at length. It all seemed to make good sense, especially the pieced together culprits who were responsible. The up to date information eliminated Lee Harvey Oswald as the shooter, and the plans for the assassination were formed long before November 22, 1963. And Lyndon B. Johnson was a major one on the list culprits.

President John Kennedy seemed to be full of good and sensible ideas for needed and immediate changes in America’s government and dealings with world problems. And his ideas were going to rock some big boats. His ideas and plans started serious discontent with many behind his back, and plans to carry out his assassination. Many people and organizations got involved.

The Bay of Pigs disaster with Cuba was very unfortunate as Kennedy changed his mind at the last minute not to support it with American troops. Kennedy was planning to abolish the Federal Reserve. He changed his mind and decided not to get involved in Vietnam and to recall all the advisers that were there. He was going to tell American citizen about U.F.O. situation and the government’s involvement. He appointed his brother, Robert, as Attorney General and wanted him to eradicate the Mafia in the United States. All this created enormous discontent behind his back and led to his downfall.

Behind Kennedy’s back the F.B.I, C.I.A., MAFIA, and L.B. Johnson all got involved. They worked out the details. The F.B.I staunchly named Oswald as the only assassin. The C.I.A. selected the place and worked out the triangulation needed to insure success on assassination day. The Mafia selected the shooters. And L.B. Johnson, who as sent to Dallas ahead of time, told his mistress that in a few days we are not going to have to worry about John Kennedy anymore. And at the last minute the parade route was changed to accommodate the assassins. L.B. Johnson got involved because Kennedy was going replace him as Vice-President. The final event was Jack Ruby shooting Oswald on national Television. Ruby had ties to the Mafia.

So many directly related to otherwise connected one way or another were murdered, or mysteriously died concerning Kennedy’s assassination. And that includes J. Edgar Hoover, then head of the F.B.I., and Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as Jack Ruby. And unless there is a deathbed confession or two, the conclusions and present information will stand as is.

R.B.
11-29-09

Asleep At The Switch, By Roger Behra

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Asleep At The Switch

By

Roger Behra

The recent killing spree by Maj. Nidal Malik at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead end more than two dozen people severely injured is a prime example of those in charge not paying attention to their important duties. The ineptitude of the F.B.I. and Defense Department, as well as Hassan’s superiors, is totally inexcusable and very, very unacceptable to say the least. It is a clear cut case of failure to act when all the signs were quite obvious that definite follow-up and action was needed. The lingering behavior of Maj. Hass waved so man red flags that went unheeded.

Maj. Hassan’s behavior was full of contradictions that boiled over with discontent. He felt harassed because of his Muslim faith. He believed the war on terrorism was a war against Islam. He was outspoken on that issue. The give away concerning his behavior was his goodbyes to neighbors and given his belongings away. Lastly, he gave two week’s notice about his apartment.

There was also his computer activity. That revealed he was in contact with a well know radical terrorist Islamic religious a man. The right people had plenty knowledge about, but they did not take action because no terrorism was discussed during the conversations. It was certainly a red flag. Terrorism could have been discussed away from the computer, or with an intermediary.

The terrorism task force looked into Hassan’s background months before the shootings. That gave the military worrisome evidence about Hassan. Their findings revealed Hasan communicated 10 to 20 times in 2008 with radical a man Anwar al-Awlaki, who encourages Muslims around the world to kill U.S. troops in Iraq. So, it is not a coincidence that Muslim, Maj. Hassan, killed 13 U.S. troops in a shooting rampage. Trouble seemed to be definitely brewing.

How could the task force, the F.B.I., and the military people not pay much closer attention and see plenty of handwriting on the wall? They are very much to blame. They should have changed his type of duty or discharged him. All the arrows do point to several red flags that were not taken seriously. A very large group of people were sound asleep at the switch, indeed.

R.B.
11-28-09

Our Life’s Bottom Line, By Roger Behra

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Our Life’s Bottom Line

By

Roger Behra

Each day in our modern world, such as it is, so many people die tragically and unexpectedly without being prepared for life’s bottom line. They have lived irreligiously and made up their own rules for daily life. They gave little or no thought about why they are here and where they must go after their life ends here on earth. They failed to realize that the bottom line in everyone’s life is their eternity and who they are going to spend it: either happily or unhappily. They failed to realize they would be responsible for every thought, word, and deed committed during their lifetime here on earth.

With all of this in mind, let us be reminded about the best way to live and to always be prepared to die in the Lord’s friendship whenever He calls us. Pete Carroll, head coach of the USC football team, constantly reminds us “always be prepared.”

To always be prepared starts with knowing why we are here on earth. We are here to know God, our creator, to love God, to serve Him as a good Christians, and to be happy with Him in heaven for all eternity, which is the bottom line referred to here. Yes, there is an eternity. It lasts forever, and it is either a happy one or not happy one. And we make it so here on earth by the way we live.

Knowing God means He is the Supreme Being that created us and loves us unconditionally and wants us to be blissfully happy with Him in an unbelievable all loving eternity.

Loving God means to live our lives in such a way that we constantly strive to please God through good thoughts, good words, and good actions. That automatically includes loving our neighbor as we love ourselves.

Serving God means to know and keep the 10 Commandments, through daily prayer, and being charitable and helpful to others.
When we do these three (knowing, loving serving God) along with being sorry for sins, we are being prepared.

To gain God’s help we should being each day with a prayer asking for His help. We cannot do it by ourselves. WE NEED GOD”S HELP. Then we should thank God for another day of life to love and serve Him. Then at retiring time (bedtime) be sorry for any sins committed that day and thank God for all graces received. If you do this without fail each day, you will always be prepared, and your bottom line will be an eternally happy one no matter when your life comes to an end. You will end up nowhere near the dark eternal place that is reserved for all those who die unprepared. 23 Minutes in Hell, by Bill Wise, tells a real story. 90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper, tells another.

R.B.
11-27-09

Important Reasons To Remember, By Roger Behra

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Important Reasons To Remember

By

Roger Behra

When a spouse, family member, close loved one, a dear friend leaves this earthly life to become part of eternal life, the surviving ones are naturally filled with grief and acutely feeling the loss. It is very painful, indeed. And of course there are serious questions to be asked and answered concerning the transition from here to eternal life. This communication can help to answer some of the questions help us to be enlightened as to how lives can be changed to ensure a better eternity.

The readers must, however, keep in mind as the following statements are read that we make our own heaven or hell by the way we live our earthly life.

At the moment we leave this earthly life:

-we are aware of shedding our physical body.
-but only our physical body ceases to function.
-our cosmic consciousness takes over and lives forever on a different plane.
-there is not element of time in the eternal existence.
-we assume a younger (around age 30), complete, and encapsulated form.
-our life here on earth was to complete a certain destiny.
-we are to learn, acquire knowledge, love unconditional, as these go on forever.
- we continue to perceive, understand, laugh, and grow, but more vividly and completely in a higher state in eternity.
-as a spirit we perceive, have a sense of wholeness, but are not perceived.
-we are never alone at the death transition.
-we are never alone now, but we do not know it.
-depending on how we live our earthly life, at death we are peaceful, painless, and see the spirits who meet us and “take us”, usually our parents, loved ones, friends who we loved or loved us.
-in eternity age, time, and distance does not exist. We can be anywhere in the blink of an eye.
-people who have a near death experience are transformed and live more in true with God’s plan for them.
-not everyone sees the light (God) at the death transition. Some are pulled down into a very fearful darkness because of the way their lives were lived. We make our own heaven or hell as we live here on earth.
-if we live properly-learn, acquire knowledge, love God and our neighbor, are sorry for our sins, we’ll have a peaceful and painless transition into the light, which most everyone respects as a God. That’s God’s plan for us.

We are sooner or later all concerned and/or fascinated by life’s bottom line. What awaited us immediately at and after physical death? For more information on this subject some very interesting books have been written:

1. On Life After Life-Dr. Elizabeth Kuler-Ross.
2. Closer To The light-Melvin Morse with Paul Perry.
3. Transformed By The Light-Melvin Morse with Paul Perry.
Other books have also been written. Check your library.

R.B.
11-23-09

Consumers Are Being Cheated, By Roger Behra

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Consumers Are Being Cheated

By

Roger Behra

Most consumers are not observant enough when they buy items in the grocery store and especially items they frequently purchase. Yes, they notice a price increase, but there is more to it than just a price increase. As a result they just stop there and miss what is really going on. The bottom line is the consumer is being cheated. They have been tricked.

Here are some examples. A roll of toilet paper used to be 5 inches long. Then it has been reduced to 4.5 inches while the price of 4 has been increased. Most people just realize the price increase. A Snickers candy bar used to weigh 3.25 oz. Now it weighs 2.50 and the cost increased. A box of frosted flakes gave 21 oz. The box size remained the same. The price stayed the same, but the contents were reduced to 17 oz. Consumers get 4 oz. less for the same price. A gallon of gasoline used to give each car a certain MPG. Then the refineries included so many additives. As a result the price per gallon increased as the MPG decreased because of the additives. A box of Kleenex gave 250 tissues for .99¢. Now a box gives only 175 tissues for the same price. There are countless other examples that could be given.

It seems the consumer just about always gets the raw deal. They either get the same amount of product for a higher price. They get less product for the same price. Or worst of all, the consumer gets less product for a higher price in some cases. The only edge for the consumer is to compare brands and their amounts for the price given. In our fast-paced world most people do not have the time to spend doing that. The businesses know that, and they take full advantage of life in our modern world. It is a negative result in the new American culture.

R.B.
11-22-09

Another Personification Of Evil, By Roger Behra

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Another Personification Of Evil

By

Roger Behra

One personification (a perfect example) of evil is the Charles Manson cult and murder in 1969. Another is the Phillip Garrido episode. It is an astonishing story all by itself, because of the person committing the evil. It is heart-wrenching because of the crimes forced on the victims. Indirectly involved along with Phillip are the law officials and the parole board. It is a combined story full of evil, bad decisions, and sadness.

Phillip Garrido is the main character in this communication. He is the very evil criminal that has caused so much to go wrong in his life and the life of others. A knowledgeable and observant person can readily see pure evil in his facial focus and taught facial skin. All the signs are there. It’s unmistakable.

Here are examples of Garrido’s evilness and what he is guilty of. His life revolved around unsavory activity early in his life when he got involved in dope taking. It continued at age 26 when he was convicted to raping 25-year-old Katherine Callaway in a shed for hours on end. He was stoned on LSD. The shed contained stacks of pornographic magazines, vials of hashish, marijuana, and cheap wine. At trail he was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison plus 5 years to life in state prison in Nevada. He was released after only 11 years.

The federal documents reveal at his 1977 trial Garrido was drug-addled with a sexual addiction so strong he would masturbate in drive-in theaters, bars, restaurants, public restrooms, and outside windows of homes. Garrido was in the firm grip of immoral and criminal behavior. And the parole board released him in 1988 after only 11 years in prison. It was 38 years too soon. And what followed with his evil activities was a direct result of the parole board’s decision to release him early.

In 1991 Garrido kidnapped 11-year-old Jecee Dugard and kept her captive for 18years. During that time he raped her fathered two girls as a result of the rapes. Her 18 years with Garrido was in makeshift shelter in his backyard without education and any socialization and only with the two children he fathered. Garrido is in police custody now along with his wife who is being charged along with him. At least 29 charges have been filed agaist him, and a bond of $30 million dollars has been set.

Garrido’s recent photo in color at age 58 shows the definite signs of demonic possession according to the description in Malachi Martin’s book, Hostage To The Devil. The eyes show the pure evil stare, and the taught facial skin is plainly visible. Garrido’s gaze and facial condition truly personifies pure evil, along with criminal record and activities.

Two of Satan’s favorite and most productive and frequently used tools for evil are sinful sex and drug use. And Garrido is guilty of greatly and frequently using these favorite tools of Satan. It started very early in his teen-age life.

R.B.
11-15-09