out of the mouths of babes

  FREE KITTENS  

A pretty little girl named Suzy was standing on the sidewalk in front of her home. Next to her was a basket containing a number of tiny creatures; in her hand was a sign announcing FREE KITTENS.

Suddenly a line of big black cars pulled up beside her.  Out of the lead car stepped a tall, grinning man. 
"Hi there, little girl. I'm Donald Trump. What do you have in the basket?" he asked. 

"Kittens," little Suzy said. 
"How old are they?" asked Trump. 
Suzy replied, "They're so young, their eyes aren't even open yet." 
"And what kind of kittens are they?" 
"Republicans," answered Suzy with a smile. 


Trump was delighted. As soon as he returned to his car, he called his PR chief and told him about the little girl and the kittens. Recognizing the perfect photo op, the two men agreed that Trump should return the next day; and in front of the assembled media, have the girl talk about her discerning kittens. 


So, the next day Suzy was again standing on the sidewalk with her basket of "FREE KITTENS," when another motorcade pulled up, this time followed by vans from ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and CNN. Cameras and audio equipment were quickly set up, then Trump got out of his limo and walked over to little Suzy. 


"Hello, again," he said, "I'd love it if you would tell all my friends out there what kind of kittens you're giving away." 
"Yes, sir," Suzy said. "They're Democrats." 
Taken by surprise, Trump stammered, "But...but...yesterday, you told me they were REPUBLICANS." 
Little Suzy smiled and said, "I know.  But today, they have their eyes open." 

Hallelujah: the way of atonement

Grace comes to those who cry out to God in repentance with a ‘cold and a broken Hallelujah'

"Hallelujah"("Various Positions" Version)

(Narrator describing the Fall of David:
His faith is not strong enough to resist temptation.
He is captivated and overpowered by beauty/love)

Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
luhah

Maybe I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch but love is not a victory march
it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
But it’s not a cry that you hear at night 
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah


I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,


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King David's plight is an allegory of the human condition.
Who has not been ovepowered by the temptations of the world?!
None of our lives are faultless. We have all fallen ;we are all broken.
We are all in need of redemption,and healing... for the countless times we have not been strong enough.
It is the awareness of our brokenness wch compels us to turn with humility toward God and to cry out for strenght and for forgiveness (atonement).

K.D. Lang gives voice to Leonard Cohen(and to all humanity)--a voice that shines through one of the darkest times in our history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=P_NpxTWbovE&feature=youtube_gdata_player


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Leonard Cohen didn't want to witness what is about to unfold...and made his exit the day after the election!

Come Healing

O gather up the brokenness
And bring it to me now
The fragrance of those promises
You never dared to vow
The splinters that you carry
The cross you left behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
The cruelty or the grace
O solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind 
O see the darkness yielding
That tore the light apart
Come healing of the reason
Come healing of the heart
O troubled dust concealing
An undivided love
The Heart beneath is teaching
To the broken Heart above
O let the heavens falter
And let the earth proclaim:
Come healing of the Altar
Come healing of the Name
O longing of the branches
To lift the little bud
O longing of the arteries
To purify the blood 
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb

World shocked by Trump victory

Leonard Cohen "You Want It Darker" Audio


The dark horse has gained the leadership of America
The beast has arrived!
The supervillain prevails!
Goodnight America!
Welcome to hell!

Donald Duck(a character out of the entertainment world) wins the Presidency.

Americans choose a bufoon to lead them.

America has elected a leader who the rest of the world considers a fool (and in so doing America has made a fool of itself).

The ramifications of a Trump win are terrifying! Horrendous!This is a nightmare!

The hope of building an inclusive society has been dashed.

The factors that enabled Donald Trump to win the Republican nomination and to win enough votes to win America's presidency  are very much in play in American society.
Trump has exposed the true nature of the Republican base. And what has been brought out into the open cannot be put back into the box!
Donald Trump represents the dark side of America.
Donald Trump has unleashed some very dark forces beneath the surface in America
Half the population has willingly handed over leadership of their country to the least qualified candidate in favour of the most experienced candidate for President.
It is quite possible that a psychopath has just become the most powerful person in the world.
All humanity has had its eyes on this election because we know that what happens in America will affect the entire world.
This result regresses America by 50 years.All the advances made by the Obama administration will be reversed,and the country will be now turned in a backward direction.Trump will have no difficulty executing his regressive agenda because of the Republican majority in the senate and congress.
This election result is a huge setback for all humanity.
Intolerance,bigotry,racism,misogyny,etc.--have won the day!
Now all the snakes and crazies will feel legitimized and will find the courage to slither out of the shadows!