LAUGHING WITH DONNA

A minister who was very fond of pure, hot horseradish always kept a bottle of it on his dining room table. He offered some to a guest, who took a big spoonful. When the guest finally was able to speak, he gasped, "I've heard many ministers preach hellfire, but you are the first one I've met who passed out a sample of it."

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT..... ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think? 

Perhaps the most destructive idea ever planted in the minds of the general public is the notion that nothing in this world is permanent — that all things can and must be constantly changed to suit our whims. The concept of impermanence fuels what I call "blank slate propaganda." The usefulness of the blank slate as a weapon for social control should be explained before we examine the nature of good and evil, because these days it infects everything.
The push for constant social "evolution" has been called many things over the decades. In the early 1900s in Europe it was called "futurism;" an art and philosophical movement that helped spawn the rise of communism and fascism in politics. The argument that all old ideas and longstanding traditions should be abandoned to make way for new ideas, new technologies, news systems etc. assumes that the supposedly new ways of doing things are superior to the old ways of doing things. This is rarely correct. And in most cases the new methods so proudly championed by movements for social change are usually recycled and repackaged old ideas that are notorious for failure.

The blank slate theory is designed to confuse people with self-doubt and to misrepresent the constructs of nature as constructs of society. It most effectively disrupts people's relationship to their own moral compass by suggesting that moral compass should be completely ignored as artificial. The argument by blank slate proponents is that all boundaries are created by society instead of by conscience and that these boundaries often hold us back from achieving our goals, bettering ourselves as a species and generally getting what we want out of life. But the things we want are not always the things we need, and this is something that movement's for social change often refuse to grasp. If we are all blank slates and if morality and the human soul are myths, why not do whatever the hell we want, whenever we want and live life as if it is one big Roman orgy of feasting and self-medicating and overall addiction to sensation?
 
The problem with the blank slate concept is that while it purports that all restrictions in the human psyche are taught to us rather than being inborn and that they can be abandoned any time we want, we still can't seem to avoid the consequences of breaking those restrictions.  People lose their sanity, societies crumble and nations fall to ruin over time the more we cast aside our principles in the name of social evolution or short term gain. It is unavoidable.
The only people who seem to benefit from the spread of the blank slate are the people already in political and economic power. For if they can convince the masses to ignore their conscience, they can then convince us to accept almost any other conditions.  To act in a manner consistent with inherent conscience, or to ignore conscience and act destructively, is a choice. It is the core pillar of free will. The choice to act destructively does not erase the reality of inherent conscience; in fact, people often have to be fooled into believing that a destructive and immoral action is a "good thing" before they are convinced to carry it out. Inherent conscience must be bypassed through trickery.
 
The problem with choosing to stick by one's principles is that it is easy during times of relative stability, but increasingly difficult during times of struggle. In perilous days, the temptation to use destructive tactics to survive can be high. It is no coincidence that power elites, the same people that tend to promote blank slate propaganda, also tend to deliberately engineer social crisis and chaos. But perhaps this needs a deeper explanation. We must define something most of us already understand intuitively. We must define "evil." Like inherent conscience and moral boundaries, blank slate theorists and social change advocates attempt to muddy the waters of what constitutes evil. Some will say there is no such thing — that evil is whatever we deem it to be in any given era depending on our biases.  Others will claim that tradition, permanence and anything in society that remains static is evil. The only good for them is constant change.
 
Evil is not as illusory and changing as these people suggest. In fact, most men and women recoil automatically from certain specific behaviors regardless of how they were raised, what environment they come from or what culture they were born into or what era they lived.  The people who do not recoil at these behaviors are the people we have to watch out for because they are missing something integral to the heart and mind that makes the rest of us human. In psychological terms, the characteristics of high level narcissists and sociopaths match most closely with our historic concept of evil.  And, in my view, most great evils done in history are in fact done by people with multiple narcissistic traits.  As far as global elitists are concerned, they represent a rather insidious threat, because they are narcissistic sociopaths that have organized into a predatory gang, so all the traits consistent with the behavior of a psychopath are now magnified a thousandfold by their access to unlimited resources.
 
How do we identify these people? Well, this is a difficult prospect at times because narcissistic sociopaths commonly hide in plain sight.  Some people live with them for years before realizing exactly what they are. 

They also like to insert themselves into nonprofit organizations that claim to do good for the community as a cover for their more insidious motives. Some traits and behaviors that are common are the lack of normal emotional response to traumatic events or joyous events, or they will mimic the responses of others to blend in but they come off as "forced" or "fake." 

They have no concept of empathy; it does not exist for them. They seek out centers of power and are drawn to positions of authority. They always seem to be demanding the efforts of others while rarely offering their own help. They make terrible leaders, always attempting to lead from a place of safety while letting their conscripts take the risks. Leading by example is a foreign concept to them. They will lie repetitively about their accomplishments and their accolades. They will misrepresent their professional achievements in order to gain people's trust. Ask them to prove through actions that they can do all the things they claim they can do, and they will try to avoid the test or respond indignantly and angrily.

They will gaslight their ideological enemies or people they are trying to control. They will accuse others of being "narcissists" or "sociopaths" or fascists or whatever moniker will push the buttons of their target. Whatever evils they are guilty of, they will try to flip and lay at the feet of their enemies.

They always seem to have "minions" to do their dirty work for them and attack those that oppose them. People that have dealt with narcissistic sociopaths in their personal lives sometimes refer to these minions as "flying monkeys," referencing the flying monkeys enslaved by the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz. Flying monkeys are essentially useful idiots that the narcissist employs through fraud and sometimes through pay. Whenever the narcissist is under threat of being exposed, they unleash their flying monkeys onto the streets or onto the internet to undermine truth tellers.

They do not believe in moral or personal boundaries which is why they are always trying convince people that such boundaries are a myth.  They will cross moral lines, always testing the fences for weaknesses. Trying to wear others down until they give up and stop fighting back.

They desperately want to come out of the shadows and into the light of day. They want to be adored as the monsters they are, rather than the fake philanthropists they portray themselves as. In order to do this, every narcissistic sociopath makes it their duty to erase the idea of conscience, whether they are part of the globalist cabal or just another psychopath down the street. Their natural inclination is to corrupt whatever they touch, and if they cannot corrupt a thing, they will attempt to destroy that thing.

Most of all, narcissistic sociopaths want everyone around them to believe that we are just like them. That "deep down" all of us are unprincipled and morally bankrupt and all it takes is a crisis or calamity, just a little chaos to bring out the devil in everyone.
But if this were really the case, then humanity would have died out long ago through endless self-destruction; something keeps bringing us back from the brink in our personal lives and in society as a whole. Conscience keeps defeating evil by refusing to grant evil people the utopia of blank slate chaos they want so badly. And this is what give me confidence that no matter how terrible our days might become, there is something on our side that goes beyond the physical world.

Each and every crisis is a test, a test of each person and a test of our culture. Can we act with reason and courage and principle even in the worst of times, or will we be lured to make our struggle easier through malicious means? Will we do right by those around us, or will we happily trample over them in the name of "survival?" In the end, the worst men bring the best men to the surface. This is the only "good" they will ever do.

To truth and knowledge,

Brandon Smith

FIREWORK SHOW INFORMATION

The annual Athens Fireworks Show sponsored by Athens-Limestone Tourism Association, the City of Athens and Limestone County will be July 4, about 8:45 p.m. at Athens High School.  If you want to go, get there early. 

The Athens-Limestone County Fireworks Show  will begin between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Friday (weather permitting) over  Athens Stadium on U.S. 31 North. Chairs, blankets welcome. Stadium seating is not available. Parking allowed at the Athens Recreation Center, Central Church of Christ, Athens High School parking lot and Kmart. Fireworks expected to last about 20 minutes. - See more at: http://www.enewscourier.com/calendarofevents/x611398074/Limestone-Ledger-6-29-14#sthash.fNzdIMeJ.dpuf

Chairs, blankets welcome. Stadium seating is not available. The free, quality of life show is sponsored by the City of Athens, Athens-Limestone County Tourism Association and Limestone County Commission.

There will not be seating allowed in the Athens High School stadium. Visitors and guests may park at the High School parking lot, Athens Plaza and where parking is permitted. Fireworks expected to last about 20 minutes

The Athens-Limestone County Fireworks Show  will begin between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Friday (weather permitting) over  Athens Stadium on U.S. 31 North. Chairs, blankets welcome. Stadium seating is not available. Parking allowed at the Athens Recreation Center, Central Church of Christ, Athens High School parking lot and Kmart. Fireworks expected to last about 20 minutes. - See more at: http://www.enewscourier.com/calendarofevents/x611398074/Limestone-Ledger-6-29-14#sthash.fNzdIMeJ.dpuf

Athens Fireworks Show and Traffic Control 
Please park in designated parking spots at and around Athens High. Athens Police will block U.S. 31 from Forrest Street to Elm Street prior to the show. Those who park east of U.S. 31 will have to exit north or east after the show. Those who park west of U.S. 31 will have to exit south or west.
 
“We will not let people cross the highway unless traffic has subsided,” Chief Floyd Johnson said. 


"We draw hundreds of people from other cities and communities who do not have a fireworks show," said Teresa Todd, Athens-Limestone County Tourism President.  "When we combine our out of town guests with the Athens-Limestone County population we actually have thousands of people enjoying our restaurants, hotels and retail merchants during this celebratory time." 

After the fireworks show, be sure to stop by  downtown to view the historic Courthouse as the symbolic patriotic colors of red-white & blue will be a magnificent light show for the remainder of the evening.

BRIAN KEITH BARNES - OBITUARY

Brian Keith Barnes, age 24 of Ardmore,AL died Saturday, June 30, 2018 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Born Monday, November 29, 1993 in Pulaski, TN, he was the son Keith Barnes of Prospect, TN and Christy Brady Barnes of Decatur, AL. He lived in the Ardmore area all his life and attended the Fiducia Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Prospect, TN. He loved to trade for anything especially cars, loved to ride motorcycles, being outdoors and spending time with his children and family.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Christa Barnes; grandpa, James McNeese; grandmother, Martha Beason; great-grandparents, Annett and Bee Barnes: great-grandfather, Billy Joe Jones and special aunt, Shelley Hargrove.

He is survived by his wife Kayla Dison Barnes, Ardmore, AL; two sons, Grayson Keith and Mason Cash Barnes of Ardmore, AL: parents, Keith (Daphne) Barnes of Propect, TN, Christy Brady Barnes (Mike) of Decatur, AL; sister, Kelsey Barnes of Prospect, TN; grandparents, Robert (Deb) Brady of Toney, AL, Darby (Joy) Barnes of Ardmore, AL, Jeanett (Larry) Jones of Athens, AL grandmother, Eyvonne Lynch of Ardmore, AL; great-grandparents, Earl (Martha Jo) Brady of Hazel Green, AL; great-grandmothers, Nell Pierce of Ardmore, AL, Caroline Jones of Athens, AL; in-laws, Linda (David) Dison of Elkmont, AL; sister-in-law, Hannah Dison of Elkmont, AL; aunts and uncles, Chris (Michelle) Brady of Hazel Green, AL, Billy (Megan) Hargrove of Prospect, TN and Suzie (Randy) Alexander of Ardmore, AL and slew of cousins and friends.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM.

A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, AL, at 4:00 PM with Bro. John Blair and Bro. Justin Watson officiating. Burial will be in Gatlin Cemetery, Ardmore, AL.

ROAD CONDITIONS FOR JULY FOURTH

ALDOT Road Update for Fourth of July Holiday Travel

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) – As an added precaution during the heavily traveled Fourth of July holiday, ALDOT is doing its part for road safety by having no temporary lane closures on Alabama interstates after noon on Tuesday, July 3 through midnight, Wednesday, July 4.

Although ALDOT construction work zones will not be active during the holiday, work zone materials along the road and reduced speed limits will be in effect in many areas. Drivers taking to Alabama roads for the Fourth of July holiday should allow extra time to reach their destination.

“As Alabama highways fill with travelers around the Independence Day holiday, ALDOT is asking motorists to make safety the priority,” said Allison Green, Drive Safe Alabama coordinator, ALDOT. “While traffic delays are frustrating, making frequent or unsafe lane changes and tailgating increase your risk of causing a crash and don’t make a significant difference in how quickly you arrive.”

Road improvement and maintenance projects are in place along several segments of Interstate 65 and Interstate 85 throughout Alabama. National statistics show that four out of every five work zone fatalities are motorists.

ALDOT offers these tips for driving safely in work zones:

• Know before you go. Check ALGOTraffic.com to find out if there are construction work zones along your path and allow extra time to navigate those areas.
• Pay attention. Don’t drive distracted by texting, eating or other activities that take your hands off the wheel. Look for reduced speed limits, narrow driving lanes and highway workers.
• Slow down. If you’re speeding, you may encounter slowed or stopped traffic within seconds.
• Make sure everyone in your vehicle is wearing a seat belt. Surviving a crash is much more likely when wearing a seat belt. Latest stats from Drive Safe Alabama show that almost 60 percent of people dying in crashes on Alabama highways are not wearing a seat belt.

More safe driving tips are available on the Drive Safe Alabama Facebook page.

Highway Travel Planning Tool

Motorists planning their holiday travel route can find Alabama traffic and road condition information, including live traffic camera feeds at www.ALGOtraffic.com or by downloading the ALGO Traffic app. ALDOT asks motorists to use ALGO Traffic responsibly. Drivers should never text, tweet, or use a mobile device while operating a vehicle.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT..... ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think? 

 

"Social justice."

Is there another kind?

"Equal rights."

True, everyone is equal under the law.

But not everyone is equal. There are hundreds of ways we are not equal. Everything from differences in eyesight, ambition, physical strength, competitiveness, mental focus, hand-eye coordination, allergies, musical talent and so on.

Is that unjust? 
It is if you are an elitist social engineer.

Constitutional-sounding words like "equality" and "justice" are used to give apparent weight and legitimacy to the completely false premises being espoused. They have as much substance as the breath behind the words. None. They are merely part of the elites' ploy to try to get people to equate things that are merely social constructs, or colloquial social mores, with actual law, the point of which is to have these phrases carry the weight of law and be used to keep us fighting each other.

Kurt Nimmo writes that according to the social engineers, the "application of the law is predicated on 'diversity.' … It is 'justice'—as one tweeter put it—[Sarah] Sanders was denied service" at the Red Hen restaurant recently. Not quite. Social engineers want diversity to become equated with law, and therefore become the de-facto law without anyone ever having voted on it. Thus, the justice of denying service to someone of another political ilk is accepted as being lawful — even if it is clearly against the law, as it is in Washington, D.C. 

What a triumph of propaganda we are witnessing should this come to pass! If the elites get their way, without a vote, without due process, without one person in our Republic having an official voice in the matter, "social justice" and "equal rights" as defined by the immoral few will have the force of law due to propaganda having succeeded in convincing people that there is no difference between constitutional law and unwritten social customs.  

So who are the enemies of the elites, and likely to find themselves on the receiving end of penalties imposed due to these non-laws? 
The criminal political class has made it quite clear it is not themselves or their government functionaries. It is not the parasitic "taker" class too distracted by bread and circus, Hollywood antics, amoral lifestyles, reality TV, and sporting events and too easily swayed by slick oratory, fancy suits and promises of government largess to recognize creeping totalitarianism enabled by the psychopaths in Congress.

No, it will be Americans who believe in the rule of the law, the Constitution and freedom. We are always the target, you and I, because we think for ourselves and act independently. The elites want to stamp us out because we refuse to be controlled, dumbed down, tread upon. We also refuse to be homogenized, and "equalized." The elites, so intent on their versions of "justice" and "equality" want you to think they're intent on making sure no one is left behind. In reality, they are ensuring that no one gets ahead. But isn't that the goal of totalitarian regimes?

In 1776, our founding fathers declared, "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

It is necessary for us as right-thinking members of the Republic to separate ourselves from the political parasites. I used to believe that the Bill of Rights was succumbing to tyranny at all levels of government. Now I believe that it is succumbing to self-imposed tyranny — imposed by the very people it is meant to protect and keep free. This is a part of the "benevolent totalitarianism" I have been writing to you about. It is the "you asked for this" form of tyranny by those in power — uninformed consent by the masses. You begged us for gun control even though it's unconstitutional. You asked us to allow "social justice" even though it's unlawful and arbitrary.

How do we repel this invasion from within?
People can be measured by their proclivity toward independent thought. This is the same as saying their disbelief in mass propaganda. The more we progress to alternative sources of information apart from the mainstream, the closer we come to reality. He who builds his fortune, his beliefs or his health upon a foundation of information from the mainstream builds his house upon the sand. This syndrome is no different from the drug addict who plans his existence upon acquiring the next fix.

Think about transferring your existence, from mass media and false phrases designed to deceive you, to life and reality above the "madness of the crowd" while you can. Encrypt everything, even your thinking. You're on the animal farm. Propaganda puts us in an altered state of consciousness, otherwise we would know that the supposed fight for equality and social justice is a war on us.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter™

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN ELKMONT HOME

If you are thinking about buying a home in the Elkmont area, you might consider looking at ours when it becomes available for viewing. Built about 1990, it is currently being updated. Don't know of anyone who wants hunter green, cabbage roses and golden oak anymore. 

24725 Ridge Road

3600+ sq feet, six acres, water garden, established fruit trees and fruit bushes. Direct access to Richard Martin Trail,  just outside Elkmont city limits - few restrictions. Basement with a dedicated storm room. A great property for someone with horses, perhaps wants chickens or someone who seeks a more laid back life and have enough property to homestead. Fantastic neighbors who don't want to tell you what to do with your property.

For more info:

Facebook contact:  Therese Logan      Email: elkmont1@charter.net 

 

SHOULD YOU BUY PROPANE DURING THE PREBUY PROGRAM?

Hill Spirit always thinks of JULY as the start of mid-summer and it is hot, hot, hot.  However, within a few months that will change.  Winter is coming.

The Hill Spirit tries to let the people of Elkmont know about things that might affect the pocketbook.  One thing that costs a lot is heating your home during the winter.  Some of us use propane gas for that or the hot water heater.  As a propane customer, you might consider buying gas for the winter during your supplier's summer pre-buy program.  It allows you to lock in the price for the amount of gas you think you will use until next summer.  
 

This year you can find less than $2.50/per gallon propane.  Yes, it is a chunk of money early but your money will go so much further. If you are a blog reader, you know that the Hill Spirit is big on being prepared.    

If we get a big ice storm, and we are due for one, how prepared are you for power outages? The time to prepare for a storm is before the storm hits, not after.

SO EASY COBBLER - PICK SOME WILD BLACKBERRIES TODAY

One of the blessings of living in the South is wild blackberries.  They are everywhere and it has been a good year for them.  I'm picking today.   Don't forget socks, long pants and shirt are the best things protect you from chiggers and thorns. Be sure you take a shower as soon as you get back to get rid of unwanted hitchhikers.

Lazy Cook Fruit Cobbler

Ingredients:

1 stick of butter
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sugar (divided)
1 cup flour
3/4 cup milk
2 cups of fruit (cherries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, anything you like –canned, fresh or frozen)
9 x 13 baking pan

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Melt your butter  – I usually just pop mine in the pan and stick it in the oven while I am mixing up batter!Place flour, baking powder and 1 cup of sugar in bowl
Add milk and mix until combined
Evenly distribute melted butter in pan
Pour batter over butter–DO NOT STIR!!!
Pour fruit over batter–DO NOT STIR!!
Sprinkle remaining 1 cup of sugar over fruit–DO NOT STIR!!
Pop in the oven for 45 minutes

Serve warm with ice cream–YUM!!

LAUGHING WITH DONNA

A Pastor had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his

backyard and was afraid to come down. The Pastor coaxed, offered warm milk, etc. etc nothing worked---the kitty wouldn't come down. The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the Pastor decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could reach up and get the kitten. That's what he did, all the while checking the progress of his car. He then figured if he went just a bit further, the tree would be bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten. But, as he moved the car forward, the rope broke. The tree went "boing!!!" and the kitten instantly sailed through the air---out of sight. The Pastor felt terrible. He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they'd seen a little kitten. No. Nobody had seen a stray kitten. So he prayed, "Lord, I just commit this kitten to your keeping," then went about his business. 

A few days later, he was at the grocery store and met one of his church members. He happened to look in her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food. This woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it so he asked her, "Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much??" She replied, "You won't believe this," and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing. Then, a few days earlier, the child had begged again, so she finally told her little girl, "Well, if God gives you a cat, I'll let you keep it." She told the Pastor, "I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask for a cat. And really, Pastor, you won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. 

A kitten suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws outspread....and landed right in front of her!!!" 

Never underestimate the Power of God and His unique sense of humor.