After blessing the world with his Easter Week tour and bringing joy to the world God the Father decided to take His Servant of Servants’ home. In his last days and after having survived many days of near-death illnesses Pope Francis gave up the ghost. It is fitting that he was able to bring such joy and hope this week as it is custom at this time of year. “Our Lord Has Risen” as our brother Pope Francis receives his crowns in heaven. Jesus Christ died in a very gruesome way before he rose again fully healed and whole. Pope Francis, having the wonder of modern medicine died peacefully and with little pain. As promised however he has his reward of eternal life and is in peace to live in heaven with Jesus who is sitting at the right hand of his Father God (Jehovah, Yahweh, El Shaddai etc.) May his earthly body rest in Peace.

Religion has been with us always and may have started by humans based on miraculous, mysterious and unexplainable occurrences. What was unexplainable had to come from some power beyond their understanding. That power received a name at some point and time in history. Some evidence suggests that a belief in God emerged during the Middle Paleolithic era (roughly 200 thousand years ago). In that time span and onto today, man has not only tried to confirm God’s existence but unfortunately has created such disagreement as to pin brother against brother nation against nation. Many individuals have tried to convince their audiences that they are God. That they have the power to perform miracles and give and take life. Alexander the Great believed he was god and his destiny was to conquer. More often the concept of “Divine right of Kings” reinforced the idea that rulers were divinely appointed without claiming to be gods themselves. The greater the power, wealth, ego and the propaganda the easier it was to convince the people that the word of the leader was true and of God.

Brainwashing is very much alive and well today. The greatest power may be that today’s Pharaohs are those not only with great wealth but with the ability to convey the idea they are divinely appointed. As intimes past some cultures came to believe they were the chosen. They believed their doctrine was the only one valid. Again, the most powerful and those with the ability to convince enough people were chosen as the winners of the rule. Majority rules, but within the majority there is a pecking order and those that are unable to show themselves worthy of recognition or of some use are dispatched. Those that are most popular become the leaders.

This theme remains relevant today. The wealthy and those most capable of convincing people of their being called of God are the winners. If anyone is able to repel the leaders, they too can be dispatched. However, with the rule of law today killing someone is not easy to do so the next best thing is to buy allegiance. That can be done with money or more often with fear. Not the fear of death but the fear of being ostracized and abandoned. That includes those individuals closest to the leader. Looking at dictators in the world today it can be seen that what I say is true. To have one final leader where all questions are answered and carry the final rule is not all bad. That is unless that final rule has no use for anyone that brings no value to the table. A chicken stricken with the bird flu is of no value, maybe even a danger and must be destroyed.

The United States was born with the premise that “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”. Through our process of fair and free elections we have established a bicameral US Congress consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The two houses serve as a check on each other’s power, ensuring that no single branch becomes overly influential. Then enters the executive branch, led by the president. His role is to enforce laws passed by congress, serve as the commander-in-chief and can veto legislation. He can also declare executive orders. These leaders all work for the people. However today we have the executive branch through the election of the people taking on a role that more resembles that of a Pharaoh more so then a president. The fear is that he considers many who bring no value to the table and must be ostracized. As to the size of the government there is no doubt that much of the work being done to manage the country is not being done efficiently and there may be lots of duplications. Over the course of the country’s 245-year history positions have been created in times of need and not eliminated when no longer needed. This needs to be done now. Not with a chainsaw but with a scalpel. Not with disregard but with empathy. Unfortunately, I have been in a situation where my position was no longer needed but was given time to adjust and provided with a severance package to sustain me until I could find another position. Dismissal without warning or cause is un-American. I have been fired too, but that is another story for another time and does not apply here.

“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”.

As a non-profit HPLA Charities operates without paid staff. We do not have duplications of jobs; we operate strictly with donated dollars and have nowhere to cut. The donations we receive are tax deductible and we do not pay taxes to the government. The classification of a 501c3 is given to an organization which serves to be charitable. Those who have payrolls and paid staff do have to take deductions from their staff and be sent to the government, but the dollars being spent on low-income homeowners needing repairs are not taxable, this is a way for the government to secure the prosperity of those who might otherwise be treated as a chicken with the bird flu. The one donating is not taxed and the one receiving the donation is not taxed. This is a policy that helps make America Great and should never be lost. The Pope was well noted as one who cared daily of those in need. Their spiritual needs aside it was their basic physiological needs that Pope Francis wanted everyone to have. HPLA’s leadership is of the same mind, and we do it through volunteers and tax-deductible contributions.

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Happy Easter, condolences to the families and friends close to the Pope and may God Bless America for giving us life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

RLF Chairman HPLA Charities http://www.hplacharities.org