Katy, bar the door. Because I’m gonna share some truth from a Russian. (gasp!) Yeah, you read that right. I found the one Russian who was understood truth and actually shared it. And I don’t want anyone leaving till everyone has heard or read this. So, let me repeat…
Katy, bar the door.
(side note): Have you ever wondered where that phrase, Katy bar the door, originated? It might have been from this poem, The Old Smithy, published back in 1841. It said…
“The snow is drifting on the ground,
And loud the east wind roars;
Come, men and maidens, hide you in;
Kate, bar those creaking doors.
“Call in the dogs, rouse up the fire;
And, mistress, do you hear?
Heat us a jug of elder wine,
For the night is chill and drear.”
But, let’s get back to more meaningful point.
I found this testimonial quote from that Russian, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:
says, “”Over a half century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of old people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: ‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened. Since then I have spent well-nigh 50 years working on the history of our revolution; in the process I have read hundreds of books, collected hundreds of personal testimonies, and have already contributed eight volumes of my own toward the effort of clearing away the rubble left by that upheaval. But if I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60 million of our people, I could not put it more accurately than to repeat:
‘Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.”
Solzhenitsyn also said, WAY back in the 70’s, that America was “deChristianized.” And he added that American people suffered from a “decline in courage” and a “lack of manliness.” What?! Apparently he wasn’t aware of America’s obvious toxic masculinity.
And get this. Aleksandr also criticized and accused the Western news media of left-wing bias. And he said the media just worked to fill up the “immortal souls” of their audience with celebrity gossip and other “vain talk.” I guess he just didn’t understand their superhuman skills of tolerance and celebration of diversity.
That Russian knew then, what most Americans don’t know NOW. By the way, Mr. Solzhenitsyn would be 104 today, December 11, if he was still alive. And if he WAS still alive, he’d see it’s still true that…
Nothin’s Sacred Anymore
Take the truth and lock it up, and throw away the key.
Winds of change are blowing foul; a dance with destiny.
Blur the face of love and sex and say it’s all OK.
Tell the child it’s just a choice and melt her soul away.
Nothin’s sacred anymore…
Can’t we learn from mistakes when they cut to the core?
Nothin’s sacred anymore…
And should we be surprised since we’ve opened that dark, wide door?
Nothin’s sacred anymore
Cast your vote for social growth and then say yes to law.
Keep the peace, divide the wealth; the vision Adolph saw.
Hedge the bets and ride the fence; the middle road’s secure.
Then one day you’re head to head with all you must endure.
Nothin’s sacred anymore…
Can’t we learn from mistakes when they cut to the core?
Nothin’s sacred anymore…
And should we be surprised since we’ve opened that dark, wide door?
Nothin’s sacred anymore
More, more space and time.
More would be sublime.
Someone else can pay
Long as I get mine today.
Ain’t nothin’ sacred anymore.
© 2002
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