Science Fiction’s Not Always Fiction

Science Fiction’s Not Always Fiction.

By Craig M. Szwed
  

I watched a couple of old TV shows, the other night. They originally aired nineteen years ago (January 1995: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Season 3: Episodes 11 & 12: Past Tense: Part 1 & 2). Those shows depicted the futuristic Star Trek crew accidentally being transported hundreds of years back in time, to the year 2024 when the United States Government was “protecting” citizens from themselves, and protecting its cronies, the power-hungry, and affluent society from the average citizen. 

In the story, the U.S. Government incarcerated unemployed and marginally beneficial citizens, questionable and undesirable citizens, and the sick, in “sanctuaries”. They were all escorted at official gun-point to a new life behind guarded walls and gates. Incarcerated citizens were given meager hand-outs, promises of possible jobs, even the hope of relocation. The government told prisoners that they were guests, and the detainment was for their own protection.

Real courage, in all things great or small...

Real courage, in all things great or small,  is nothing more, or less, than simply doing what is right, in spite of feelings, personal interests, or circumstances. (Craig M. Szwed, 2013)

In What Authority Do We Rejoice?

In What Authority Do We Rejoice?

By Craig M. Szwed

There are many folks with whom I've talked about the Bible, over these last 30 years, since I trusted Jesus Christ as my Savior in 1984. It has been a fascinating discussion whenever that door of conversation has opened. Some people love the Bible and depend on it. Some hate it. Some claim to be neutral about it. Each person makes their response and decision based on something that they know or think they know. The $99 question is whether their decision, and the authority on which they based that decision, will stand eternal testing.

I bless God that I've had the time, interest, and opportunity to read through the Bible more than a few times, since 1984. Every time through has been a new layer of education and discovery for me. Before I ever read it as an adult, I was hard and bitter against it, and against Christ.

God & Nation, or False Gods & Ruination: Logic & Principles, or Emotion, Convenience, & Politics.

God & Nation, or False Gods & Ruination:
Logic & Principles, or Emotion, Convenience, & Politics.

By Craig M. Szwed

In my travels, most work-a-day folks, whom I meet, fully support our Founders’ literal language in our Constitution and Bill of Rights. How is this possible? It is possible because, despite the slippery language and attitudes of modern jurists, our Founding Documents were written for the Common Man, and in the language of the Common Man of that day. Today’s public, with whom I converse, may not say that they literally approve every word of our Founding Documents, but, the things they say to me about their daily concerns, the way that they state their case, and their concerns for our Nation and State, wholly appeal to and approve the literal language and Principles of our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.

As when our Nation was founded, today’s ‘average’ citizen is no dummy, even though modern elitists, as elitists of old, would try to make the public believe that the ‘average’ person can’t think for herself or himself.

“Nowhere to Run, Baby, Nowhere to Hide”

“Nowhere to Run, Baby, Nowhere to Hide”

By Craig M. Szwed

“Nowhere to Run, Baby, Nowhere to Hide” was a pop song, sung ‘back in the day’ by Martha and the Vandellas. It’s bittersweet words talk of romance, heartbreak, and a yearning for freedom from torment. For some, that might picture a welfare state, but for others it brings up the image of being unable to find any good place to live without bad memories. For those who don’t listen to the words, it may be nothing more than a dance tune or something to hum.

Like the key figure in the song, our Nation has a slew of both good and bad memories. As a matter of perspective, that song could even be the new U.S. National Anthem, these days, and it wouldn’t take the exchange of too many words to make its lyrics wholly applicable to the political mayhem that troubles so many U.S. citizens today.

Enemy or Ally? What Shall We Make of Ourselves?

Enemy or Ally? What Shall We Make of Ourselves?

By Craig M. Szwed

As a human being and a citizen of these United States of America, I often find myself at odds with God and myself, and especially with our modernistic governmental policies.

Elitist Politicians Don't Listen to American Citizens

Elitist Politicians Don't Listen to American Citizens

By Craig M. Szwed 

As many of you probably do from time to time, I sporadically write to government officials, to comment on or protest the ongoing unconstitutional infringements that attack and subvert our Rights. Most of the messages that I send eventually get some kind of response from the officials, or their aides, BUT, their usual responses are almost always practiced babble, that has become increasingly nauseating to me. On the other hand, I have found that there are some RARE officials who care about our Constitution, our Rights,

Firearms Abusers? Motor Vehicle Abusers? Bombers?

Firearms Abusers? Motor Vehicle Abusers? Bombers?

Opinion about the source of violence among us, and the disproportionate governmental focus on firearms, rather than on evil.

By Craig M. Szwed 

I was a sophomore in high school when U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (November 1963). I was shocked by the manner of his death. Since then, we have all heard many stories of assassinations (his brother Bobby, Martin Luther King, Jr, Eldridge Cleaver, and many other public shootings of famous and not so famous souls), as well as many other violent, firearms-related criminal activities. Public shootings, gun control, and the Constitution are all hotly debated topics in our nation, now. The irony is that

Political Reality Check

Political Reality Check: 

   1. In these United States of America, our State and Federal Constitutions and Bill of Rights (as crafted by our Founders)