We have been reading with record high inflation in economy of Bidenomics over the last several years, with everything from groceries, new vehicles, fuel, clothing, electronics, energy, and day care costs soaring in price. Nonetheless, most people cannot help to notice that many of them can no longer afford to rent nor buy houses in the cities they live and work in, and unlike in the past, there is no city a few hundred miles away with substantially less expensive housing costs. We have seen such sharp inflation over decades that it is starting to change the landscape of American economic life. In 1984, the median price of a new home was $79,900. However, since then, consumer prices overall have risen 203 percent. A quart of milk is nearly $3.00. Meanwhile, the median price of a new home was $417,700 in the fourth quarter of 2023. That is an inflation rate of 423 percent. There is no question that the cost of a house has gone up relative to the cost of living. Under Bidenomics, even being able to afford a 1-bedroom apartment has become a luxury good, which has not been the case in the United States of America until not. If it continues, it is a trend that will lead to American looking much like it did in the gold rush days, people sleeping in tent cities all throughout the nation. Many of the people complain about how much less they can buy with their dollar and blame in on the Democrats. #RandolphHarris 1 of 20

However, in my relations with my fellow workmen, I am often astonished to find how easily and often they change their opinions on the same subjects, sometimes within a few days and sometimes even within the course of a few hours. I find it difficult to understand how men who always have reasonable ideas when they spoke as individuals with one another suddenly lost this reasonableness the moment they acted in the mass. That phenomenon often tempted one almost to despair. I used to dispute with them for hours and when I succeeded in brining them to what I considered a reasonable way of thinking, I rejoined at my success. However, next day I would find that it has been all in vain. It was saddening to think I had to begin it all over again. Like a pendulum in its eternal sway, they would fall back into their absurd questions. I was able to understand their position fully. They were dissatisfied with their lot and cursed the fate which had hit them so hard. They hated their employers, whom they looked upon as the heartless administrators of their cruel destiny. Often, they used abusive language against the public officials whom they accused of having no sympathy with the situation of working people. They made public protests against the cost of living and paraded through the streets in defence of their claims. At least all this could be explained on reasonable grounds. #RandolphHarris 2 of 20

 However, what was impossible to understand was the boundless hatred they expressed against their own fellow citizens, how they disparaged their own nation, mocked at its greatest, reviled its history and dragged the names of its most illustrious men in the gutter. The devil knows I would be glad if, suddenly, these people came to their senses. If a fox broke into a hen house, I am convinced that the cackling could not be any worse and the chickens could not run for their safety any faster than people should be running to the poles to vote for Republican Donald Trump after witnessing the devastation the country has faced under Democratic control. This hostility towards their own kith and kin, their own native land and home is as irrational as it is incomprehensible. It is against Nature. They could cure this malady permanently by changing their political affiliation. However, upon meeting some those I once believed to have been converted one found that they had become as they were before. That malady against Nature is holding them once again in its clutches. I gradually discovered that the Social Democratic Press is predominately controlled by criminals. Trying to overcome my natural reluctance, I tried to watch programs of this nature produced by the Marxist TV News Media; but in doing so my aversion increased even more. #RandolphHarris 3 of 20

And then I set about learning something of the people who wrote and published this mischievous stuff. From the station owners on downwards, all of them were criminals. I recalled the names of these people and then I realized most of them were involved in fraud, drugs, sex trafficking, recently immigrated and common street agitators. Everywhere the same sinister picture presented itself. Democrats have become an alien race of evil people leading our people astray. However, it became clear that no worker is so rotted in his preconceived notions that he will not surrender them in the face of better and clearer arguments and explanations. Gradually I became an expert in the doctrine of the Marxist and used this knowledge as an instrument to drive home my own firm convictions. I was successful in nearly every case. People just must realize that they should not be bullied into voting for a politician. Their vote is their right and they do not have to disclose who they voted for, and I know that lying it bad, but to keep the peace, they can say the voted for the candidate their people expect them to vote for, and secretly cast their vote for the person they best believe fit for the job. Although it is sad that people can be open about their sexual orientation, but have to be in the closet about who they are voting for, it is clear that the great masses can be rescued, but a lot of time and a large share of human patience must be devoted to such work. #RandolphHarris 4 of 20

However, Democratic politicians can never be rescued from their fixed notions. It is then simple enough to attempt to show them the absurdity of their teaching. Within my small circle I talked to them until my throat ached and my voice grew hoarse. I believed that I could finally convince them of the danger inherent in the Marxist follies. However, I only achieved the contrary result. It seemed to me that immediately the disastrous effects of the Marxist Theory and its application in practice became evident, the stronger because their obstinacy. The more I debated with them the more familiar I became with their argumentative tactics. At the outset they counted upon the stupidity of their opponents, but when they got so entangled that they could not find a way out they played the trick of acting as innocent simpletons. Should they fail, despite their tricks of logic, they acted as if they could not understand the counter arguments and bolted away to another field of discussion. They would lay down truisms and platitudes; and, if you accepted these, then they were applied to other problems and matters of an essentially different nature from the original theme. If you faced them with this point, they would escape again, and you could not bring them to make any precise statement. Whenever one tried to get a firm grip on any of these apostles, one’s hands grasped only jelly and slime which slipped through the fingers and combined again into a solid mass a moment afterwards. #RandolphHarris 5 of 20

If your adversary felt forced to give in to your argument, on account of the observers present, and if you then thought that at last you had gained ground, a surprise was in store for you on the following day. As if nothing had happed, the Democrat would be utterly obvious to what had happened the day before, and he would start once again by repeating his former absurdities. Should you become indignant and remind him of yesterday’s defeat, he pretended astonishment and could not remember anything, expect that on the previous say he had proved that his statements were correct. Sometimes I was dumbfounded. I do not know what amazed me the more—the abundance of their verbiage or that artful way in which they dressed up their falsehoods. I gradually came to feel sorry for them. Yet all this had its good side: because the more I came to know the individual leaders, or at least the propagandists, of Social Democracy/Communism, my love for my own people increased correspondingly. Considering the demonic skill which these evil counsellors displayed, how could their unfortunate victims be blamed? Indeed, I found it extremely difficult to myself to be a match for the dialectical perfidy of that party. How futile it was to try to win over such people with argument, seeing that their very mouths distorted the truth, disowning the very words they had just used and adopting them again a few moments afterwards to serve their own argument! No. The more I came to know the Democrats, the easier it was to excuse the people. #RandolphHarris 6 of 20

However, the most culpable were to be found among those who did not think it worth while to take the trouble to sympathize with their own kinsfolk and give to the hard-working son of the national family what was his by the iron logic of justice, while at the same time placing his seducer and corrupter against the wall. The fetishism of words is the opposite of the recognition of reality, and man’s search for reality and his own increasing approximation of it characterizes his development. His search for reality is at the same time his negation of illusions. Jesus Christ, Moses, the Greek philosophers, the new science, the enlightenment philosophers, the great artists, the great physicists, biologists, chemists, Marx, and Dr. Freud—they all have in common the passionate desire to break through the deceptive “script” of the senses and of “common sense” and to arrive at a perception of human and natural, of spiritual and material reality. Their fields differed, their methods differed, but no doubt, their impulse and goals were the same. All that humanity has achieved, spiritually and materially, it owes to the destroyers of illusions and to the seekers of reality. The search for reality and the uncovering of illusions not only produces insight and knowledge, but it also changes man in the process. His eyes are opened, he awakens, he sees the World as it is and, correspondingly, he learns how to use and develop his own intellectual and affective powers to cope with reality. #RandolphHarris 7 of 20

Only the one whose eyes have been opened is a realist. It is not accidental that the most creative men and women in the arts and sciences today, with very few exceptions, stand on one side. They share the conviction of the need for international understanding, for the political and economic emancipation of the non-industrialized nations, for the need to end war and the armament race, for the faith that man can become fully human, and that he must decide for life and against death. Yet these leaders of our civilization are accused by “realists” of being “sentimental,” “soft,” and “unrealistic.” The spokesmen for “realism” claim, contrary to all historical evidence, that an ever more acute arms race and preserve peace; they play around with a balance sheet of destruction according to which 1.3 million dead Americans are “acceptable,” while 342,000,000 may not be “acceptable.” They speak of shelter programs which are to protect the population, and they invent fantastic arguments to avoid stating the fact that, in the event of thermonuclear way, likely almost all the inhabitants of our big cities will be destroyed within seconds and not hours, shelters or not. These “realists” do not know that they are being most unrealistic. In the past, the various sectors of human society were so independent of each other, that when the “realists” of one civilization led it to destruction, other civilizations could continue flourishing. Today, the human race is so intertwined that one group of mad “realists” can put an end to the valiant efforts of hundreds of generations. #RandolphHarris 8 of 20

The connect in which Jeder was conceived may have a strong influence in deciding his life plan and his fate. If there was one, this context starts off with his parents’ marriage. Sometimes the young couple gets married with a strong urge to have a son and heir. If the marriage is arranged or encouraged by their families, especially if there is something to inherit, such as a kingdom or a corporation, this is particularly apt to happen. The son is then reared in accordance with his station in life, and learns all the arts and crafts suitable for kings or presidents. Thus, his script is handed to him already written, and to abdicate from it may require an act of heroic renunciation. If the first-born in such cases is a girl instead of a boy, she may run into difficulties; this is often seen in the first-born daughters of bankers, who may be cast adrift to become homosexuals, strip-tease artists, or the wives of improvident and irresponsible Bohemians or trust-fund bums. If she does not produce a boy, in some situations, the father may even divorce the mother leaving the daughters with a keen sense of original guilt for having been born female. On the other hand, the father may have no intention of marrying the mother, and flees the scene, never to be heard from again, as soon as she announces her pregnancy. This leaves the young hero to make his own way almost from the day of his birth. Sometimes the mother runs away. #RandolphHarris 9 of 20

However, even grudging parents may accept an unwanted child because he is an income-tax deduction. The teenager may be aware of this, and when asked who he is, or what his script is, he will reply, “I am an income-tax deduction.” If the child is long in being conceived, his parents’ longing may lead them to dedicate him before his birth, as is the case in many legends of famous people, and in fairy tales such as Rapunzel: another way in which real life resembles literature, as Oscar Wilde put it, nature imitates art. This raises other interesting script questions running the whole gamut of tragedy and romance. What if Romeo had fathered a child, or Ophelia given birth, or Cordelia become pregnant? What would have become of these offspring? Medea’s children, and the Little Princes in the tower of London, are most celebrated examples of children being the victims of their parents’ scripts, just as the little girls and boys sold as sodomistic slaves in certain Arab countries are the most obscure. The bedside manner of the actual impregnation may be called the conceptive attitude. Was it due to accident, passion, love, violence, deception, spite, or resignation? If any of these, what was the background and preparation for such an event? #RandolphHarris 10 of 20

If it was planned, was it planned coldly or warmly, simply, or bookishly, with lots of talk, or by strong, silent communion? The child’s script may have the same qualities. Are pleasures of the flesh regarded as dirty, casual, sacred, or fun? The offspring may be treated the same way. Was an abortion attempted? Were several attempts made? How many abortions or attempts were there during previous pregnancies? There is almost an infinite number of questions of varying degrees of subtlety possible here, and all these factors can influence the script of the still unborn baby. Since there are several possibilities, even genealogy is not of such somber simplicity as it seems. On the cheerful side, there are the cases where both parents want children and will take their genders as they come. If a woman who decided as a little girl that her ambition was to get married and raise children meets a man who made the same decision when he was little, then the offspring has a good start. Biological difficulties which arise here may make the child even more precious: if the woman has repeated miscarriages, or the man has a low sperm count so impregnation is delayed through the years, then, as we have already noted, the infant may be regarded as a real miracle. On the other hand, the seventh girl in a row, or even the seventh boy, may be greeted with mixed feelings, and perhaps start life as a family joke. #RandolphHarris 11 of 20

The feeling of being accepted by someone we love is a basic human need. Being accepted by good people motivates us. It increases our sense of self-worth and self-confidence. Often, those who cannot acceptance from desirable sources, seek it elsewhere. They may look to people who are not interested in their well-being. They may attack themselves to false friends and do questionable things to try to receive the acknowledgement they are seeking. They may seek acceptance by wearing a particular brand of clothing to generate a feeling of belonging or states. For some, striving for a role or a position of prominence can also be a way of seeking acceptance. They may define their worth by a position they hold or status they obtain. Even in the Church we are not free from this type. Seeking acceptance from the wrong sources or for incorrect reasons puts us on a dangerous path—one that is likely to lead us astray and even to destruction. Instead of feeling cherishes and self-confident, we will eventually feel abandoned and inferior. However, see that you look to God and live. Seeking and receiving the acceptance of the Lord is what is most important and will lead to the knowledge that we are chosen and blessed by Him. The ultimate source of empowerment and lasting acceptance is our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. They know us. They love us. They do not accept us because of our title or position. They investigate our hearts. They accept us for who we are and what we are striving to become. Seeking and receiving acceptance from them will always lift and encourage us. #RandolphHarris 12 of 20

When I have read a lot about sweetness and acceptance, I have sometimes felt that I was a terrible parent, and that I could not conceivably ever have been a good parent, no matter how hard I tried. I do not want other parents to grieve as I did. It does no good. It gets me in a bind. It uses up energy on the past, when all my energies are needed in the present. In fact, it gets me into everything I should not be in, to be a good parent. The Caplan paragraphs are a relief to some young people who do not have children but already are concerned about living with them. One of them gave a shout of joy, and joy is something that we very much need more of. If we had enough, we would not need anything ese. I speak of real joy, “real” meaning to me that it simply happens, not joy attached to something, not joy dependent on something, but joy that is free. Like the sun, it exists, without purpose—without any purpose that it is aware of—and is a part of a contributor to life. When a person comes to a therapist, he has a purpose. When the therapist receives the other person, he has a purpose. However, when both get into reality together, without facades, the purpose gets lost, and all that is known is something happening that happens of itself, and the noticing of this happening, in you, in me. Then I am free of all the bits and pieces that I have been holding together saying, “This is me, me, me,” and of al the bits and pieces that have been clinging to me by others saying, “This is you, you, you.” And I am surprised by the power, the tenderness, and the movement that comes through as I. #RandolphHarris 13 of 20

The deterring forces that were mentioned above can frustrate self-analysis also by causing a premature termination of efforts. I am referring here to instances in which the analysis proceeds up to a certain point, is helpful to some extent, but does not proceed beyond this point because the person will not grapple with those factors within himself which prevent his further development. This may happen after he has overcome the most disturbing factors and no longer feels a pressing need to work at himself, even though many diffuse disabilities are left. If life goes smoothly and offers no challenge, the temptation to relax in this way is particularly great. Naturally in such situations all of us are less eager for complete self-recognition. And it is ultimately a matter of our personal philosophy of life how highly we value a constructive dissatisfaction with ourselves that drives us on toward further growth and development. It is desirable, however, that we be or become clear as to what exactly are our sets of values, and act accordingly. If, with a conscious adherence to the ideal of growth, it would constitute an essential lack of truth to us because in reality we relinquished our efforts to measure up to it or even let them be stifled by a smug self-satisfaction. #RandolphHarris 14 of 20

However, a person may break off his efforts at self-analysis for quite an opposite reason: he has arrived at various relevant insights into his difficulties, but nothing changes, and he becomes discouraged by the lack of tangible results. As mentioned before, the discouragement itself constitutes a problem and should be tackled as such. However, if it derives from severe neurotic entanglements—for example, from the attitude of hopeless resignation described above—the person may be unable to cope with it alone. This does not mean that his efforts up to this point have been useless. Very often, despite the limitations to what he can accomplish, he has succeeded in losing one or another gross manifestation of his neurotic difficulties. Christians and persons in search of their God have for millennia pursued a path of disengagement, and not only from the Worldly pursuit of wealth, power, and fame; they have also renounced pleasures of the flesh, alcohol, drugs, and the company of other persons. Psychologist Sideny Jourard experimented with many of these routes to altered and enlarged awareness, short of total commitment to the way of a holy man. He was persuaded that this hypothesis about the relation between disengagement from one’s situation and the enlargement of consciousness retains high explanatory power. #RandolphHarris 15 of 20

Food, pleasures of the flesh, alcohol, and drugs appear to shrink consciousness. The sensuous pleasure and anesthetic effects “fix” a person into only one of many possible ways to experience the World: pleasant, but confining. Perhaps this was why Odysseus had his men tie him to the mast as their ship passed the island of the Sirens, whose seductive songs might have diverted him from his mission. The reason for solitude is apparent. We all are readily influenced by others’ perspectives, which they transmit as they talk to us. Disengagement from others enables us to reflect in silence, to discern what our own perspective might be. It should not be forgotten, however, that another basic way to alter and enlarge consciousness is through listening to a person speak who is more aware of the World’s possibilities than oneself. We need to know that our hearts are honest and broken. How do we know that? We begin by engaging in sincere self-reflection. The heart is the center of our feelings. As we investigate our hearts, we screen ourselves. What no one around us knows, we surely know. We know our motives and desires. When we engage in sincere, honest reflection, we do not rationalize or receive ourselves. If our hearts are broken, there is also another way to judge. A broken heart is a soft, an open, and a receptive heart. #RandolphHarris 16 of 20

When I hear the Saviour say, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock,” I hear Him knocking at the door of my heart. If I open this door to Him, I am more responsive to the invitations of the Spirit, and I am more accepting of God’s will. As we sincerely and prayerfully ponder the extent to which our hearts are honest and broken, we will be taught by the Holy Ghost. We will receive a sweet confirmation or gentle correction, inviting us to act. Each of us being individually complete in his inmost godlike self, no other person is needed for self-fulfillment, no mate or affinity is required to bring him to the realization of life’s goal. However, each of us being incomplete in his outer self, the longing for such a mate or affinity is human, natural, and pardonable. There is nothing wrong nor contrary to the Quest in seeking to satisfy this longing, although unless this is done with wisdom and after prudent consideration, rather than with ignorance and in impulse, the result may bring more unhappiness rather than more happiness. Nor must such a longing ever be allowed to obscure the great truth of individual completeness on the spiritual level. Those ascetics who vehemently denounce marriage because, they say, it caters to the passions are themselves showing the baneful effect of passion repressed but not sublimated. Rather than destroy the happiness of the other person, I believe that marriage is the strict duty of acting with the utmost consideration for the other party, of being ready to renounce one’s own happiness entirely. #RandolphHarris 17 of 20

The Sacramento Fire Department (SFD) provides fire protection and other critical public safety services, including Emergency Management Services (EMS), to residents and business owners countrywide. The Sacramento Fire Department also works to continually upgrade fire apparatuses and technology, educate the public in fire prevention, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes, while ensuring a safe and secure environment to all citizens and visitors through professionalism, leadership, teamwork, and partnership with all levels of Government. “The only time I ever saw a life net actually used at a fire was when I was with Engine X. We had a fire in a building. We got a dozen people down the interior stairs before the fire cut it off. Then we started rescuing them from their balconies. Suddenly we heard a commotion, looked up, and saw our lieutenant struggling with a huge drunk. The lieutenant yelled for us to get the life net. We got it, held it under the ladder, and lieutenant pushed the drunk off. We caught him in the net. He survived, and so did my arms.” The Sacramento Fire Department is an organization where World-changing breakthroughs meet genuine, hardworking people connected by shared traditions, embraced opportunities, and they progress they seek. You can help save lives by donating to the Sacramento Fire Department. Being patriotic means being proud of who you are as an American. It is important to raise your children to love America. #RandolphHarris 18 of 20

When you choose American-made cars and other goods and services, this results in higher quality products that save money in the long run due to their quality, safety standards, and long-lasting durability. It is imperative to love God and His Son, Jesus Christ. When we love God and Jesus Christ, we experience joy and fulfillment. As citizens, we respect the laws because they are clearly communicated and fairly enforced. Everyone is held accountable to the same laws, and those laws protect our fundamental rights. The United States Constitution is the foundation of the rule of law in America. Education provides stability in life, and it is something that no one can ever take away from you. By being well-educated, and holding a college degree, you increase your chances for better career opportunities and open new doors for yourself. From an early age, it is important to read books. Reading books may have several physical and mental benefits. These include strengthening your brain, increasing your ability to empathize, reducing stress, building your vocabular, and it will help you with spelling and to become a better writer. Reading also reduced stress, can alleviate depression, and reduce age-related cognitive decline. Showing respect to others, especially the elderly benefits everyone. When people feel valued, their emotional well-being improves, and they will have better health outcomes. Younger people will also gain perspective and enjoyment from intergenerational relationships. #RandolphHarris 19 of 20

Pledging allegiance to the American flag is a symbolic act that represents loyalty and devotion to one’s country. It used to be a ritual in every school during first period. Pledging allegiance to the American flag is often seen as a patriotic gesture, reflecting a sense of unity and shared values among citizens. We are willing to humble ourselves before God, willing to repent, willing to learn, and willing to change. The flag of the United States of America represents not just our country as a political unit, but the principles that bind us together as Americans, namely individual liberty, and unalienable natural rights, endowed by our Creator, which the government shall not infringe upon. Reciting the Pledge is not a compulsion, but a mark of patriotism to the country. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. God of Might, God of Right, Thee we give all glory; Thine all praise in these days as in ages hoary, when we hear, year by year freedom’s wondrous story. Now as erst, when Thou first made’st the proclamation, warning loud every proud, every tyrant nation, we, Thy fame still proclaim, bend in adoration. “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you,” reports John 13.34. #RandolphHarris 20 of 20

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