God Demands Justice

 By CE Marshall 

                                                                  Lady Justice 

Full disclosure- this is taken from an original blog I posted in February- it is a variation on a theme.  I re-read it and I realized there has still not been justice served in our capital.   The whole thing seems to be ignored and forgotten.  Readers, don't forget what's been done for the last 60 years, since Kennedy was murdered by our own government - the "Deep State" has grown and grown - more money,  more power and more oppression.  Much of it has sprung from the Democrat party and its addiction to power and control.  As I said in another blog- "they should not be allowed to get back up and breathe".   The legacy media participates with their partisan and specious reporting.  Academia with their bloated bank accounts and demands for full compliance to their opinions and all of our money.  Scientific refusal to allow open debate that questions "accepted science" of their own making and profit- whether regarding vaccines, climate change, pharmaceutical drugs, or wars.  Have you noticed that after a few years "accepted science" comes into question ?   Their minions in the ranks- the useful idiots- a gaggle of Trump haters who prefer crime riddled streets,  trillions squandered on an unproven and undebated climate crisis, a wasteful idiotic government that is more than generous with OUR money.  They piss it away on absurd programs and social experiments of the left.  Always there is sympathy and support for the criminals at the expense of the innocent.  Always there is support for the insane and addicted at the expense of safe and clean cities for the people to enjoy.  We have a government in opposition to its own people.   

 I have been writing this blog for quite a while- I guess around 14 years or so.  I was once an avowed centrist because I saw the importance of viewing both opinions as being intelligent and healthy.  The idea to agree to disagree was very important to me.  I still have those values,  however it has become clear that this is not about seeing things from both sides anymore.  It has now become about right versus wrong.  Truth versus lies.  Decency versus demonic thought.  Control versus independent thought.  The oppressors vs the oppressed.  The state VS the person.  

     Our leadership does not seem to be what we thought for a while now.  It has been a masquerade with lies upon lies heaped upon us like loads of dirty clothes on top of a struggling mule.  Now as the Trump administration is digging into the belly of what we all suspected, I find myself sickened that so many people in our leadership have been so crooked for so many years.  I had always hoped that it was just a rumor, that not so many people would be working against the values of our American forefathers.  It is beginning to seem that all the rumors are true and that they may yet be far worse than we had thought.  Not only is it worse than we thought, but it goes back further than we thought !   

     I've just been reading up on details regarding the JFK assassination., and although nothing is really ever settled regarding that horrible day in Dallas of 1963, it does seem this murder was born out of the American government itself.   We all know the name of the "secret" groups in our government so there's no sense in me waving a red flag as to the suspected guilty parties, however the need to silence a President because he was not cooperating with the "Deep State" (for lack of a better term- I actually hate that term) is a form of murder that did not only remove Kennedy but it also removed the people from holding the steering wheel of the American government.   The control has been exposed to be that of shadowy figures in the background of American life that dictate to our leadership and the media what and how we should be thinking.  That, at the end of the day, is the most significant crime.  They're trying to end rule by the people and cement it in the hands of the few, the powerful, the wealthy, the elite,  and the well connected.  The "thought police" are very much alive and well in today's world.  

"So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance;  truth has stumbled in the streets and honesty cannot enter.  Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes prey.  The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.  He saw that there was no one, He was appalled that there was no intervention"  Isaiah 59: 14-16 

     Although we are daily seeing the lies for what they are, the work is not even close to being finished and the group that Elon Musk ran- DOGE- is still working on exposing the truth for all to see.  I pray for their safety.  May God have mercy on the souls of these individuals that have been operating to rob us of our liberty, but may God also expose them for what they are to mankind.  

"According to what they have done, so He will repay wrath to His enemies and retribution to His foes;  He will repay the islands their due.  From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere His glory.  For He will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives forward.  Isaiah 59: 18-19

The left loves to grovel over the latest victim so they can virtue signal and slobber all over the most pathetic of society.  A never ending pity party.  The Democrats ARE the pity party- but that is the extent of their "doing" because they don't actually do or fix anything.  Consider this to pity- "The most abused, mistreated and ignored minority in society is the individual."   No pity here, though please, but realize that  when the individual is finally left alone to live and work and support themselves and their family without the government interrupting it with preferential treatment to specific groups, through obscene income taxes and spiritual shackles of rules and regulations - with virtue signalling opposition to what is good and decent because of their own guilty racist thoughts - only then we can all sing halleluiah and rejoice together with joy and prosperity.  That is self- earned prosperity and accomplishment and fulfillment through the content of one's character.  Then in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King - we can sing "Free at last, free at last, praise God almighty we are free at last".     

Gerrymandering and its Real Victims

 By CE Marshall 

                                              The Abomination of Gerrymandering in living color 

     I've been itching to write a blog regarding gerrymandering for quite a while, but then I thought to myself- "I wonder if I've written a blog already on gerrymandering?"- so a quick search reveals that I have indeed.  All the way back in 2013 !  Reading it reminds me that here in Florida we voted to stop gerrymandering but the "status quo" of the state government resisted it.  So, I'm posting a link to the blog- which was actually from a letter that the Orlando Sentinel printed from myself.  Before I go there I do want to make a few comments.  How is this Democracy to gerrymander at all?  You're taking away the people's right to representation so that your political party gets the advantage.  What about the people?  I know that sounds cliche but it's true.  It is for the individual that I write and when the people's right to be heard through representative government is withheld then I get really, really mad.  Both parties are guilty of it, but the Democrats truly wrote the book.  All Democrat or "blue" states are gerrymandered to the highest degree possible to the point that if you're Republican and living in a Democrat controlled state then you are not being represented in Washington, DC.  There's no other way to look at it.  

Stealing Democracy?  Yes, you are Democrats, and you've been doing it for a long- long time.   

In my humble opinion. 

Gerrymandering Blog 2013

 

A Lady to the End: Juanita Menendez

 By CE Marshall 

   Sad news in my personal life as we lay my mother in law to rest next week. She passed away on August 1. She was an inspiring person who went through great struggle in life with both determination and grace. She was meek as the Bible refers to the word - the correct translation of that being "a gentle force".  Juanita and I never had a full conversation - I am not fluent in Spanish and she was not fluent in English. We did, however, speak to each other through our gestures and eyes, and behavior and mutual admiration. She had a silent strength that shined through to the week she passed away.  Always gentle, always graceful, always with a kind welcoming nature underlined with a sadness reflecting her life's experiences.  She was a beautiful woman who was always careful how she presented herself to the world.  A classy lady to the end. Rest in peace sweet Juanita- we miss you. Finally, rest in peace and be sad no more.  

Matthew 5:5  Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.  

I was given the honor of writing Juanita's Obituary which is below. 

   Juana Menendez Sept 17 1932- August 1 2025   

   Juanita Menendez was born Juana Portal on September 17, 1932 to Santiago Portal and Orosia Adelina Delgado Miranda in Santa Clara, Cuba. One of twelve children, Juanita was a twin to a brother, named Santiago after their father. He and she were the last two survivors of the 12 children. Juanita’s family was a farming family, so much of her youth was spent working the farm with her brothers and sisters. As a young woman Juanita had an interest in poetry (Jose Marti being her favorite poet) literature (Don Quixote, Les Miserables, and the Count of Monte Cristo being her favorite books) and music- (her favorite musician being Armando Manzanero). Blessed with a beautiful singing voice she came close to a career as a singer having been a finalist in a national singing contest.  She met and fell in love with Candido Menendez and married him on November 29, 1958. They lived in Habana and she worked at her family’s dry-cleaning business until the Communist revolution ultimately removed all private business in Cuba. They went on to have two children, Tony and Janet. Tony born on September 22, 1960 and Janet July 8, 1972. 

    Surviving the anguish of a collapsing country to the tyranny of Fidel Castro was the biggest challenge of Juanita’s life.  With grit and determination, she managed to keep her family fed by working as a seamstress and other odd jobs to get extra money. She skipped meals and did without so her children could eat more. Hunger was ever- present. 

    She and Candido refused to become members of the Communist party which brought great hardship, struggle and anguish. Juanita never let that keep her down. Such a kind person but also with such great courage, Juanita took her daughter, Janet, to the Catholic church- a very risky thing to do in Communist Cuba – this brought even more scrutiny from the government. But, nevertheless, through her fierce determination she managed to get her son, Tony, a rare “good” job in a Soviet TV factory helping him to get started in a career as an electrician – a highly sought after skill in communist Cuba and to this day- here in the USA- Tony works in electronics as an engineer.   

    This determination served the family well as she and Candido managed to escape Cuba on May 20, 1985. This through a negotiated agreement between Reagan and Castro to allow political opponents of the Communist government to leave Cuba. (The agreement ended right after the family’s flight to Miami)

    Starting a new life in her 50’s, and not speaking English was another challenge to Juanita and she once again rose to the challenge. Working a factory job along with Candido the two managed to finish raising Janet (who was 12 at the time). Once again, through her support and encouragement, Juanita helped Janet get into one of the best high schools in South Florida- Nova High School- a magnet school that helped immerse Janet into English much more rapidly than would have been possible in a regular high school. 

    Although seen as kind and thoughtful by all around her throughout her life- which she was- Juanita was also intelligent and full of determination to take care of her family through some very challenging times. Overcoming other great personal obstacles with faith in Jesus Christ- seeing Him as the example to live by- she was truly a remarkable human being – one of the silent warriors that makes this world livable.

    Juanita passed away on August 1, 2025 in Winter Garden, Fla. She is survived by two children, two grandchildren and one great- grandchild- Hazel born just four months ago. Seeing Hazel and holding her in her arms was the highlight of Juanita’s last year and this thought, that part of her would still go on, gave her great joy as she lived the last months of her life.  

Juanita will be greatly missed.