Funny Political Memes
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Real communism just hasn’t been tried yet.
I'd say the SEC would not like this much, but they probably wouldn't know who he is.
This may be a spot for the Bobby Hill "If those folks could read, they'd be very unhappy"
Actual conversation with my brother this morning:
Brother: He taxes the hell out of us with tariffs and then wants to buy votes with $2000 checks!
Me: Remember in your living room in 2016 when I tried to tell you…
He has voted for Trump three times.
Democrats 1998: We elected a president, not a pope.
Republicans 2016: Okay, you win.
It's all a death spiral. Each side is willing to tolerate ever more outrageous behavior from their guy while tu quoque the other side. Witness the election of Jay Jones in Virginia after wishing death of the children of Virginia house speaker Todd Gilbert. It just keeps getting worse.
You know, when you put it like that, he does remind me of many of the Israelite kings...
According to the Old Testament, the title of worst king of Israel is generally given to Ahab, who "did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him".
The Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
All the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel were considered wicked by the biblical authors, as they continued the "sins of Jeroboam" (idolatrous practices that began with the first king, Jeroboam I).
The southern Kingdom of Judah had some righteous kings, but also some very wicked ones.
All that kind of sounds familiar, doesn't it? I mean, excepted for the "repented" part.
According to the Old Testament, the title of worst king of Israel is generally given to Ahab, who "did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those before him".
The Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
All the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel were considered wicked by the biblical authors, as they continued the "sins of Jeroboam" (idolatrous practices that began with the first king, Jeroboam I).
- Ahab is consistently singled out as the absolute worst. He married the foreign, Baal-worshipping princess Jezebel, which led to the institutionalization of Baal worship throughout Israel. He also committed other atrocities, such as allowing Jezebel to have Naboth murdered so Ahab could seize his vineyard.
- Jeroboam I, the first king after the kingdom split, established idol worship (golden calves) in Dan and Bethel to prevent the people from going to the Temple in Jerusalem, setting the standard of sin for all subsequent northern kings.
The southern Kingdom of Judah had some righteous kings, but also some very wicked ones.
- Manasseh, the son of the righteous King Hezekiah, stands out as arguably the most wicked king of Judah. His long reign (55 years) was marked by extreme evil: he rebuilt pagan altars, worshipped false gods, practiced witchcraft, consulted with mediums, murdered innocent people (including potentially the prophet Isaiah), and even sacrificed his own children. However, the biblical book of 2 Chronicles notes that he repented later in life while in captivity in Babylon and was restored to his throne.
All that kind of sounds familiar, doesn't it? I mean, excepted for the "repented" part.
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