To change government, we would also need to have an accurate view on how it has been running. The fact is, we most often don't.

There are things reported on the news, but we don't always know what is the real story.  We often have to piece it together ourselves ...to make sense of it.  Some of the theories we come up with are rather accurate, and others are fueled by what often are called conspiracy theories.

At times there is an agenda ...not wanting us to know the truth. And the closer to the truth we get, the more the claim is that it's just a conspiracy and we should dismiss it.

Often we like to dream up our own stories, and we create these theories.

So, what has been established so far??

We dream up stories ...and the government makes up stories.  So where do we go from there?  What story do we believe??

• Robert Dinwiddie (be careful to not mispronounce) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia.  The Ohio company, of which he was a stockholder, had growing interest in the area ...yet, the French had longer standing and more established settlements, and got along well with the native Indians.

The 21 year-old George Washington was to deliver a message to Fort LeBoeuf.  The commander there (had 28 letters in his name ---we will just call him Pierre) treated Washington with 3 days of polite hospitality, but rejected the bold and blistering ultimatum delivered in the letter.

It seems to me that George was a very good man, working at this time for someone who was not.  We too, often want to do a good job, but may not find ourselves on the side of good. George carried out a task which the government asked him to.  Later, he became a bigger part of the greater government ...actually heading it.

Another President later had to contemplate whether he was on the side of good, was Abraham Lincoln.  He had to make a difficult decision that had divided the country by war.  He had to decide whether what he believed in was worth fighting for. And when asked whether he felt God was on his side, he said he wasn't considering whether God was on his side ...he was rather concerned whether he was on God's side.

• The Bonus Army, as is the popular name, of 43,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups ...gathered in Washington D.C. in 1932.  Many had been out of work since the beginning of the Great Depression.  The veterans had been awarded certificates to grant them bonuses, and they wanted the government to make payment on it.

The World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 stated they could not redeem the certificates until 1945.  They had suffered at war, now the Depression ...and felt 8 years was enough time to wait, not wanting to wait 13 more years.

President Hoover wanted the campsites of the protesters vacuumed ...I mean, evacuated.  General Douglas MacArthur was to be in command to drive them out ...and their shelters and belongings were burnt also.

After World War II, General MacArthur was known for his humanitarian approach of reconstruction of the Japanese society, arguing that all occupations ultimately end badly for the occupier and the occupied.  

MacArthur treated Filipino and Japanese leaders as equals. Yet, when directed to deal with a domestic dilemma between the two World Wars, other American servicemen were treated with less equality.  Perhaps he learned much from his experience ...and hopefully we all can mature towards similar positive outcomes.

• Also, still so much controversy over Kennedy's assassination ...no sense repeating so much of which so many of you have heard over & over again.
• Iran-Contra affair ...and the prolonged testimony by Oliver North
• Ruby Ridge ...actions by the FBI, not consistent even within their own ranks
• Waco, Texas ...could have been an entirely different outcome, from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to the FBI
• 9/11 Saudi connection with previous flight school attendance in Florida, and questionable funding
• Julia Davis, born in the Ukraine, not to be confused with Julia Davis born in the United Kingdom ---the actress born eight years prior.  The younger one who was a whistleblower of the Department of Homeland Security, was also a writer ---so, does that weaken her credibility?? Friend and confident, actress Brittany Murphy, of 'Clueless' ...reportedly died of suspected poisoning ...as well as (or not well) the death of her husband, in addition to the sudden unexplained death of a neighbor who reportedly video-taped the Blackhawk helicopter raid.  The government and media continue their usual stance --- clueless.
• El Dorado, Texas ...Protective Services has 401 children taken into State 'legal custody', in the spring of 2008.
• September 11th eve, 2012 ...Benghazi attack
• Spring of 2014, the Bundy ranch standoff ...involving the Bureau of Land Management.

Many different government departments being utilized by other departments in ways that are not only questionable, but also involving undisputed wrongdoing at a level that should not be overlooked.  Yes, with so many questions, and so little answers ...we do have reason not to trust those we are expected to rely on.


Perhaps all that is left which can drive us even more in the direction we should have been adhering to all along ...a direction of truth, is through Jesus.  He fixed it for us by His death on the cross.