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     I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but, unless you've been under a   
   rock or in a cave (man caves are not included ), you've probably seen   
   the stories of the possibility of the United States DEFAULTING on its   
   debt, and breaching the debt ceiling on June 1, 2023.    
      
     The Republicans are RIGHTLY saying that "Congress can't keep spending   
   money like a drunken sailor, wanting a blank check, and with UNLIMITED   
   spending, as if a credit card that gets no balance on it, no matter what   
   is charged...never expecting to have to pay it back".   
      
     Several states, including Arkansas, have a "balanced budget requirement";   
   but there has never been such a thing in Washington, DC. You know that   
   neither that, or the prospect of "term limits" will ever see the light of   
   day, in ANY national government...especially in the US Congress!!   
      
     I myself had to file Chapter 13 bankruptcy in late 2009, due to the   
   mounting medical and credit card debt...but I'm long since discharged   
   from that, and only have a debit card now. The amount of credit card   
   debt (never mind student loan debt) is absolutely staggering in their   
   scope!!   
      
     The Democrats are screaming "the end of benefits for the combination   
   of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, SNAP (Supplemental   
   Nutritional Assistance Program), and related items".   
      
     This debacle, if it occurs, would affect EVERYONE that's elderly, low   
   income, or disablede...depriving them of funds for medications and the   
   medical needs/care, food, water, and to pay the various bills for the   
   utilities (electric, gas, water, phone, vehicular, etc.). Then, they   
   would also deprive veterans (current and retired) of their well deserved   
   pay. Yet, they are implying that they would continue to pay the illegal   
   aliens, so they could "vote Democrat".   
      
     This also would affect world financial markets...with trillions, if not   
   quadrillions of dollars in wealth and retirement funds, along with bank   
   and other savings, being wiped out as well. It would make the financial   
   crashes of 1929 and 1987 look like "child's play".   
      
     While I'm not a veteran (my health was so poor growing up, with poor   
   eyesight and no arches in my feet, that I never would've passed the   
   physical exam), I've been fully disabled since mid-2004, and they keep   
   finding stuff wrong with me (I was diagnosed with congestive heart   
   failure in spring, 2022).   
      
     Yet, Congress WOULDN'T DARE touch their own high salaries or pensions.   
   This proves that ALL of them...on both sides of the political aisle...   
   are nothing more than a bunch of greedy, power mad, cowards...with no   
   clue to what life is like outside the Beltway of Washington, DC. Before   
   they are elected, they give the voters "the thumbs up". After they get   
   elected, they give the voters the bird of obscenity -- [Screw] You. And,   
   the money spent on elections (local, county, state, national), is well   
   into the trillions (if not quadrillions) of dollars...so they can all   
   become "lifetime politicians", just like "lifetime US Supreme Court   
   justices". They lament that they can't survive on $250,000+ a year...   
   frankly, they don't have a clue!!   
      
     What I get on disability does NOT go very far...and if I do NOT get   
   my disability on June 2, then there's a likelihood that, in VERY SHORT   
   ORDER, I will disappear forever, online and otherwise...and the BBS   
   will be shut down. I would have no way to get food, drink, medicine,    
   or to pay the bills incurred, medical and otherwise.   
      
     At that point, I'd be praying VERY HARD for either the Rapture Of   
   The Church to occur (which will really accelerate things for the   
   worst across the US and the rest of the world)...or for The Lord to   
   send a disaster (tornado, earthquake, etc.) to destroy the place   
   with me inside, or to have a sudden, massive heart attack, while   
   the BBS is offline.   
      
     Not to gloat, and not to sound like "I'm trying to cram a Bible down   
   folks throats"...but the Scriptures do note that "I glory in The Cross Of   
   Christ, and nothing that I've done"...doing "the one thing God requires";   
   to repent (change my mind) on my sin, then believe on The Lord Jesus   
   Christ, who died on The Cross for my sins, and rose from the dead on the   
   third day, according to the Scriptures. So, I know whether at death, or   
   at Rapture, I know that Heaven will be my home when I die...and I will   
   see my late wife and Co-Sysop again, with joy unspeakable...never more   
   to say goodbye. Her nickname was "Snake"...although she respected them.   
   Mine was "Gator"...I can do the baby alligator/crocodile distress call;   
   but you don't want to do that around a gator farm...as they will invite   
   you for lunch...you'll be the main course!!   
      
     I don't know if there will be BBSing in Heaven, but as I heard an   
   evangelist note once..."Whether it's Chick-Fil-A, golfing, or other things   
   needed in Heaven to make the believers happy...God will make sure that   
   they are there". As a side note, during the summer months, the peach milk   
   shake that Chick-Fil-A has, is TO DIE FOR...but if you drink it too fast,   
   you will get BRAIN AND CHEST FREEZE!! Yet, it is the perfect thing on a   
   hot summer day.   
      
     Basically "all our righteousness is as filthy rags" (literally bloody   
   menstrual cloths) before The Lord...and were it not for what Christ did   
   for mankind, to provide "God's Free Love Gift", then no one would be   
   going to Heaven...but instead, to the eternal torment with Satan and his   
   demons...Hell, and The Lake Of Fire. These places were NEVER meant for   
   mankind...but everyone choosing to reject the Gospel, of their own free   
   will and choice, goes there at death.   
      
     Everyone gets at least one chance to hear the Gospel, and God will   
   NOT force anyone to do "the one thing He requires", as noted above;   
   in other words, "I am NOT trying to cram a Bible down one's throat".   
   All God requires the "believers" to do is "plant the seed". Yet, if   
   the believers ON Jesus (and not just IN Him) are wrong, they won't   
   lose much when they die. And one day, we'll know who is RIGHT. It is   
   "God's Free Love Gift" to mankind, as none of us could do anything to   
   earn or buy it.   
      
     And, that's WHY for the Christian doors on the BBS, my policy has   
   always been that "if you decided to access the items, it's of your   
   own free will and choice...and what you do with that info is up to   
   you". Accessing/using them, was NEVER a requirment to stay online,   
   ever since the BBS came online over 31 years ago now.   
      
     There is far more waste in government than all the excrement (urine,   
   feces, and vomit) produced by every man and beast on the planet Earth.   
   Yet, the globalist elite want to turn the US into another Cuba, China,   
   Venezuela, North Korea, Russia, or other totalitarian like states...   
   where only those in power benefit...and all of the opposing dissident   
   peasants are executed (murdered). To me, all these wanting such, need   
   a one way ticket to these areas...and they will see the hard truth of   
   these evil regimes. Their heads will likely be "the first to roll" when   
   such hits this part of the world.   
      
     There is a time period coming up after The Rapture Of The Church   
   (when all true believers on Jesus Christ, dead and alive, will so   
   quickly disappear (faster than one can blink an eye)), noted in the   
   Bible as "The Time Of Jacob's Trouble" or "The Tribulation". It will   
   literally be Hell On Earth for seven years...and if The Good Lord   
   did not return at the appointed time, then all flesh, man and beast,   
   on the Earth, would die. The world ruler will literally be Satan   
   incarnate, and he'll make the regimes of Hitler, Mao, and Stalin   
   (among others) pale by comparison. Billions will die, whether they   
   are Christians, Jews, or not.   
      
     While the Bible said we would not know the day and hour of the   
   Rapture, it did say we would know we were "in the season" of The   
   Lord's Return, and I firmly believe we are there. Folks wondering   
   what life was like before the worldwide Noahic flood, or life in   
   Sodom and Gomorrah (before being destroyed by fire), just need to   
   "take a look around".   
      
     The Lord certainly has far more patience than I do...but I feel   
   that His Patience is rapidly being exhausted. God has always been a   
   Gentleman, and He will give those who want nothing to do with Him,   
   exactly what they want one day. But, many of these also detest the   
   fact that "it's God's Creation, and His Rules".   
      
     While I've enjoyed my hobbies of the BBS, amateur radio, and   
   square dancing for over 30 years, I've always known that they   
   could not go on forever. Yet, this earthly life is "temporary"...   
   eternity is far longer...and folks need to plan now for it. You   
   can go to http://www.wx4qz.net/s00.htm to see how you can "Get   
   A Free Gift". I can tell you that "Going Through The Motions",   
   won't cut it...and that the majority of the world and mankind   
   want nothing to do with Biblical Christianity...but again, it is   
   your choice on what to do with "God's Free Love Gift".   
      
     Tomorrow, let alone the next 5 seconds, is promised to no one.   
   And, while I'm on medication for congestive heart failure, I have   
   no way of knowing if I'll be raptured, or will die beforehand (in   
   my sleep, or otherwise (I also have severe sleep apnea). If the   
   BBS is down for severe storms, and a tornado comes through...or   
   if a major earthquake occurs (the New Madrid Fault runs right   
   through central Arkansas, but it'll be worse for Memphis and St.   
   Louis), and the structure is destroyed with me in it...the BBS and   
   I will be no more. If you see a story on the news that much of the   
   city of Little Rock was destroyed in a tornado or earthquake, there   
   is a possibility that I and the BBS were destroyed in it.   
      
     I don't like to be "the bearer of bad news", but this is the   
   harsh reality facing America. The Republicans did their part of   
   the responsibility of the debt ceiling, but the Democrats want   
   nothing to do with that...only wanting another "blank check" and   
   "unlimited credit card". In the parable of the talents in the Bible,   
   Jesus Christ excused NO ONE from both personal responsibility and   
   accountability...whether in matters that are sacred, or secular.   
      
     Network Sysops who want to disconnect and ban me from their   
   networks because of this post, are welcome to do so. I run the   
   BBS for my benefit, and for those who enjoy using it...because   
   they want to...not because they have to.   
      
   Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, Sysop, The Thunderbolt BBS, Little Rock, Arkansas   
   --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32   
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