Once upon a time, I had a page on this site entitled “Mad State.” It was headed by the two passages found at the top of this post. It chronicled America’s mad state of rebellion as reflected in its descent into economic, judicial, climatic, governmental, etc. injustices with which the nation is rife. Of course, its latest and greatest commitment to injustice and all things unholy was its mad election of the RUMP. But, with so many pages, the site was growing cumbersome for me and complicated for those who navigated it. So, I got rid of the page along with a few others. Now, my most strident observations on America’s “Mad State” are restricted to this blog page—though my “Just Society” page contains, through homily, indirect and muted commentary on America’s mad state of rebellion.
 
Today’s posting is a follow up to my previous posting, a meditation on Mosiah 29.17, 21-23. In it, I mused on the editor’s description of a “wicked king,” and found it to be a near perfect description of the “wicked 45th president of the United states” who continues to breath threats against American democracy. Here, again, is the passage.
 
“For behold, how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause to be committed, yea, and what great destruction!
And behold, now I say unto you, ye cannot dethrone an iniquitous king save it be through much contention, and the shedding of much blood. For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he keepeth his guards about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who have reigned in righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God; And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever doth not obey his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth rebel against him he will send his armies against them to war, and if he can he will destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of all righteousness.”
 
The danger is not past. The threat that the RUMP (no more “tRUMP.” It’s too respectful. RUMP is clearer that he is to be thought no better than a horses A-double SS) represents is one of the most serious threats to American democracy in the nation’s history. The treat he poses must be taken seriously—much more seriously than it has been to this point. He is a wicked ex-president who would be America’s first “wicked king.” And lest I be accused of not speaking clearly enough, he is positively, unquestionably, and irredeemably anti-Christ.
 
The problem that 10’s of millions of Americans, including and especially American’s who have the audacity to call themselves “Christian,” is no less worrying and dangerous. In some ways, it is more worrying and bodes even more ill for our future. But, we’ve addressed this problem before and will no doubt do so again. But not today.
 
Today, we simply wish to once more call attention to the Book of Mormon editor’s charge that a “wicked president” “has his friends in iniquity.” He has many in office who support him.
 
In a recent “rally”—more frenzied and fetid worship service for a cult leader than political gathering—the RUMP gave a shout out to one Jason Ravnsborg, thanking him for being at the rally and expressing his appreciation for his support. Of course, the rabid crowd cheered for the man. But, here’s the thing. Ravnsborg, who is the South Dakota attorney general, is currently under the threat of impeachment for what would amount to vehicular homicide if he lived in any other state and wasn’t a powerful white man (after additional investigation, the state’s highway patrol has conceded that but for sloppy investigations into the incident—another powerful white man’s advantage—Ravnsborg would likely have been charged with manslaughter).
 
But, in RUMP world, the man has one quality that wipes out a multitude of sins and turns any villain into a hero. Never mind that Ravnsborg negligently ended the life of someone’s beloved brother, father, friend, etc.. Never mind that he is a moral midget (excuse me if that term is political incorrect), is a pariah to all in South Dakota politices who have an ounce of morals, and is deserving of impeachment. You see, Ravnsborg is a supporter of the RUMP. A vary loud and “loyal” one—a lapdog, we might call him. He has been a vociferous spreader of RUMP’s demonstratively false assertions about voter fraud in the American 2020 election.”[1]
 
But then, this is the only sort of friend RUMP has. Criminals, like him. He absolutely adores anyone who will join him in trampling under their feet both the laws of men and the commandments of God.
 
And before someone asks: No, I can’t, I won’t leave it alone. I won’t leave him alone. It doesn’t matter that he is no longer president. He continues to think he should be president. He continues to think that he is president—just have a gander at the ridiculous memos, memos that would make anyone with a scentilla of shame blush with personal embarrassment that come out of “The Office of the 45 President,” as if there were no 46th president. Worse yet, he continues to treasonously incite his millions of disciples. He continues to be a threat. So, I, too, will incite. I will agitate against him and his wickedness. I will resist him with everything I have—humble as that is.
 
Well, there you have it. The latest installment of America’s Wicked Ex-president. No doubt, there will be more installments to follow for RUMP’s wickedness will never end—not today, not tomorrow. It will not end in death. He will fight all that is good into eternity. That’s who and what he is. May his sins be spoken from the housetops for as long as there are beings in need of a warning voice concerning demons like him and those who support him in his wickedness.
 
I hope you will not mind if I end this post as I end all my homilies. It really has come to dominate my thoughts, my desires, my prayers, and my meditations. It has, almost, become my mantra, the thing that keeps me going. And its better than the many imprecations that I might utter against the RUMP—though it will be no better for him than all my curses.
 
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
 
[1]“Trump Shouts Out Jason Ravnsborg, the State AG Who Ran Over and Killed a Man,” by Tom Lawrence, The Daily Beast.

​Today's blog post represents a meditation on Mosiah 29.17, 21-23 that seemed appropriate to and consistent with the purpose and messages of this blog page.

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17For behold, how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause to be committed, yea, and what great destruction!
21And behold, now I say unto you, ye cannot dethrone an iniquitous king save it be through much contention, and the shedding of much blood. 22For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he keepeth his guards about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who have reigned in righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God; 23And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever doth not obey his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth rebel against him he will send his armies against them to war, and if he can he will destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert the ways of all righteousness.
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This meditation, longer than most, might be better called a diatribe. But, my, my, my. If we ever wondered or questioned this scriptural witness, the eruption of new evils into the American body politic has once and for all convinced us of its absolute accuracy and truth. We can easily “behold how much iniquity doth one wicked president cause to be committed.” Even after he was defeated in the most secure election in American history, he continued to stir, as he did while in office, “much contention” by unleashing an incessant flood of damnable lies. We witness his “friends in iniquity,” found, among other places, in the US House of Representatives. They, for the love of power, first joined him in casting doubt on the election, then attempted to overthrow the will of the voters. To this very day, they fear to stand up to him and his lies, but, instead, parrot his madness and obstruct legitimate investigations into his seditious actions. We have stood as witnesses to the innumerable ways that he—before, during and after his governance—has “torn up the laws of those who have [governed] in righteousness before him.” We have watched him attempt to corrupt the electoral process by creating fraudulent electoral college delegates, by attempting to bully, intimidate, and corrupt election officials, and by encouraging blinded and violent insurrectionists. Having at the very least broken every single one of the Ten Commandments in his debauched personal life, “he trampleth under his feet the commandments of God.” We see how “he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness.” We watch in near disbelief as he and his “friends in iniquity” seek to intimidate through violence and threaten to destroy through imprisonment and other ungodly authoritarian practices the righteous who, refusing “to obey his laws,” newfangled norms, and defiled morals, seek to oppose and check his corruption. Yes, in America’s 45th president we have seen the reincarnation of the sort of wicked, iniquitous, contentious, blinding, and destructive governance that the Book of Mormon author’s so much feared and despised, and against which they bore solemn testimony. Few, if any, in American political history have come close to the level of wickedness found in this sorry excuse of a human being, though there are now a handful who show real potential.  So, what are we to do in such dark times? The fight is far, far from over.