Are we there yet?
As I was preparing for the invocation at the Liberty Bell, I was reflecting on 2 Chronicles 7:14 and asking, have 1,825,000 had enough?
Must we be at the point where a moment of silence will be offensive to someone? Where the privacy of public bathrooms becomes open stalls for gender inclusiveness? Will we not understand that regardless of how one may truly feel or even believe, God’s ultimate design will not be thwarted. Much of what we are debating these days are anti-reasonable, illogically inconsistent and offensively abrasive to common sense.
It will be impossible to be resolved because, for the most part, we are seeking to resolve these things without wisdom from above. The desire to make all things equal will not add up to the fact that there are inherent differences, not only in how we function, but in our biological makeup as well!
The hypocrisy of the obvious blinds those who are either unwilling or who are unable to accept truth.
The call for unity is noble; however, the actions which have followed are blatantly divisive. Divisiveness disguised as unity fools no one, except those who want to be fools!
There are good policies and wrong policies; must we not confuse the two. Must we continually go down this road of ignoring and excusing the reality of violence and destruction because of our ideological biases and political differences?
When truth is not the goal or outcome, personal vendettas, vicious attacks and transitional absurdities become the ever-descending spiral into the dark abyss of reimagined stupidity. We are better than this, we will overcome this and we will flush out most of the puss along the way. Without God, man cannot be governed. With God, all things are possible!
— Pastor Angelo Frazier, Bakersfield
EMBRACING SOLAR ENERGY
Here in Kern County, we are proud to be a long-time leader in energy production. Now, our energy sector has grown to encompass new sources of energy. As California holds rank as first in the nation for solar power and number two in the nation for number of wind turbines, Kern County has and will continue to experience immense benefits.
Oil, natural gas, wind and solar energy have each contributed to California’s economy in important ways. Although most folks in Kern are familiar with the presence of the oil and gas industry in our community, and even have friends or family employed in the sector, the new and growing renewable industry isn’t quite as familiar. As the second fastest-growing career in the country, solar technicians account for thousands of jobs in California, including right here in Kern County. These technicians do the day-to-day behind the wind and solar projects, keeping clean power flowing to our homes and businesses.
During construction and beyond, wind and solar workers patronize local businesses, eating at local restaurants, shopping on main street and staying in local hotels. An even broader impact becomes apparent when you take a look at the supply chain — a lot of materials and components go into the making of solar energy projects. Industry dollars go to materials acquisition, manufacturing, logistics, and shipping, supporting other California sectors.
Embracing solar energy goes beyond simply serving our energy needs it has the ability to boost our local economy.
— Paul Park, IBEW Union electrician
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
I see that the Democrats in the House of Representatives have passed the Voting Rights Act. The unwritten and true title is the Voter Fraud Enabling Act.
Also Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the other Democrats are demanding that the National Guard troops remain in Washington, D.C., for two more months. They are determined to turn this nation from “the land of the free and the home of the brave” to “the land of the slave and the home of the wimp.”
— James McMahon, Bakersfield