MSN Article On Rick Warren

Mon. 12-29-2008

 

http://www.slate.com/id/2207554/?GT1=38001

 

I am no fan of “THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH” by Rick Warren, but my disagreement with a book the guy wrote does not blind my ability to see that he has just been targeted by extreme anti-Christian bigots in the press.  He needs the prayers and support of the Christian public.  He also needs the support of the non-Christian public that disagrees with such trashy articles somehow trying to pass themselves off as journalism.

I am no fan of Baraq Hussein Obama, but he is my president.  So he has my support.  And has my thumbs-up for having the inaugural prayer led by a Protestant Evangelical.  Way to go, sir.  I am one critic that is open to being proven wrong.  In this case, I would love it!

A Brief History of Reincarnation [By: DR. ROBERT MOREY]

Taken from www.faithdefenders.com and posted here: 

Wednes. 12-17-2008

The present popular Western concepts of reincarnation are actually refinements of the ancient theory of transmigration. This theory states that all human “souls” are involved in a cyclic series of rebirths in which the soul is eventually purged of evil by suffering, administered through the Law of Karma.

In the Indian Vedas, the word “Karma” originally meant “a sacrifice” or “a ritual act.” In the Upanishads it evolved into the concept that any act in this life will have an effect on one’s next life. Finally, in the Bhagavad Gita, Karma is viewed as a punishment in this life for evils done in the past life, with a prospect of purification for future lives.¹

According to the Law of Karma, one’s soul can be reborn into an insect, animal, or human body. For example, a gluttonous man could be reborn into a pig’s body as punishment.

The Law of Karma is the immutable law that a person pays for evil he does in this life by suffering for it in the next life. If he is reborn as a worm or as a blind girl, this is his Karma. No one can pay his Karmic debt for him. All the suffering he experiences in this life is his own fault.² The Law of Karma will always catch up with him. There is no escape.

A person’s soul, according to this doctrine, is eternal and is part of the “world soul” or “ultimate being” (sometimes called “God”). A person emanates out of this “cosmic energy” and passes through multiple cycles of rebirths until he is finally absorbed back into unconscious reality. One is “fallen” now because he is under the illusion of self-consciousness (I-am) and of subject-object relationships to the world (I-Thou and I-it). Through cyclic rebirths he will return to an impersonal nonconscious fusion with “ultimate reality.” In other words, the person was nothing, is now in trouble because he thinks he is something, but will return to being nothing through Karmic cyclic rebirth.

The theory of transmigration was disseminated into the Western world in the form of Orphic mysticism.³ Many Western pre-Socratic, and later Greek philosophers, held to Karmic transmigration in one form or the other. It became a firm Western as well as Eastern philosophic tenet.

With Eastern and Western philosophers embracing the theory of Karmic transmigration, it is remarkable that Judaism held to its revealed dogmas. Its doctrines of God, creation, sin, man, death, and salvation were contrary to the popular Eastern and Western philosophies. It is no wonder, therefore, that Judaism expended its main energy on survival and thus did not significantly influence the philosophic world.

In the world in which Christianity arose, most of the first-century Greek mystery religions, such as Gnosticism, held to various theories of Karmic transmigration. Christianity eventually displaced Karmic transmigration with its doctrine of Christ’s substitutionary atonement in which He paid all of our “Karmic debt” through His own suffering. He had no Karma of His own, but He suffered and died for our sins.⁴

In the late 1800s, secularism, liberalism, and humanism began to displace Christianity through a rationalistic denial of supernaturalism. As Christianity was stripped of the miraculous and the supernatural, a spiritual vacuum was created in the hearts of many people. A revival of the occult religions, such as spiritism, thus ensued. Because secularization had stripped Christianity of its supernatural character, people began to return to the old forms of paganism.

Occult practices and theories grew because they satisfied the desire for the miraculous and the supernatural. Thus, witchcraft, astrology and spiritism began to gain acceptance.⁵ The early part of the 20th century also witnessed a growth of occult groups which espoused reincarnation.

At present, many secularized “Christians” are gradually moving into the world of the occult. Since liberalism and neoorthodoxy have fostered the secularization of Christianity in the mainline Protestant denominations, more nominal Christians will be drawn into the occult. Liberal theology creates the vacuum which the occult fills.

The theory of Karmic transmigration has been modified to suit the Western Christian mentality. Since a “Christian” would not accept rebirth into a bug or animal, the concept was redefined so that rebirth always took place in a human body.⁶ This westernized form of transmigration was first expounded by occult groups such as Theosophy, and later by many of the Indian Hindu gurus who came to the United States. It was eventually adopted by such psychics as Jeane Dixon and Edgar Cayce.

Cayce, sometimes called “the sleeping prophet” because he gave his medical readings and prophecies while in a sleeplike trance, has done much to popularize this Western view of reincarnation. Cayce claimed to be a “Christian” who believed in reincarnation; but occult practices blended hand-in-glove with his reincarnation beliefs. He also accepted the basic metaphysical beliefs which formed the philosophic basis of reincarnation. Thus he was “Christian” in name but Hindu in belief.

The Western version of transmigration is, therefore, a “hybrid” of distinctly opposite religious philosophies, borrowing just enough of Christian doctrine to make it palatable to western minds. Because transmigrational thought infiltrated our society so gradually, few have noted what an inconsistent mixture it really is.

Dr. Robert A. Morey

 

SHANLEY’S SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY OF THIS TOPIC:

http://shop.faithdefenders.com/Horoscopes_Reincarnation_and_Christianity_p/books-colon-horoscopesreincarnation.htm

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/New-Age-Cult/Walter-Ralston-Martin/e/9781556610776/?itm=1

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Yoga-and-the-Body-of-Christ/Dave-Hunt/e/9781928660484/?itm=2

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1418516449

 

 

 

ECOMOMY IS BAD; EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PRICE OF AUDIO CD’s WILL BE REDUCED

In light of the tough economic times that everybody is facing, effective immediately we are cutting the price of the audio CD’s available for purchase through this ministry.

Audio CD singles were $10.00 each.  Until further notice, they will be reduced to $5.00 each.

The last thing we want to see happen is to see something like money become a road block for someone who is legitimately seeking to either search for the truth or to grow in an already-existing Christian faith.

This price reduction should have been done a long time ago.

CALLED BY GOD, RECOGNIZED BY MOREY, AND LICENSED BY FCC: NO ADDITIONAL OR REPLACEMENT LICENSE NEEDED OR ACCEPTED

I am aware of controversy at Faith Community Church in Irvine, CA. I am aware of issues raised by some regarding Dr. Robert Morey and Faith Defenders.

Because I was licensed to preach the Gospel by Faith Community Church in Irvine, CA, I have been called upon by more than 4 religious leaders in the Midwest to seek other licensure. As one of them put it, “You need papers that don’t have so much heat on them”. Three denominations have offered me licenses to replace the one I got from FCC.

I am refusing to do that. I am licensed to preach by Faith Community Church, signed by Dr. Robert Morey. And since I have not yet seen any evidence that this ministry has fallen into doctrinal, moral, or practical apostasy, my view of this license is that I am grateful and honored to have it. And I will continue to keep it and function as a minister using it.

As far as making a public comment regarding the specific issues there, I am still chewing on it. Many have called. Many have emailed. But I do not have any comment on it at this time.

In the future, I will be speaking on the record and making my stand very clear. But at this early stage in my investigation, it would be irresponsible of me to do so right now.

Here are some related links regarding the issues involved:

http://faithdefenders.com/morey-renounces-his-fire-membership/

http://thechristianthinker.org/moreyinterview.html

www.moreylinks.blogspot.com

http://truefaithdefended.blogspot.com/2008/11/robert-moreys-story-on-church-sale.html

http://www.cchighland.org

www.bobmorey.com

I would like to make it clear that the fact that I am putting these links here in no way endorses my agreement with the views communicated in them. I am just including them so that when my post writes about “controversies” and “issues” at the church, my readers will have some idea of what is being discussed out there. Nothing more.

bjshanley@hotmail.com
612-867-0699

Police: Abuse Of Authority, Abuse Of Power

I face a tough problem. And that problem is one in which I attempt to pass onto my children the values of respecting authority. My attempt to teach my children that the police are heroes is ruined by one thing – the police. My kids HEAR ME saying one thing, but with their own eyes they are SEEING FOR THEMSELVES something else. What are children more likely to believe? Words or actions? They believe the actions.

The police had my support. But they threw it into the trash can. After the things my children have seen regarding the police, any attempt to teach them that police are the good guys will be viewed as a fairy tale. It will be viewed as the opposite of reality. Why? Because such a teaching has not been born out in the kids’ everyday lives. It has not been affirmed by their own experience. It has not been confirmed by their own observations. All of the evidence that they have ever seen has militated against the police.

Last night in my Twin Cities neighborhood, a car alarm went off. I looked out my window. It was a neighbor of mine, trying to fix the family car. He had accidentally set off the car alarm. I cannot disclose the exact side of town I live on. But I can tell you that it is in the heart of one of the most violent areas in this part of the country. Guns, drugs, prostitution, etc. are everyday occurences. How did the police find the time to come after this guy?

The police pulled up on the gentleman. It is Minnesota in December. So it was cold out!

Rather than offering the guy a helping hand, they treated him like he was a car thief! It was HIS CAR! They threw him up against the police car. They searched him. Any attempt he made to explain the situation was countered with the nastiness and condescention of someone with a superiority complex: “I have a bade, therefore I am superior. You do not have the right to contradict me, no matter how wrong I am.” They asked him if he had drugs on him. He was insulted. They said he had no right to feel insulted by their questions. They pulled out their tasers and put it up against his neck, threatening to zap him.

The gentleman’s father was surprised to see his son in the back seat of a squad car. He did what any other father would do. He began to walk over in the attempt to find out what was going on.

How did the police, whose salaries are paid by his tax dollars, respond to him? By shining their lights at him and pulling their tazers out! Amazing that this passes for police work nowadays! They were on HIS property! They had HIS son in the back of a squad car! When he asked for an explanation, they said he did not deserve one, and he had better go back into the house. The basic message was: “Don’t interfere or we will taze you!” This was an old man. They were in the car, on the mega phone, ordering the man back into his house.

The man was visibly upset by being treated in this way. His rights were being trampled on, and so were his son’s. Any human being created in the image and likeness of a just Creator hates acts of injustice. I was upset watching all of this helplessly, and it was not happening to me. I can only imagine the emotions running through him at the time.

The police did their best to find dirt on this young man. They searched the man’s background for warrants and such – anything that would get them off the hook and make all of their behavior seem justified. If it could end in an arrest for a wanted man, then they would have an end that would justify this means. They ran into one problem: the young man’s record was clean. He had no warrants. The car checked out. It belonged to the family. He was not stealing it.

They let him out of the car as though they were doing him a favor. No apology. Just yelling back and forth with the man’s father as they got into the car. Nasty to the end. They drove away.

The family was not intimidated. They continued trying to get that car working. The alarm went off a few more times. This time, no cops. Thank God.

Some people might say that I am a bad father for allowing my children to know about this kind of activity. But I know that there are others out there who share my opinion. This happened a few feet from their doorstep. This happened in their neighborhood. They have to live in it. They have the right to see and know about what is going on.

My oldest daughter has seen more than her share of police behavior like this, in more than one city. I do not want her to hate police. Police have been there for us before. I would like her to focus more on those times. But it is hard, because the vast majority of contact she has had with the police has been negative.

Words that do not correspond to reality end up seeming like a fantasy or a story. My words about the police being civil servants who want to serve and protect the community, about them being heroes who put their lives on the line, are made to seem like a wild tale. They seem like a piece of fiction.

Because in the world she lives in, she sees people who have emotional problems. She sees people who have mental problems. She sees people who have hatred and prejudices. She sees control freaks. She sees people who think they are superior, and all who are not like them are inferior. She sees people who abuse power. She sees people who commit injustices. She sees dishonesty, as police are willing to lie and manipulate evidence in order to deliver to the D.A. the tightest case possible. She has seen police intimidate witnesses and force them to make damning statements that are untrue or go to jail themselves! She has seen police talk to people in a smart-mouthed disrespectful tone with absolutely no justification for doing so.

But since the person bringing all of this into the community has a badge, the behavior has apparently been stamped with the approval of the city! And since the person with all of these characteristics has a gun, a tazer, and a baton, the citizens (to some degree) are in a certain amount of danger.

I have given the police the benefit of the doubt. They have had the freedom to portray themselves however they would like. They have had the right to send off whatever communication they wanted to about themselves. I actually was even seeking to bias my children in the police’s favor! I wanted them to have a high view of the police. And it was working for a while. But the police themselves have messed that up pretty badly.

Sometimes I am watching the news. I see the police on there appealing to the community. I see them needing the assistance of the people in order to help solve a crime. They want to know if the people have seen something. They want to know if the people on the streets know anything. They always wonder why nobody comes forward to help them. They always wonder why they get no cooperation. It is because of the relationship that they have built with the people – one in which the people do not like them. The very people you once threatened to taze for no reason, now all of a sudden you need their help? How willing do you think they are going to be to help you out? What have you done for them?

The abuse of power I witnessed last night, literally feet from my doorstep, reminded me of a number of things I have went through in my own personal experience. I have had more police contact than the average bear. I am often in the wrong place, at the wrong time. I have seen a lot of nastiness and filth in their conduct, their communication, and their overall job performance as it relates to the community.

But I have had good experiences with police. I have witnessed cops saving lives. I have witnessed cops standing up for truth and for justice. I have seen police putting the good of the community first. I have had cops give me a break on speeding tickets here and there. I have had cops show genuine concern about the people in the neighborhood. I have seen state troopers want to make the highways safer. Good cops exist. I know this.

But my problem is, I want my kids to know this as well. Maybe good cops are a dying breed. But I hope not. To my children, good police men / women are like UFO’s – they might exist, but we’ve never seen them.

If I had owned a camcorder and I had it going last night, I would have had the most damning footage of police conduct that people had seen in a long time.

I am just very glad that today’s blog entry is not one about me having witnessed an old man being shot down like a dog on his own porch in the middle of a Minnesota winter for committing the sin of trying to find out why his son (who was attempting to fix their car) was being harrassed. Police do not like to be called into question. A narcissistic superiority complex that could have costed an innocent man the ultimate price.

The situation could have played out much worse. And at times I was really afraid that it was headed that direction. But thank God that it did not.

I will say one thing, though. When the police arrived, most of the people who were outside at the time ran like the wind. But a number of us stayed and watched the situation go down. Once the police became hip to the fact that they were being watched by myself and others, their demeanor calmed down a little bit. So I believe that the people in the community still have some influence and some power. But that can only be used if we stick together.

May good police officers not be corrupted by bad police officers. May they still stand up for all that makes America great. And may the community unite against those police who abuse their power.

 

 

BJS

612-867-0699

bjshanley@hotmail.com

 

Was Baraq Hussein Obama Born In Kenya? His Grandmother Says Yes!

FLASHBACK TO 2002: SHANLEY ON THE IRAQ WAR BEFORE IT BECAME A REALITY

Taken from an audio cassette tape originally recorded before a live audience in 2002.  This Q&A can be seen in its entirety in the book, “ISLAM” by Brian James Shanley:

QUESTION FROM AUDIENCE:  “Is it true that we are going to invade Iraq?  What do you think about that?”

 

 

SHANLEY:  “Well, at this point it is just a rumor.  And I hope it stays that way.  Everyone in here is too young to remember, but when I was in junior high we had a war with Iraq.  We drove Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.  That was back in 1991 and 92, I think.  The 1^st George Bush was president at the time.  If we had chased him back to Iraq and taken him out back then, the world would be a different place today.  But we did not.  The Clinton administration inherited having to deal with Hussein from George H.W. Bush who was president during Desert Shield, Desert Storm, whatever you want to call it.  Then George W. Bush inherited it from Clinton.  Hussein is nuts.  I am not denying it.  And every president since the Iraq war when I was young has talked about over-throwing Hussein.  But today, I am hoping that rumor stays a rumor and never becomes reality.  Our military could topple him in a matter of 60 days tops.  We could make Iraq a colony of the U.S.  But I have a few problems with that.  First of all, Iraq did not have anything to do with the attack of September 11th.  Using the attack as a reason to finally invade them would be like responding to Japan bombing Pearl Harbor by saying, ‘Okay.  Now let’s avenge this thing!  Let’s invade Spain!’.  Invading a country that was not involved will be a distraction from the task at hand.  We invaded Afghanistan this last October.  We don’t hear about it too much anymore.  Why not?  We cannot let that become a forgotten war like Korea.  Nor can we ignore that Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia are the countries that grow, train, and harbor the terrorists who plan offensives against American interests.  Invading Iraq makes no sense.  But also there is the question of how it will go in post-Saddam Iraq.  We can invade and conquer the place in 60 days, like I said.  But then what?  How long would we stay?  At what point would we pass the duty off to some new kind of free post-Saddam Iraqi government?  Or would we become their permanent occupying police?  Set up a military base?  Because I’ll tell you what.  If I am a Muslim in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Indonesia, or wherever  -  and I found out that it just became easier to kill some Americans because they have come geographically closer to me  -  I am going to Iraq for the fun and sport of it.  Even if I am not a part of the Iraq army, I am going as a representative of whatever death group or terrorist organization I am a part of.  Killing an American soldier is like a badge of honor in these countries.  So while we figure out what to do with the country we have conquered, how to divide it up or whatever we do with it, our troops will become the occupying police responsible for keeping the peace on the streets during that process.  But they will be at extreme risk.  You think the streets of Detroit are rough?  You ain’t seen nothing yet.  Iraq is not America.  There is no Pacific Ocean to the West of it.  There is no Atlantic Ocean to the East of it.  It is surrounded by countries, most of which hate us and would love to have a crack at killing some of us.  Without a serious plan in place prior to going in, it could become disastrous.  I fear that people talking about invading Iraq grossly underestimate what we would be up against, not just Iraqi soldiers defending their home but also Muslim soldiers wanting a piece of the action.  Bush is up for re-election in 2004.  American people generally do not vote to change presidents in the middle of a war, so this could be a really good way to lock up his re-election bid if he decides to go for 4 more years.  The news has talk of Iraq and Saddam being a threat.  This is true.  The news has talk of Iraq having played a role in the attacks of Septermber 11^th.  This is not true.  Inventing a war, manufacturing a reason to invade a country  -  I am not on board with it.  I am going to sound like a crazy lone nut, but I feel that we should invade Pakistan or Iran in order to find our enemies.  Maybe Saudi Arabia.  But Iraq is a distraction.  And I feel to some degree that the current administration is pulling the wool over the people’s eyes.  But I am in the minority on that one.  Who knows?  Time will tell the story.  But in answer to your question, apart from the removal from power of Saddam Hussein, it is hard for me to see much good coming out of a 2^nd war with Iraq.  It makes no sense to me and I hope that the talk begins to shift another direction as soon as possible.”

 

 

 

 

 

MINNESOTA 2008 SENATORIAL ELECTION – NORM COLEMAN vs. AL FRANKEN

Election night was 2 weeks ago. The results were that Norm Coleman was the winner. The margin was small, but nonetheless the winner was declared.

Here we are, half a month removed. And the people of Minnesota still have no security about who their representative in the Senate will be. Why? Because Franken will not concede. In order to keep his own agenda and his own career moving, he is willing to put the people of Minnesota through countless recounts, and recounting of the recounts. He will not stop until he gets the result he wants. Soon he will be filing lawsuits.

If you were running for office and the ballots demonstrated that the people had elected the other guy, would you not concede? Would you not have the mentality of, “Oh, well. I did my best. It is time to move on. Maybe I can try again down the road.”? For the sake of the people who have to go through this, would you not put your own pride aside?

But what if your motive for running has nothing to do with the best interest of the state? What if you could not care any less about the people? Then you will drag it out. You will demand endless recounts. You will file lawsuits. You will pout and cry like a baby who has just been told no by their parents and cannot handle it. This is Al Franken.

The fact that he got this many votes at all makes me embarrassed to be from Minnesota. But if we elected a wrestler for governor in 1998, and then sent a Nation of Islam member to swear in on a Qur’an to the House of Representatives, then I guess there are no boundaries here. We would elect Adolf Hitler or Bozo the Clown if they were running on a Democratic ticket.

But when the rubber hits the road, despite all of the voter fraud of the fake names, the robots who let the TV news dictate to them who they should vote for, the registered dead folks, the illegal immigrants, and all of these things that were trying to get Democrats into their various offices – if you have all of that going for you and yet you still did not win, it is time to throw in the towel.

Al Franken says he cares about Minnesota. He says he is trying for the best interests of the people who live and work here. Then don’t just SAY it. PROVE it. Do the honorable thing and concede. Let the people have the freedom to speak without manipulating the election. And let the people have the security of knowing who their Senator will be. Because the not knowing is worse than the knowing, even if in knowing you know someone is going into office that you did not support – atleast you know who it is. There is no question mark. You can move on to the “acceptance” stage of things.

If, because of the closeness of the race, a mandatory recount is the law, fine. But after it is over Franken needs to accept it, and stop trying to get into the Senate through these tactics. It is tough enough to take a Saturday Night Live comedian seriously as a Senatorial candidate, without all of this other crap being added to the pile.

We call on Franken to shake the hands of the winner, and then allow both the Senator and the people of Minnesota to move on with the job of trying to fix the mess our country is in, and the bigger mess we seem to be headed into. If the recount happens and he does not win, and he complains even more, the people of Minnesota must speak out against him. After this fool returns to his lights, his cameras, and his Hollywood action, we all still have to live and work here.

BJS

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NEW BOOK DROPS TODAY

I have put out the book “ISLAM” today.  Nothing fancy, but it will be helpful as an introduction to the religion of Islam.  It is a transcript of a question and answer session that I did with a group of high school kids in February of 2002.  The conversation went off into other areas, but I only published the Islam-related content.

There are pictures of Al-Ilah moon god archeology as well as pre-Uthman manuscript photos of the Qur’an.  There are photographs of Clarence 13X and Wallie Dodd Ford, too.

It was a good night of Q&A, and now it is preserved forever in print.  Please support the project and pick up a copy for you or someone you know who has questions about Islam, or who is a Muslim.  The volume is short, but there will be something of substance for all to chew on.  Thanks.

 

“ISLAM” by:  Brian James Shanley  -  link below

http://www.lulu.com/content/4865179

B.H.O. Wins White House

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/11/20081155293464248.html

In 2004, the media as well as Michael Moore (through the instrument of the propaganda piece “Farenheit 911″) crammed John Kerry down our throats.  But in the end, the people proved that they would not be fooled by this, and they made a statement that they would not be told what they should believe or how they would vote.  They were intelligent.  They were independent.  They were non-robots.  They re-elected George W. Bush.

Last night’s election demonstrated, however, that it only took 4 years for all of that to change.  It showed a new America  -  one in which the news, the entertainment industry, the public school system, and the secular universities have taken away people’s rights to independent thought by dictating to them who to vote for.  4 years ago they tried it, but the American people rejected the attempt.  This year, they have swallowed it up.

And the result?  We have put a radical straight out of the 1960’s into the White House.  Both he and his 1st Lady have used classic Marxist and Socialist terminology in defining his program for our country.

When a conservative gets into the White House, you often see liberals in full rebellion.  Half-naked activists throwing piles of manure and breaking windows is how they like to show their displeasure.  No respect for the office, unless one of their own has it.

I will not take their path.  I think that the wrong choice was made.  I think people fell for a grand hustle.  But I will not sit there like so many liberals did after the 2000 election and say, “Atleast we can get him impeached”.  I am going to show respect to the office.  I am going to respect the Commander-In-Chief.  I am going to accept that this was part of God working out His system in human history, and I will watch it all play out.  He is sovereign.

But many of the different and conflicting groups of people who helped Baraq get into the White House are already coming in to collect on the marker.  And if he cannot pay it back, it will be dark times for us as a nation.

Click on the link above and see the Al-Jezeera article.  The international community is already testing Baraq by talking tough and making demands.  Until he demonstrates different, they will view him as an appeaser to terrorism.

I am not of the opinion that he deserves to be where he is, or that the reasons for which he won were just.  He will have to show me something between now and 2012 if he wants my vote for re-election.

But the fact that he is there, I have no choice.  I am bound by my loyalty to my country to support him.

The country has been influenced by people with special interests to elect someone who does not have a Western or a Capitalist mentality.  This is a day I never thought I would see, where something as sacred as an election could be manipulated. 

For the first time in my adult life, I am truly afraid for the future of my country.

Brian James Shanley

bjshanley@hotmail.com

612-867-0699