Jack Pelham

One man rolls up his sleeves right away
To check the facts,
But the other
Has to check with his feelings first
To see if he has permission.

You will not fix this world
Until you fix its people.

When telling someone the truth is taken as an offense, you can be assured that the truth of that matter is not their friend. And you can observe how they would rather change the subject to the offense itself.

They will take issue with your tone, or that will find some arrogance in you to attack. And it’s fine with them if the original point is never raised again, for they did not like that truth.

I choose to take offense
At whatever I want—
And to take offense
At you raising those eyebrows—
And at you suggesting that
I only have a right to choose
What is right for myself and not for you.

Some people just don’t get Heaven.
But maybe they’ll get it later
When they don’t get it.
And if not then,
When they get it.

But at that point,
What’s the point
Whether they get it or not?
For heaven goes on even
After they go elsewhere.

I observe that America has not yet
Had enough of having had enough.

Although she assures herself that
Push is coming to shove
And bark to bite,
She knows deep down inside that
She intends her complaining to be
The full extent of her pushover disposition.

America is proving by experiment
That is it is foolish to start up
A government and then
Trust it to take care of itself.

And at the same time,
She appears to be
Going for a world record
For the longest time spent
Trying it anyway.

Woe to the citizens of this country,
Should the nations of this world
Ever decide that they’ve had enough
Of the abuse that our unruly government
Dishes out for their own enrichment—
Against our will and our Constitution,
And often under the cover of our
Impressive ignorance.

I have never once heard of a righteous man
Giving money to both competing parties.

This is not a behavior of righteous people
Who have an interest in principle,
But of opportunists who want
To use the government
For their own profit.

Here’s a topic of huge importance that almost nobody wants to talk about. Here’s my 2016 Facebook post about a survey I ran.

August 17, 2015
I ran a survey of 106 people at Google Surveys. It was multiple choice:
What is the relationship between rationality/logic and religious faith?
A. Faith is NOT supposed to be rational/­logical
B. Faith IS supposed to be rational/­logical
C. Other (please explain)