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Page 4A, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, June 15,2022
Releasing The Whirlwind
Special to the Ledger
By Kate Scarmalis
They are the soldiers,
the advance functionar
ies in the Soros’ funded
leftist front.
Like good soldiers,
they never question.
They march to the or-
Mimosa trees on the
side of the road are
pretty with a heavy load
of blooms right now.
Mimosas are prolific
seed producers and
spread new plants read
ily, as anyone who has
had a mimosa knows.
They grow readily along
roadsides and in vacant
areas. There are many
mimosas growing on
roadsides in Southwest
Georgia. Trees growing
on the edge of a tree
line are able to cascade
foliage and flowers to
the ground in a very
attractive fashion.
The flowers of mi
mosas range from light
pink to dark pink. The
pink part of the mimosa
flower is not petals but
the filamentous stamens.
The foliage of this tree is
dark green. The flowers
have a sweet fragrance.
Mimosas are in the le
gume family, along with
peas and beans. Thus,
seeds develop in a long
but relatively flat pea
like pod.
ders of a higher purpose.
Mission first, America
last.
Following a leaked
draft opinion by Justice
Samuel Alito, large
groups of protesters
have shown up outside
the homes of all six con-
Mimosas are fast
growing trees. When I
was a little boy, I had a
tree house in a mimosa
tree. I thought that that
mimosa and the ones
around it were huge. My
perspective has changed
since then. Mimosas
are medium sized trees
that grow no higher than
twenty to thirty-five feet
high. The leaves are
bipinnately compound,
with each leaf being
made up of literally
hundreds of very small
leaflets.
One tree expert and
author faults the mimosa
for being susceptible to a
vascular wilt disease that
can kill the tree. Maybe
I haven’t been observant
enough, but I haven’t
noticed this being a real
problem. The mimosa
is native to the middle
and Far East and was
introduced to this conti
nent in 1745. For more
information, call the Lee
County Extension Office
at 759-6025 or email me
at collinsd@uga.edu
servative Supreme Court
justices. The opinion
takes issue with deci
sions upholding federal
abortion rights in Roe v.
Wade.
“Roe was egregiously
wrong from the start,”
Alito wrote in the draft.
“We hold that Roe and
Casey must be overruled
... It is time to heed the
Constitution and return
the issue of abortion
to the people’s elected
representatives.”
“Return the issue of
abortion to the people’s
elected representatives”
are the key words in the
draft opinion. Justice
Alito asserts that Roe’s
“concocted” conclusions
were “far outside the
bounds of any reason
able interpretation” of
the Constitution, and
“usurped the power to
address [the] question
of’ abortion, and were
an “abuse of judicial
authority.”
Nowhere in the draft
does it indicate that
abortions are to be
banned in the United
States. Should the find
ing be published in a few
months, it merely returns
the power to determine
when, if, or how abortion
should be permitted to
state authority - where it
should have been in the
first place.
States will then be
able to write their own
standards for abortion
according to the values
of the people that they
represent.
Not if the flaming
Bolshies have their way.
Hosted by the pro-abor
tion rights organization,
‘Ruth Sent Us’, all six
conservative justices
- Alito, Roberts, Amy
Coney Barrett, Brett Ka-
vanaugh, Neil Gorsuch,
and Clarence Thomas
- have been subjected
to pro-choice protests
outside their homes.
Justice Alito has gone
into hiding.
Do these protesters re
ally care about abortion?
Do they personally have
feelings about a woman’s
right to abortion up to
the very minute of birth?
Some do. That’s not the
point. When the hierar
chy demands that they
show up at the homes of
Supreme Court justices
to influence judicial
decisions, show up they
must.
Federal law (18 U.S.C.
1507) prohibits any
one “interfering with,
obstructing, or impeding
the administration of
justice, or with the intent
of influencing any judge,
juror, witness, or court
officer” will face a fine
or imprisonment of one
year.
Violating federal law
presents them no prob
lem. The Entitled Elite,
with unrelenting deter
mination, feel free to
violate the law for the
“betterment” of society.
It gives meaning to their
existence.
The leftist media and
their Democrat sym
pathizers will support
their cause. Expect few
mentions in the media.
Do not expect arrests to
be made.
Do not expect support
for the plight of Supreme
Court justices from law
makers.
On March 4th of this
year, Senator Chuck
Schumer already set the
stage, railing against
conservative justices on
the steps of the Supreme
Court.
Vilifying judges for
their pro-life stance, he
raged, “I want to tell
you, Gorsuch, I want
to tell you, Kavanaugh,
you have released the
whirlwind and you will
pay the price! You
won’t know what hit you
if you go forward with
these awful decisions.”
His words may as well
have laid out plans for
future violence.
Following the release
of the leaked draft, pro-
choice radicals descend
ed on the homes of the
justices, holding signs,
wearing tee shirts with
inappropriate messag
ing, and beating drums.
How sad for the Kava
naugh children, Along
with their father, they
are bearing the brunt of
these crude protesters
who are turning their
lives inside-out.
Kavanaugh’s daugh
ters, Liza (age 14) and
her younger sister,
Margaret, have had to
grow up fast. During
their father’s Senate con
firmation hearing, they
were shushed out of the
chamber when a group
of left-wing nutjobs
began hurling insults
By Harry R. Marti
nez, Ph. D
Why Ascension?
There is a sense of
security and warmth in
keeping the status quo
provided that things
are going well for the
most part. The disci
ples of Jesus had just
experienced His death
on the Cross and then
His resurrection. Their
sorrow and then joy
were hindering their un
derstanding concerning
the ascension of Christ
back to the Father. They
desired that He remain
with them.
The psalmist had fore
told His ascension but
with limited knowledge
as to all its implications.
David wrote ... “When
you ascended on high,
you led captives in your
train; you received gifts
from men, even from
the rebellious — that
you, O LORD God,
might dwell there” (Ps
68:18 NIV). The Hebrew
Scriptures spoke of the
abode of the souls of
Old Testament believers
as being in the bosom of
Abraham. Luke records
Jesus teaching that...
“There was a rich man
who was dressed in
purple and fine linen
and lived in luxury
every day. At his gate
was laid a beggar named
Lazarus, covered with
sores, and longing to eat
what fell from the rich
man’s table. Even the
dogs came and licked
his sores. “The time
came when the beggar
died and the angels car
ried him to Abraham’s
side. The rich man also
died and was buried. In
hell, where he was in
torment, he looked up
and saw Abraham far
away, with Lazarus by
against their father.
The Kavanaugh family
not only has to concern
itself with the
protesters,
but with in
nocence lost.
And now,
they must
contend with
their very
safety.
On June
3rd, a man
dressed in
black clothing
and carrying
a suitcase got
out of a cab in front of
Kavanaugh’s residence
around 1:05 a.m. He
was carrying a Glock 17
handgun, a knife, pep
per spray, zip ties, a nail
punch, a crowbar, and
a hammer. Seeing two
U.S. Marshals who were
standing guard at the
home, he walked down
the street and called 911.
Nicholas John Roske
admitted to police that
he had intended to
assassinate Kavanaugh
due to the leaked draft
that he feared would
overturn Roe v Wade.
Allegedly he admitted
that he was angry over
the recent mass shoot
ings, and was concerned
that Kavanaugh would
further weaken gun
control laws.
So, he bought a gun. . .
Shall we change the
gun laws to restrict gun
his side” (Luke 16:19-24
NIV).
Furthermore, Jesus,
when speaking to the
thief on the Cross who
had expressed his faith
in the Crucified One,
said ... “I tell you the
truth, today you will be
with me in paradise”
(Lk 23:43 NIV). A thou
sand years earlier, the
Psalmist had prophesied
that in the ascension,
those souls in paradise,
as a result of faith in the
coming Messiah, would
be transported into the
very presence of God.
“When you ascended on
high, you led captives in
your train; you received
gifts from men, even
from the rebellious —
that you, O LORD God,
might dwell there” (Ps
68:18 NIV). The Psalm
ist saw the future reign
of Christ on this earth
in which He ... “re
ceived gifts from men.
The Apostle Paul
quoted from this Psalm
to the churches in
the area of Ephesus,
but with a significant
change ... [He] gave
gifts to men” (Eph 4:8b
NIV). Note carefully
the distinction - “to
men, instead of from
men.” That unveiled a
truth previously un
known in Scripture.
A new organism had
been born on the day
of Pentecost forming
the Church, the Body
of Christ. Ten days
after the ascension of
Christ, each Christian
was indwelt by the Holy
Spirit and given at least
one spiritual gift, at His
choosing, not man’s, to
effectively serve the ris
en and ascended Savior.
Jesus reminded the dis
ciples... “All this I have
spoken while still with
sales to people under
twenty-one? Roske is
26 years old.
Roske
also ad
mitted that
his actions
would give
his life
purpose.
It might,
although
now his
new life’s
purpose
might be
to keep
away from
Bubba.
However, the question
is whether the Demo
crats in Maryland will
bother to charge him
for a crime. Will he
even stand trial for his
actions?
A man admits his
intent to murder a Su
preme Court Justice in
his home. Has the media
gone wild with the sto
ry? Don’t exert yourself
to find mention by the
legacy media outlets.
On the New York
Times front page, a tiny
little box at the bottom
reads in fine print that
a man was arrested at
the Kavanaugh home.
Story: Page 20A.
We are living in terri
ble times.
Kate Scarmalis, retired
and loving life, is cur
rently working on her
novel, “Tell No Tales”.
Word
you. But the Counselor,
the Holy Spirit, whom
the Father will send in
my name, will teach you
all things and will re
mind you of everything
I have said to you” (John
14:25-26 NIV).
No longer would the
humanity of Christ be
confined to a given
locale or be surrounded
by only a few followers.
Jesus had asked the
Father in Gethsemane
... “My prayer is not for
them [disciples] alone.
I pray also for those
who will believe in me
through their message,
that all of them may be
one, Father, just as you
are in me and I am in
you. May they also be in
us so that the world may
believe that you have
sent me. I have given
them the glory that you
gave me, that they may
be one as we are one: I
in them and you in me”
(John 17:20-23 NIV).
Paul affirmed the Fa
ther’s answer to Jesus’
prayer when speaking
of a Christian’s death
... “We are confident, I
say, and would prefer to
be away from the body
and at home with the
Lord” (2 Cor 5:8 NIV).
Ascension guaranteed
the immediate presence
of a believer in heaven
upon physical death and
his or her bodily res
urrection when Christ
returns at the rapture
for His Church.
Editor’s note: Dr.
Martinez is an ordained
minister and was a
professor and head of
the music department at
Florida State University
School from 1975 to
2003. He is the father of
five adult children and
resides in Lee County
with his wife, Sara.
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Mimosas are in bloom now. The blooms will
result in bean-like seed pods. The mimosa
tree, although beautiful, is an exotic invasive
plant that is a prolific seed producer, and
thus has numerous seedling offspring.
Mimosa
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