Chloe answered, “That makes sense Jazzy cat and it follows that the information that people receive will effect their opinions on issues and other things.” I was so proud that Chloe made that connection and explained further to her that the ones that controlled the mass distribution of information could select the information they distribute in such a way as to influence public opinion to suit their agenda. They could even do this without lying. Chloe said, “Wow Jazzy cat, I see what you mean. They could only report the bad stuff you do like calling me a fat cat, outing our guard dog Chief, killing lizards just for fun, scratching the carpet, hissing for no reason and never report your good deeds and good points.” Jazzy replied, “I must admit, Chloe cat, it gives me great pleasure to see your knowledge and discernment grow under my scholarly and sometimes inspired teaching.”
Chloe reported to Jazzy that the latest Jazzy Cat approval rating poll numbers had some mixed results. Chloe said, “Jazzy Cat there were different results depending on the background information we gave the respondents before asking them if they approved of your blog. When we told them that your approval rating had been declining lately, your approval rate dropped from 60% to 56%. However, when we told them your rating had been rising lately your percentage went up to 65%. Jazzy Cat, do you think that making your approval rating part of the news actually skews the results?” I, your humble Jazzy Cat, recognized that Chloe was trying to ask me if polls could be used to manipulate public opinion. To answer and prove my answer as concisely as possible I brilliantly responded, “Chloe Cat if public opinion cannot be swayed by information, then a lot of huge corporations are wasting gazillions of dollars on advertising!”
Since yesterday, I your humble and brilliant Jazzy Cat have been meditating on the subject that Chloe brought up yesterday about humans becoming obsessed in their eager pursuit of worldly goods. While Christians also enjoy the material blessings that God has given them, their focus and priorities will be radically different from the mindset that produced the greed and fights this past Friday in American stores. Photo Meditation #41 on worldliness gives a brief overview of these two basic kinds of people.
Chloe asked, “Jazzy Cat I saw on T.V. that people camped out all night in lines to buy toys and stuff at stores yesterday. Once the stores opened and long lines formed inside, there were fights that broke out over people breaking in line. This was not hungry people seeking food, but adults wanting to buy toys, etc. for entertainment purposes. I don’t understand it Jazzy Cat. What do you think?” I, your wise and humble Jazzy Cat, replied, “Chloe Cat, I feel so sorry for WH and DH because I feel certain that it made them ashamed of being human beings when they heard about it. Although they would never do such a thing, they must realize they have a similar human nature capable of such folly apart from the grace of God.” I then explained to Chloe that we cats are above such despicable human behavior.
Chloe asked, “Jazzy Cat, did you notice that WH and DH had a relaxing and easy going day today as they celebrated and gave thanks to God for all their blessings?” I answered Chloe in the affirmative and expressed how nice it was for them to have a day like we have every day. I am getting drowsy just thinking about it.
Although I am an exceptionally blessed cat with amazing perceptive powers, I sure don’t understand the way humans want to revise history and change the thanksgiving tradition. In 1789 George Washington issued a proclamation that began as follows: Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor….. This thinking was accepted when WH and DH went to school because the Thanksgiving Holidays tradition went back many years and consisted of thanking the God of the Christian Bible for his blessings. Yet just yesterday, a local high school student told WH that he was out of school for the “fall holidays”. Make no mistake; the end game of the politically correct secular humanist crowd is to drive Christian religious practice behind closed doors and even there it will have to conform to PC thought and speech standards. The framers of the constitution were clearly concerned with protecting religious practice from government interference and not purging God from the public square. The very thing they were concerned about is now happening under the pretense of separation of church and state. Praise and thank God that his providence will prevail as George Washington understood in 1789.
After hours of meditation with her eyes shut, Chloe said, “Jazzy Cat, we have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season.” I agreed with Chloe that we did have a good life compared to poor ole guard dog Chief who has to remain outside in the cold during winter and heat in summer and even WH and DH who have to spend valuable meditating and sleeping time to go in their vehicles and bring back supplies of food and cat litter. We should certainly be thankful to God for the servants he has given us in his providence….
Jazzy responded, “Yes Chloe, animals are a political correct group. It is hard to believe, but most animals do not share the life style that we enjoy in our household, and there are organizations that seek to make the value of animals equal to human beings.” This news shocked Chloe so much that she asked Jazzy Cat, “Jazzy, what can be done to stop these organizations from lowering the value of cats to that of mere human beings?” I explained to Chloe that there are many different kinds of animals that fall well below not only cats but also humans in value. Therefore, these organizations are seeking to elevate animals to human status not up to feline level. The photo today is of me, your humble Jazzy Cat, reigning over my kingdom.
Chloe said, “Jazzy Cat can you cite any proof for your allegation this past Saturday that sensitivity training is basically a brain washing and propaganda tool for politically correct groups, and causes?” I told Chloe that the secularist post-modern world-view proponents used the MSM, the liberal left, the Hollywood entertainment industry, the college and university culture, and government to manipulate the culture to fit their world-view. Perhaps the best proof this time a year is to look at the ever present and ongoing attempt to purge Christianity from the Christmas season. Even the term “Christmas” is systematically being removed from the Christmas Holidays so as to be sensitive to non-Christians. Has it not occurred to the secular world-view culture that just maybe removing the term “Christmas” from the Christmas Holidays might be insensitive to Christians? Sure it has, but the reason is quite simply that Christians are not a political correct group in their world-view; therefore, offending Christians is O.K. The success they have had with manipulating our culture has been impressive. Chloe then looked at Jazzy Cat and said, “I sure hope cats are a politically correct group.”
Yesterday, Chloe brought up the subject of conflict resolution with your humble blogger Jazzy Cat. It reminded me that all humans have one conflict that is in desperate need of resolution. It is in fact the most important thing humans can do in their whole life and that is to resolve their conflict with almighty God the creator of the universe. Human sin and sinful nature have caused the conflict and there is only one way that this conflict can be resolved and that is through the mediator that God has provided. Paul tells us who that mediator is in 1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, For more information on who Jesus Christ is and how he provides mediation see Photo Meditation # 20.
Chloe approached Jazzy Cat cautiously and said, “Jazzy Cat, we have gotten into two big fights in the last 12 hours. Last night in bed with WH and DH you started an unprovoked fight and today at the food bowls we rumbled again. I admit that I did encroach on your food bowl after finishing mine, but did you have to slap me so hard? Anyway, I have been thinking that maybe we need to get some conflict resolution counseling and maybe throw in some sensitivity training to boot. Humans do this sort of thing all the time. What do you think?” I told Chloe that the best way to avoid a conflict is for the party of the first part (that would be her) to be completely submissive to the party of the second part (that would be me). I told her that was the cat way and would solve the conflict resolution problem with no need for counseling. I further told her that sensitivity training was an invention of a post-modern secular world-view culture and was based on tolerance toward politically correct thought, actions and groups. In short it was a human propaganda thing and did not apply to us cats. For emphasis, I called her closer and slapped her upside the head….
Chloe and I both thought it would be nice to have a photo in remembrance of our friend Duffy who passed away three months ago. She was born in Scotland and had papers on two continents. Life was a lot more interesting when we had her around and as the photo shows she was a beautiful Yorkie. She was faithful and loyal which are traits we cats sometimes struggle to achieve. We miss her…..
Chloe said, “Jazzy Cat, I think that we should get WH and DH to carry us to the beauty shop because they have a friend they went to high school with that goes to the beauty shop every week. Word on the street has it that neither rain, hail, sleet, snow nor tornado warnings can deter her from going to the beauty shop. She gets such a thorough hairdo job that it can withstand a category 3 hurricane or a wrestling match with a tag team comprised of 2 and 4 year old grandchildren. Jazzy, I really believe that it would help improve your approval number from that poll yesterday.” I replied to Chloe that humans need beauty shops and dogs need beauty shops, but we cats and especially your humble ‘Jazzy Cat’ have no need due to our stunning beauty. I had to admit, however, that withstanding a category 3 hurricane was impressive.
Chloe came running up to me today and reported that the poll numbers had just come in and my approval rating had dropped significantly from 66% to 60%. She said, “Jazzy Cat, do you think your insensitive remark about me being a fat cat and your outing the covert status of our guard dog Chief had anything to do with your poll numbers declining?” Chloe then suggested that I should have some focus groups formed to provide information on what I should say and do to get the approval rating back up. I motioned Chloe closer with a gentle purr and then slapped her upside the head with my paw. My meaning was clear…. It would be stupid to be a hypocrite, and alienate the 60% that approve, to try to regain the 6% who want me to be more sensitive. Truth and reality can sometimes be painful to face, but your humble Jazzy Cat will continue to call them as she sees them.
Chloe then asked me, “Jazzy Cat, why don’t the people of France also have some ‘Smith & Wesson’ insurance?” I explained to Chloe that France has very strict gun control laws and that the citizens there did not have constitutional protection to keep and bear arms like we have in the USA. Chloe then asked why the French Government did such a poor job of protecting people’s property. I explained to her that the French socialistic system had become so permissive that the political will to aggressively uphold law and order has been lost by their leaders. Their strategy is one of rhetoric, concessions and appeasement. Yesterday, French President Chirac, said he would uphold law and order, offered excuses for the rioting and promised to train 50,000 youths in 2007. French leaders and American liberals are both predisposed to making victims out of evildoers. Chloe said she was going to meditate on what I had told her and get back to me.
Chloe said, “Jazzy Cat, I have studied up on the burning of cars that is going on in France and have noticed how the liberal media is sympathizing with the arsonists and offering all kinds of excuses and justification for their behavior. So Jazzy, I think the next time we get a bad batch of fancy feast fish and shrimp food, we should go burn a few cars to gain sympathy for our plight.” I said to Chloe patiently, “while this strategy is working in France and may even work in San Francisco, it will not work in the south where we live because a lot of southern vehicles have a special kind of insurance that car owners advertise with a bumper sticker which says the following: ‘Insured by Smith & Wesson’.” I then explained to Chloe that we could lose all nine of our lives in a heartbeat to vehicles insured by Smith & Wesson. Chloe is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but she understood this.
Chloe pointed out yesterday that I sometimes have a bit of a problem with my mouth, tongue, and gossip. I was told the book of James in the Holy Bible deals with those problems. The book of James also points out that sanctification is part of a Christian’s life and without it there has been no justification. See Photo Meditation #16 for a brief explanation.
Last night Chloe angrily said to me, “Jazzy Cat, I cannot believe that yesterday you told the whole world on your blog that I was a fat cat. I mean really, you out our guard dog Chief by telling the whole world of his covert guard dog status and now you call me a fat cat. Well, I want you to know that I have been deluged with calls from trial lawyers wanting to represent me in a lawsuit against you for slander. They all believe that with a little venue shopping we can sue you for a gazillion dollars and my favorite one, The honorable Mr. I.R. Sleaze, didn’t even ask how much I weighed.” In a deceptive, quiet, humble voice I called Chloe over to within paw range and slapped her up side the head. My meaning was clear…. “You fool, I don’t have a gazillion dollars.”
Last night I was in WH’s lap purring and working on my 401 K when he went to a web site that had an article about Swiss and German scientists that say the sun has been hotter the last 60 are so years. Even a cat of much less intelligence than your humble Jazzy Cat would know that this would cause the earth to become warmer due to increased solar heating. This does not fit the politically correct anti-capitalism template of petroleum products causing global warming, so I doubt many people have heard about it. I would like to also report that we also have another kind of warming going on in Chloe Cat that is being caused by her ever-growing insulation due to her ongoing weight gain. In less delicate terms she has become one fat cat.
Last night around 3 am, I set an ambush for Chloe while she was sleeping with WH and DH. Due to her cat instincts she knew something was up and crept over to the edge of the bed and peeked at the floor. Our eyes met and our body language spoke volumes as we each were ready for a cat fight. My posturing and message was clear…. bring it on and lets have a ‘Top Cat’ show down. So, for the next few minutes we chased, swatted and fought each other to determine who would possess the coveted ‘Top Cat’ designation. I, of course, retained the title due to my huge advantage in brainpower. However, I sure hope we didn’t wake up WH and DH because they may get mad and impose a curfew on us like France has done to their anarchist. Is that getting tough or what?
Chloe answered, “That makes sense Jazzy cat and it follows that the information that people receive will effect their opinions on issues and other things.” I was so proud that Chloe made that connection and explained further to her that the ones that controlled the mass distribution of information could select the information they distribute in such a way as to influence public opinion to suit their agenda. They could even do this without lying. Chloe said, “Wow Jazzy cat, I see what you mean. They could only report the bad stuff you do like calling me a fat cat, outing our guard dog Chief, killing lizards just for fun, scratching the carpet, hissing for no reason and never report your good deeds and good points.” Jazzy replied, “I must admit, Chloe cat, it gives me great pleasure to see your knowledge and discernment grow under my scholarly and sometimes inspired teaching.” 
