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Here<\/a>. \u00a0Note what is and isn\u2019t listed, what is and isn\u2019t said. \u00a0Any layperson trying to slide in a \u2018sure they said this, but what they really mean is this\u2019 should not be listened to at this time. \u00a0Prayer and fasting and great amounts of reflection are in order. \u00a0Naturally we hope anyone, faithful or otherwise, is going into the voting booth having reflected on, and pondered, what it means. \u00a0I assume most have. \u00a0Nonetheless, there is not one way or another, or at all, that is the only acceptable way for True Believers Who Count. \u00a0Do your best, be informed by more than party loyalties, grudges, personal fealty or any other earthly motivation. \u00a0Let your conscience be driven by higher purposes than that. \u00a0 Godspeed, and good luck to everyone. \u00a0Remember, as bad as it is, at least as of now, we won\u2019t have soldiers standing over us with guns pointed at us ready to shoot if we don\u2019t vote the way we were told. \u00a0And so far, even in the most contentious elections in recent years, we\u2019ve not had\u00a0bloody revolutions and mass carnage. \u00a0If nothing else, that should give us a little boost of hope in this long, dreary and depression election season.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"