Unlike “Navin R. Johnson”, Steve Martin’s moronic characterization in the 1979 comedy film “The Jerk” , I was not born a “poor black child”. I arrived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on the 18th of October in 1946 - the firstborn of European immigrant offspring. My father’s parents were Irish and my mother’s parents were Sicilian. Although I was born in New England and could characterize myself as “a Yankee”, the Lion’s share of my cultural identity rests in background of the people who had a hand in raising me. What I know about the warmth and affection among extended family members, I learned from my mother’s Sicilian people. My incisive wit is… brought to you by the makers of …my father’s Irish people.
Read More13. Hear ye (pay attention) all of you who are unaware (ignorant of; oblivious of; uninformed about; unfamiliar with) what I (Jehovah) am doing. Those of you who know (are acquainted; are familiar) with my power, must acknowledge (admit; testify-of ;bear-witness of) it. . . . . . . . 14. Those who bear guilt for transgressions (grievous-offenses; unrepentant-sins; failure to […]
Vexation for Villains vs. Help for Heroes/Heroines 1. Woe (reversal of fortune; trials and tribulations; problems; difficulties; trouble) to Salt Lake’s destroyers (agents employed in getting rid of Israel’s first-born heirs) and you who’ve escaped destruction and men who defraud (double-cross; embezzle; cheat; swindle) Israelites, but are never defrauded by them. Once Israelites repossess (retrieve; retake; regain; recover; recoup) their own authority, Salt […]
11. Be afraid (….be very, very afraid that something really bad is going to happen to you because its obvious that you’re pecs are totally “out-popped”)….…you spineless (cowardly; gutless; pusillanimous) embodiments of Mormon manhood. You’re living-at-ease (enjoying a comfortable life, without problems or worries) while directing Israel’s people to swallow (believe without much thought; buy; fall-for) the ridiculous assumption (notion, that is accepted, without […]