The foreign interests used the pleasures of wealth and sex as the foundation of their plan to blackmail those with political, judicial or media power. The moral character of a good many across this spectrum was weak enough that they took the bait.
When the foreign interests informed those entrapped of the incriminating evidence possessed against them, they realized they were compromised. They should have resigned and faced the appropriate punishments exposing the infiltration of those foreign interests in the process. Instead they decided it was safer for them to do what the foreign interests told them to do.
That is, it was safer until those with stronger moral character exposed them and drained their putrid swamp.
Linked to Six Sentence Story where Denise offers the prompt word “foundation”.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Sounds like quite an overdue chore. No one ever believes s/he will be caught.
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It is overdue. I regret anything I’ve done in the past to make that chore more difficult to do today. Thank you!
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Thought provoking, Frank. Great writing.
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Thank you, Robbie!
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I heard this in the voice of a Federation Councilor in a “Star Wars” film…
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That would well describe the perspective I was taking in writing this. Thank you, Chel!
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I’ve been reading Jeremiah…and I’m beginning to agree with some preachers who have said for years that the USA is a modern Babylon; if true, time will soon run out for our country to repent.
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I also think the USA is a modern Babylon. Jonathan Cahn says the time for repentance is running out as well. I pray it is not too late.
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I agree with J. Cahn–and I’m praying everyone wakes up soon.
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I agree with Jonathan Cahn as well. I repent of anything that I or any of us have done to bring us to this position. I pray that God heals our land.
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I’ve had to do some repenting as well, and of course I’m praying.
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alas, the weakness of individual is as much the cause of evil as those who tempt for their own advantage.
the serpent wasn’t the cause of the Fall, the decision to believe the whispers of vanity was.
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Good point. All the serpent could do was tempt through deception. That is what the serpent was guilty of. The punishment could have stopped there.
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GReat six. Z and Z summed it UP perfectly. We are in deep dukie and continue to bury ourselves daily!
Excellent post.
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Thank you!
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These things have the potential to become a culture, if not checked in time.
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Thank you, Reena!
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The saying “oh, what a tangled web we weave,/when first we practice to deceive” is what immediately came to mind.
Easier to walk down the path than it is to find your way back once lost.
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That would be the message. Thank you, Denise!
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It sometimes seems the ones who boast of good moral character the most are the ones who have it the least. Great six!
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Good point. Boasting of good moral character may be a sign of lower moral character. Thank you!
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Then there are the good ones who are clean and honest, who are subjected to dirty tricks and misinformation campaigns. The putrid swamp is deep. Excellent and true six.
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Good point about those who are clean and honest. They exist as well. Thank you!
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