My Father Said it Would be Fire.

Fire consumes all. Water cleanses. 
It separates The Foul from The Pure. 
The Wicked from The Innocent. 


And That Which Sinks 
from That Which Rises. 

Noah, The Chosen One : 

Grandfather?

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Noah.

Noah, The Chosen One :

This is your great-grandfather.

Show him respect.

Tell him your name.


Shem, The Future :

I am Shem.

My eldest.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Come closer.

Let me see you. You're a lucky boy.

I think you must have Your Mother's looks, not Your Father's.
*wink*
Come tell me about yourself.

So, what do you like most in The World?

Shem, The Future :

Berries.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

What?

Shem, The Future :

Berries.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Berries, yes.

What can compete with fresh, ripe berries? Nothing.

Yes, it's been so long I can barely remember the taste of them.

Tell me, did you bring me any?

No?

I'm craving them now.

Well, perhaps one day.

You must be tired.

It's a long way up here.

Shem, The Future : 

Yeah.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Why not rest?

How perfect.

What we need to discuss is not for boys.

Noah, The Chosen One : 

You know why I've come?

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Yes.

Before he walked on, my father Enoch told me that one day, if man continued in his ways, The Creator would annihilate This World.

Noah, The Chosen One :

So what I saw is True?

All life blotted out because of what Man has done?

Can it not be averted?

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Noah, you must trust that He speaks in a way that you can understand.

So you tell me - 

Can this destruction be averted?

Noah, The Chosen One :

No.

He sent me here.

Why send me if there's nothing I can do to stop it?

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Well, perhaps He simply sends you here to share a cup of tea with an old man.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

So, is that all you saw?

The Fires of destruction on this place?

Noah :

No, not Fire.

Water.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Water?

My Father said it would be Fire.

Noah, The Chosen One :

I saw water. Death by water.

I saw Death.

And I saw new life.

There's something more, Grandfather.

Something I'm to do. I know it.

I just didn't see what it was.

New life.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Well, perhaps there is more for you to see.

Did He not send you here to drink a cup of tea with an old man?

The Medicine Always Tastes Bad.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

She was the only one moving.

Was she hurt badly?

Shem, The Future :

She had a big cut on her belly.

Mother helped and I held her hand.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

That must have made her feel safe.

Well?

Noah, The Chosen One :

Fire consumes all.

Water cleanses.

It separates The Foul from The Pure.

The Wicked from The Innocent.

And That Which Sinks from That Which Rises.

He destroys all, but only to start again.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

You sure?

Noah, The Chosen One :

Yes.

The Storm cannot be stopped.

But it can be survived.

Luke Skywalker, The Old Man of The Mountain :

Yes.

You may need this.

It's a seed.

From The First Garden.

From Eden.

Remember, Noah,

He chose you for a reason.

Spot the Odd One Out

Texas Attorney General, Gregg Abbott: Waving the Bloody Shirt in Waco,2 Days Before People Began Blowing up (In Waco)

In Waco on Monday, Abbott sounded the alarm: “One thing that requires ongoing vigilance is the reality that the state of Texas is coming under a new 
assault, an assault far more dangerous than what the leader of North Korea threatened when he said he was going to add Austin, Texas, as one of the recipients of his nuclear weapons,”

Abbott said. “The threat that we’re getting is the threat from the Obama administration and his political machine.”

Attorney General Greg Abbott says there’s something “far more dangerous” than nuclear-armed North Korea – Democrats who want to register and motivate voters.

The Republican attorney general, who is looking at a race for governor next year, told a group in Waco that an organization formed by former Obama campaign operatives called Battleground Texas is a threat that Texans must resist. He said North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is less dangerous than the Democrats.

Battleground Texas organizers say they hope to identify and register new voters to turn the solidly Republican state blue in the next few years.

The group says Texas is ripe for change, in part because of a growing Hispanic population that historically votes disproportionately for Democrats.

The last time a Democrat won statewide office in Texas was 1994.

With its 38 electoral votes, Texas is the biggest electoral prize now held by Republicans. Abbott said that makes the state “the last line of defense” in protecting the country’s future. A Waco Tribune reporter asked Abbott following the speech why he had compared Democrats to North Korea. Said Abbott: “Republicans who are complacent are kidding themselves if they think Battleground Texas is not a threat.”

If Abbott runs for governor next year, he would face former GOP Chairman Tom Pauken in the primary. Pauken, who lacks Abbott’s campaign war chest and officeholder platform, is traveling the state talking to small groups about education, taxes and a state government in which he says political cronyism has taken root.

Abbott is wooing the party’s right wing by attacking Obama and promising to fight the U.N. He told the Waco group that he would sue the Obama administration to protect individual gun rights if the U.S. joins a United Nations global arms treaty.

Experts say a United Nations treaty would not supersede the Second Amendment. Article VI of the Constitution lists three things as supreme, in this order: 1) the Constitution, 2) federal law and 3) treaties.

In 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that treaties cannot supersede the Constitution. (Reid v. Covert). The proposed UN treaty would tighten controls over the flow of conventional arms across international lines to keep them out of the hands of terrorists, drug traffickers and criminal cartels. But Abbott warned the a U.N. pact presented an “incredible danger” to gun-owning Texans.

On March 2, 2005, Abbott appeared before the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., where he defended a Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds.

Dozens of similar monuments were donated to cities and towns across the nation throughout the 1960s by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, who were inspired by the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments; in doing so, they gained the support of the film's director Cecil B. DeMille.

The Supreme Court held in a 5-4 majority opinion, found the Texas display did not violate the Establishment Clause and was constitutional.

Hailing the Supreme Court's decision, Abbott said: "This is a great victory not just for Texans, but for all Americans. With this ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a clear message that the Texas Ten Commandments can be displayed on public grounds in recognition of the historical role they have played in the foundation of this country and its laws."

The Ten Commandments monument still stands just to the northwest of the Capitol in Austin.

Bill Hicks - Waco from Paul Coker on Vimeo.

"Seriously, David - turn yourself in....

This is HORRIBLE..."