{"id":3807,"date":"2026-03-04T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/?page_id=3807"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:18:04","slug":"monkey-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/index.php\/monkey-business\/","title":{"rendered":"MONKEY BUSINESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/monkey-business\">MONKEY BUSINESS\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>At The Highest Levels<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3808 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MonkeyDailyStar-300x199.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MonkeyDailyStar-300x199.gif 300w, https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MonkeyDailyStar-1024x680.gif 1024w, https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MonkeyDailyStar-150x100.gif 150w, https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MonkeyDailyStar-768x510.gif 768w, https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MonkeyDailyStar-272x182.gif 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>Picture this\u2026<br \/>\nseveral monkeys are milling around the elder monkey\u2026 squealing and carrying on about a rash on the elder monkey\u2019s neck.\u00a0 They are all concerned about what they see\u2026 and are completely unaware that this rash is a visible symptom of an invisible, more serious and deeper problem.\u00a0 They react out of instinct, relying on ancestral experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this example the Senior Monkey is our National Government\u2026 and the other monkeys are the several states.\u00a0 In <u><a href=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/index.php\/leaders-followers\/\">typical monkey hierarchy<\/a><\/u>, the other monkeys are distressed and working themselves into a frenzy because they cannot comprehend the situation and are scared.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think is the solution?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>(Hint\u2026 think of Einstein\u2019s saying\u2026<br \/>\n\u2018A problem cannot be solved on the level it was created.\u2019)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>What is the next level up from primates?\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Humans, obviously\u2026 who have agency and stewardship over them. \u00a0Humans have the responsibility to care for and protect their temporary, earthly home and everything on it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Humans \u2014through various communication methods\u2014 have the ability to learn, record, and share their accumulated knowledge inter-generationally.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 Yes\u2026 the solution is for the Humans to step in and determine the invisible, underlying cause and treat it to make the visible rash go away.\u00a0 The parallel relating to our government and States is that the next (and only) level is Spiritual.\u00a0 When we allow Spirit-imbued-soul energy to become part of our solutions, we start making faith oriented decisions&#8230; instead of fear based decisions.\u00a0 Faith based decisions attract and create positive outcomes&#8230; and reinforce our ability to trust in ourselves and each other&#8230; thus creating a positive generational experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Self-Government<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Governments are the creation of humans who desired to manage themselves in a peaceful, civilized way&#8230; a way that allowed them to move beyond survival&#8230; to create inter-generational progress&#8230; where their children and grand-children could benefit from this faith-oriented, experiential lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Does this sentence sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014<\/strong><strong>That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-transcript\">Independence Manifesto<\/a><\/u> goes on to say\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014<\/strong><strong>That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine that\u2026 an Independence Manifesto whose goal\u2019s and focus is on Safety and Happiness\u2026 what were these men thinking?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Where they high on something?<br \/>\nDeveloping guiding policy based on feelings?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I contend they were\u2026 high on the nectar of their spirit-imbued-soul guidance\u2026 that sweet intoxicating sense of humble exaltation\u2026 the kind that makes a person feel invincible and vulnerable\u2026 all at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 How does this relate to our monkey analogy?<\/p>\n<p>In our example, the highest level is the citizen owners, who have all the rights.\u00a0 They initially assigned specific rights and responsibilities to State Constitutions\u2026. and then \u2014As a Collective Body\u2014assigned further specific rights and responsibilities \u2014along with its own separate legal jurisdiction\u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/index.php\/when-is-jurisdiction-going-to-matter\/\">as outlined in our Federal Constitution<\/a><\/span>\u2026 to another subordinate body&#8230; reserving all other rights to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>BUT\u2026 THAT WAS 250 YEARS AGO\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>A lot has happened to intervene since then\u2026 specifically 16 generations\u2026 each with their own identity, issues, challenges, and distractions.<\/p>\n<p>The detailed and intimate story about these generations can be found in the book series <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/index.php\/generational-perspective\/\">Generations<\/a><\/u><\/strong> written by William Strauss and Neil Howe.\u00a0 Suffice it to say that their exhaustive research and detailed writings provide ample examples of what impacted, affected, and influenced each of these generations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><u><a href=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Postcard-Generation.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">View this <strong>Summation Postcard<\/strong> identifying America\u2019s current generations.<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fast forward to today\u2019s generational landscape\u2026<\/li>\n<li>What I see is disturbing\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Successive generations succumbing to the allure of self-gratification ploys\u2026<\/li>\n<li>All generations being overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of everything\u2026<\/li>\n<li>The human mind in a perpetual state of overload.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welcome to the Exponential Time Zone\u2026 where the results of successive generational choices are impacting with increasing speed, intensity, and consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>THE RESULT?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The current stewards of the American experiment of morally guided self-government are\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NOT morally guided;<\/li>\n<li>NOT morally disciplined;<\/li>\n<li>NOT morally balanced;<\/li>\n<li>NOT morally expressive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AMERICA IS IN AN EXESTENTIAL CRISIS OF AMORAL PROPORTIONS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>BLESSINGS IGNORED<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>America\u2026 as a continental nation has been blessed in many ways\u2026 from its abundant resources, to its geographic distinctions\u2026 but also in that it has never had the stain and horror of modern warfare inflicted on it\u2026 like recent elected administrations have done around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR TO ABOLISH IT<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Those are powerfully sobering words\u2026 and tell much about the Founders resolve and commitment to a faith-based form of self-imposed, self-management.<\/p>\n<p>My strong recommendation is to ALTER IT\u2026 and the first alteration needs to be the curtailment of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/sovereignhope.org\/index.php\/executive-orders\/\">Executive Order<\/a>s<\/u>, to put the Executive Branch back on equal footing with the Legislative and Judicial branches.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Orders are the single most destructive aspect of the Executive Branch.\u00a0 In their present form, they are wholly unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, all of the Special Statutes connected to these Executive Orders must be disconnected and relegated back under the supervision and control of Congress\u2026 to be altered or expunged from the legislative landscape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>CITIZEN OWNERS MUST REGAIN CONTROL OVER THEIR COUNTRY<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>As a result of America\u2019s citizen owners\u2019 abdicating their control over their civic, societal, fiscal, and moral responsibilities; fear-laden, egoically-driven, greedy men have filled this vacuum and used the good name and reputation of past American generations to establish a Ponzi scheme of epic proportions, putting the good name, reputation, and financial solvency of our American Experiment of self-government in peril.<\/p>\n<p>Witness what is currently happening.\u00a0 Witness the overt coercion being heaped on sovereign nations in the mid-east.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>NO ONE LIKES TO BE BULLIED<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Remember the soft-martial law during the height of COVID?\u00a0 Did you like be restricted\u2026 told what to do\u2026 how to act\u2026 where you could go?\u00a0 Now imagine that enforcement was without warning\u2026 that it could take everything away from you\u2026 even your life.\u00a0 Can you imagine living every day and night in such an environment?\u00a0 As a combat veteran\u2026 I can.<\/p>\n<p>That is the kind of environment that has been fostered by several recent American administrations.\u00a0 Administrations that espouse Christian values\u2026 that took an oath to our Constitution\u2026 that purportedly reveres the Rule of Law\u2026 justice\u2026 fairness and peace.<\/p>\n<p>American citizen owners MUST wake up and realize that not only our country, but also our world is at a critical place in human history\u2026 our civilized survival hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>There are angry, hate-filled men in authoritarian positions, both here and in other countries, who have the means and motivation to spill their personal vileness across our earthly home.<\/p>\n<p>The united States used to represent all that was good and decent.\u00a0 Sadly\u2026 not for several decades.\u00a0 Now our resources and military technology spread fear and hatred around the world.\u00a0 How can America\u2019s citizen owners endorse and allow such behavior?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>THE SIMPLE LITMUS TEST<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Not one of this country\u2019s citizen owners needs to look any further than their own God-given, spirit-imbued-soul to find the answers they need to solve America\u2019s current crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Using that nurturing and calming energy, look honestly at the current leadership and ask yourself\u2026 are they truly honoring their Oaths of Office?<\/p>\n<p>Are they acting as <u><a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/q\/what_does_biblical_stewardship_mean.htm\">Stewards of the people<\/a><\/u> \u2026 acting selflessly for the benefit of others?&#8230; or are they putting themselves above others\u2026 above the Rule of Law, taking advantage for personal gain and enrichment?<\/p>\n<p>Are our elected leaders honoring their Constitutional Oaths of Office?<\/p>\n<p>Do their actions and their words portray a value system that all Americans can be proud of?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>BACK TO THE MONKEYS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>To the degree that you can honestly answer these simple, yet profound questions\u2026 indicates the degree and seriousness of the underlying infection and inflammation of that visible rash that afflicts the current administration\u2026 and how quickly it can be healed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>DO NOT DELAY\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>OUR VERY EXISTENCE DEPENDS ON YOUR CANDID HONESTY, CHOICES AND ACTIONS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>No intentional disrespect or harm is directed toward monkeys.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONKEY BUSINESS\u2026 At The Highest Levels March, 2026 &nbsp; 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