Incredibly Prophetical

[CIRF]

How much more spot on can a guy be? This vidoe will sure make you think, and when you listen to this, remember the commentary was broadcast almost 50 years ago on April 3, 1965.

I suspect many of you have heard this but it surely bears another listen. It's just a bit creepy to think that this commentary was composed in the 1960's but is absolutely a dead solid correct.

https://youtu.be/ZaGVCO6CByQ

[Clayton_Wetter]

Glad you posted that one CIRF. That was so spot on true and totally applies to today.

[CIRF]

You're welcome Mr. Wetter, I thought you might like listening to it.

[Raceready]

So very very GOOD! I liken the part about " Our father who art in Washington to the current wave with Oscummers arrogance ! I enjoyed Paul Harvey way back when. He ended each broadcast with a healthy " GOOD DAY " !! If you let that play through to the next one it has a another masterpiece playing showing Ronald Reagans common sense speech as compared to a modern day liberal speech. Great stuff !

[25drtrkr]

And thats "the rest of the story"!......Those of us that have been involved in a Conservative Bible believing church, have been warned of this for the last 50 years. Whaaaaaat! The Bible is true! Yes it is, and its one thing you can count on these days!

[Raceready]

And thats "the rest of the story"!......Those of us that have been involved in a Conservative Bible believing church, have been warned of this for the last 50 years. Whaaaaaat! The Bible is true! Yes it is, and its one thing you can count on these days!

A year ago I was facing a rusty project and for the life of me I couldn't remember that black paint he did the ad for nor the hardware store that handled it ? The paint was supposed to cover rust and then the rust would never come back. I know it wasn't Rustoleum. Of course the Bible is true and its the same now as it ever was and its teachings will never change. That's why we based our constitution on it !

[kidrock]

Thanks for sharing CIRF.

[CIRF]

You are also welcome Mr. Rock.

[25drtrkr]

A year ago I was facing a rusty project and for the life of me I couldn't remember that black paint he did the ad for nor the hardware store that handled it ? The paint was supposed to cover rust and then the rust would never come back. I know it wasn't Rustoleum. Of course the Bible is true and its the same now as it ever was and its teachings will never change. That's why we based our constitution on it !

Thats right RR!... You dont hear this often but 23 original signers of the Constitution were ordained Christian ministers! But all the naysayers claim that religion had no part in it! Thats partially true, but Christianity isn't a religion!

[mudslinger47]

I have heard that before, but its been many years.... smacks of truth, more so every day... Good one CIRF

[buster83]

what would Teddy Roosevelt do today.

[CIRF]

what would Teddy Roosevelt do today.

From what I've read about Ol' Teddy he'd probably slap a bunch of people up side the head and tell 'em to straighten up before the country is completely ruined. It's generally accepted that Teddy was a no nonsense kind of guy that spoke from the heart and wasn't afraid of a fight.

[25drtrkr]

From what I've read about Ol' Teddy he'd probably slap a bunch of people up side the head and tell 'em to straighten up before the country is completely ruined. It's generally accepted that Teddy was a no nonsense kind of guy that spoke from the heart and wasn't afraid of a fight.

Sounds bout like Donald to me! Trump 2016

[CIRF]

Believe me, I'm not looking for a pissing match this close to Christmas (LOL) but I'm not sure Donald knows nearly as much as Roosevelt did in regards to how government works and what it takes to efficiently get things done. And I don't believe Roosevelt went out of his way to alienate people like Mr. Trump does.

I'm not completely sold on Trump..........................yet. But on the same token I know for sure we don't need a rapist enabler and a remorseless liar that is so crooked that she can't lay in bed straight as our President, either.

[formercrewguy]

How much more spot on can a guy be? This vidoe will sure make you think, and when you listen to this, remember the commentary was broadcast almost 50 years ago on April 3, 1965.

I suspect many of you have heard this but it surely bears another listen. It's just a bit creepy to think that this commentary was composed in the 1960's but is absolutely a dead solid correct.

https://youtu.be/ZaGVCO6CByQ

While I agree with most of what Paul Harvey has said over the years, one must be totally honest. The YouTube version that you linked, and is going around the internet now, is NOT from 1964, but rather 1996. Paul's "If I were the devil" series did start in 1964, but as an op-ed piece to newspapers, and also on his radio show. He expanded on it through the years, adding sentences as the current news of the day dictated.

It would be nice if he predicted all these things way back in the 60's, but it just isn't so.

[CIRF]

While I agree with most of what Paul Harvey has said over the years, one must be totally honest. The YouTube version that you linked, and is going around the internet now, is NOT from 1964, but rather 1996. Paul's "If I were the devil" series did start in 1964, but as an op-ed piece to newspapers, and also on his radio show. He expanded on it through the years, adding sentences as the current news of the day dictated.

It would be nice if he predicted all these things way back in the 60's, but it just isn't so.

You're correct, the version I posted originally aired in 1996. He did do a version of "If I Were The Devil" in 1964 and that original version evolved into the '96 version. There are some similarities but the text of the '96 version deviates quite a bit from the '64 version but the primary theme is still relatively prophetic.

fcg, thanks for pointing out the discrepancy, I should have given due diligence prior to posting and erroneously identifying the 1996 version as the 1964 version.

Here is the actual transcript of the 1964 version of Paul Harvey's "If I Were The Devil":





If I Were the Devil

If I were the Prince of Darkness I would want to engulf the whole earth in darkness.

I'd have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree.

So I should set about however necessary, to take over the United States.

I would begin with a campaign of whispers.

With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whispers to you as I whispered to Eve, "Do as you please."

To the young I would whisper "The Bible is a myth." I would convince them that "man created God," instead of the other way around. I would confide that "what is bad is good and what is good is square."

In the ears of the young married I would whisper that work is debasing, that c ocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be "extreme" in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct.

And the old I would teach to pray — to say after me — "Our father which are in Washington."

Then I'd get organized.

I'd educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull, uninteresting.

I'd threaten TV with dirtier movies, and vice-versa.

I'd infiltrate unions and urge more loafing, less work. Idle hands usually work for me.

I'd peddle narcotics to whom I could, I'd sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction, I'd tranquilize the rest with pills.

If I were the Devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects, but neglect to discipline emotions; let those run wild.

I'd designate an atheist to front for me before the highest courts and I'd get preachers to say, "She's right."

With flattery and promises of power I would get the courts to vote against God and in favor of pornography.

Thus I would evict God from the courthouse, then from the schoolhouse, then from the Houses of Congress.

Then in his own churches I'd substitute psychology for religion and deify science.

If I were Satan I'd make the symbol of Easter an egg

And the symbol of Christmas a bottle.

If I were the Devil I'd take from those who have and give to those who wanted until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. Then my police state would force everybody back to work.

Then I would separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines and objectors in slave-labor camps.

If I were Satan I'd just keep doing what I'm doing and the whole world go to hell as sure as the Devil.

[25drtrkr]

Believe me, I'm not looking for a pissing match this close to Christmas (LOL) but I'm not sure Donald knows nearly as much as Roosevelt did in regards to how government works and what it takes to efficiently get things done. And I don't believe Roosevelt went out of his way to alienate people like Mr. Trump does.

I'm not completely sold on Trump..........................yet. But on the same token I know for sure we don't need a rapist enabler and a remorseless liar that is so crooked that she can't lay in bed straight as our President, either.

I don't really like the pissing match either, but at least Trump is calling her out for her continuous lies. I'd like to see a little more detailed plan from Trump, to fix our countries' problems.

One thing for sure, I believe it was Jeb Bush that said during the last debate, that anyone on that stage would do a far better job than what we have right now! I'll give a big AMEN, right there!

[mudslinger47]

I wouldn't say I'm completely sold on The Donald either, but we could do a dran site worse then him, and if he ends up falling on his sword before the primary or during it, Ted Cruz is there to pic up the pieces.... Either way, I think were covered..

[ss12]

I will be voting for the Jill Stein the Green party. In a 2 horse race where both horses share the same owner, dose it really matter which horse finishes in 1st? The owner wins either way.

[CIRF]

I don't think anyone owns Trump. At least not to the extent that all the others are "owned".


If Trump becomes the nominee of the Republican Party for President I really hope he stays in the category of "can't be bought". We've had way too much of that for way too long.