Monday, November 30, 2009

Out with the Old in with the New

The entire White House "social" staff must be replaced as does the entire Secret Service contingent responsible for the protection of the president and White House. They are laughing stocks and have lost the respect of the public and the fear of their enemies. Nothing less is acceptable. They succeed AND fail as a team.
 

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

Tiger Trouble

Tiger Woods is making the same mistake the Iranian government made when they tried to muzzle the Internet, Facebook, Twitter etc. It cannot be done. Woods has banked on his popularity with the public for his wallet now he has to be accountable to that same public for his misdeeds. If he continues to stonewall he will only hurt himself. He had better explain in detail now or he will certainly explain later. Interesting how egos think they are larger than life. Woods can drop as fast as he rose and my guess is he cannot afford to live in the style to which he has become accustomed without the fawning of the public. If he lied to the police he had better make them happy because they can make him miserable.
 

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Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Harry Truman - Matthew Algeo

Harry  Truman was a different kind of President.  He probably  made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's  history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure  of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the  White House.

The only asset he had when he died was the  house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . His  wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than  their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives  there.

When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a  year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and  personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and,  later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per  year..

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated,  Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was  no Secret Service following them.

When offered  corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating,  "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and  that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on  his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't  consider that I have done anything which should be the reason  for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

As  president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food..

Modern politicians have found a new level of  success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold  wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to  become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their  offices. Political offices are now for sale.  (sic.   Illinois )

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he  observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player  in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth,  there's hardly any difference!"

I say dig him up and clone him!!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Killings on the Canal

In war you kill people. In WWII many Germans were shot trying to surrender. Many German wounded were killed to prohibit them from fighting again. Same with Japanese soldiers. Same with our soldiers. In war you see your buddy as a puddle of road kill or you find parts of him. In war the soldier is on the edge. He knows he could be killed at any time. In war you are shot at and when you shoot back you find their are non combatants but are you sure? In war a 12 year-old girl can kill you as easily as a experience soldier. The murder of a couple of civilians is inconsequential. Free those soldiers. No one should judge unless they have been there even if they are a General.
 
 

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If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Road to Rome

Throughout our history as a country when we did not like a group we declared them not human. Native Americans were considered savages and inhuman. Black people were considered slaves and not human and now we are doing it to babies. When combined,abortion and birth control allows people to have sex with anyone and anything at anytime. We are Rome and Obama is Nero. He didn't start it but he is supporting it. Some day we can expect repercussions.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Broken Windows and Power of Context

There is what is called Broken Windows theory. The argument is that crime is the inevitable result of disorder. If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes. Broken windows are invitations to more serious crimes.

 

Muggers and robbers, whether opportunistic or professional, believe they reduce their chances of being caught or even identified if they operate on streets where potential victims are already intimidated by prevailing conditions. If the neighborhood cannot keep a bothersome panhandler from annoying passersby, the thief may reason, it is even less likely to call the police to identify a potential mugger or to interfere if the mugging actually takes place.

 

This is an epidemic theory of crime. It says that crime is contagious---just as a fashion trend is contagious---that it can start with a broken window and spread to an entire community. The impetus to engage in a certain kind of behavior is not coming from a certain kind or person but from a feature of the environment.

 

In New York City removing graffiti from the subway system resulted in a lowering of the crime rate.

 

The graffiti cleanup took six to seven years. At that time the second phase of the subway cleanup began. They began to crack down on fare-beating/ Why? Because it was believed that like graffiti, fare-beating could be a signal, a small expression of disorder that invited much more serious crimes. An estimated 170,000 people a day were entering the system without paying a token. Once one or two or three cheat the system other people --- who might never otherwise have considered evading the law --- would join in, reasoning that if some people weren't going to pay, they shouldn't either, and the problem would snowball.  Because there was only $1.25 at stake, the transit police didn't feel it was worth their time to pursue it, particularly when there were plenty of more serious crimes happening down on the platform and in the trains.

 

Fare-beaters would be nabbed one by one, handcuffed and left them standing in a daisy chain on the platform until they had a "full-catch." The idea was to signal, as publicly as possible that the transit police were now serious about cracking down of fare-beaters. A check was done on all arrested. One out of seven arrestees had an outstanding warrant for a previous crime and one out of twenty was carrying a weapon of some sort. After a while the bad guys left their weapons home and paid the fare.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Health Care Plan and Congress

Reference the current debate on Health Care. Your credibility is at stake here. Voting for or against Health Care for the people while you as a member of Congress have a separate and superior plan will work against you in the next election. I encourage you to cancel congress's special health care plan and go with the one you want or don't want for the people. If you vote against a Health Care plan for the people then you go without also. I also encourage you to cancel congress's retirement plan and go with social security. It is time, it is passed time for members of congress to reject privilege and exhibit moral, ethical, and honest leadership.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Measure of Success

If Obama can get the United Statesback with its once Allies he will have been a success. Without that no one will work with us. The number of countries buying and selling in dollars will dwindle. Our economy will continue in limbo. Lou Holtz says he never talks about his problems because 90% of the people don't care because they have their own problems and 10% are glad he has them. For the United States as a result of the Bush presidency 10% of the countries don't care because they have their own problems to deal with and 90% are glad we have them and will do nothing to help us.
 
The only thing that that can help us is if Obama is successful in getting our Allies to be friendly and helpful again. Complaining about Obama in the media does nothing except possibly discourage our Allies.
 

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To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question . . . or is it?

NCAA Rules Encourage Illegal Behavior

There is what is called Broken Windows theory. The argument is that crime is the inevitable result of disorder. If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes. Broken windows are invitations to more serious crimes.

Muggers and robbers, whether opportunistic or professional, believe they reduce their chances of being caught or even identified if they operate on streets where potential victims are already intimidated by prevailing conditions. If the neighborhood cannot keep a bothersome panhandler from annoying passersby, the thief may reason, it is even less likely to call the police to identify a potential mugger or to interfere if the mugging actually takes place.

This is an epidemic theory of crime. It says that crime is contagious---just as a fashion trend is contagious---that it can start with a broken window and spread to an entire community. The impetus to engage in a certain kind of behavior is not coming from a certain kind or person but from a feature of the environment.

In New York City removing graffiti from the subway system resulted in a lowering of the crime rate.

You might wonder what this has to do with two college students using a pellet gun to commit a robbery. Circumstances and situations may make committing a crime more inviting, make it seem more logical. Circumstances or the environment may encourage a person inclined to criminal behavior to act or to pause. Circumstances or the environment do not turn a criminal into a law abiding citizen but they might cause an otherwise law abiding citizen think twice about committing a crime.

NCAA rules allow athletes on scholarship to earn up to $2,000 during the school year working part-time jobs. In principle, it's a step in the right direction. In reality, it's a cruel joke. Given the demands of being a college athlete, putting in 20 hours a week at a part-time job is not very practical. The hours athletes would spend working at a job are already spoken for. Typically, they already spend that much time every week in team meetings, practices and traveling to out-of-town games. And depending on the sport, the time demands during the off season aren't that much different from the actual season. That's why college athletes should be paid some kind of reasonable stipend which should be made part of the awarded scholarship. Since they don't have the time to work, it's the only way they can receive money without breaking any NCAA rules. It's the fair thing to do, especially for those athletes who come from low-income families. True, athletes who are on a "full ride" have all the basics covered for school: tuition, books and room and board. Even so, the scholarship does not include a spending money allowance to help cover incidental expenses such as laundry and bath items or being able to go to the movies or buy a hamburger and french fries.

The question is would some of the criminal behavior by University of Tennessee athletes been avoided if not for the NCAA rules.

Robbery is never the solution but a change in circumstances may deter someone from thinking it is. These fellows need to be punished but can something to be done to help others avoid making the same bad decision?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Measurement of Success

A country satisfies its interests more easily when those interests are compatible with the interests of others. During the Cold War, at least with its Allies, the United States pretty much adhered to this concept.

After 9/11 Bush abandoned this approach. He thought the power of the United States was uncontested. He issued demands. No president had ever told so many other governments what they "must" do. He demanded other countries choose to align with the United States or they would find themselves against the United States. He said he was going to rid the world of evil with him as the judge to decide which.

The power of the United States is substantial but considering the events of the past several years, not the least of which being the Iraq War, his "for us or against us" appears foolhardy. Bush's policies did yet unseen damage.

By overstating the Islamist danger, George committed the United States to an open-ended global war that cannot succeed.

If Obama can get the United States back with its once Allies he will have been a success. Without that no one will work with us. The number of countries buying and selling in dollars will dwindle. Our economy will continue in limbo. Lou Holtz says he never talks about his problems because 90% of the people don't care because they have their own problems and 10% are glad he has them. For the United States as a result of the Bush presidency 10% of the countries don't care because they have their own problems to deal with and 90% are glad we have them and will do nothing to help us.

The only thing that that can help us is if Obama is successful in getting our Allies to be friendly and helpful again. Complaining about Obama in the media does nothing except possibly discourage our Allies.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Politics requires artful dissembling

"Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling." Politics requires artful dissembling. Those who aspire to the presidency offer large promises, while delicately skirting any complications that might call into question their ability to translate promise into reality. The Big Lies are not the pledges of tax cuts, universal health care, family values restored, or a world rendered peaceful through forceful demonstrations of American leadership. The Big Lies are the truths that remain unspoken: that freedom has an underside; that nations, like households, must ultimately live within their means; that history's purpose, the subject of so many confident pronouncements, remains inscrutable. Above all, there is this: Power is finite. Politicians pass over matters such as these in silence. As a consequence, the absence of self-awareness that forms such an enduring element of the American character persists.  

Friday, November 13, 2009

No Time for Complaining.

Obama is president. The democrats are in power. The republicans failed us miserably when they had a chance. Now is not the time for the critics to continue to complain. It is time for all of us to work together. Passed time.  If I was Obama I would be more likely to listen to constructive ideas than complaints. Complaining also puts him in the siege mentality and that is no help. Complaining is time spent whining and not productive. When I was working and my department had a problem we had to solve I permitted no recitation of the problem. We knew the problem We needed ideas. Our country is in the same position today. As they say United we stand and divided we fall. Currently we are falling big time.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris, December 20th, 1787



Paris, Dec.20, 1787

Dear Sir,
My last to you was of Oct. 8 by the Count de Moustier. Yours of July 18. Sep. 6. & Oct. 24. have been successively received, yesterday, the day before & three or four days before that. I have only had time to read the letters, the printed papers communicated with them, however interesting, being obliged to lie over till I finish my dispatches for the packet, which dispatches must go from hence the day after tomorrow. I have much to thank you for. First and most for the cyphered paragraph respecting myself. These little informations are very material towards forming my own decisions. I would be glad even to know when any individual member thinks I have gone wrong in any instance. If I know myself it would not excite ill blood in me, while it would assist to guide my conduct, perhaps to justify it, and to keep me to my duty, alert.

I must thank you too for the information in Thos. Burke's case, tho' you will have found by a subsequent letter that I have asked of you a further investigation of that matter. It is to gratify the lady who is at the head of the Convent wherein my daughters are, & who, by her attachment & attention to them, lays me under great obligations. I shall hope therefore still to receive from you the result of the further enquiries my second letter had asked. The parcel of rice which you informed me had miscarried accompanied my letter to the Delegates of S. Carolina. Mr. Bourgoin was to be the bearer of both & both were delivered together into the hands of his relation here who introduced him to me, and who at a subsequent moment undertook to convey them to Mr. Bourgoin. This person was an engraver particularly recommended to D'r. Franklin & Mr. Hopkinson. Perhaps he may have mislaid the little parcel of rice among his baggage.

I am much pleased that the sale of Western lands is so successful. I hope they will absorb all the Certificates of our Domestic debt speedily, in the first place, and that then offered for cash they will do the same by our foreign one.

The season admitting only of operations in the Cabinet, and these being in a great measure secret, I have little to fill a letter. I will therefore make up the deficiency by adding a few words on the Constitution proposed by our Convention. I like much the general idea of framing a government which should go on of itself peaceably, without needing continual recurrence to the state legislatures. I like the organization of the government into Legislative, Judiciary & Executive. I like the power given the

Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly. For tho' I think a house chosen by them will be very illy qualified to legislate for the Union, for foreign nations &c. yet this evil does not weigh against the good of preserving inviolate the fundamental principle that the people are not to be taxed but by representatives chosen immediately by themselves. I am captivated by the compromise of the opposite claims of the great & little states, of the latter to equal, and the former to proportional influence. I am much pleased too with the substitution of the method of voting by persons, instead of that of voting by states: and I like the negative given to the Executive with a third of either house, though I should have liked it better had the Judiciary been associated for that purpose, or invested with a similar and separate power.

There are other good things of less moment. I will now add what I do not like. First the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly & without the aid of sophisms for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction against monopolies, the eternal & unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land & not by the law of nations. To say, as Mr. Wilson does that a bill of rights was not necessary because all is reserved in the case of the general government which is not given, while in the particular ones all is given which is not reserved, might do for the audience to whom it was addressed, but is surely a gratis dictum, opposed by strong inferences from the body of the instrument, as well as from the omission of the clause of our present confederation which had declared that in express terms. It was a hard conclusion to say because there has been no uniformity among the states as to the cases triable by jury, because some have been so incautious as to abandon this mode of trial, therefore the more prudent states shall be reduced to the same level of calamity. It would have been much more just & wise to have concluded the other way that as most of the states had judiciously preserved this palladium, those who had wandered should be brought back to it, and to have established general right instead of general wrong. Let me add that a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, & what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences. The second feature I dislike, and greatly dislike, is the abandonment in every instance of the necessity of rotation in office, and most particularly in the case of the President. Experience concurs with reason in concluding that the first magistrate will always be re-elected if the Constitution permits it. He is then an officer for life. This once observed, it becomes of so much consequence to certain nations to have a friend or a foe at the head of our affairs that they will interfere with money & with arms. A Galloman or an Angloman will be supported by the nation he befriends. If once elected, and at a second or third election out voted by one or two votes, he will pretend false votes, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government, be supported by the States voting for him, especially if they are the central ones lying in a compact body themselves & separating their opponents: and they will be aided by one nation of Europe, while the majority are aided by another. The election of a President of America some years hence will be much more interesting to certain nations of Europe than ever the election of a king of Poland was. Reflect on all the instances in history antient & modern, of elective monarchies, and say if they do not give foundation for my fears. The Roman emperors, the popes, while they were of any importance, the German emperors till they became hereditary in practice, the kings of Poland, the Deys of the Ottoman dependances. It may be said that if elections are to be attended with these disorders, the seldomer they are renewed the better. But experience shews that the only way to prevent disorder is to render them uninteresting by frequent changes. An incapacity to be elected a second time would have been the only effectual preventative. The power of removing him every fourth year by the vote of the people is a power which will not be exercised. The king of Poland is removeable every day by the Diet, yet he is never removed. Smaller objections are the Appeal in fact as well as law, and the binding all persons Legislative Executive & Judiciary by oath to maintain that constitution. I do not pretend to decide what would be the best method of procuring the establishment of the manifold good things in this constitution, and of getting rid of the bad. Whether by adopting it in hopes of future amendment, or, after it has been duly weighed & canvassed by the people, after seeing the parts they generally dislike, & those they generally approve, to say to them `We see now what you wish. Send together your deputies again, let them frame a constitution for you omitting what you have condemned, & establishing the powers you approve. Even these will be a great addition to the energy of your government.'

At all events I hope you will not be discouraged from other trials, if the present one should fail of its full effect. I have thus told you freely what I like & dislike: merely as a matter of curiosity, for I know your own judgment has been formed on all these points after having heard everything which could be urged on them. I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in 13 states in the course of 11 years, is but one for each state in a century & a half. No country should be so long without one. Nor will any degree of power in the hands of government prevent insurrections. France, with all it's despotism, and two or three hundred thousand men always in arms has had three insurrections in the three years I have been here in every one of which greater numbers were engaged than in Massachusetts & a great deal more blood was spilt. In Turkey, which Montesquieu supposes more despotic, insurrections are the events of every day. In England, where the hand of power is lighter than here, but heavier than with us they happen every half dozen years. Compare again the ferocious depredations of their insurgents with the order, the moderation & the almost self extinguishment of ours. After all, it is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. If they approve the proposed Convention in all it's parts, I shall concur in it chearfully, in hopes that they will amend it whenever they shall find it work wrong. I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe. Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty. I have tired you by this time with my disquisitions & will therefore only add assurances of the sincerity of those sentiments of esteem & attachment with which I am Dear Sir your affectionate friend & servant
Th. Jefferson

P. S. The instability of our laws is really an immense evil. I think it would be well to provide in our constitutions that there shall always be a twelve-month between the ingross-ing a bill & passing it: that it should then be offered to it's passage without changing a word: and that if circum-stances should be thought to require a speedier passage, it should take two thirds of both houses instead of a bare majority.


The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1. General Correspondence. 1651-1827, Library of Congress

Greed and Advarice

Capitalism requires that for one to get ahead one must get behind. One step up the rungs of the ladder calls for someone to be stepped upon. The stock market used to be people investing their money by purchasing shares of stock. Over the years watching the company, lead by honest, ethical and moral men and women progress; expand providing a product or service. But that is no longer the case. Today investing in the stock market is no different than online poker or the lottery or a crap shoot. For one to sell one must buy. One sells, thinking the price will be going lower, to a person they hope is naïve enough to think the price is going higher. Business leaders no longer can be assumed to be ethical, honest or even moral. The sins of the flesh are quite available thus the high divorce rate among corporate leaders as well as unethical and dishonest behavior by those leaders. Lacking morals and ethics corporate leaders believe they can and must do anything and everything to get the stock of their corporation to increase in price. So do the holders of such stocks.

Dennis just helped people in their drive for more. If his clients thought there was a chance Dennis could lose their money they would not have invested with him. They believed Dennis had some magical formula that could beat the market. Remember for one to win one must lose. For one to sell high one must buy high. His clients assumed they were not going to be the losers. Given a level playing field they might have appreciated a modest growth but they did not expect modest. They expected wealth and lost.

How could they expect any different? When Dennis got money did he help people? No. Like the fellow in the parable he looked at his barns and said to himself I will tear down my barns and build bigger barns to store all I have gained. He built a horrific house useless except for kindling. But guests worshipped at the entrance of his house.

Business leaders fell at his feet and worshipped what they thought they saw. They paid homage to the rich man and ignored the plight of the poor. They ate sumptuously at his table while many of the children in Sevier County do not eat unless school is in session. They buy big cars and big houses while their employees cannot afford health insurance. They saw in Dennis what they wanted to be and the balloon broke. Now no one has anything.

Do not lay up treasures where rust and moth corrupt for where your treasure is so shall be your heart.

So, now Dennis lives his remaining years in prison. He's gone. His client's fortune is gone and the world goes on. Forgive and forget.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A Bit Odd, don't you think?

Am I the only person who thinks it a bit odd that a few soldiers are killed at their home base and the country weeps, the media stares while individuals who die in war are mourned and honored only by their families and buried out of the view of the country.
 

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If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

How Much Luck Does One Person Deserve?

What luck. Abdul-Jabbar contracts cancer and has an contract to promote the medicine that is supposed to cure it.  Paid to have cancer. What luck.

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If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

Iran Hikers

Leave them in jail. The less intelligent of our country cannot be permitted to be used as as pawns by our enemies. Besides they are probably spies. Why else would a citizen of the United States go hiking in an area of the world at war with the United States? Leave them in jail.
 

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If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

World Series Tickets at a Discount

Whoever thinks paying a discounted $225 a ticket is something regular people can afford is out of touch with regular people. Anyone who pays $900 for a seat at a game better seen on TV has more money than brains.
 

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"We are more and more into communications and less and less into communication."
Studs Terkel

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

If I Were the Devil - Paul Harvey

I would gain control of the most powerful nation in the world;
 
I would delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man's effort, instead of God's blessings;
 
I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the other way around;
 
I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their state revenue;
 
I would convince people that character is not an issue when it comes to leadership;
 
I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies;
 
I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it convenient;
 
I would cheapen human life as much as possible so that life of animals are valued more than human beings;
 
I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention of His name was grounds for a lawsuit;
 
I would come up with drugs that sedate the mind and target the young, and I would get sports heroes to advertise them;
 
I would get control of the media, so that every night I could pollute the minds of every family member for my agenda;
 
I would attack then family, the backbone of any nation. I would make divorce acceptable and easy, even fashionable. If the family crumbles, so does the nation;
 
I would compel people to express their most depraved fantasies on canvas and movies screens, and I would call it art;
 
I would convince the world that people are born homosexuals, and that their lifestyles should be accepted and marveled;
 
I would convince the people that right and wrong are determined by a few who call themselves authorities and refer to their agendas as politically correct;
 
I would persuade people that the church is irrelevant and out of date, the Bible is for the naive:
 
I would dull the minds of Christians, and make them believe that prayer is not important, and that faithfulness and obedience are optional;
 
I GUESS I WOULD LEAVE THINGS PRETTY MUCH THE WAY THEY ARE!

Monday, November 02, 2009

Afghanistan? Yes or No?

As the president cogitates on sending more troops to Afghanistan the soldiers in country can see him delaying. We can only imagine how they understand the delay. Would you like to join previous casualties and die for a mistake? That is how they understand the delay.