The following is an article from the Aurora Sentinel in Aurora, CO from February 2010. I thought it was worth sharing. Enjoy:
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Barack Obama is setting a record-setting number of records during his first year in office.
Largest budget ever. Largest deficit ever. Largest number of broken promises ever. Most self-serving speeches ever. Largest number of agenda-setting failures ever. Fastest dive in popularity ever.
Wow. Talk about change.
Just one year ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations, President Obama was flying high. After one of the nation’s most inspiring political campaigns, the election of America’s first black president had captured the hopes and dreams of millions. To his devout followers, it was inconceivable that a year later his administration would be gripped in self-imposed crisis.
Of course, they don’t see it as self imposed. It’s all George Bush’s fault.
George Bush, who doesn’t have a vote in Congress and who no longer occupies the White House, is to blame for it all.
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He broke Obama’s promise to put all bills on the White House web site for five days before signing them.
He broke Obama’s promise to have the congressional health care negotiations broadcast live on C-SPAN.
He broke Obama’s promise to end earmarks.
He broke Obama’s promise to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent.
He broke Obama’s promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo in the first year.
He broke Obama’s promise to make peace with direct, no pre-condition talks with America’s most hate-filled enemies during his first year in office, ushering in a new era of global cooperation.
He broke Obama’s promise to end the hiring of former lobbyists into high White House jobs.
He broke Obama’s promise to end no-compete contracts with the government.
He broke Obama’s promise to disclose the names of all attendees at closed White House meetings.
He broke Obama’s promise for a new era of bipartisan cooperation in all matters.
He broke Obama’s promise to have chosen a home church to attend Sunday services with his family by Easter of last year.
Yes, it’s all George Bush’s fault. President Obama is nothing more than a puppet in the never-ending, failed Bush administration.
If only George Bush wasn’t still in charge, all of President Obama’s problems would be solved. His promises would have been kept, the economy would be back on track, Iran would have stopped its work on developing a nuclear bomb and would be negotiating a peace treaty with Israel, North Korea would have ended its tyrannical regime, and integrity would have been restored to the federal government.
Oh, and did I mention what it would be like if the Democrats, under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, didn’t have the heavy yoke of George Bush around their necks. There would be no earmarks, no closed-door drafting of bills, no increase in deficit spending, no special-interest influence (unions), no vote buying (Nebraska, Louisiana).
If only George Bush wasn’t still in charge, we’d have real change by now.
All the broken promises, all the failed legislation and delay (health care reform, immigration reform) is not President Obama’s fault or the fault of the Democrat-controlled Congress. It’s all George Bush’s fault.
Take for example the decision of Eric Holder, the president’s attorney general, to hold terrorists’ trials in New York City. Or his decision to try the Christmas Day underpants bomber as a civilian.
Two disastrous decisions.
Certainly those were bad judgments based on poor advice from George Bush.
Need more proof?
You might recall that when Scott Brown won last month’s election to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts, capturing “the Ted Kennedy seat,” President Obama said that Brown’s victory was the result of the same voter anger that propelled Obama into office in 2008. People were still angry about George Bush and the policies of the past 10 years, and they wanted change.
Yes, according to the president, the voter rebellion in Massachusetts last month was George Bush’s fault.
Therefore, in retaliation, they elected a Republican to the Ted Kennedy seat, ending a half-century of domination by Democrats.
It is all George Bush’s fault.
Will the failed administration of George Bush ever end, and the time for hope and change ever arrive?
Will President Obama ever accept responsibility for something — anything?
Chuck Green, veteran Colorado journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Denver Post, syndicates a statewide column and is at chuckgreencolo@msn.com
30 April 2010
27 April 2010
It's illegal to be illegal...
Ok, this bleeding heart fiasco in Arizona is getting completely out of hand. I don't even know where to start attacking people's ridiculous reaction to the new law. Obviously, the federal government's ineptitude and complete inability or unwillingness to enforce current immigration law is largely to blame here. The most aggravating part of the whole deal is how badly all these liberals are flipping out.
On the one hand, you've got the great and mighty Obama questioning the legality of a law that simply enforces existing laws. Then you have the completely incapable and ineffective President Calderon who has the gall to say that this law will open the door to "discrimination and abuse from law enforcement". The great irony is that he needs look no further than any border town in his rotten little cesspool of a country to find possibly the most wholly corrupt and discriminatory law enforcement on the continent.
Of course, back in Washington, Obama certainly doesn't want laws like this on the books! Why, if we don't let all these illegal immigrants in, than the orgs formerly known as ACORN won't have as many people to coerce, manipulate and illegally register to vote for the Democrats. I mean, if Arizona gets away with this, more states might be encouraged to enforce the law too! We can't have that.
As if we didn't already have enough information on Obama's true motivations...now he certainly can't hide them. His actions so far are nothing short of blatant pandering for the hispanic vote. Do you think it's any coincidence that his first mid-term campaign statements were released this week, directly targeting blacks, hispanics, women and young people? Hey, Obama, what's that you were saying about racism and discrimination?? Seems pretty racist to call out specific demographics only because you know so many of them are gullible and uneducated enough to be swayed by your empty promises and subtly hateful rhetoric.
Props to you, Governor Brewer, for having the courage to do what's necessary to protect your state from the hundreds and thousands of terrorists, criminals, cast-offs and other societally burdensome illegals. If you ask me, the first place you should start checking IDs is at all these protests outside your capital building. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there crying about the law that don't belong here.
That said, if someone wants to come to America, there are plenty of ways to do it legally. However, if someone has nothing to offer society, they most certainly have no business here. The last thing America needs right now is yet another parasite on the healthcare and education industries.
I really hope that the law stands, and that more states take up similar action. However, I fear the pressure from the corrupt in Washington and the bleeding heart libs and their activist groups will cry too loudly for the law to stand. It's a real shame too, makes me wish for the good old days when it was still illegal to be an illegal.
On the one hand, you've got the great and mighty Obama questioning the legality of a law that simply enforces existing laws. Then you have the completely incapable and ineffective President Calderon who has the gall to say that this law will open the door to "discrimination and abuse from law enforcement". The great irony is that he needs look no further than any border town in his rotten little cesspool of a country to find possibly the most wholly corrupt and discriminatory law enforcement on the continent.
Of course, back in Washington, Obama certainly doesn't want laws like this on the books! Why, if we don't let all these illegal immigrants in, than the orgs formerly known as ACORN won't have as many people to coerce, manipulate and illegally register to vote for the Democrats. I mean, if Arizona gets away with this, more states might be encouraged to enforce the law too! We can't have that.
As if we didn't already have enough information on Obama's true motivations...now he certainly can't hide them. His actions so far are nothing short of blatant pandering for the hispanic vote. Do you think it's any coincidence that his first mid-term campaign statements were released this week, directly targeting blacks, hispanics, women and young people? Hey, Obama, what's that you were saying about racism and discrimination?? Seems pretty racist to call out specific demographics only because you know so many of them are gullible and uneducated enough to be swayed by your empty promises and subtly hateful rhetoric.
Props to you, Governor Brewer, for having the courage to do what's necessary to protect your state from the hundreds and thousands of terrorists, criminals, cast-offs and other societally burdensome illegals. If you ask me, the first place you should start checking IDs is at all these protests outside your capital building. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there crying about the law that don't belong here.
That said, if someone wants to come to America, there are plenty of ways to do it legally. However, if someone has nothing to offer society, they most certainly have no business here. The last thing America needs right now is yet another parasite on the healthcare and education industries.
I really hope that the law stands, and that more states take up similar action. However, I fear the pressure from the corrupt in Washington and the bleeding heart libs and their activist groups will cry too loudly for the law to stand. It's a real shame too, makes me wish for the good old days when it was still illegal to be an illegal.
11 February 2010
Things Obama can do to pass the time during the blizzard in D.C.
This list is borrowed from another source.
Things Obama can do to pass the time during the blizzard in D.C.
1. Start all over on a health care reform bill, just as the conservatives and many Democrats have suggested. It'll blow their minds.
2. Commandeer a snowplow from the city fleet, dig out Washington's Penn Quarter and out-Scott Brown the truck-driving senator by topping his campaign pitch line. "I'm Barack Obama. I'm from Chicago. I drive a snowplow."
3. Settle the score with the media, permanently. In his latest lament over the 24/7, he-said, she-said, cable and Internet media environment, Obama told Senate Democrats last week to turn off CNN, Fox News and the blogs. This is his chance. A delicately worded executive order could eliminate all cable news channels, Internet-based outlets and other ill-favored media so all that remains is a print-only reincarnation of the Washington Star, whose only writer is liberal columnist E.J. Dionne. Finally, some peace and quiet.
4. Hold a press conference every day the government is down. By knocking out three or four at once, he could bank his total for the rest of the year.
5. Prepare for post-snowpocalyptic life in the nation's capital. Draft a pothole restoration and recovery plan -- then claim every repaired pothole as a job saved or created.
6. Compose the next State of the Union address as if it were a movie trailer. More people will pay attention and Republicans will be far more willing to cooperate if every line of the speech begins with, "In a world where ..."
7. Kiss and make up with C-SPAN. Perhaps the channel is still miffed that it didn't get to cover the backroom health care negotiations, but that's nothing a content-sharing agreement can't fix. Obama could give them unfettered access to health care talks. In exchange, Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer could blog every day on WhiteHouse.gov about what C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb has for breakfast. How's that for access?
8. Plan Valentine's Day with the first lady. But keep it simple this year. A helicopter ride over the Himalayas, dinner at The French Laundry and matching vanity jet packs is tasteful, but not excessive.
9. Actually start taxing tea. That'll really give the Tea Partiers something to cry about.
Things Obama can do to pass the time during the blizzard in D.C.
1. Start all over on a health care reform bill, just as the conservatives and many Democrats have suggested. It'll blow their minds.
2. Commandeer a snowplow from the city fleet, dig out Washington's Penn Quarter and out-Scott Brown the truck-driving senator by topping his campaign pitch line. "I'm Barack Obama. I'm from Chicago. I drive a snowplow."
3. Settle the score with the media, permanently. In his latest lament over the 24/7, he-said, she-said, cable and Internet media environment, Obama told Senate Democrats last week to turn off CNN, Fox News and the blogs. This is his chance. A delicately worded executive order could eliminate all cable news channels, Internet-based outlets and other ill-favored media so all that remains is a print-only reincarnation of the Washington Star, whose only writer is liberal columnist E.J. Dionne. Finally, some peace and quiet.
4. Hold a press conference every day the government is down. By knocking out three or four at once, he could bank his total for the rest of the year.
5. Prepare for post-snowpocalyptic life in the nation's capital. Draft a pothole restoration and recovery plan -- then claim every repaired pothole as a job saved or created.
6. Compose the next State of the Union address as if it were a movie trailer. More people will pay attention and Republicans will be far more willing to cooperate if every line of the speech begins with, "In a world where ..."
7. Kiss and make up with C-SPAN. Perhaps the channel is still miffed that it didn't get to cover the backroom health care negotiations, but that's nothing a content-sharing agreement can't fix. Obama could give them unfettered access to health care talks. In exchange, Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer could blog every day on WhiteHouse.gov about what C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb has for breakfast. How's that for access?
8. Plan Valentine's Day with the first lady. But keep it simple this year. A helicopter ride over the Himalayas, dinner at The French Laundry and matching vanity jet packs is tasteful, but not excessive.
9. Actually start taxing tea. That'll really give the Tea Partiers something to cry about.
30 January 2010
Terrorists and Politicians
So, good ole BO thought it was a good idea to remove the 9/11 terrorists from their perfectly good detention facility where they couldn't potentially harm American citizens. He brought them to NYC because, as a good liberal, he cares more about political correctness and appeasing the ACLU and other weak-kneed, limp-wristed organizations that argue that these monsters are deserving of civilian trials.
Now NYC officials and law enforcement have screamed long and loud enough that they don't want the terrorists there because of the cost, security and logistical nightmare it creates. So now BO is trying to find somewhere else to stick them while he figures out what to do with the terrorist cowards. My question is simple: Did BO not think this through before he moved the terrorists in the first place? If our President doesn't possess the foresight to realize this might have been an issue, than he is an even bigger liability than many people have previously thought.
Here's my thoughts on the best solution:
Try the terrorist cowards as war criminals and as enemies of the state. They are not American citizens and have no rights to a civil trial. In my opinion, their actions have voided any rights whatsoever. They should be treated as rabid animals needing to be put to sleep. Hang 'em. At Ground Zero. Invite the families of the victims of 9/11. Show the world that we have the intestinal fortitude necessary to properly deal with those who would harm us. And when their friends in the Middle East try to paint them as martyrs and incite more violence, use the necessary force to completely eliminate them. Stop trying to fight fair with terrorists who have no rules. Stop perpetuating this war simply because the liberals in charge of our country don't have the stomach to do what is necessary. Stop trying to legislate and westernize a region that will never accept democracy and will begin to revert to their old ways the minute we leave their country. End this pointless war and bring our men and women home.
Thank you.
Now NYC officials and law enforcement have screamed long and loud enough that they don't want the terrorists there because of the cost, security and logistical nightmare it creates. So now BO is trying to find somewhere else to stick them while he figures out what to do with the terrorist cowards. My question is simple: Did BO not think this through before he moved the terrorists in the first place? If our President doesn't possess the foresight to realize this might have been an issue, than he is an even bigger liability than many people have previously thought.
Here's my thoughts on the best solution:
Try the terrorist cowards as war criminals and as enemies of the state. They are not American citizens and have no rights to a civil trial. In my opinion, their actions have voided any rights whatsoever. They should be treated as rabid animals needing to be put to sleep. Hang 'em. At Ground Zero. Invite the families of the victims of 9/11. Show the world that we have the intestinal fortitude necessary to properly deal with those who would harm us. And when their friends in the Middle East try to paint them as martyrs and incite more violence, use the necessary force to completely eliminate them. Stop trying to fight fair with terrorists who have no rules. Stop perpetuating this war simply because the liberals in charge of our country don't have the stomach to do what is necessary. Stop trying to legislate and westernize a region that will never accept democracy and will begin to revert to their old ways the minute we leave their country. End this pointless war and bring our men and women home.
Thank you.
30 October 2009
Comfort in the Word
2 Tim 4:3-5
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
As one who has taken his first steps into an adult life of vocational ministry this semester, these words are extremely comforting to me. So often, discouragement, disappointment and disillusionment crowd out the Truth that the Lord has so graciously put in His Word for us in the difficult times.
The truth that I keep running back to is this: we are called to be obedient. The results are in the Lord's hands. Worrying about the results is a moot point...all we are responsible for is the act of obedience and submission.
Praise the Lord for His endless patience and kindness to me. I'm pretty good at screwing things up, but He keeps teaching and guiding me down this path. Praise Him!!
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
As one who has taken his first steps into an adult life of vocational ministry this semester, these words are extremely comforting to me. So often, discouragement, disappointment and disillusionment crowd out the Truth that the Lord has so graciously put in His Word for us in the difficult times.
The truth that I keep running back to is this: we are called to be obedient. The results are in the Lord's hands. Worrying about the results is a moot point...all we are responsible for is the act of obedience and submission.
Praise the Lord for His endless patience and kindness to me. I'm pretty good at screwing things up, but He keeps teaching and guiding me down this path. Praise Him!!
21 October 2009
Enough of this "Bush is responsible for the economy's woes" nonsense...
During Bush's eight years in office, the national debt rose from $5,727,776,738,304.64 to $10,626,877,048,913.08. This is a difference of 4.899 Trillion Dollars (Rounded to the nearest billion dollars). If you take the total spent and divide it by 8, you get an average of 612.388 Billion dollars per year of Bush's term. Conversely,under Obama the national debt has raised from $10,626,877,048,913.08 to 11,952,611,405,769.02 as of today. This is a difference of 1.326 Trillion dollars (Rounded to the nearest billion dollars) spent in 10 months.
Assuming the debt grows at the same rate, by the end of the year it will be 1.591 Trillion which is 2.6 times bush's average per year.
Data from http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np
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All that to say...Obama is spending money that he doesn't have....a whole lot faster than Bush ever did. AND, Bush was fighting 2 wars the whole time.
People, I certainly appreciate your rights to have and express your opinions. However, if you want to not sound like an uninformed, dogmatic, liberal sheep...please get your facts straight.
Assuming the debt grows at the same rate, by the end of the year it will be 1.591 Trillion which is 2.6 times bush's average per year.
Data from http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np
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All that to say...Obama is spending money that he doesn't have....a whole lot faster than Bush ever did. AND, Bush was fighting 2 wars the whole time.
People, I certainly appreciate your rights to have and express your opinions. However, if you want to not sound like an uninformed, dogmatic, liberal sheep...please get your facts straight.
20 September 2009
It's not just a song, His faithfulness really is great.
This is a strange place in life to be. A college graduate, but still no idea what the Lord wants you to do with this newly surrendered you gave back to Him. I've been struggling for a while between several life options:
Stay in Nacogdoches, keep serving at Fredonia Hill as the college guy and likely move into a more full-time position sometime in late-winter-early-spring. Stay working on the Master's degree...
or...
Drop the Master's degree after this semester and find a good online seminary program that I can do while working at the church. Stay in Nacogdoches at least for the immediate future and wait to see what happens with the church.
or...
Find a seminary that's right, (I'm leaning towards DTS) and move there. Work at a church somewhere near there doing college ministry while I'm going full-bore after seminary.
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All the while, I'm thinking that it would be nice to have the relationship thing already at least partially figured out by now so I could be talking these decisions over with the lady God has picked out to be my bride, however that is not the case. I'm cool with God's sovereignty, so I don't mind at all waiting on Him and trusting.
All that said, this past week took forever because I was heavily considering all of those options and trying to discern what God wanted me to do. Last night, several people met at the Zone at FHBC to pray for our campus and the work of FUSION. After praying for a bit, I opened the Word and it fell to 1 Peter 4 where a book mark had been before. Here's where my eyes fell:
11U)">Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the V)">utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving W)">by the strength which God supplies; so that X)">in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, Y)">to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Talk about a verse that was exactly what I needed to hear at that moment. Praise God!
The Lord led me to Genesis 12 after that where the story of Abram (Abraham) is found. I'm going to be speaking at Great Escape in a few weeks and I'm pretty sure God wants me to talk about lessons we can learn from Abraham. Here's what really ministered to me: in the sidebar of one of the pages there, the Word made this comment:
"Although we can learn many things from the major events of Abram's life, it is also important to note how Abram waited on God. Abram did strive to make things happen. He trusted in God's perfect timing and he walked by faith. When you are living in the middle of a transition period of life, use it as an opportunity to practice your faith. Living by faith in the difficult times of transition will make you more effective when God decides to make His next move in your life."
Leave it to the Word to comfort and encouragement me like nothing else can. Praise God!
Stay in Nacogdoches, keep serving at Fredonia Hill as the college guy and likely move into a more full-time position sometime in late-winter-early-spring. Stay working on the Master's degree...
or...
Drop the Master's degree after this semester and find a good online seminary program that I can do while working at the church. Stay in Nacogdoches at least for the immediate future and wait to see what happens with the church.
or...
Find a seminary that's right, (I'm leaning towards DTS) and move there. Work at a church somewhere near there doing college ministry while I'm going full-bore after seminary.
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All the while, I'm thinking that it would be nice to have the relationship thing already at least partially figured out by now so I could be talking these decisions over with the lady God has picked out to be my bride, however that is not the case. I'm cool with God's sovereignty, so I don't mind at all waiting on Him and trusting.
All that said, this past week took forever because I was heavily considering all of those options and trying to discern what God wanted me to do. Last night, several people met at the Zone at FHBC to pray for our campus and the work of FUSION. After praying for a bit, I opened the Word and it fell to 1 Peter 4 where a book mark had been before. Here's where my eyes fell:
11U)">Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the V)">utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving W)">by the strength which God supplies; so that X)">in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, Y)">to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Talk about a verse that was exactly what I needed to hear at that moment. Praise God!
The Lord led me to Genesis 12 after that where the story of Abram (Abraham) is found. I'm going to be speaking at Great Escape in a few weeks and I'm pretty sure God wants me to talk about lessons we can learn from Abraham. Here's what really ministered to me: in the sidebar of one of the pages there, the Word made this comment:
"Although we can learn many things from the major events of Abram's life, it is also important to note how Abram waited on God. Abram did strive to make things happen. He trusted in God's perfect timing and he walked by faith. When you are living in the middle of a transition period of life, use it as an opportunity to practice your faith. Living by faith in the difficult times of transition will make you more effective when God decides to make His next move in your life."
Leave it to the Word to comfort and encouragement me like nothing else can. Praise God!
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