Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

A little history lesson: If you don’t know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions before looking at the answers. Who said  it? 1) “We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.” A. Karl Marx B. Adolph Hitler C. Joseph Stalin D. None of the above 2) “It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few…and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.” A. Lenin B. Mussolini C. Idi Amin D. None of the Above 3) “(We)…can’t just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.” A. Nikita Khrushev B. Jose f Goebbels C. Boris Yeltsin D. None of the above 4) “We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own…in order to create this common ground.” A. Mao Tse Dung B. Hugo Chavez C. Kim Jong Il D. None of the above 5) “I certainly think the free-market has failed.” A. Karl Marx B. Lenin C. Molotov D. None of the above 6) “I think…

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Why Patriotism?

Over on Kidology.org there is a hot discussion that was started by a brother “down under” who asked: Why do American Christians see the need to teach patriotism? Doesn’t God love all nations equally? (see full question and discussion here) I’ve been watching the conversation, discussing it with family and friends, and waiting to post my answer until I could really give it some thought, and decided to answer it here on my blog rather than just in the Kidology forum. I’d love your feedback here or there. My short answer would be, I have never taught “Patriotism” to kids in church, but I certainly have modeled it. They see my flag ties and my red-white-n-blue converse shoes I only wear on US holidays. There is no secret I love my country, but I don’t teach “patriotism.” What I have taught is gratitude to God for our blessings, many of which are being American, and civil responsibility, both which are not USA dependent. “nation” not “America” I can go on and on about what a good and amazing country this is, but that is beside the point. I think the Kidology discussion got off on that rabbit trail, which is…

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Freedom is not Popular

Having been to fourteen other countries in Europe, Asia and Central America, I have the right to say that not only am I glad to be an American – PROUD TO BE AMERICAN – but I have the perspective to say that we are lucky to be Americans! Unless you are an immigrant – you are an American because you were born here and THANK GOD for that blessing! There truly is no better place on earth and may I say I am sick and tired of people, especially politicians and news reporters who talk like WE are the scourge of the earth and deserve every bad thing that happens to us. If we are hated, it is because we are better, and we ought to be proud of what makes us better, not make excuses for those who seek to destroy us. I’m not saying we are perfect, but we are not only #1 in the world in freedom and opportunity, we are #2 and #3 and #4 as well. Their is hardly a runner up in what America offers its people. It is no mystery why we have enemies – but it is because we are good, but…

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If April Showers, Bring May Flowers

If April Showers, Bring May Flowers What does April Snow Bring? the view out my window! the Easter Bunny is confused! THIS is Spring? Mysterious Patterns Appear in the Drive Way So much for Global Warming! (or a relaxing swing in the back yard) WARNING: POLITICAL SOAP BOX By the way, if you don’t know what Global Warming is, it is simply a paranoid scare tactic to raise money and increase political power by those who will do anything to get power. You probably don’t know why they only use climate data from 1975 to present? Because from 1940 to 1974 the world was cooling and the political kooks at that time where using a Global Cooling scare (“The Next Ice Age is Here!) to raise money and try to gain political power. Bet you didn’t know that Congress was having special sessions on Global Cooling in the 70’s. Nope. Because that would be an Inconvenient Truth! :) (Want the truth, watch this documentary from the UK that debunks this American obsession) An even more “Inconvenient Truth”, (or stinky truth) reported by our own government agriculture agency, is that US cattle flatulence (big word so kids don’t know) accounts for…

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