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August 19, 2012

I fear for my Canadian friends

I was wondering how Canadians were able to keep the corporations from taking over their government up until now, I sense the dark and sinister forces that have subjugated the citizens of the United States are moving into Canada. Watch your politicians and fire anyone that promotes less government, which is the battle cry of Multinational corporations that want to dominate the world using their government proxies to do the dirty work in dirty wars.

August 19, 2012

You only need one reason to vote for President Obama

He is not a republican.

August 19, 2012

Leadership, Focus, Battleplan

The problem with the occupy movement that it is really a bunch of little movements moving in different directions with no leader, no clear goals, and no battle plan. I supported the LA movement until evicted, and then when I tried to find a leader I met a lot of angry very hard working workers, but no leaders, now I can understand keeping a low profile in our police state and with the patriot act, which gave the 1% and whole new tool box of suppression. But all of us in the 99% need goals that appeal to the 99%. A well paying job, Get Corporations out of Politics, Debt forgiveness, Free Healthcare, Free education, mass transit, or how about this: from the founding fathers: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What we have now is cradle to grave exploitation, and a partnership between business and government to exploit and control the people.

August 19, 2012

right vs left

The tragedy of those labels is the right can sell hope, based on fantasy, Ronald Reagan was the personification of this during his presidency he concealed the greatest betrayal of the American people in the history of the country, yet most have not a clue.
The left identifies problems and injustice and attemp's to deal with it, which is not sugar coated. It can be a bitter pill to swallow. I was a typical Christian conservative for over 20 years. I feel like a fool, I feel I was deceived, and the deeper I look the worse it gets. Many of my former friends have rejected me, I am mocked and ridiculed but my faith in God and conviction sustain me.

The progressive movement is full of flaws, NO LEADERSHIP, LACK OF FOCUS and worst of all NO BATTLE PLAN; nobody has created a document such as the “Powell Memo” which was one of the key eye openers for me.

August 19, 2012

My thought on Abortion

The abortions issue is like an old southern fable, "Tar Baby" once you touch it, you cannot let it go, and if you do, you have tar all over you. So let me share what I have come up with: First Abortion is murdering the only innocent thing in the human race an unborn child, correct. The bible states we are born into sin. So being sinless in theory, never committing a sin in an unlived life, my conclusion is an aborted baby's sole goes straight to heaven with God. They are lucky enough not to go through this mess we are living through today. So what are we fighting against? If abortion was something God wanted to end, it would be ended. My theory after 30 years of fighting abortion is this; I put it in God’s hands. It is no longer a political litmus test. Now I look at how they vote, who they take money from and especially their net worth before being elected and after. If their wealth increased dynamically after being elected, they are corrupt and crooked. Yet we still keep electing them, which in my opinion is the real sin.

August 19, 2012

Jesus was a communist

This is a tough concept to discuss; most pastors get angry for a whole range of reasons. I have studied the word for several decades and I cannot come to any other conclusion. Calling him a socialist might be more palatable to some, however that would betray what Jesus taught and what is recorded in the gospels. He had nowhere to lay his head, Homeless, the group had a common purse, and they did not even have a place to bury HIM. During his crucifixion the guards gambled for his possessions, it was not a very long list. My last point is this: What did He tell the rich young ruler that wanted to follow Him, “Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, the rich young ruler turned away very sad, because he had much”, I submit the rich has been doing that for the past 2000 years and it is even more popular today. So how many politicians would follow Christ today? My guess is zero, but I hope I am wrong.

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