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I love it when he makes fun of neocons. "I think the #1 reason this all broke. . . is the very very powerful and most militant neocons are very worried about Obama and other countries meeting with Iran. . . and they want to see it stopped." "Of course they're[Iran] talking tough, it's a tough neighborhood." "Punish the people of Iran... and they'll throw out their ayatollahs and they'll be friends with the West. Quite frankly it does exactly the opposite." The Iranians have kept all international laws. "You know what this sounds like? It sounds like war mongering. This sounds like the same old stuff that we heard prior to the Iraqi war."

I make one comment in church: "We are sinners, too." I have never said it in those exact words, but that is the general idea. We find it hard to admit that we are sinners. When we read about Lamanites, or Judas, or King David, we think : Those are the bad guys. I usually don't hear people in Sunday school say, "This story teaches us that we should repent." The closest the conversation usually come is "we should avoid people like that." People like that are us. I may not be the king of Jerusalem, but I might commit adultery in my heart . I may not betray Christ for 30 pieces of silver, but I might figuratively trample him under my feet by not obeying his commandments. So when, in Sunday School, I feel the spirit of self-righteousness beginning to stifle out the spirit of God, I raise my hand and say: "We are sinners too." picture's source This isn't Sunday school, but I want to raise my hand, here in America, and remind us that ...

A friend recently read Michelle Malkin's book Culture of Corruption about Obama. I had an interesting argument with him about it. I think the argument is over, but I am not yet finished with Malkin. She recently appeared on the Hannity show, furious that Obama had apologized for the U.S.'s past conduct. How can I describe what they said ? Stupid? Imperialistic? Perhaps uncharitable would be the best word, because it spit in the face of Christ's teachings. Hannity confessed that he worships Satan. Or rather, he worships the idol of democracy with a reverence for Satan's tactics . HANNITY : "But, you know, he [Obama] says democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from outside . He goes on to say -- he said, and the United States of America will never waver in our attempts to stand up for the right of people to determine their own destiny. I thought it was America's belief, our founding document believes that we're endowed by our creator and that we...

McCain would have been worse than Obama. " How about this? I think John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama. How’s that? " - Glenn Beck

" we don't have a two-party system. We have a one-party system. Both parties endorse the welfare state and corporatism. Both parties support interventionism overseas. But they also write all the campaign laws. So they have made it virtually impossible to break into the monopoly ." Watch vid. " I have a right to the fruits of my labor, and government does not. If you concede the principle of the income tax, you concede the principle that the government owns all your income and permits you to keep a certain percentage of it. God-given rights to our life and our liberty don't come from government ." - Ron Paul

To go along with my post on the money behind the health care debate . Our congressmen are literally sleeping with lobbyists.

Obama's speech to elementary kids happened a couple of weeks ago, but this was too good to pass up: And I wrote earlier, but it bears repeating: And I wrote earlier, but it bears repeating: a friend pointed out that thousands of parents taught their children that it is okay to not listen to people you disagree with. If such an attitude pervades in politics then public discourse will degenerate to one-sided slogans, and the debate (and public opinion) will be easily controlled by pundits, politicians, and the lobbyists who pay them. But I suppose we are already there.