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O'Bummer Economy

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:22:00 PM
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Mistakes always have consequences.

When G.W. Bush first took office and America was already too far in debt, VP Cheney believed that deficits don't matter.  What Bush did after September 11 was to commit America to spending an unlimited amount of money on a war that no one knew what it was about, and no one knew whether or not we could win.

Meanwhile, the Democrats in Congress led by Frank, Dodd and Pelosi, were creating a guaranteed insurance incentive for the financial sector to abandon good lending practices and start making bad loans to put minority and immigrant families in homes that they could not afford to live in, and where their neighbors did not want them to live next door anyway.  They simply do not have the skills to deserve living in upper middle class neighborhoods.  So naturally many of their homes were and are taken away in foreclosure.  The Democrats in Congress basically needed friends because they were so unpopular with ordinary Americans and for good reason.  This is really what redistribution does.

Government trying to stimulate the economy by spending or giving away to create demand is a ploy that simply doesn't work.  
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Road to Damascus

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:31:51 AM
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Many in America and throughout the world are praying for the conversion of Barack Obama. Can Obama have a change of heart in the Western Christian Tradition of Constantine, Covis, and Ronald Reagan who all went through a conversion of heart to become great world leaders, or will Obama's legacy be one of mediocrity?

St. Paul's conversion experience on the road to Damascus when he was thrown off his horse and temporarily lost his sight is an example of what could happen for America. The key element is that it was wholly an act of God. Saul of Tarsus wanted nothing to do with following Christ and joining the fledgling community of Christians whom he persecuted. Yet he became one of the bedrock leaders within the Church.

Obama has taken a step in the right direction in excising the earmark for contraception favored by Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman as an addition to Obama's economic stimulus package. This is truly a slap in the face to Planned Parenthood which has been responsible for so much killing in recent years.

Unlike the experience of St. Paul, Ronald Reagan's conversion occurred over several decades, becoming apparent with his pro-life leadership in the 1980 presidential campaign after having been a budget slashing, halfheartedly pro-choice governor in California. This is another example of God's work. Reagan left the White House as a strong Christian witness to truth, and was particularly committed to doing God's will after the attempt on his life on March 30, 1981. Clearly God wastes no time.
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