The United States Federal Government spent $2,730,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 (October 2006 - September 2007). That is $2.73 trillion or $2,730 billion ($2,730B). That spending can be divided into about five (not so) equal parts. I’ll give you a minute to figure out what those five parts are…no cheating but the answers are at [...]
I am watching the local news this morning. The news crawler at the bottom of the screen states, “this has been the coldest winter in the United States since 2001 according to scientists at the national climactic data center”. Then that is followed by, “it is also the 54th coldest winter in the United States since national [...]
Are you a conservative frustrated with the inevitable nomination of John McCain to the Republican ticket for the 2008 presidential election? Are you fearful that no matter who the president, Democrat or Republican, that your taxes will go up and Federal spending will continue to spiral into the stratosphere? Are you concerned that the U.S.A. will [...]
Hopefully this post makes sense.
There are times I allow myself to contemplate what the “gospel of Christ” fully means. In general, I find the topic to be rather scary because it illuminates how deficient I am as a “Christian”. Sure it is easy to rationalize and even talk about certain seasons in life when “worldly” matters [...]
Playing the “what if” game can never be done in a vacuum. If you want to reconsider Ralph Nader’s candidacy as a spoiler for Al Gore in 2000, you must also reconsider all the other factors that led to the actual results. Bear in mind the link above is from the California Green Party, so they [...]
(Read Disclaimer at end) It was bad enough that Forest Hills forced our church to move when it would not allow us to tastefully expand our building. A church that had been located on that land longer than the city had been in existence and had assembled in the immediate vicinity for worship for [...]
The great debate going on right now when it comes to Iraq is whether the U.S. should pull out now or next spring or two years from now, etc. The congressional democrats seem to be focusing on little else than to draft new Iraq withdrawal resolutions almost on a daily basis. That filibuster slumber party that the [...]
On April 16, 2007, some dude murdered 32 people at Virginia Tech. As an aside, I call him “some dude” because his name does not bear remembering. Now that proper time has been given to mourn and grieve, I wanted to go back to a post at Nashville is Talking that drew my ire.
Admittedly, [...]
Over at Aunt B’s place, she discussed Terry Frank’s take on the Gospel of War. As everyone knows, Jesus commanded his disciples to “go forth and die in his name in defense of the state” in John 15:13. Everyone knows that if you are a martyr for the state, you show the greatest love there [...]
I am one of those crazy people that think the 10th Amendment means what it says, powers not granted to the federal government are retained by the people. Those rights that are expressed in the COTUS are presented as a means of emphasizing the people’s retained right to self-government. So, if it is [...]
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