Between the time that George Washington took the first oath of office as president and when Barack Obama did—1789 to 2009, the United States had borrowed nine trillion dollars. Since Obama took office, it has borrowed or imposed nearly three trillion more debt. Tell me he is not deliberately seeking to bankrupt the nation.

Sunday, September 5, 2010 Worship

Mighty to save - Hillsong

Well, everyone needs compassion
A love that's never failing, let mercy fall on me
Well, everyone needs forgiveness

U.S. President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 Oval Office speech on the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq had many purposes: to claim a measure of credit for largely fulfilling one of his major campaign promises; to thank those who have served and sacrificed in the cause; to spread the balm of unity over any lingering domestic wounds; to assure Americans that it has all been worth it and that no dishonor was attached to this foreign adventure, which was opposed by many in Obama's own party and by him from the beginning.

Statists often clamor for wealth redistribution, mostly implying that the wealth held by those who make or obtain it in the marketplace, without coercion, is in the wrong hands and must be transferred to other people or projects in dire need of it.

Sounds humane, kind, friendly, generous, compassionate and so on, doesn't it? The wealth-redistributors can then brag about how they are the good guys and intimate that those who do not want them to do their taking and redistributing are just a callous, greedy lot.

America did not win the war in Iraq.  That’s a fact.  America did not win the first Iraq war.  That, too, is a fact. Iraq is set up, as we write these few comments, for its next dictator -- with at least a couple of Iraqis preening themselves in the shadows just waiting for the moment, which will not be long in coming.  

Look, the plain truth is – you cannot win a war while attempting to win the hearts and minds of those you are warring against!  Until America understands this we will NEVER win another war!

Is somebody watching over you today?  Is there someone somewhere that is willing to put your well-being ahead of theirs?  Those are powerful questions that we seldom ponder here in America. Why?

The answer is that safety, security and most importantly freedom, the delicacies sought in so many places in the world, are things we in America nonchalantly pile upon our plates daily like hungry diners at an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord. Say what you will, but the reality is that even in the worst of times we really have it good.