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Known by the Company We Keep? – No, says Obama, It’s the Economy Stupid by Rev Michael Bresciani
The question might seem foolish but no less than the answer Barack Obama is giving to America about his associations with Wright, Ayers, Farrakhan and others. Obama helped to distribute grant money for Ayers (fifty million dollars) to promote radical thinking in Chicago schools and now says “I hardly knew the man.” When is the last time any average American got the purse strings on that much money from a person they didn’t know very well or at all? It sounds so absurd that for some of us it is as if we have a cartoon character running for President. Should we collectively divert our attention to the economy as Barack says? Yes, if you’re willing to believe that the kind of judgment that disregards very bad associations will suddenly shine when it comes to sound fiscal policies.
The proving ground for this fantasmical Barackian nonsense is America and the generation to come. That will cost more than even a good economy can afford. Does America really believe that a partisan change in the white house and a little more change in their pockets will be any more important than changing a shirt if it brings in a man who spent twenty years at the feet of a racist pastor and says he didn’t notice the racism? Wouldn’t most of us expect to be called a liar if we made such a claim? Change is what we need in America and we need it right now. We need to ask Sen. Obama to come clean and make a bit of a change in how gullible he thinks we are. But if some are among the true believers it is a change they will have to deal with a lot closer to home. It is a change in perception. For some Americans perception has become reality. Perception is not reality only the truth is reality and as long as we refuse to demand the truth from Sen. Obama we may drown in our own misguided perception, even if the economy is perfectly healthy.
Looking for a Biblical character to liken Barak Obama to has been hard up to now but Obama’s latest declaration about his association with admitted domestic bomber William Ayers definitely casts him as an Apostle Peter.
Standing in a crowd and chanting, O-bam-a, over and over again may just get the initiated what they are calling for but what a price to pay. The Israelites chanting for Saul got a king they had been warned against who was almost as oppressive as their enemies. The Pharisees and the cronies they incited got a murderer, Barabbas, instead of the holiest man that ever lived. Funny about these biblical comparisons they often don’t flatter the likened to. To Barack Obama and the crowd of sycophants that follow him should we not ask at least this very bare minimum question?
_______________________________________________________________ Palin Critics Swallowing Camels? by Rev Michael Bresciani
While stressing the issues, the economy obviously on the front burner the Dem’s have a reported 30 or so investigators combing the frozen tundra for dirt or perhaps even dust if that’s all that can be found on Sarah Palin.
Gosh, a woman who got some flowers and fish, how can America bear the insult! It seems America may have collectively taken leave of its senses if it dared to even make a comparison of Palin’s allegedly misbegotten gifts and the blaring voting record and highly dubious associations of Sen. Obama.
Thanks to the AP we at least have been well warned of the GOP’s nefarious flower loving, fish eating VP candidate whose backyard they have assured us has yet to be cleaned up. The wonderful thing about America is that no one can tell us how to vote. Behind the curtain may be one of the only places left in this land that is not open to electronic surveillance or scrutiny by a government agency, so far! The best the Dem’s can do is dig for dirt and siphon it over to a liberally slanted press in time for the evening news and Americas scrutiny sometime around the big sit down for Jeopardy and The Wheel of Fortune. Here is some scrutiny, when Jesus was rebuking the highly religious Pharisees of the Jewish Temple system he said they adhered to the finer elements of the Mosaic law with such ardor that they missed the weightier matters of love, mercy and good judgment. His reply has been resounding down through the ages to the meticulously religious crowd ever since, but now it can take on a whole new use.
Whatever can be dug up on Palin should surface as quickly as possible to have any real effect on the outcome of the election. Another matter that should surface quickly is whether Sen. Obama has yet proven that he is a real US citizen. The suit brought by Democrat Philip Berg is still under review. Berg contends that while John McCain was required to prove his citizenship Barack Obama may still have constitutional questions about his birth in Kenya and a possible forged birth certificate from Hawaii. But why strain at a gnat; it’s just a constitutional requirement for presidential candidates and not some shameful lust for the gift of flowers. Again, America can vote any way it chooses but it can’t hide the shame of a few dirt mongers who are reaching to the bottom of the barrel for something foul even while Sarah Palin obviously rises to the occasion as the crème of the crop. ______________________________________________________________ If by Perry Crisp
"If ________________________ will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." We tend to fill in the blank following the "ifs" of our nation's moral, social, and economic collapses and challenges a little differently than the Bible does. "If the President would..." "If Congress would..." "If the Supreme Court would..." "If the media would..." "If government would..." We fill in the blanks wrong. God put a different set of folks behind the "if." Don't get me wrong, I enjoy tossing blame grenades as much as anyone. But it doesn't transform anything or anyone. It only destroys. In spite of how I might think the whole world needs to change, God keeps telling me to narrow it down a bit. Willing to agree with God, I confess, “You’re right, God. The whole NATION needs to change." "Narrow it down a bit more," He replies. I keep trying and He keeps making the circle smaller until I'm the only one standing in it. What's behind God's "if"? Me. You. Everyone like us who claims to be a child of God. "If My people who are called by My name..." We thought we were spectators watching a movie called, "Why the World is Going to Hell," and all those other folks were the actors and stars in the movie. We're expecting to see drug dealers, corrupt judges, and liberal college professors on the big screen of blame. God takes our popcorn, hands us a script, and says, "You're needed on the set. You've got the starring role." We have a part to play. "But God! THEY took prayer out of our schools!" "Yes, but who took it off YOUR schedule?" Solutions to life's problems are not, as a rule, external. They involve us meeting with God at the altar inside our hearts, bowing before Him, confessing and turning away from our sins, and seeking a personal encounter with God. That's when the "if" turns to "then." THEN things change. When we change. www.thismorningwithgod.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________ Prophetic Implications of the 2008 Election by Rev Michael Bresciani
One of the surest things about the future is that the world will see the rise of a final world dictator. He will rise over the newly formed EU and will extend his rule across the globe not by warfare but through the most attractive economic system the world has ever seen. Yes it is connected to the mysterious and infamous number 666. That connection cannot be explained in a paragraph but to the nominally versed in the study of Biblical Eschatology most of the details are already known. I pondered the idea of just waiting until the election was over to write this piece but because prophecy is motivated by God’s desire to warn both the unbeliever and the faithful it is in keeping with the very nature of prophetic utterance to give people a chance to ponder the consequences and implications of the paths they choose.
One undisputed teaching of the Bible is that all nations including America are heading toward a major intersecting with Europe, in some ways it will be more of a collision course. The EU will succeed. Another unquestionable teaching of scripture is that the last and worst dictator the world will ever know emerges from the newly formed European Union shortly after it begins as a sovereign nation with leaders like a president and vice president. He will not immediately plunge the world into war but in fact will be heralded as the most attractive world leader to arise in history. Up through normal political channels he will prove his prowess through a world economy and diplomatic achievements heretofore never seen. In short he will be loved not hated! The only thing that will be hated is a moment at the end of his rule when billions will become aware that they have been duped. For those who chose not to believe that the living God was incarnated in the person of Jesus Christ the painful awareness of another incarnation will be made known to them. This ruler is the very incarnation of the god of this world (Satan) and all the available wisdom of this world will have come into play to lead them down the primrose path to their own judgment. Strewn along this path will be anarchy passing itself off as personal freedom, freedom to abort human babies, freedom to practice any deviant sexual behavior, freedom to acquire unlimited personal wealth and the freedom to dismiss, deny and even destroy both the word and the people of God as they see fit. But all this freedom will last a mere seven years. While America’s place in the aforementioned is speculative at best, the rest of it is only eschatology 101. The question of what role America plays in the whole portent may be speculative but of late the specifics have begun to emerge and the next election holds more importance in the surmising than at any other time in our recent history. Because of the willingness of Europeans to have central government under the Lisbon treaty expected to be ratified in 2010, with single administrators like a president and vice president, the timing has never been more urgent. The leaders Americans choose now will certainly play a part in the outcome of the emerging European world power. What is that part?
Simply put, there are only two distinct possibilities regarding the possible outcome of the coming election and the choice made by America as the EU and “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean” intersect in history. Old NATO ties will be inadequate to explain what will be expected of us in our future relations with Europe.
Like Jesus when he was slapped with the words “physician heal thyself” (Lk 4:23) I have been called upon to predict the outcome of the coming election. Sorry, a prophet is not a mere prognosticator and while soothsayers are not without a measure of acclaim “a prophet is not accepted in his own country” (Lk 4:24) I haven’t a clue who will win the 2008 election but I am certain beyond a doubt we will intersect with the EU in ways few Americans are contemplating. That convergence will be a history changing matter that will affect every man women and child in this nation.
_____________________________________________________________ The American Gospel Train – Mountain Grade Ahead by Rev Michael Bresciani
My mother’s folks hailed from Virginia from humble Welch stock and resided in Charlottesville. As a young man I visited my great grandmother there and among the many curios sights was a small window in my late great grandfathers upper bedroom from which could be seen some of the green rolling hills of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home. Much more intriguing were the stories and memorabilia from my grandfather’s history as an engineer on the railroad. I was never told just when or where it was that he lost his life. His train derailed in some steep mountain pass somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains.
Many times in American history the Gospel (good news of salvation) has been likened to a train. An old negro spiritual “People Get Ready There’s a Train a Coming” has been sung by the Chambers Brothers, Rod Stewart and Curtis Mayfield just to name a few. To this day gospel quartets and groups are still singing Eliza Snow’s “Life’s Railway to Heaven.” Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and a plethora of other artist have all sung or recorded this song. The song is about a train and it is about life. Life is like a mountain railroad, with an engineer that’s brave We must make the run successful, from the cradle to the grave Watch the curves, the hills, the tunnels, never falter, never fail Keep your hand upon the throttle and your eye upon the rail
Trains have long been associated with the gospel in America because trains are powerful, carefully scheduled and unlike planes or cars their destinations cannot be altered. The track remains the same and while virtually nothing can stop the train it still gears down at the most insignificant spots on the map to take in a traveler. The gospel cannot be stopped or derailed either but the influences outside of it can convince sojourners that they have no need to ever get on board. In the last decade Barna and Pew reports added to daily stories from the news are indicating that a huge number of formerly solid believers are alighting from the train for other destinations. Churches are more involved with prosperity preaching, social gospel endeavors and opening up to all religions and not just the gospel. Does that slow the train? The train can neither be slowed nor diverted from its destination the only thing that can be changed is the passenger list.
As you roll across the trestle, spanning Jordan’s swelling tide You’ll behold the Union depot, into which your train will glide There you’ll meet the Superintendant, God the Father, God the Son With a hearty joyous plaudit, weary pilgrim, welcome home It is the train and the destination that no one need miss. It requires only a sincere and humble repentance, faith in Jesus Christ and surrender to him in obedience for the remainder of your entire life. Once onboard, God will be sure to get you through to your destination. “He will be our guide to the end. (Psalm 48:14) _______________________________________________________________ Who’s in the Right House? by Perry Crisp "But there is a God in heaven" (Daniel 2:28).
I don't stand on either side of the aisle when I say this. I'm not Democrat or Republican. I'm Theocratican. I believe God has the last word on all of us and our security rests solely in Him. When God makes a promise, you know He doesn't have a two-sided mouth. It'll happen. You would think that this election was the most important thing in the whole wide world or in the history of humanity by the way the news channels and papers are talking. Oh really? Maybe it would be IF there wasn't a God in heaven.
Democrats are afraid that McCain will be four more years of the last eight. Republicans are afraid that Obama will be... well, they're not sure what he will be. But they don't want to find out. Everyone wrings their hands in fear. Need I remind you? Republicans survived eight years of Clinton and Democrats survived eight years of Bush. Have any back-to-back, two-term presidents been as despised and maligned by their opposing parties as these two have?
I just thought we should start the day with this important announcement: "but there is a God in heaven..." From the Platform of the Theocratican Convention, Perry Crisp www.thismorningwithgod.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________ How Right is Your Conservative Commentator by Rev Michael Bresciani
From the stinging replies of Americas “culture warrior,” Bill O’Reilly, to the sardonic humor of Glenn Beck and all in between there is a lot to be desired. It may be naiveté as in President Bush’s remark about Islam being a “peaceful religion” or it may just be that after all they are only political commentators and not avowed conservative theologians. In either case, some who are only slightly above novice theologians have to cringe from time to time at what they have to say.
The biblically grounded use the Bible as their ultimate authority under what is known as the belief in the “plenary verbal” method of biblical inspiration. In short that means that every letter, word and phrase was chosen explicitly by God. Catholic theology allows for ex-cathedra which in essence says that the Pope can speak in Christ's stead through something called apostolic succession. Then there’s Bill O’Reilly’s view. He is right about a lot of things and always interesting but for those of us who trust God’s word only scripture is endowed with intrinsic infallibility. I don’t need to say what the bible says about homosexuality again but if I did the fastest way to get the info would be to check the rhetoric on the gay sites where the blogs are always in full steam and much is always being said against those words. Then along comes Glenn Beck with his feisty and often gut splitting raw humor and sarcasm, until he starts praising ministers like Osteen and Warren. Both are well intentioned icons of the day but once again the best bet for biblical truth is still the bible itself, not the surmising of an icon.
Being interviewed between stops and found at an airport, Rick Warren was lauded by Beck for his shear “brilliance” as he wrapped up the question of what he planned to ask the candidates Obama and McCain at his upcoming forum. Warren said he planned to ask them the question of how they see the Constitution of the United States. Do they view it as “carved in stone” immovable and rigid, or is it “a living” document open to interpretation. It is the old “open to interpretation” aspect of the question that causes the greatest concern. For the politically conservative it is that very question that makes us look for Supreme Court judges who are willing to take the constitution at face value. Among the biblically conservative it is the same reason we look for leaders who will take the bible at face value. For well over 35 years I have been reproving those who virtually ignore every word in the bible under the guise that it is after all a book that is open to all sorts of interpretations. Nonsense! It would be almost impossible to line up the major 24 translations of the bible and choose a passage that after reading every translation would not say exactly the same thing.
_____________________________________________________________ Substance vs. Style by Perry Crisp The imminent presidential election is a classic example of the ongoing contest between substance and style. McCain has substance. Obama has style. It can be (and has been) argued that neither has the other. If we were all in high school electing a student body president, style would win the day. And it wouldn't matter. What student body president has the access codes to nuclear weapons? Or knows the phone number to the CIA? Style is fine if we are selecting a host for the Oscars or a guest for David Letterman. But we're not. We're electing a president who will instantly become the most powerful and influential human on the planet. Sure, style is fun...but can we all please graduate from junior high now? Electing a president is serious business. The moral and economic future of America is at stake. Who cares if he can dance or shoot hoops? Isn't that really all we know about Obama? He can't even get through the election without changing his mind on every issue. The man can make a speech. I don't disparage his style. I'm a big fan of great speeches. Like anyone else, I get emotionally charged and patriotically stirred by great orators. But I need to know what the speech really means and if the speaker really means it. "Obama will bring change!" Change is a great word as long as it gets defined. Change can mean we are all going to get better jobs and pay less for gas. But it can also mean we are going to pay more taxes and become a spineless nation that no terrorist fears. I like Obama's microphone. But I want to see more man standing behind it. I need to know there's something behind a flashy smile other than great dental work. I need someone who can grit his teeth and stand for something without slippery feet. I'm convinced that Obama thinks politics is a game of Twister. He plants his foot firmly on the green circle of this issue until someone else thumps the Twister arrow and he scoots his feet over to the red circle of the same issue. We all know the outcome of that game, don't we? As much as I love style, I need substance in a president. Even if I don't agree with all of McCain's political views, at least I know where he stands. I also know where he has stood. McCain's a proven leader who has shown both grit and grace in both military and public service. Think soberly and pray fervently before you vote. Don't be enamored with the accolades and endorsements of uneducated actors and actresses who have never lived in the real world without eventually needing rehab. You're an adult now. Use wisdom. Learn what is at stake. Vote responsibly. Perry Crisp This Morning With God _______________________________________________________________ The Visual Generation – The Death of Discernment by Rev Michael Bresciani
In America it is mindless, Godless, feckless and useless TV programming, You Tube and Hollywood’s latest offering of films. The result is exactly the same as it was in China but on a much larger scale and with so much more to lose. If you asked anyone who would vote for Barack Obama or any liberal why they chose that candidate the answer you will hear the most is, “I like him.” If he, she or it looks good that’s good enough for the “media generation.” No discernment needed, wisdom is too hard to explain much less spend time trying to get and who has more than a few seconds of time in this world of screen shots, blips and quick messages to look any deeper. A new language and a new media has developed that thrives on abbreviated communications; OMG have I been talking about texting? People who read entire books and articles to learn something or to see an authors point are becoming rare. Just getting to this sentence means you probably are one of those people. You may have read some Hemingway or Joyce or at the very least the morning paper. You are one of the rare breed of people that actually forms opinions and conclusions based on a careful weighing of all the facts. In the Bible (1 Cor 12:10) there is mention of a “spiritual gift” known as “discerning of spirits.” Unfortunately that gift is often placed in a list of charismatic type gifts that end up being thought of as something only observed by a few Pentecostal people. In fact the language of 1:Cor 12:10 connotes the idea of a “judging through” of any and all matters not a fleeting spiritual thought dropping out of the ether. Discerning of spirits is a God given enterprise that does not work unless God is brought into the equation. He unveils, reveals or shows the deepest meaning of things to the deepest people. They are a peculiar people who weigh everything and refuse to make prejudiced and extraneous judgments based only on what they see or have heard from the grape vine, the media or God knows where! It is the rarity of such people that serves as only one of a few reasons that can be found for the wholesale blindness that seems to be accompanying the decisions made by the American public about their presidential candidates. The biblically based reason is far more obvious and it reads like this, “In whom the god of this world (Satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not” (2 Cor 4:4a) It is what allows people to assent to what late night talk show hosts say about candidates instead of listening to the candidates themselves and comparing what they say to all else. It is almost perverse, because it is a “spirit” that drives the average person to use no spiritual discernment at all.
Sadly, what is really happening is what the Apostle James and other biblical authors predicted would become commonplace as we approach the second coming of Christ. James said, "Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?" (James 2:4) King James Version or not this is exactly the meaning of "choosing between the lesser of two evils." Not much discernment needed to know what that means. This is America today. The greatest loss from the abandoning of discernment is that America has lost the connection. We are no longer able to discern the “connection” between our morality and all the other issues. The truth is that the economy, our security, and all the other matters of our national life depend on and are inextricably linked to our morality. We have mistakenly allocated morality to an aspect of our religious life and have thereby disconnected it from our own larger national welfare and security. Political candidates, the news media and pundits rant about the economy, the war, taxes, crime and all the so called “critical issues” while ignoring the gross immorality of homosexuality, abortion, media filth, evolutionary dogma that passes itself of as academic freedom and general sensory driven visual tripe from Hollywood and similar sources. Morality is relegated to the churches and a few PC deficient fundamentalist Bible thumping diehards who just won’t seem to go away.
The simplest rule for using good judgment turns out to be just the opposite of what is being done in America’s visual generation. Here it is; “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” Jesus, John 7:24. ______________________________________________________ Political Lethargy in the Church – Will American Christians Awake before November 2008 by Rev Michael Bresciani
The Christian Church has barely weighed in and between IRS restrictions on 501-C organizations and the reticence of leaders like James Dobson to make a firm choice the Church is vacillating like the proverbial reed in the wind. Adding to this is the gross lack of interest, and general political savvy the church displays about the candidates this may come down as the election that flat got away for the body ecclesia.
If it is hard for the church to understand the political issues it can be said that it is nearly impossible for the secularists to understand why abortion and the attack on marriage is so critical for the church. Conservative Biblical theology is the single reason that the church can’t take its eye off the ball. For the church it is like cause and effect with a promise. It is a law not a theory or a possibility. The biblically grounded believer knows that to continue with the abortions and the attack against marriage will produce a long range negative effect that will in time destroy the nation and bring judgment against us. That’s the promise. Liberalism brings with it an attitude and a general cry for isolationism. It is the call for no intervention, no war, and no involvement with higher codes, principles or morality. It is the fuel for “separation of church and state” advocates and it smacks of cowardice at its worst and unbridled self indulgence at its best. When the devils that inhabited a man in the New Testament were threatened by banishment they replied to Christ “let us alone.” (Mark 1:24) That cry is echoed in every liberal cause in our land today and is the precursor to both moral decline and national judgment.
The destruction of Sodom is not an isolated story from Genesis 19 but it is referred to time and again by the prophets, Christ and his apostles over a 3500 year long period. The theme is the same, the promise is the same, and the result is always the same. It always results in the demise and in some cases the destruction of any nation that defies the laws of God and nature as in the city of Sodom. Of course all the nations that were and are no more all had essentially the same cry, epitaph, epithet or last words, “Let us alone.” Live and let live may work fine for recovering alcoholics but when used in liberal politics it fosters an attitude that always produces a typical question. It seems like a legitimate question but if investigated further it would be seen that no one pauses long enough or is serious enough to wait for the answer. Such a question was asked by Kirsten Powers in the New York Post July 8, 2008 in an article entitled “The GOP Gay-Marriage Con” The question posed said “Gays and lesbians make up an estimated 5 percent to 10 percent of the US population. How much damage can they do by committing themselves to one another? They certainly can't do worse with marriage than heterosexuals have.” How much damage can they do? How about irreparable, irreversible damage that can and has brought down the mightiest nations in history.
It is this kind of promise that should be guiding the church in its decision about who to vote for in the 2008 election and not whether James Dobson endorses a candidate or whether John McCain distances himself from certain pastors. When Christ told the church to be as wise as a serpent but as harmless as a dove (Mt 10: 16) it is understood that he was not leaving political savvy out of the picture. Unfortunately in its current penchant toward apostasy the church is leaning toward the dove side of the equation.
For biblically grounded Christians there can be only one way to decide on a candidate in the 2008 elections. If a candidate thinks marriage is an open ended deal for any and all combinations of sexes and persuasions they are not the best choice. Above all if they do not regard the innocent and helpless who are struggling for life inside a mother’s womb then they strictly don’t deserve to be considered as a leader.
________________________________________________________________ Mesmerizing Obama by Rev Michael Bresciani
In a recent offering in The Christian Post, Friday June 6, 2008 under “Black Ministers Watching their Words on Obama” AP Writer Dionne Walker said “It’s a historical time for black people; we cannot ignore what’s going on.”
No one would expect the black community to ignore what is going on, we would only hope that they would look deeper into the reasons for supporting Sen. Obama, beyond the fact that he is an African American.
Ministers have to tread lightly when it comes to endorsing candidates because of IRS non-profit 501-C issues but that has not gone very far in this heated election to curb name dropping, public congratulating and innuendo. Traditionally black churches have yielded time, funds and pulpits to political candidates more than the white churches but the separation of church and state issues have boiled to the top in recent years but never more than in this election. One blogger responded to the Christian Post article by saying he was an African American but would not let his decision be guided by anything but Obama’s record and what he stands for. It was Obama’s stand and his record that convinced this black voter to look elsewhere. We can hope for more of this kind of discernment but so far it is more the exception that makes the rule than anything else. It is hard for some believers and almost all non-believers to understand that moral decline and prophetic fulfillment grow in equal and direct proportion to each other. As the moral bar is lowered the prophetic bar is raised. More scripture warnings and promises are being fulfilled in America than at any time in the past 100 years. Although it is an unpleasant aspect of the bible the promises of an apostate church are inevitable as the time of the antichrist approaches. It is called “the falling away” (2Th 2:3) in more conventional terms it is the “social gospel.” Concern for the environment, aids in Africa and the plight of the poor are socially acceptable causes and can be engaged without calling individuals to personal responsibility and repentance. The ancient prophet Daniel said more about the second coming of Christ than almost all the prophets put together. He warned that in a time when knowledge was greatly increased and world travel was a common experience around the globe that lines would be drawn. The wicked would do worse than ever before and the faithful would be stronger than ever before. Those lines are becoming increasingly apparent in America.
More than at any time in history the emphasis on the gospel message is now prophetic in nature. Although the love of Christ can never be eliminated from the message the warning and call to repentance becomes the main thrust of the message as the judgment and the second coming of Christ approaches. Those emphasizing this hard aspect of the gospel will not be well received and fewer people will respond; but that too is prophetic. The meteoric rise of an inexperienced Senator from Illinois who represents the opposite of everything the founders of this country first brought forth is sad but it is prophecy fully underway. America should take warning from the well used adage “take heed what you ask for because you just might get it.” _____________________________________________________________
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VP Debate Leaves Questions Unanswered – Palin Still Shines by Rev Michael Bresciani
The big question most Americans have been waiting to have answered is whether Sarah Palin could stand up against veteran Washington Senator Joe Biden. She not only held her own but made a powerful showing of character and savvy that would satisfy all but the most chronically disgruntled. It is the questions that were not asked and in reality, that could not be asked that leave so much to be desired. What are those questions? Sen. Biden conducted himself as a gentleman without any side trips into long sighs or sexist retorts. His experience in foreign policy was evident but few analysts or pundits have noticed the serious contradictions that he proffered when comparing Iraq and Iran. He said that his prediction that Iraq would not be tamed or woken up to democratic influences because it was rife with clashes and differences between Sunni and Shiite religious factions were largely ignored. Not once noticing the obvious contradiction Biden said that Obama would readily sit down unconditionally to talk with Iran’s Ahmadinejad. Only moments later he said that the security or authority guiding the development and use of nuclear weapons was completely in the hands of the same religious factions as those in Iraq, Sunnis and Shiites and not Mr. Ahmadinejad. You can’t have it both ways. If those factions are what make Iraq irreversibly unstable; then how are we better off with the same factions being in charge of nuclear capacity in Iran?
No one in the debate could be charged with any overt or blatant lies with the exception of the cunning use of a lie of omission. What is omitted may be the most powerful statement made. Several times Biden cited the McCain “no” vote for the funding of the Iraq war. He emphasized that McCain’s objections were about a timeline, as if that were an excuse for the no vote. McCain had reasons, not excuses for the “no” vote, but they were very carefully omitted.
Biden who is often lauded for his experience was not above using some of his craft to masterfully wield one of the oldest political devices in history. Drawing attention to atrocities in Darfur and saying he “has no stomach for genocide” conveniently drew attention away from a much greater genocide that was conspicuously missing from the questions posed by the moderator, “what about the genocide right here at home.”
Was it just an oversight that no abortion questions surfaced in the debate, what great luck for the Obama ticket! Instead of hearing Biden’s rant and repetition about ten billion dollars a day being spent in Iraq we may have heard Sarah Palin pounding out the reminder of some 4,000 human lives being snuffed out each and every day for the last 35 years right here under the veil of the Red, White and Blue.
Sarah Palin noted that the Senator kept referring to the past in his assessment of the nation. Others may have noticed this recurrent theme in his responses. Juxtaposed to Biden’s wailing about the past, Palin’s call was to adhere to and persist on changing America’s future through principles. She cited John McCain’s voting record and past service to the nation and showed how all of it was driven by principle. If all of that could be ignored she gave a shining example of her own adherence to strong principles in the answer about her position on gay unions. Without veering away one bit from the rights of all individuals under the constitution to enjoy America’s freedoms she brushed aside the whole quagmire of negative possibilities with a powerful show of conviction. She made it clear that she is in support of gay rights only so far as they do not change the traditional view of marriage between one man and one woman. Both the moderator and Sen. Biden seemed willing to jump away from that subject with all haste after Palin’s answer. It is easy to divert the attention of Americans away from principles by appealing to fears of economic collapse or hardships. How will we send our children to college pay the mortgage or put gas in the car? Giving up principles is accomplished by waving the buck. Hollywood is proof of that. The last dozen major movie releases filled with licentious themes, antichristian sentiments and general foolishness have cost as much as several Iraq wars. Pop culture, media and games are winning a war against the minds of our youth that no mere teachers pay raises and money thrown at education can easily offset. The fight for the minds of an entire generation has been set aside in the melee of other problems. This is the war we are really losing not the one in Iraq. It is the shared opinion of countless thousands of theologically versed people in this country that America may be on the brink of making the most serious mistake in her long and proud history. That mistake is the refusal to see that our economy, our standing in the world and our security are all predicated on our morality. It has always been so but is now in danger of being supplanted with the false notion that power has only to do with military might and economic prosperity. Nothing could be further from the truth, in fact without a principled and moral stance all the aforementioned count for nothing.
At the risk of sounding like a pathologically driven pulpit pounding Palin pundit this writer knows a sure bet when he sees one. Is Sarah Palin VP material? I will use some of her own endearing colloquial language to answer that. You betch | ||||