Response to ISIS Part II

Here begins the most informal blog I've written yet
"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." (The Declaration of Independence) While this quote might not seem like the most appropriate for this topic, ill do my best to explain my thoughts. Since the beginning of America, we have always been the "hot blooded" young Americans. Look at our music history by itself, Link Wray, a famous guitarist back in the 50's and 60's wrote a song called Rumble. A song with a simple, highly overdriven guitar riff, that was band from popular radio because it provoked gang violence. How about something a little more mainstream?

Alice Cooper's song "Schools out for Summer" highly known for the title by itself. But have you ever read any of the other lyrics? Lets take a closer look at what Alice Cooper is trying to say: "Well we got no class And we got no principles And we got no Innocence." In other words, Cooper states that they are the "cool" kids and could care less about anybody else and their rules and regulations. The only point I am trying to make here is that back in the "good ole days" of rock and roll and of muscle cars and cheap gas, was that America didn't worry about what others thought of us, we simply just tread where we wanted to and other people dealt with it. But now, it seems as though instead of us growing as a nation, we are de-maturing as a nation. There are certain people who are so concerned with self image and can't stand "The American way", that they have to change and erase every bad and vain thing that's ever happened in history. "So God made a liberal". Now what does any of this have to do with The Declaration of Independence or Isis? Let me tell you, back in the "good ole days" we would have killed Isis while it was a parasite, but now that it is grown to be a terror, we still can't do anything about it. "There are some people that are so concerned with self image, that they can't stand America being the "bad boy" of the world. "So God made a liberal". My point is, is that we need to take a step back and decide what kind of a nation we want to be. The so called "leader of the free world" (bad boy) or the nursing, caring follower of the world. For right now, it seems that we are becoming the follower, not the leader. There are certain people that are trying to change America for worse. "So God made a liberal."  

Response to failing marriages

As Christians we have, to an extent an ability to tell the future, the object in q1uestion, the Bible. For years we as Christians have looked at the failing of society, the depravation of morality and the ridicule of Christianity and watched it slowly get worse and worse. Well it seems that the news world is just starting to catch up to Christianity and realize that wait, things are getting out of hand. And one of the contributors to this new revelation is marriage. It has been discovered by the smart people of this world that children that are not raised in a home with two parents are much more likely to fall into poverty. This makes a lot of sense, if you have no guidance in your life, the things of this world look progressively more and more appealing and with no foundation in morals, there is nothing to reverse that life style until juvenile hall or prison try to straighten you out. Another number to consider is that in 2014, a survey was done to see what percentage of Americans were married. The results came back pretty grim, in 2012 the percentage of married households was 50.5% that's a bout a 22% drop from the high in 1960. Now this means one of two things, either people aren't having as many children as they used too or its that their having just as many children but instead of raising a kid, they put it up for adoption or one party leaves and makes the other stay and take care of it. Previously I stated that having two parents presented children with a much better future than those that have one or no parents, so if that's the case and if the 22% decrease in married households are all due to one person leaving when the child was born, can you imagine how many children that is that are going grow up in what statistics say are devastating to children's lives? lets just say that the results are very sad. Now for something funny, it turns out that the smarter you are, the more likely you are to get married. Jonathon Rauch, leader of the movement Marriage Opportunity Council, says that "Marriage is thriving among people with four-year college diplomas, but the further you go on the education totem pole, the worse it's doing." So on another big issue, World and Christianity meet, not on the battlefield for marriage, but rather as comparison for how things should be. But just watch, soon the success (or failing) of marriages will be brought into question and, research will be done, survey's will be completed, and beaurocrats, will give their opinions or laws. In the end, the world can't handle the truth, that said, they will never turn to the ultimate source of truth, the Bible. They will continue their selfish pursuits and try to find truth in lies and light in the darkness.

Response to Obama's plan

On Monday of this week our beloved President Obama, announced his new economic plan for the United States. The main thing is that Obama's plan contains is "more taxes, more spending, and more of the Washington gridlock that has failed middle-class families" (John A. Boehner). But wait, there's a catch, instead of imposing more taxes onto the middle class Obama's way around this is to tax the upper class more than the middle/lower class . But here's the problem with that, throughout the last 6 -7 years of Obamas presidency, he has exponentially increased the national debt and taxes have increase accordingly. Therefore as a result of that all the upper class people that there used to be are struggling keep their honorary title and Obama's ingenious health plan hasn't helped with that situation at all. But here's the main point, if there aren't enough upper class people to pay their share of the budget, who does the cost go to? Well although Obama (obviously) hasn't announced this scenario, the people that will take the hit at the end of all this is the middle and lower classes as usual. Another fault in this budget is that it fails to address Medicare. When you have to lie in the face of congress (Jonathon Gruber) in order to pass a Health Care bill (Obama care) you know that things have gone from bad to worse. One concept that I'm surprised no one has brought up in politics is the name Obama care itself. Don't you think that if you make a new health care plan you would name it something like "The affordable care act"? Oh yeah I forgot, Obama care is also called that as well. So lets recap for a second on just the Obama care part. One day Obama walks into his office and he sees Jonathon Gruber sitting in the chair next to his desk, Gruber looks Obama straight in the face and says "Mr. President, this just isn't going to work". Obama retaliates with "Well it has to it's all we got". Gruber says "Mr. President the people are never going to go for a plan that takes more money out of their pocket". Obama, puzzled takes a second to think over his options and all of a sudden his face lights up and he exclaims "The Affordable Care act! that's what we'll call it"... Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the face of modern politics where people will do whatever they have to do in order to get their way. I've said it before and I'll say it again Obama is looking for some way to leave his mark as President of the United States and he will burn this country with a flamethrower before he consents to the will of the people. So America make your choices wisely because from hear on until next November, one trillion dollars doesn't mean anything to Uncle Sam.