If anyone was thinking of believing the Israeli government when they talk about wanting to provide a state for the Palestinians, please reconsider. Every since 1967 the policy has been to move as many settlers into the West Bank as possible. Since then hundreds of thousands of Israeli have been settled in these lands which [...]
If anyone still has some degree of faith in the United States banking system, you should consider reconsidering after the various bailout packages of the past several months. It’s no secret that these bailouts are going to increase the rate of inflation considerable. In 2007, the inflation rate was 2.85%, in 2008 it was 3.85%. [...]
As I mentioned before, the government uses the federal tax system to influence our behavior as citizens and residents of the United States. If you look at any tax break, tax credit, or tax write-off you will see that they are designed to direct you toward a certain type of behavior. Incidentally, I think this [...]
I am going to start a section of this blog dedicated to personal finance which is another hobby of mine. Part of it will deal with developing passive income, that is, income that doesn’t get reported on a 1040. The key to passive income is purchasing things that pay you to own them. One of [...]
Rod Parsley’s rhetoric about September 11th being a “generational call to arms” is eerily similar to the call to arms which mobilized the First Crusade. During that crusade, European “noblemen” pillaged, destroyed, conquered, and raped their way from Europe to Jerusalem, all in the name of the Church. Today the Crusades are seen universally as [...]
Dear members of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio Texas,
I believe that the most important way for us to live as Christians is to follow the example and teachings of Jesus Christ. The last commandment of Jesus Christ was to go into the world and preach the Gospel. It was not to make war against those [...]
In the theme of using the quotes of Israeli prime ministers to get some idea of what it’s like for Palestinians living in Israel or the occupied territories, I would like to present a few quotes from Ariel Sharon, the man who George Bush called “a man of peace“.
“I vow that if I was just [...]
If there was ever any question as to who was the original initiator of violence in the conflice between the Israelis and Palestinians, one need look no further then David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of the state of Israel. These quotes give a vivid and accurate picture of what happened to the Palestinians [...]
Every so often it gets to bugging me that corporations have such sway on our government. I mean, they are the ones with the money and the power these days. I called several members of congress the day before the $700 billion TARP bailout to tell them that I was very opposed to the bailout. [...]