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Cheating and lying is … good?

Rampant deceit in America’s youth

One indicator of the trend in our society to accept lies and deceit from our leaders as a natural course of good leadership is revealed in the latest national survey of high school students. In a voluntary survey of nearly 30,000 students at 100 randomly selected high schools across the country, 64 percent admitted they have cheated on tests and 35 percent said they have stolen items from a store.

In response to the findings that showed the current generation of students may be less honest than previous generations, one educational leader said the following:

Posted on November 30th, 2008 by MikeGreen
Filed under: Truth & Christians, thebook | 2 Comments »

Mumbai attack: U.S. floats Pakistan involvement

Lies, lies and more lies

U.S. media are currently regurgitating the story that perhaps Pakistan was involved in the horrific attacks that took place this week in Mumbai, India.

Before we allow our compassionate hearts to overwhelm our intellectual senses, let’s separate what’s happened:

Posted on November 29th, 2008 by MikeGreen
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Barack Obama’s Clinton cabinet choices

Barack Obama’s change into Hillary

President-elect Barack Obama promised change. And to ensure the promise upon which he campaigned across America, he is enlisting some familiar names all connected to the Clintons. The change from Bush family operatives in the executive branch to Clinton family operatives most certainly fulfills Obama’s assurances of change in the White House structure. I just didn’t know it would be a change back to a bygone era. Such a backwards step indicates a continuance of Bush-Clinton policies in the Middle East … and in particular, Iraq.

In addition to the recruiting of select stars from Bill Clinton’s former team, Obama is leaving in position Defense Secretary Robert Gates (a former CIA Chief and Bush replacement for Rumsfeld) for an interim time period. Gates is overseeing the machinations in the Middle East that have escaped the scope of much of American media: Kurdistan, Oil Contracts, Military outposts in northern Iraq, plans for military occupation to 2020 in northern Iraq, ongoing war in Pakistan, augmented war in Afghanistan and targeting of Syria and Iran.

If you will recall, when George H. Bush left office, he had invaded Iraq and pulled back ground troops. But he retained Air Force and Navy air force domination over Iraqi skies. Clinton continued the military domination of Iraq by bombing that nation every year of his presidency. He then turned it over to Bush’s son, Dubya, who augmented U.S. military operations in Iraq with his ironically titled mission, “Operation Enduring Freedom.” The U.S. military has not left Iraq since our invasion in 1991. The retaining of Robert gates as Defense Secretary for even a second longer assures a continuance of that policy.

The old Clinton team is making a comeback with new head coach, Barack Obama. Let’s take a look at the starting lineup:

Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by MikeGreen
Filed under: Election 2008, thebook | 8 Comments »

Bailout Authority: Bush, Bernanke or Paulson?

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

Section 8 of the proposed Bush administration’s Bailout Bill
Officially known as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (see bill here: Dept. of Treasury)

In late September, after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed to Congress his plan for a $700 billion bailout of America’s financial institutions, namely national banks, there was a nasty little 32-word section included in the bill reviewed by Congress that has become infamously known as Section 8. It basically stated that the Treasury Secretary could do whatever he wanted with the funds and there would be no legal authority that had oversight over him. The media and Congress failed to say anything until the blogosphere went nuts over it. Then media and finally the Senate responded.

The section was removed. Or so we thought.

Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by MikeGreen
Filed under: The Economy, thebook | No Comments »

Question of suicide: Should I abort my Christianity?

Should I commit Christian suicide?

Seriously. The question came to me as I cogitated over the role of early Christians in the aftermath of the crucifixion of my Lord, Jesus Christ. I compared what life may have been like back then compared to what life is like today for those who believe in Jesus. And then I realized something: Christians are dying off in America.

I don’t necessarily mean the abrupt termination of bodily functions. I really mean the termination of a God-sanctioned lifestyle. A lot of what passes for Christianity today in America isn’t a true reflection of Christ-centered ideals. And it looks like the teachings of Jesus — once reflected by those who were called people of “The Way” and “Christians” — have taken a backseat to modern adaptations of new ideals and festivals. Many of those old-fashion Christians have disappeared. With the absence of so many believers in the original ideals of Jesus, it appears that a mass Christian genocide has occurred in America.