Are You Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago?

[canam]

http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/ar...-platform.aspx bet this aint his fault either

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Amanah

So . . . Satan runs both parties, all religion, our economy, what what else?

Well, these are all from Scripture; I've heard them described "the four hidden dynasties;" and other descriptions, but that was prolly the best. Um, if I remember right, 1) education, 2) media, 3) politics, 4) economy. Forget the Scriptural refs now, but I could dig them up. I don't think this can be translated "anyone who works in these areas is satanic," but that these are man-made systems wherein the CEO does not ask the Holy Spirit for guidance...

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Well, these are all from Scripture; I've heard them described "the four hidden dynasties;" and other descriptions, but that was prolly the best. Um, if I remember right, 1) education, 2) media, 3) politics, 4) economy. Forget the Scriptural refs now, but I could dig them up. I don't think this can be translated "anyone who works in these areas is satanic," but that these are man-made systems wherein the CEO does not ask the Holy Spirit for guidance...

have you read Rousseau? your comment reminded me of him somewhat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ja..._Natural_Human

[BeenThinkin]

New York Times Proves Clint Eastwood Correct -- Obama Is Lousy CEO

A Sunday New York Times front page story — New York Times! — might have killed President Obama’s re-election hopes.

The story is called “The Competitor in Chief — Obama Plays To Win, In Politics and Everything Else.” It is devastating.

With such a title, and from such a friendly organ, at first I thought Jodi Kantor’s piece would be a collection of Obama’s greatest political wins: His rapid rise in Illinois, his win over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries, the passage of health care, and so on.

But the NYT piece is not about any of that. Rather, it is a deep look into the two outstanding flaws in Obama’s executive leadership:

Worth the time it takes to read it!

BT

[canam]

thumbs up on the lousy part

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Amanah

have you read Rousseau? your comment reminded me of him somewhat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ja..._Natural_Human

Nope; heard of him, tho. Ty, I'll check him out-
he's not an atheist, is he?

A google of "The Four Hidden Dynasties"
auto completes at "The Four Hid;"
to me, it's just an expansion of
"...All these kingdoms You see before You
are mine, to do with as I will..."

A little news flash, maybe;
GOD is responsible for your current situation,
and one's allowing that some clowns in some
political party actually are is...
ha, currently beyond comment, I guess.

[BeenThinkin]

Scary!!!!

"Factoid: our national debt of $16 trillion dollars is roughly the equivalent of adding $900,000 per hour since 1 AD, (yes over 2,000 yrs.) Didn't believe until did the math myself." Posted by someone on Facebook!

BT

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Nope; heard of him, tho. Ty, I'll check him out-
he's not an atheist, is he?

He was a deist.

Religion

Having converted to Roman Catholicism early in life and returned to the austere Calvinism of his native Geneva as part of his period of moral reform, Rousseau maintained a profession of that religious philosophy and of John Calvin as a modern lawgiver throughout the remainder of his life.[36] His views on religion presented in his works of philosophy, however, may strike some as discordant with the doctrines of both Catholicism and Calvinism.

At the time, however, Rousseau's strong endorsement of religious toleration, as expounded by the Savoyard vicar in Émile, was interpreted as advocating indifferentism, a heresy, and led to the condemnation of the book in both Calvinist Geneva and Catholic Paris. His assertion in the Social Contract that true followers of Jesus would not make good citizens may have been another reason for Rousseau's condemnation in Geneva.

Unlike many of the more radical Enlightenment philosophers, Rousseau affirmed the necessity of religion. But he repudiated the doctrine of original sin, which plays so large a part in Calvinism (in Émile, Rousseau writes "there is no original perversity in the human heart").[37]

In the 18th century, many deists viewed God merely as an abstract and impersonal creator of the universe, which they likened to a giant machine. Rousseau's deism differed from the usual kind in its intense emotionality. He saw the presence of God in his creation, including mankind, which, apart from the harmful influence of society, is good, because God is good. Rousseau's attribution of a spiritual value to the beauty of nature anticipates the attitudes of 19th-century Romanticism towards nature and religion.

Rousseau was upset that his deistic views were so forcefully condemned, while those of the more atheistic philosophes were ignored. He defended himself against critics of his religious views in his "Letter to Christophe de Beaumont, the Archbishop of Paris in which he insists that freedom of discussion in religious matters is essentially more religious than the attempt to impose belief by force."[38]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ja..._Natural_Human

[deacon blues]

The latest economic indicators = the Obama record:

Unemployment 7.8% in 2008, 8.3% in 2012

Median income $54,983 in 2008, $50,964 in 2012

Gas prices $1.84 in 2008, $3.82 in 2012

National debt $10.6 trillion in 2008, $16 trillion in 2012

Budget deficit $458.5 billion in 2008, 1.29 trillion in 2012

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by Amanah

He was a deist...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ja..._Natural_Human

Cool, I'll check him out, ty.