“In the world’s greatest deliberative body, no body is listening.” This is how Senator Barack Obama describes Congress in his new book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. There are many problems facing this nation including health care, social security, and national security among others. Senator Obama speaks of these problems, as they need to be addressed not by partisan politics but by engaging in positive debate and through compromise. (more…) Read more
When I was a teenager in the 1960’s, dabbling in politics, my mom and dad left the Democratic party. They’d had enough of street protests and flag burnings, and made for the shores of the party of Eisenhower and Nixon. They’d seen Democrats try to solve all problems by throwing away money, but government, they reasoned, should conserve. They were conservatives. They didn’t like the idea of government being in debt, and were aghast at this new thing called a... Read more
he fact is that our current President is just plain goofy. Nothing anyone says or does will ever change that. For the rest of my life, at least, his goofy antics will make news, and tolerance will dictate a kind but mystified reaction. (more…) Read more
This party's god is power. There is no other. (more…) Read more
Released 10/16/06 by FaithfulDemocrats.com The sad truth is that our country's leaders, especially those in the the White House, appear to use faith almost solely as a political weapon. They don't respect it. They don't care about its capacity to improve people's lives. They want power, period. And apparently, they are willing to manipulate religious voters and break the law in order to gain that power. As Mr. Kuo said last night on 60 Minutes: "You're... Read more
I am a minister living in the deep South. The sermon below is my attempt to show that Democrats can apply religion just as effectively to political issues as faithful Republicans. I have tried various outlets for publishing this sermon but have had no success. It seems people don't like to question Bush's policies on Iraq in this part of the country. If anyone can make use of this, please do so. All I ask is that you give my... Read more
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft gave an amusing interview to the New York Times Magazine yesterday. In it, he spoke a bit about why he was attracted to Christianity. (more…) Read more
I recently read a artical in a local news paper telling us to be informed when we vote. The writer then went on to tell the readers to vote anything but Republican. The Republicans had to lean a lesson and this was the best way. Show them when we vote that we are tired of their party and their ideals. Please keep in mind that the writer wanted us to vote wisley. I wonder what would happen if... Read more
Long ago, Marco Polo asked Kublai Khan if he would be interested in converting to the Catholic faith. The Khan answered, he would consider it, however, he had many wise men in his court who could perform great acts of mystic power. If he were to convert, and not be able to duplicate these acts, he would lose the esteem of the court, and thus, in all probability his basis for power. For this reason he declined to convert. ... Read more
Julia Easley, of Children's Medical Center here in Dallas and editor of the bi-annual Beyond ABC report on the state of our community's health, especially as it relates to children and families, shared with us last week the following preliminary finding on one "indicator" of community health. It was good to have her mention our affordable housing efforts in this part of her very useful report. _________________________________ (more…) Read more
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