Comments on: I Believe vs. I Know

By: Paul Bahn

Paul Bahn — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:48:06 +0000

As far as the whole presidential thing is going…I’m not sure WHAT’S going to happen. The polls are whacked for sure & the main stream media is biased to the left big time. So where does that leave us? It’s hard to really know where John Q. Public is going to land on Nov.4th. My respect for the intelligence (or lack thereof) of the voting population in this country declined significantly after seeing “Slick Willy” re-elected in 1996. It seems that these days the self centered interests of the general public win over what serves the preservation of the country and it’s moral culture. The possibility of the beginning of the end for our country as we’ve known it is absolutely frightening. End times a coming? Could be. Definitely INTERESTING times for sure. Glad there’s hope beyond the self serving leadership we’ve come to know in this country. I’m not throwing in the towel but given world history and the current global situation, as for me, I’m looking up and ultimately counting on the future that God promises Christian believers.

By: amuzikman

amuzikman — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:00:44 +0000

Thanks, that’s good stuff and I needed the reminder.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:10:18 +0000

One of the interesting things about the stock market decline is that it reminds me (once again) that I am not in control! That no one is in control except God. I have lost a lot of money on paper over the past few months…heck…few days. And it has put part of my life on hold. But not the really important part (he tells himself over and over again!). But I still know without a shadow of a doubt who is in control. And once again, I am at peace. Even if Obama wins, I’m not really worried. I worry about the people that have no place to take their troubles, their worries, their stress. I’m going to be fine. It doesn’t keep me from fighting for what I value and what I believe our founding fathers valued, but in the end….it is in His hands. I think, perhaps, we needed this to help us “reset” our priorities and rediscover what is really critical in our lives. It’s really not money. It’s our families, our friends, the neighbors we are supposed to be watching out for. Maybe if we did a better job of taking care of our neighbors, people would stop looking to the government to solve some of these problems. Sorry…don’t mean to preach…mostly talking to myself.

By: enharmonic

enharmonic — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:21:11 +0000

amusikman says,”The value we place on liberty and the great blessings bestowed on this country have been plunging faster than the stock market for a long time.” What a truly brilliant statement. Why are we so worried about the stock market? Because we value our money more than we value our values.

By: harmonicminer

harmonicminer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:57:43 +0000

Hey, it’s not so bad. Store water and food. About 4 years’ worth. Get a big order of necessary prescriptions. Buy some extra socks. Make friends with your ex-special forces neighbor.

We can ride this out.

And sadly, we may have to.

The new socialist utopia is not going to be a friendly place for the likes of us.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:34:36 +0000

Amuzikman, I totally agree. I think a combination of naivety for the uninformed, and “spoiled indifference” for the ones who should know better. The latter have never experienced a depression, never seen evil people actually do evil things, never seen what happens when “leaders” don’t actually lead, etc. We are spoiled because we have never experienced (until 9/11 and even then it was somewhat ‘contained’) the “what if…”. But is it so difficult to imagine that we throw caution (and lack of experienced leadership) to the wind? I certainly won’t.

By: amuzikman

amuzikman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:20:46 +0000

JC – The frustration you feel resonates with anyone who has actually been in a decision-making position. My own managerial experience is minor compared to yours but still substantive enough to see the problem as you have so well stated it. How in the world did we ever get to a point in this country where literally nothing more than eloquent rhetoric was enough to propel someone to the highest office in the land? And I’m not sure the blame can land anywhere but on us. To me it isn’t so much a matter of naivety as it is one of spoiled indifference. The value we place on liberty and the great blessings bestowed on this country have been plunging faster than the stock market for a long time.

By: amuzikman

amuzikman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:04:25 +0000

Sam – Sadly the folks I am talking about have made their decision based on something other than “the information” you speak of. I’m not sure facts carry any weight whatsoever, though we will never know for sure what might have been had news journalists actually done their job with respect to Citizen Obama. But McCain must continue to do what he has (finally) started to do. McCain must try to show voters the real Obama, it’s really no more complicated than that.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:31:30 +0000

I know intelligent people who fall into the trap that you suggest regarding Obama. People you and I know. Here is my biggest issue with Obama. It’s not his acquaintances that’s an issue for me, although I will admit that those relationships are unsettling at best. Here is my issue: He has no experience as an executive of anything. None. Zero. Zilch. He has never run a business, a company or a small municipal government. He has never (to my knowledge) hired anyone or fired anyone. Never set objectives. Never been held accountable for meeting objectives. Never set a vision, strategy and tactics to deliver against that vision. Never managed a budget. This is the man that’s going to lead us out of this difficult economic time? This is the man that will command our troops and make decisions about where and when to deploy? This is a man who will be financially responsible with the taxpayers money? Does he really even understand the implications of running a deficit? Of balancing a budget? Of making the difficult decisions when you have to make financial trade-offs? This is training I have from having run a billion dollar plus business for over 7 years and I still don’t think I’m qualified to be President! As near as I can tell, you are dead right. People are so desperate that they are willing to suspend the qualifications they would normally ask for in a President to allow a little hope that maybe, just maybe, this eloquent man can pull it off. I blame this as much on the Republican Party’s inability to make a case for McCain’s experience and Conservative principles as I do on people’s naivety. An eloquent speaking man with hopes of bringing this country together without the knowledge and experience to actually pull it off will still be just that 4 years from now. He will still sound good, but nothing will have been accomplished. This, I’m afraid, is the best we can hope for from Barrack Obama.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:54:21 +0000

The question is: How do you get the information out to the people who only use the mainstream media as their source of information? When McCain tries to do it he is criticized for his “attack ads.”