Someone sent me this list of Canadian’s Version of David Letterman’s Top 10. It is entitled:
Top Ten List of America’s Stupidity . . .
Number 10) Only in America . . . could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 per plate campaign fund-raising event.
Number 9) Only in America . . . could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a black President, a black Attorney General and roughly
20% of the federal workforce is black while only 14% of the population is black – 40+% of all federal entitlements go to black Americans – 3X the rate that go to whites, 5X the rate that go to Hispanics!
Number 8) Only in America . . . could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner (the head of the Treasury Department) and Charles Rangel (who once ran the Ways and Means Committee), BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.
Number 7) Only in America . . . can they have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.
Number 6) Only in America . . . would they make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege, while they discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just ‘magically’ become American citizens
Number 5) Only in America . . . could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country’s Constitution be thought of as “extremists.”
Number 4) Only in America . . . could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
Number 3) Only in America . . . could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. Oil company(Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).
Number 2) Only in America . . . could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year – for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn’t have nearly enough money.
And Number 1) Only in America . . . could the rich people – who pay 86% of all income taxes – be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.
Of course we look like idiots – and the sad thing about it is we look stupid because we are. I don’t know about you but this just makes me wanna shake my head while I puke . . .
I met with a very politically savvy man the other day and he stated that our country is about evenly divided. Meaning virtually either side can win elections. What really decides elections is who can get out the vote.
Our current leadership was elected because evangelical Christians stayed home, (roughly 23% voted). The current leadership would not be in power if they had just gone out and voted their moral conscience.
The Bible is clear that we should elect Godly leaders. The leaders we elect in this election cycle will determine our future on important issues such as below to name a few:
- The definition of marriage
- The right to life
- Government vs. private health care
- The national debt
- Religious freedom
Like so many things in life most people these days seem to think that they have more important things to do, or are just apathetic, or mistakenly think their vote is unimportant. Make no mistake, it is important! The future of our country depends upon it.
Sign up for early voting like I did and it can be done by mail.
Vote!
Exodus 18:21
“Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”
Deuteronomy 1:13
Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
September 15, 2014 – Click here to listen