On the politics issue, I think that we just look at it in two different ways. More and more, I feel SO blessed to be born in this country and where I am. God is indeed an amazing and good God who has given us so much more than we deserve. I am VERY optimistic about this country's future, because I believe (deep down, under all the materialism and sinning and evil on the outside) that the people of this country trust God. I just pray that a revival can take place in the hearts of our citizens. That people can stop trying to take "under God" out of the pledge and stop trying to legalize abortion. People must stop standing for the rights of child molesters and fight for the rights of the oppressed and damaged children who's innocence has been stolen. People must stop trying to take Christ out of our national holiday--CHRISTmas. People must stop failing to recognize a great and sovereign GOD---or He will not continue to bless us. I heard it said that "God will not continue to bless a country that kills its unborn."

We must hold to the institution of Matrimony as a country, Marriage is one of the very things that hold up this society--and if we fail to continue to promote it---the union of man and woman, the institution of family, man, and wife-- will crumble even more to pieces. I believe that we must surrender the idol of materialism and as citizens and Christians (not as taxpayers and the Government) reach out and embrace the poorer within our borders and those beyond our borders (with a desire from our heart, not a forced taking of taxes from the Government!) God is not pleased that we give less simply because money is already taken from us in taxes. It's almost as if we write the poor off because we think the government is enough. Well, let me tell you---it isn't, and it NEVER will be. Government is simply an institution and a bureaucracy and will never be nothing more, under Clinton OR Bush. It can help somewhat--but it cant touch the hearts of people.
I believe that the war that we have begun in Iraq (NO MATTER WHY WE WENT IN) is doing beautiful things in the hearts of those who have been chained to hatred and fascist ideologies in the middle east. So much more good is being done there then bad. So much more! Schools have been built, infrastructure INSTALLED, not restored. Water is fresh a clean for the first time ever, sanitation is real and working where it never has been. People can vote and decide who they want to make up their government. The hungry are being fed because of our action there, and we should stand behind it FULLY. The people of Iraq are GRATEFUL, and I know this because I have spoken to soldier after soldier who have walked the streets of Baghdad and seen and felt the embrace of the Iraqi citizens.

I believe that because of man's acute and definite nature to be evil and to sin that we can never end war---not until Christ comes back. We must never advocate war, but we must use it when it is neccessary to save our brothers and sisters in the human race from evils and oppressions forced upon them. These are the weak and the mild and the downtrodden we must help.

We MUST, as a country stop thinking that the national news is equal to the truth---EVERYone, no matter who they are, has their own agenda that they try to impress in the minds of those who watch them.

As far as poverty within our borders goes, I really and truly think that the Government will never, ever be enough. It is so much more that plagues those in such situations as those in New Orleans, something that government cannot touch. It is within the very hearts of those people. It will never be enough to give handouts. Handups are what is needed!

It is truly sad that people believe poverty is getting worse under Bush. Here's a few facts for you, that I was told by a friend and went and looked up online. Bill Clinton got on the TV the other day and said that poverty was better under him as president and this is simply a blatant lie. Black homeownership is up 2 percent under President Bush. Poverty spending is significantly higher under Bush than it was under Clinton. Educational spending for poor school districts is higher under Bush. And the poverty rate stood at 13.7 percent halfway through Clinton's tenure. It is 12.7 percent halfway through Bush's two terms. This "tax cuts for the rich" business is also blatantly dishonest. It's a ruse for the secular left to institute their income redistribution scheme. Under President Clinton, the tax rate climbed higher than at any time in history except in World War II. President Bush then came in and cut taxes for everyone. And guess what? Federal tax revenues will be more this year than at any time during the Clinton administration!

We have no choice as a nation but to stand up to the evil, hatred, and sheer lunacy of Islamo-fascism that wants to take over the world just as much or more than Hitler did. We can either fight this evil just as FDR decided to do---or we can surrender in the fight against freedom AND faith. We must never allow liberalism and pacifism to be confused with the message of Christ. Jesus did not stand by as the evil oppressed the downtrodden. Would Jesus continue to allow the little children in the streets of Baghdad to be blow up day after day by Muslim extremists?

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