tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post6943593063564241569..comments2024-03-23T14:04:57.635-05:00Comments on Father Hollywood: Back in the USSARev. Larry Beanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-21555309215940258312009-02-22T23:46:00.000-06:002009-02-22T23:46:00.000-06:00I wonder if the wisest course of action is to join...I wonder if the wisest course of action is to join the Federal Government in some capacity.<BR/><BR/>It took Rome several hundred years to fall, and during this time the difference between the connected and slaves became more pronounced.<BR/><BR/>The decision, I think, is based on the amount of time before the United States collapses. If this collapse takes twenty years or more, why fight the sovereignty? <BR/><BR/>Is it really worth suffering and dying to fight a Fascist regime? And fighting alone?<BR/><BR/>Will the United States collapse within the next five years? Twenty? Fifty? survivalblog, financialarmageddon, mish, calculatedrisk, and the Financial Times have different perspectives.<BR/><BR/>Daniel, along with the other educated Jews, did quite well in the heart of the beast empire of Babylon.<BR/><BR/>And if I remember correctly, Daniel prospered in the next Fascist empire - enough so that his students provided the gold to the King of the World.<BR/><BR/>With this same gold, Mary used the best educated tutors in Egypt - "Alexandria" - most likely, to teach her son. <BR/><BR/>Is it any surprise that young Jesus surprised the teachers of the Law during the census? In his formative years, he had lived meters from the Library of Alexandria. (Why not, they had the money...)SLJubileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983556430709530586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-28611325467236241002009-02-19T14:12:00.000-06:002009-02-19T14:12:00.000-06:00Dear Eric:Yes, they did say it was unjustly confis...Dear Eric:<BR/><BR/>Yes, they did say it was unjustly confiscated. Of course, if a non-police officer "unjustly confiscates" something, we call that a crime, and somebody pays a fine or goes to jail. It's good to be king (or at least one of the king's horses and one of the king's men).<BR/><BR/>And, of course, nothing will happen to the Secret Service officers who decided to go through this man's home. And I'm sure President Obama won't be issuing any apologies either.<BR/><BR/>Some people might think this is no big deal, but it is a fine line (and a fine piece of paper) that separates a free country from despotism. Our founders sure understood this - but I don't think we do anymore.<BR/><BR/>We have to start learning how to say: "No!" again. And I also believe we need to get rid of the privilege that government agents and bureaucrats enjoy that exempt them from suits and in some cases criminal culpability.<BR/><BR/>But then again, if we actually started putting criminals in prison, we would have a really small Congress. But maybe that's not such a bad idea.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-17593815093868576932009-02-19T14:05:00.000-06:002009-02-19T14:05:00.000-06:00Dear Solarblogger:I modified the COW prayers last ...Dear Solarblogger:<BR/><BR/>I modified the COW prayers last week to refer to "public servants" or "public officials." I think "those in authority" sounds equally fine.<BR/><BR/>I generally substitute "the president" or "the president of the United States" instead of "our president" (we had a similar discussion here before, and my theory is this became the norm for English-speaking churches through the Book of Common Prayer and Anglican hymnody which speak of "our" king and "our" queen - something that was just carried over after we became a republic.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-39263764942616847752009-02-19T13:36:00.000-06:002009-02-19T13:36:00.000-06:00Now, to be fair to folks in my state capitol, the ...Now, to be fair to folks in my state capitol, the police supervisors said that the bumper sticker was unjustly confiscated and corrected the officer in error. <BR/><BR/>But yeah. . . and it's not just an Obama thing. . . it went on hard the previous 8 years something fierce.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-55115427933075688052009-02-19T13:35:00.000-06:002009-02-19T13:35:00.000-06:00Do you have a suggestion for better terminology in...Do you have a suggestion for better terminology in the more general petitions? When speaking of individuals, I am used to the form "Barack our President" and (in my case) "Arnold our Governor." I agree that "rulers" and "leaders" are not good general terms. Would "those who are in authority" be best? Or is there a better one?solarbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506179756577015681noreply@blogger.com