The End of a Nation

I know it's been a while, but I wanted to give everybody a chance to enter in my book giveaway.

I will also say that I never intended this blog to be political and, therefore, I will try to keep my political commentary short here. Here is a wonderful quote that a friend of mine posted on his Facebook page. It bears thinking about.

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.

"You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

~~~ The late Dr. Adrian Rogers , 1931 to 2005 ~~~

If "con" is the opposite of "pro", then is congress the opposite of progress?

I say this because I have been watching CNN on occasion (I was forced), and saw how hypocritical many members of congress are being. For instance:

I watched as a female congress woman (don't know who) called the executives on Wall Street "Idiots" (those were her exact words) that couldn't handle money and didn't have any character with the funds that were given to them.

This is the same congress that voted themselves raises this year, despite the massive economic slow down.

I also watched a bit of the congressional hearing where a question was posed to the bank execs, asking them which companies owned or leased private planes. All hands went up except for one.

Let it be known by all that Nancy Pelosi has her own private jet.

Hypocrisy is acting in a manner contradictory to one's professed beliefs and feelings, or conversely, expressing false beliefs and opinions in order to conceal one's real feelings or motives.

And by the way, does it not bother anyone that the President's appointees all evade their taxes?

Am I alone in being concerned about this?

One last thought. Here is an excellent and timely article written in a biography about Davey Crockett when he served in congress. A very good read.