"Poor
people in America's twenty-first century enjoy options and privileges
that even the wealthiest couldn't claim one hundred years ago. Far from
oppressing the working class, the corporate system has vastly improved
the purchasing power of all Americans." - The 10 Big Lies About America, by Michael Medved
"An
advertisement keeps popping up for a new paraphrase of the Bible. It's a
full page, color photograph of a woman who appears to be young,
sophisticated, well educated, with a hint of cynicism. 'Pastor,' the
caption reads, 'if you want to reach me, you better watch your
language.' The inside cover elaborates: 'Distracted by deadlines and
bills, this is the only time she takes to nurture her spiritual life.
You can't afford to lose her attention when you reference Bible passages
that are too lofty and obscure.' Why can't a good pastor respond, 'No,
this isn't about making things comfortable for you. If you are baptized,
then this speech that the Bible uses is your language. You have to make
an effort to understand it, to live in its world, and to breath its
air. If you are too distracted by deadlines and bills to take any time
outside this one hour a week for your faith, then you'll pardon me for
not losing the rest of my congregation to the world just for you."
- Dr. Michael Horton, (From A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God Centered Worship)
"If trouble must come, let it come in my day, that my child may live in peace." - Source unknown
"Maybe
the prophets wanted the rich to invite the poor into their homes, maybe
they wanted the poor to be befriended and supported by gentle arms of
friends. Maybe friendliness. But at least justice, at least the rights
of the poor respected." - Dr. Lewis Smedes (1921-2002)
"We
are presently working discretely with all our might to wrest this
mysterious force called sovereignty out of the clutches of the local
nation states of the world." - Arnold Toynbee, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1031 (as quoted in the United Nations Exposed)
"Having passed historic legislation to make American factories the
fairest, cleanest, safest and finest place on earth for industrial
workers, liberals then turn around and backed free trade agreements that
say to U.S. manufacturers: "If you want to get out from under all these
liberal laws, if you want to be rid of those demanding U.S. workers and
unions, shut down your plant here, lay off your U.S. workers, move to
China, make your goods there, and export them, free of charge, back to the USA.
Pocket all the money you save and put it into executive bonuses and
laugh at us liberals on the slopes of Teluride and Vail." Day of Reckoning - How Hubris, Ideology and Greed Are Tearing America Apart, by Patrick Buchanan
