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Subscribe to RSSVice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional - what makes us American - is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:
President Barack Obama delivers his second inaugural speech, discussing how as a country we will move together, and that "America's possibilities are limitless."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth. The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.
For more than two hundred years, we have.
Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.
Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers.
Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.
Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.
Through it all, we have never relinquished our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society's ills can be cured through government alone. Our celebration of initiative and enterprise; our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, are constants in our character.
But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.
This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together.
For we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that America's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.
We understand that outworn programs are inadequate to the needs of our time. We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher. But while the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American. That is what this moment requires. That is what will give real meaning to our creed.
We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other - through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security - these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries - we must claim its promise. That is how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure - our forests and waterways; our croplands and snowcapped peaks. That is how we will preserve our planet, commanded to our care by God. That's what will lend meaning to the creed our fathers once declared.
We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. Our brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. Our citizens, seared by the memory of those we have lost, know too well the price that is paid for liberty. The knowledge of their sacrifice will keep us forever vigilant against those who would do us harm. But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry those lessons into this time as well.
We will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully - not because we are naïve about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear. America will remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe; and we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad, for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation. We will support democracy from Asia to Africa; from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice - not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice.
We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths - that all of us are created equal - is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.
That is our generation's task - to make these words, these rights, these values - of Life, and Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - real for every American. Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time - but it does require us to act in our time.
For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect. We must act, knowing that today's victories will be only partial, and that it will be up to those who stand here in four years, and forty years, and four hundred years hence to advance the timeless spirit once conferred to us in a spare Philadelphia hall.
My fellow Americans, the oath I have sworn before you today, like the one recited by others who serve in this Capitol, was an oath to God and country, not party or faction - and we must faithfully execute that pledge during the duration of our service. But the words I spoke today are not so different from the oath that is taken each time a soldier signs up for duty, or an immigrant realizes her dream. My oath is not so different from the pledge we all make to the flag that waves above and that fills our hearts with pride.
They are the words of citizens, and they represent our greatest hope.
You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country's course.
You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time - not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals.
Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.
Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.
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The President mention 'stonewall' and raise the issue of gay rights - possibly one of major agendas in the second term, in addition to gun control, immigration reform, and some other liberal causes (how about minimum wage indexed to inflation?)
Thanks, Mr. President.
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Stonewall is much more than a popular gay bar in Manhattan's West Village. In 1969, the gay community of New York rose up against the police in the Stonewall .
In the summer of 1969, the New York gay activist movement was born when a group of gay New Yorkers made a stand against raiding police officers at The Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Village. In those days, gay bars were regularly raided by the police. But on June 27, 1969, the patrons of The Stonewall Inn had had enough.
We have freedom. With that, respect for the outcome that "we the people" have chosen.
Absolutely, Irish-n-green
One of my most favorite quotes...
Here is the website for some of the info in my post #1.
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http://manhattan.about.com/od/glbtscene/a/stonewallriots.htm
Nothing more than a liberal partisan speech. The "unplugged" Barack Obama spoke calling to his liberal supporters to be more engage in order to pursue his agenda.
"Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together." Who are the slaves Mr. President ?
I wish Obama luck...the guy who was President the last 4 years really screwed things up!!
The last four years was obama,
Our country will not be trully equal until we recognize the "life, liberty, & pursuit of happiness" of all its citizens. The birthright of those now living cannot be an excuse to take away that of those waiting to be born, the most defenseless of us all.
Any nation which allows one part of its population to take away the life of another segment of its population will eventually allow every part to take away the life of any part.
"Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life; it does not mean we will all define liberty in exactly the same way, or follow the same precise path to happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time - but it does require us to act in our time".
Meaning: I am ready and willing to continue the trampling and trashing of the Constitution and it's Bill of Rights. Namely the Second Amendment.
So sad a President can be so divisive and arrogant.
It's so amazing that way 300 million people can hear the exact same speech, and all hear what they want to. Personally, I thought it was positive and inspiring, and if it hinted at the planned direction of Obama's second term, it was a good map to follow. I am saddened and disappointed to see that some people see the same words, and feel it leads somewhere they don't want to go.
Peace, Love and Happiness to you all.
I agree with you Shareef. I am tired of the negativity. Regardless of political views we are all still Americans and we all need to work together to make our country and our world a better place for all. Let's stop slinging mud and start cleaning it up instead.
BS
This should have been Romney's inauguration. Too bad so many idiots stayed home and didn't vote. You did a huge injustice to your country by not getting out to vote and vote for Romney. Romney is a man that could have done great things for this country. Balancing the budget would be one of them and reducing the national debt would be another one. Instead, we have four more years of a very incompetent president that is out of control with his spending, driving up the debt more than all presidents before him combined. This country is quickly headed towards bankruptcy and its Obama's goal to destroy it and establish socialism. He is succeeding, starting with Obamacare. Its sad.
Obama was elected by people that, most of which couldn't find their ass with either hand, and our children and grandchildren are going to pay the price for it in the future.
Hey loser, learn to spell. Romney promised to put the country back to work and 51% said "screw that!"
"Someone that cares", obviously you don't understand the way our government operates. Your elected senators and representatives voted on the tax bill that was signed. The president wanted to keep the 2% tax break he gave us a couple of years ago but consertatives were not willing to add that piece to the bill. The president DID want more help for the average worker but the RIGHT didn't so before you try to lay blame where ever you see fit learn the truth.
Oskar -
Thinking about your comment in 1.4 regarding...
you state, "Who are the slaves Mr. President?" ("are" - a word in the present tense)
In the quote I read from the Inaugural Address, I see "learned", "made" and "vowed". Words in the past tense.
As I recall from the Constitution (ratified 1788) , the Framers wrote (and signed off on) Article 1 (Legislative Branch) Section 2 (The House).
And from the 14th Amendment - Citizenship Rights - Section 2 (ratified - 1868)
And to make this unambiguous, the 15th Amendment - Race No Bar To Vote - Section 1 (ratified 1870)
And from the Seneca Falls convention (1848) it took another 72 years to pass the 19th Amendment - Women's Suffrage (ratified - 1920)
Somehow, the words "learned", "made" and "vowed" seen appropriate concerning events that occurred almost 100 - 150 years ago.
So Oskar, where "are" the slaves? In this case, theoretically on trash heap of history although it only took 132 years after the ratification of the Constitution although obviously the rancor continues on.
From your comment 3.7
The Framers were not arrogant enough to believe they have created the perfect document (exquisitely documented in the Federalist Papers) hence Article 5 (Amendment)
One can look no further than the 18th Amendment - Liquor Abolished (ratified 1919) and the 21st Amendment - Repealed (ratified 1933 - 14 years later) to see the fickleness of the Public and Congress in playing with Constitution.
BHO is NOT responsible for the 2% tax break. Read on:
In 2001, President George Bush enacted a tax cut known as the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA). It was enacted to stimulate the economy during the 2001 recession. It saved taxpayers, and increased the debt, by $1.35 trillion over a 10-year period. The Urban Institute said the tax cuts benefited families with children, and those with incomes over $200,000, the most. The 2001 Bush Tax Cut was designed to expire in 2011. Little did the originators know that this stimulus would end when the economy was still struggling to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression.
The President calls to all the people, (unsurprisingly) not everyone listens. Some can't, some won't.
Hi Piggy, good stuff, stay positive.
The speech I heard today challenged ALL Americans to come together for the good of our nation. You on the other hand either didn't listen, or you are a partisan hack determined to bad mouth the President regardless of what he says or does.
If it is the later, than good riddance to ya.... Go crawl back in a hole and come out for 2016.....
Who wants to listen to Dumbama's crap anyway.
I look at comments on important articles, hoping for intelligent discussions but rarely finding them. I would welcome comments from thinking and reasonable conservatives and liberals, but so many of these posts are just regurgitated prejudices, arguments ad hominem, and other senseless time-wasters.
Where are the thoughtful discussions of the common good?
Blah, blah, blah. Now forget what he just said, just like you and he forget what he said on the campaign trail and in his State of the Union addresses. It is all for show. Instead, march forward into the abyss of continued record pace deficit spending, debt building, divisive party hack politics spurred on by Mr. Obama himself with his finger pointing, name calling and refusal to take responsibility and lack of leadership. He says we need to get rid of our debt, but proposes nothing to do so. Instead, he continues to grow it at record setting pace. Economic destruction. He says we need to be tolerant, but then tells religious institutions they must subsidize abortions.moral destruction He says we must work together, but he shuns efforts to do so.Failed leadership He says the government must be transparent, but conducts behind the scenes policy planning and law making behind closed doors so as to avoid public scrutiny and public input.Duplicity He says we must cherish our Constitutional principles, but continually attacks the foundations of our Constitution and seeks to tear them down, often by executive fiat.Contempt for our values.
The Obama legacy: say one thing and do the exact opposite.
Someone that care's banned for making racist remarks and grenade trolling everywhere. Not doing much else.
No thanks.
Now it's Kelly Clarkson singing after the Inaugural Speech.
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Let Freedom Ring
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My country, 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrims pride
From every mountainside
This country sure has changed hasn't it Pigotry???
Was this an Inauguration or a political speech? So sad. I was really hoping he would make a speech to help bring us together. This was not it.
Couldnt agree more. As I read the text, I was thinking finally something inspirationally, only to be let down with political rhetoric. The speech, to me, was filled with imitiations of the inpirational and insightful words of our Founding Fathers and Martin Luther King, only diluted with the President's rhetoric.
Bring us together , you got to be kidding. Our president Barack Obama the divider in chief, believe in DIVIDE AND CONQUER, the best way to pursue his agenda.
Some people lead and some people whine about people who do lead. Tea-baggers, republicans, conservatives -- you lost. You can continue your 4 year whineathon or you can stop whining and perhaps come up with better ideas and better candidates for the nest election. I don't know what you will do but I can assure you if you continue down the path you have been on for the last 4 years, you will see another Democrat making another acceptance speech 4 years from now.
The President cannot force "bringing us together." That's something that we each have to take personal responsibility for.
Sadly, the Republicans set their agenda for the last 4 years as "how do we make sure President Obama is a one-term president?" If I were Republican (and I'm not Democrat either), this would have pi$$ed me off. We elect ALL of our representatives to serve the people who elected them - US! We need to keep reminding them who they work for and that the agenda they are supposed to be concerned with isn't THEIR agenda, it's OUR agenda. That's going to mean that they have to compromise. It means that rather than arguing over things that are NOT going to change (ex. abortion rights- 85% of Americans are pro-choice), they need to work on the things that NEED to change.
The Republican party has their undies in a bundle now. Their plan from the last four years didn't work. It did more harm than good to both the Republican Party and to the citizens of the United States. If they are truly proud Americans who claim to represent ALL Americans, they will work WITH this president instead of AGAINST him.
OK, all of you who are Republicans and anti-Obama can let me have it. I can take it because if you decide to rip me a new one, it's proof positive that you're willing to let this country flounder for the next four years!
Your side already made the choice that you will not come together and work together. That line in the sand was already drawn -- by you. Obama made every attempt the last four years to reach his hand across the aisle... and every time, the Republicans spat on it.
So now it's time to go forward, and you're whining that he's not taking you with? Give me a break.
A true leader finds a way to bridge the divide instead of pointing fingers, which this President, and most apparent Dems on this post, does consistently. Forget Dems and Republicans - if he was interested in leading he would find a way to bridge and compromise in the interest of the nation and not rule by executive order. While, it indeed takes both sides, the primary obligation is on the leader and that is President Obama. I'm looking for this President to lead us all, as a nation, not just the Democrats. So, let us hope the next "inevitable Democrat" is a much better leader than the one in White House currently.
I'm still waiting for the virtue of humble of our President and accept the Constitution of the way our founders created, Democracy is not simple, require real leaders, in our modern time ,both Reagan and Clinton ,each of them Republicans and Democrats Presidents learn how to lead in bipartisan way , I hope that Obama can learn from them and begin a new era of leadership. However I have my doubt since recently he is turning his reelection campaign apparatus in to a bully machine against any one who dare to oppose his left wing liberal agenda.
Bit hard to bring you together with us when you refuse to even try.
I didn't even watch the damned speech. Probably just full of lies anyway.
You were not listening!!!
The ones doing the dividing are all right here online, sowing derision and hate, badmouthing the President, claiming the world is coming to an end, or civil war is on the way....
Those are the ones that are dividing this country.....
The ones that can't stand the fact a black man occupies the White House. Save your holier than thou replies for someone who cares. The majority of this country has racist feelings...
Here's the problem: every president plays the "God" card. Until that stops, we'll know there's a significant amount of hypocrisy in the speech. Every intelligent person knows there is nothing in the sky looking over us and blessing us, and graduates from Harvard should certainly know that. So, bottom line, BHO is brown-nosing with our US masses of simple-minded. Look, if there were a god, why would we need to pull together to get things done? Why wouldn't we all kneel down and pray? Hey, I say let's try it, for a year or so. That would be interesting. I haven't seen much good coming from those nations that do it 5 times a day.
I would have preferred BO to have said "Find your guiding light in your heart and love those fellow citizens within touching distance, so that your family, friends, neighbours, communities, state and eventually your country, can prosper in goodwill."
Our nation is too diverse, and sadly too divided, to really understand what it stands for. Saluting flags is a ritual that doesn't bring us any closer together in a productive way. Just like raising clasped hands to the sky.
Coming together starts with forging a kind, beneficial relationship with the person next to you and expand from there. Speaking to a friend will accomplish more than listening to one voice lecturing the masses.
Great speech, great moment in American history. May God bless the President and the First Family, Michelle, Melia and Sasha and may he be surrounded with positive people to carry out his agenda. Keep your eyes on God and you cannot fail. Best wishes for a successful pesidency.
Couldn't disagree with you more. This is a speech that trys to echo the Bill of rights, the constitution and religious freedom and yet he works the hardest to take those away from this country. He has no interest in any of those documents. He is only interested in Barack Obama's view of how the US really should be like. That is not one of strength, or compassion, or in diversity. It is one based on devisiveness, rich vs poor, any color vs white, Men vs women, Homosexual vs heterosexual. He does not stand for war yet creates one within the country. He says he believes in God but does everything to remove God from Government. His speech does not reflect his actions. And as usual the left thinks he is wonderful.
Why do you hate the messenger? President Obama has not CAUSED the divisiveness, he has only SHOWED you were it exists. By promoting fairness, and equality, he highlights where it does not exist, and forces you to choose a side. You cite rich vs poor, did that schism just occur during the last four years? Was health care affordable to all BEFORE Obama? Were wages going up, with more jobs and opportunity being created? I seem to remember that Banks and petroleum companies, and other in the high-end financial services have had record breaking profits for about the last six years, yet the people are getting poorer, and jobs are getting scarcer. Why shouldn't we address that?
You say "men vs women", as if Obama is CAUSING the problem by pointing out that it is unfair to pay a man more than a woman to do the same job. He is trying to fix a in-equality that has existed for thousands of years... do you not support that effort?
The same argument could be made for gay rights. In the past, if was OK to round up gays, murder them, send them away, torture and brainwash them, and deny them any rights. Yet you call Obama divisive because he says "No more!"
You probably think Lincoln was divisive because he freed the slaves, and caused the Civil War, don't you? That would give Obama some good company though :)
Peace, Love and Happiness?
I can not understand how he can mention God, but do things against God and the Bible....
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."
To treat gays equally is the humane and Christian thing to do, but to accept their love as equal? Either you believe the bible about what God says about homosexuality or you should just not swear on three different bibles for your presidential oath. For President Obama to push for gay "love rights and equality" will diminish our freedom to believe what the bible says about anything.
Then it appears you are continuing in the 2000+ year traditions of your religion, probably ALL religions, but most definately yours, in assuming the righteous egotistic viewpoint that only your interpretation of God and the Bible is the accurate one and that all those others throughout the centuries were wrong and had been duped in some manner or the other....
Hey, BigBadBob-2560784
agreed. but some revision:
Once he takes the plank out of his own eye, and then he finds that there is no speck in his brother’s eye
I agree with Cynthia, and ejh214, she is not saying that only her way is the right way. But the title of the article is about how Obama wants to go back to the founding fathers way of the country being ran. That was made on a Christian belief system and it is clearly stated in the bible that it is against God to be homosexual yet he pushes for it. I am not saying by any means that I am perfect, but that going against God purposely is not ok. And as the most powerful man in the world, if he is going to state tht he is a God follower and Christian then he should not be setting such an example for everyone as to say that Gay marriage is ok, when the bible clearly states otherwise (Leviticus 20:13).
With the legalization of same-sex "marriage", procreation has been taken out of the union. Therefore, why can't two brothers or two sisters marry. Why not extend marriage to a 35yr old man & his 13yr old lover?
Did we elect a Pope? No. Paul says, obey and respect all authority, during the time he was in jail for his Christianity.
Do you actually read the full text of the Bible? Or do you just pick out the things you agree with to condemn others for who they are?
The Bible also "says" that it's okay to eat our children in times of famine; that we will be punished for wrongdoing by being forced to eat the flesh of our daughters and sons; that any person who is divorced commits adultery against their previous spouse if they marry another; that simply looking at another person and finding them attractive is committing adultery. And, frankly, SO MANY more things that all of you "gay hater's" don't even acknowledge is in the text.
If you're going to spout off Bible rhetoric or claim that something should be or should not be done because it "says so in the Bible", look at your own life and make sure you are following the FULL WORD and not only the parts you like. Actually READ THE WORD instead of taking your Preacher's interpretation as God's Word.
And, let's all remember that none of us actually speak or read Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek, which are the languages God's Word was originally written in. Every single version in any other language not written on the original scroll's is the interpretation of the person translating as many of the original phrases have no real translated meaning.
Do not use your twisted beliefs to deny others of their rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!
Because we don't have the whole bible memorized and are doing wrong doings without knowledge of them does not mean that the correction of what we do know is wrong (based on the bible that the country was brought up on; which is what this inaguration was supposedly about) shouldn't be done. Hypocrisy is wrong, and so is judgement, but telling a fellow christian brother that he or she needs to correct something is the only way that we can follow Jesus likewe are supposed to. But a lot of people do only take what they want to from the bible and I see that to be a big reason why Christians are looked down upon by many (reading part of the word does lead to hypocrisy). But the correction of a known sin should be corrected, and any others that are unknown should be brought to light and then corrected.
Like what?
NotAFan-7672277 said "if he is going to state tht he is a God follower and Christian then he should not be setting such an example for everyone as to say that Gay marriage is ok, when the bible clearly states otherwise (Leviticus 20:13)."
Leviticus is instruction to Jews. Though it is instructive, Christians have a new covenant and follow the words of Christ: "Love your neighbor as yourself." At no point is Jesus quoted condemning homosexuality. It may be abhorrent to God, but that is between God and every individual person. Judge not lest ye be judged.
You can disagree with homosexuality, but you have no right to judge, and every responsibility to demonstrate love and compassion to ALL, even gay people. It's about time some of the so-called Christians in this country actually understand their religion instead of just parroting whatever hateful speech they hear. No person who hates (for any reason) can call themselves a Christian without perjuring themselves before God, even your pastor. I am tired of weak-hearted Christians and people who claim to be but clearly are not.
@ Raiyyn, Put away the anger.
In Romans 13 : 1-6, Paul is giving us an imperative to obey and respect. If that is not enough Jesus said to give to Caesar what is Caesar's. Do you remember what happened when Paul's chains were broken and the cell door was opened by an earthquake. Did he run? No, he prayed with his jailer and brought him and his family to faith in the Son of man. God has his plan for this bus, let him do the driving. His plan for us is to let our light shine for others.
Like the republicans don't??????? You need to wake up lady!
To Raiyyn, I just wanted to compliment you because it was well stated!
Give me a break! Just because this is mentioned as part of a curse doesn't mean that the BIble says it's "okay" to do it. In fact, the Bible is saying that this is a horrible fate that will happen if the Israelites turn away, a punishment. This is not condoning it in the least but pointing out what a terrible thing it is. Simply because a thing is mentioned in the Bible does not mean it is approved in the Bible-you accuse others of cherry picking but you are doing it yourself.
The Bible also does not say that "finding another person attractive" is committing adultery. It says LUSTING for them is adultery, and surely you know the difference between the two. Jesus even spells it out so that there is no misunderstanding by saying that you have already committed adultery with them in your heart. I think you are the one who likes to give your own interpretation of the Word of God.
I may not read Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic; but I know people who have studied it and who do. These languages have been preserved, and the very ancient texts can be translated accurately by scholars. There are many more copies of the New Testament dating much closer to when it was actually written than the writings of Plato-yet no one ever questions Plato. Do your research.
The complete Biblical quotation is: "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free". So the real question, then, is who commenting here "knows" the truth? There's just more of the same prejudicial anger and hate I'm hearing. Sounds like a lot of Fox News devotees--sorry, ye shall not find the "truth" there...
Raiyyn, I'm sorry if my comment to you came across sounding like an attack. That was not my intent. I really just meant to give some info about the Bible, but I'm afraid I let myself get a bit defensive and kind of sarcastic. I am not taking back the info I shared because I stand by that, but I do apologize for my tone. There has been far too much anger and condemnation already. I believe Jesus would have welcomed people as they are, though no one can truly encounter him and remain unchanged. However, it seemed to me that most people I've seen who were seeking him desired some sort of change anyway. Many others are not seeking and choose not to believe, and that is your right. I hold you no ill will-though I will share correct info about the Bible if misconceptions are stated, and I have sources to back up my information (DEFINITELY not Fox News, either-I don't consider them an objective source).
"We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other - through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security - these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."
Delusional statement in bold. When is the president going to wake up?
Hasn't the government risked enough of the backs of the "Middle Class" by not performing due diligence to eliminate the waste caused by those that take advantage of social security and medicare?
I'm all for social security and medicare and veteran's benefits!--When they are warranted! But there are far too many that take advantage of these programs because they are not a class of citizens that try to get work because their excuse is that they can get paid more by the government than to get a job and to pay taxes. They make up false illnesses and sit on their lazy asses and collect their checks. This number of citizens is not shrinking. It is indeed growing.
I challenge the president to devise a task force to look harder at those that grab their free food, housing, and money only to blow it at the local casino and sell their food for drugs. This is the class that needs a rude awakening when their benefits are cut completely. Oh, and yes, they should stop being rewarded for making more babies too. The system is backwards. More children should require more taxes to support the infrastructure. instead we give them a tax break per child? Ass-Backwards.
Please keep making these kinds of arguments. You and Dumb Fux news. You lose elections with them.
Apparently, the truth hurts. Wait until the government runs out of money to support the lazy and dishonest. Then, and only then will people like you wake up.
Keep losing elections and maybe you'll wake up. Nah!
Wait until the people that make more money than you stop paying taxes too. Then it won't matter who wins the election. There's not enough IRS agents to handle to flood of non-tax payers. Nah!
WHAT DID YOU WIN BigBadBob-2560784,
More Taxes.
President Obama's Removal and Or Eliminations of US Citizens Constitutional Rights (including Bill of Rights and Amendments) and the Due Process of Law:
President Obama's January 21, 2009 Patriot Acts (Plural US Laws). Expanded Presidential Powers. US Military Use of Deadly Force Against US Citizens. Preemptive Detentions of US Citizens. Monitoring and Censorship of All US Communications. Without Warrant Mandatory Cooperation of US Communications Providers. US Military Tribunals renamed by the Obama Administration as US Military Commissions (Legal Defense no access to "classified" witnesses nor "classified" evidence used by Prosecution). (No) Support to Terrorist Organizations (No Legal Representation as "Expert Advise" per 2010 US Supreme Court Ruling, currently being fought by ACLU). Inclusion of the previously defeated as Unconstitutional US Senate S.1959 and US House of Representatives H.R.1955 aka the George Orwell 1984 Thought Crimes Laws, in that the written or witnessed verbal thought is the Felony Crime, not the Act, example: the definition from S.1959 and H.R.1955, "Anyone stating a radical change to (US) Government is a Homegrown Domestic Terrorist".
During a staged news media event, January 22, 2009 President Obama signs into US Laws his Patriot Acts, 04:38 minutes of 11:55 minutes:
Naomi Wolf: 'Obama can lock any US citizen up without trial'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLSeD19m3UE&feature=fvst
President Obama's 2012 NDAA, US Military Indefinite Detentions of US Citizens:
Obama Signs NDAA, ACLU Disgusted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IeuE16LLDY
Feds' electronic snooping of Americans up sharply, says ACLU
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/feds-electronic-snooping-americans-sharply-says-aclu-6170914
President Obama to circumvent US Congress,"The Will of the People", keep clicking "Next", see anything Unconstitutional, TOUGH that is what you Voted you wanted:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions
The same Demoncraptic Party that demands the killing of anyone that disagrees with them:
Union Leader Jimmy Hoffa Junior during President Obama Reelection Campaign Rally, "President Obama, this is your Army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of b!tches out and give America back to an America where we belong."
If this sounds like the Chancellor Hitler's Brown Shirts and National Socialist German Workers Party (a Political Labor Union) or Mussolini's Blackshirts, it is, as that is what the current US Labor Unions were modelled after.
US and US Allies Loss of Strategic Resources Worldwide, required for the current US Standard of Living and Future US Alternative Energy.
US And US Allies Loss of Strategic Locations Worldwide.
US And US Allies Loss of Vital and Strategic Allies Worldwide.
Free Health Care, "That will not cost more". Result price tag of $2.1 Trillion that paid off the Insurance Corporations $67 Billion, Medical Device Corporations $23 Billion, Pharmaceuticals Corporations $20 Billion so that President Obama could get Unlimited Corporate Campaign Contributions to keep his Presidential Campaign Offices open from 2008 till his Reelection 2012, now renamed the President Obama Action Committees to push his current propaganda "Agenda" (that he never announced during his Reelection). 2008 as Candidate Obama, Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton filed against Candidate Obama for violating US Law, McCain Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, since he got away with that then, that is what he continues to do as receiving Billions USDs thru his Buddy "Mr. Corporate America" while being fined thousands USDs for violating US Law.
The Fiscal Cliff, the Waitress arrived with the bill for $2.1 Trillion the meal that President Obama ate, now President Obama is looking for someone else to pay.
The Debt Ceiling, the sewer backed up filling your house full of sh!t, now you are going to raise the ceiling instead of cleaning the sh!t out, you are neck deep in sh!t.
Federal Spending:
60% Entitlements
20% Defense
13% Discretionary Spending
7% Interest (Interest on Loans, like loans from the Chinese)
President Obama to pay for the $2.1 Trillion that President Obama Demanded to be spent demands Automatic Across the Board Budget Cuts as "Automatic Sequestration" to all previously Budgeted for Programs (like Medicare, etc.), Projects (like US Army Corps of Engineer Infrastructure Projects within the US, etc.), Agencies (like FEMA, Department of Education, Veteran's Affairs, etc.), including chopping the Benefits and Entitlements of the "49%" (actual 49%, update 51%).
President Obama stated in 2012, "A 10% Defense Budget Cut will result in a Million (US) Civilians becoming Unemployed", then demands a 11% Defense Budget Cut. Parts of Defense include the US Intelligence Agencies, that like during President Clinton were Gutted leaving the US Blind and Deaf to the Events leading up to the 9/11 2001 Attacks, per Bipartisan US Congressional Commission (Committee) Investigations, Findings, and Recommendations with former President Clinton saying, "I'm a so sorry".
Also part to the US Defense Budget are those US Army Corps of Engineer Infrastructure Projects within the US as previously chopped by President Clinton, resulting in the US Army Corps of Engineers not having the Funds for their recommended Upgrades, Retrofits, Modifications, Building new, maintenance of the Levees of New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina, per US Congressional Katrina Hearings. The "berms" (earthen levees) built by the US Army Corps of Engineers at New Jersey saved many homes from being flooded or washed away during Hurricane Sandy.
President Obama as Commander In Chief Orders the Reduction In Forces of the US Military by 50%. Secretary of Defense Gates, and later Secretary of Defense Penetta tender their Letters of Resignation. US Military Capability chopped from capable of Two Sustained Wars Simultaneously to One War only.
Yep, keep "winning" BigBadBob-2560784, welcome to President Obama's United Somalia of America. As President Obama's "Level the Playing Field" by bring the US down to the lowest common denominator instead of the difficult raising others to the higher US Standard of Living.
Before you start the typical name calling, do the research into the above, as:
http://money.msn.com/investing/11-things-wrong-with-congress
President Obama's Removal and Or Eliminations of US Citizens Constitutional Rights (including Bill of Rights and Amendments) and the Due Process of Law:
OK -- who left the cage door unlocked?? One of the loons has escaped.
Sick, David. Maybe when Obama-care kicks in you can get some real help.
Yes, but he still has the right to bear arms.
don'tbelieveawordofit.......tell me if you can just exactly what changed in the last 4 years and all of these undeserving people started taking your money?
The president said exactly what I have been thinking. So many are narrow minded and think only of the money they pay for these programs but are too selfish and arrogant to look for the benefits. I believe the whole reason the baby boom generation thrived was because our parents and our generation invested in these programs. Thus we were not paralyzed by fear of a poverty stricken old age -the promises of social security and medicare freed us from that paralysis that held back previous generations - thus freeing us to invest in our children's educations, take risks in business, build world-class infrastructures... Frankly if we keep cutting social security and medicare and raising the retirement age, it will put more money into the pockets of younger citizens and families temporarily, but the $ will come right back out because older citizens will need to take care of their own futures and will no longer be funding your children's education or infrastructure
Another view - we've experience an extended period of high unemployment yet without any rise in crime, domestic abuse, suicide etc that usually accompany these types of situations - don't you think the support for food stamps program and extended unemployment benefits had a lot to do with that? I don't begrudge those who have taken these entitlements - most that I know were very hard working when they were employed and having been working equally as hard to get back to work. Yet even good people may do desperate things when they are desperate and I am lucky to have a job so I believe helping them out is our obligation and benefits us as well.
You are just like Faux news, they would have been happy with Pres Obama's speech is he had fully embraced all of the teabaggger right wing nut bag crazy and insane proposals, then Faux news would have bitched moaned and complained that Pres Obama wasn't bi-partisan enough.
VERY TYPICAL UNEDUCATED POSTS, NAME CALLING INSTEAD OF DISPUTING WHAT WAS POSTED:
YOU CANNOT EVEN LISTEN TO THE ADVISE OF THE PRESIDENT YOU HIRED:
From President Obama's 2013 Inaugural speech:
The most powerful man in the world is African American. We, as a nation have come a long ways but we are not there yet. I yearn for the day when we have a female president...a Mexican American president and maybe in my lifetime, a Native American president. The door is wide open now. God bless our president, his family and our nation.
I want to see a Native American, bisexual, Wiccan, single mother from the lowest rungs of the socioeconomic totem pole become President someday...
Why does it always have to be about race and/or division? I voted for Obama during his first run, but did not this last time... Simply because he didn't do what he led us to believe he was going to (be a moderate/centrist); because he kept talking about reaching across the aisle, while at the same time sarcastically tossing insults and blame in that direction; because when the polls weren't going his way he sold out to another special interest group just before the election (deferred action for illegal immigrants in huge numbers that will as usual lead to permanent status); and because he didn't do anything to benefit the working and middle classes. The government just keeps getting more money and we keep taking home less (although they are getting better and better at hiding taxation in our cell phone bills, etc) What he laid out in this speech was intent to keep spending no matter what and made it clear that our future is uncertain at best. I have worked for the government in one capacity or another for over 20 years... Under any administration, they cannot run anything efficiently and most dollars spent by the government are either wasted or unnecessary. Make no mistake, if this government keeps giving away cell phones to those who already have smart phones and allowing vast numbers to cheat the Social Security system, the takers will overcome what the workers can afford to give. And now that the election is over, we get to further burden legitimate gun owners in this country... How a president coming from a city with a history of strict gun control and a high murder rate figures gun control works is a mystery to me. That issue alone may be the undoing of this country... How can you take the right to self defense from a border rancher, while allowing anyone to cross into this country illegally and doing nothing significant to curb illegal gun use by criminals? He is just going to create a new class of criminals out of previously honest citizens (Must be using the example of the Prohibition as a success story).
The Bible happens to say Peace, peace and sudden destruction. There can be no peace with out Jesus Christ ruling one life and heart.
Nonsense. People of all religions-- and people of no religion-- can and do live together in peace.
What the Bible happens to say should have no bearing on the process of governance. We are a diverse nation with a secular government. I cannot expect the government to enforce my Christian beliefs unless I am willing to allow it to enforce a Muslim's beliefs as well. Anything else reeks of bias. This is the reason that separation of church and state exists in this country. We are all equal here, regardless of what we believe. If you disagree, you have chosen to live in the wrong republic.
How about quit spending so much money Barry you fraud!
"How about quit spending so much money Barry'
How about you stop making such ignorant statements and find out what is actually happening. For example -- I doubt you know what president has increased federal spending by less than any president since Eisenhower. I'll give you a hint --- he took the oath of office for his second term today.
Don't believe me --- check out Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/
Cheddar -- I guess you don't understand how it works. The President cannot spend one single cent that has not been authorized by Congress. Take a look at the actual spending record of your representative (the REAL record, not the one he puts in his fundraising letters to you). Add up how many pork/earmarks he voted for, and multiply that by 535. The tea party Rs are just as bad as anyone else when they are actually voting, instead of making speeches. You want the budget balanced? Which of YOUR benefits are you willing to cut? Which earmarks that benefit YOUR business, YOUR town and YOUR state?
Ok Charlie, I don't know the exact numbers on spending, but probably best not to cite a contributor to Forbes with the tagline "Writing from the left on politics and policy". I kinda doubt a conservative would get away with citing someone claiming to be "Writing from the right". I don't want any politician entrusted with more of our money.
"I guess you don't understand how it works. The President cannot spend one single cent that has not been authorized by Congress."
I understand perfectly how it works. Yet all these conservatives love to whine about Obama's spending, Obama's spending over and over. And you're correct -- presidents don't spend money, congress spends money. Ye the increase in federal spending during President Obama's first 4 years has been the lowest since Eisenhower. The REAL cause of our current debt id a result of the spending congress authorized long before President Obama took office (mostly the Republican Congresses between 2002 and 2007) and the decrease in federal income due to the Bush depression.
Cheddar, You are one stupid dumb*ss idiot, the president can't spend one penny. Go back and read-- that is if you can read and comprehend Article 1, Sections 7 & 8 of the US Constitution. Those sections state that only Congress, specifically the House initiate bills that can raise revenue , borrow money, collect taxes, pay the debts. The President can only request and /or recommend how the funds should be spent. The House does the spending.
"You are one stupid dumb*ss idiot, the president can't spend one penny."
"We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own."
100% Pure, Gold-Plated BS if I ever heard it...
Sum: You obviously didn't hear it.
This is all such bull- people need to wake up and pay attention to the destruction of our system our founding fathers put into place long ago, also the entitlement crowd has to put in their fair share or we will be in a worse state than we are now it has to stop and stop now! Everyone has to pull their weight and stop being crybabies and lazy,and our government needs to listen to what the people want!
I did put in my fair share before I became disabled, as did my family. Wanna trade places? I have MS. Then I can harp at you about being a crybaby and lazy for collecting the benefits that you paid for with your taxes while you worked for twenty years.
What the people want? just turn on the inauguration. That's what the people wanted on electioon day.
Sum, obviously there are legitimate disabilities... The problem is when multiple members of the same family come into an SSA office to file for disability benefits at the same time and actually state flat out that they are filing for disability just because they need money and are trying from any sources they can... We should pay disability to people disabled from being able to work, but not just because someone wants more money.
@Bill Richardson....You know what? I am sick to death of people like you and the others here who think Social security and Medicare and disability are entitlements. I am over 65 and get SS and Medicare. I worked EVERY DAY from the time I was 19 until I retired and paid into SS EVERY one of those days. I got disabled after I retired and believe me, it's not easy to get disability. You have to provide medical records from many sources and go through both a physical and mental exam by their doctors. You also have to provide financial records and list everything you own. For anyone to assume you can just walk in and get a handout only shows their ignorance and brainwashing by idiots like FOX and Rush. Those people make MILLIONS convincing people like you that people like me are just lazy takers. Again, you people make me sick!
I completely agree with you. Most people don't realize that when you are really disabled and cannot work, it takes several years to jump through all the loopholes of the Social Security Administration in order to get disability. THEIR doctors basically have to approve it. You also have to have worked and paid into it to receive benefits.
I think Obama's speech was inspiring, uplifting and great. The negative viewpoints of those who hate him will never change. Their minds are twisted and tweaked by all the lies they hear and their own personal predjudices.
President Obama has an Awesome team of Speach Writers and He does an Excelent job of delivering those speeches.
Its to bad he has demonstrated time and time again that what he says in a lofty speech doesn't match up with his actions.
Rule of Law?
LIke "Fast and Furious" and using Executive Privilage to protect the People in your administration?
How about the Death of Brian Terry? A real Hero who died serving this nation and enforcing its LAWS!
Like bypassing Congress to give 1.7 Million Illigal Immigrant children Amnesty?
Tens of thousands of People have died in Mexico to Support Americas Illigal Drug Addictions because The Democrats and Obama refuse to secure our Borders.
Wheres their right to Life that was given to them by God?
Like I said, Obama's a great Orator, but actions speak louder than words. He can Talk the Talk but he can't Walk the Walk.
First of all, it's Mexico. What is Obama supposed to do, invade? Second, what has any Republican President done to secure our borders? Bush II had 8 years and did nothing. Or are you one of those who believe history began in 2010?
I didn't think much of Bush II either. The difference is we can only fire the current president.
"We cannot treat name-calling as reasoned debate"??!! Isn't that how Obama won the election?
Nope. He won despite Dumb Fux news.
Dan: That was Mitt-witt and Lyin Ryan, calling us all takers.
Dan, How soon you teabaggers forget who called who what you teabaggers called Obama a 'racist', 'boy' 'thug' ' thief' 'liar' 'nazi' 'traitor' 'n*gg*r', compared Obama to Hitler, 'un-american' and on and on and on and on
neastside, I'm not a teabagger and I'm talking about name-calling from Obama. He was a bully throughout the election campaign, a trait that apparently appealed to many.
Obama's speach today is empty rhetoric meant for the ungaged empathetic masses. It is the same hollow words meant to divide this country into those who receive from the government and those who pay for the government. It is more of the same we have heard the past 4 years, promises with no results, meant to buy votes for the intellectual elite who truely believe they know best while at the same time they personally benefit. They want to make us into mindless sheep. This country is more divided than any othe time and those who are really engage understand the dangers he represents.
I can tell by the way you parrot what you have been told that you didn't really understand the words of the speech. Either that, or you are being willfully ignorant. Go back and read it. If you don't understand a work, look it up. If you don't understand a paragraph, ask your kid about it.
ChuckM-531022
What's wrong with being part of the empathetic masses? (what's ungaged?)
The opposite of empathetic is indifferent or narcisistic. Are those the qualities you're proud to hold?
I happen to one of those who pay for the government but empathize with those who need some form of help that those of us on the other side of fortune are fortunate enough to be able to provide.
Obama's speech inspired me to do more to help my country and fellow citizens, apparently you are too indifferent and narcisistic to hear the message.
un-engaged. Empathy is easy when it is somebody else's money. There is always a "need" and we all have a moral obligation to help those who truely have a need, but what is unmoral is for government to spend money that we don't have. Your comments are the typical liberal attack... if you disagree with the whole premise of big government and the power of the state/collective over the power of the individual you are somehow indifferent or narcisistic. I heard Obama's message loud and clear yesterday and I believe it to be the wrong direction for this country. Big government is not the answer. Never has been, never will be.
I have never understood why " Christians " always lend more credence to the Old Testament than the New one.
It's because most of today's so-called Christians in the USA would rather do anything other than follow the commandments of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Gospels.
It's the atheists that spout the Old Testament in defence of their views. You have it backwards.
I agree with coverwiz. The OT is instructive, but Christians have a new covenant, as set out by Christ. Christians no longer stone people for breaking Jewish law for instance. Brothers and Sisters, leave the old rules be and learn the new ones. 2000 years since the changeup, and yet so many clearly haven't been paying attention.
Amazing. The president of a nation that has recognized only the middle class and rich for years has mentioned poverty -- and not in harsh, punitive terms! Is the era of class elitism finally coming to an end?Who knows, in another 25 years, maybe we can actually have a legitimate discussion about US poverty.
Whats there to discuss?
America is the land of opportunity. It's up to you to better your position in life. If you choose not to do anything with your life and make it better then that's no ones fault but your own.
I have no problem helping people that want a Hand Up, because they will not be down for long, don't want or need our Pity, only a little bit of Temporary Help.
That's what a Safety net is supposed to be for.
Those that just want a Hand Out deserve neithor sympathy or Pitty. They survive on playing on your Sympathy and good will for Hand Outs and have no desire to better themselves through hard work and determination. There desire is to better themselves through your Hard work.
Our Safety net programs, Welfare, Food Stamps, etc are not supposed to be a Lifestyle choice.
I have no sympathy for the Poor. They either don't want or need symapthy becasue there not planning on remaining poor for long, or don't deserve sympathy because it is there plan to remain poor.
If your tired of being poor then get off your ass and make something of yourself. If your mad because people belittle you for being poor than you must be one that survives on Handouts and all I can say Is F Off.
@David....You are one of the most heartless people here. You know, Karma has a way of biting people like you in the ass and for you, the sooner the better. Do you know how many Veterans are homeless? Do you know why so many are? Have you even been in a war or seen people blown to bits before your eyes or be the one who did it? Have you even been deployed to a hellhole war zone 3 maybe 4 times until you either come back without limbs or in a box? I'm sure chicken@!$%# cowards like you look at homeless people and have no idea that those you are despising are those who got like that so that you could sit here all safe and judge them. Veterans are coming back to no jobs and very little help from the VA. There are people who have stood in line for hours to even get an application for a job. For every one job, there are about 300 applications. Those who you probably idolize are the one's responsible for the jobs going away. One of your probable heroes, Romney said he loved firing people. He sent away THOUSANDS of jobs. Are those whose job was sent overseas one of the lazy people you are in such disdain of? You could only be one step away from being one of these people you look down on...or at least I can only hope you are.
I do not wish hardship on anyone, but what you say is so true. I was listening to a conversation between two conservative republicans recently who were complaining about a relative that was receiving disability benefits when he was only 45 years old. They stated that he "should get off his ass and go get a job." The person they were speaking about was dead 2 weeks later from his disease. It just goes to show how ignorant and cold hearted some individuals have become lately. I am sure that there are people who claim food stamps or welfare that really are cheating. Just as I am sure that some people choose homelessness and bumming money as a lifestyle. But that in no way means that EVERYONE does.
talksense:
you are MORE than welcome to pay my share to the people who are on the dole (wake up and get out of libbie dreamland). go ahead and call me cold and heartless. i'd prefer to give my money to my friend who has MS or my friend who has a special needs child, BUT i can't b/c i'm forced to give my money to people who DON'T DESERVE IT! i watch my friends go thru h*** to get what they need and can't b/c someone else on welfare is poppin' out their 7th kid. am i angry?! darn right i am. the system needs to be cleaned up and the gov't/libbies HAVE to stop telling these people they're victims and are entitled to someone else's "free" money.
I could not bring myself to watch President Obama on TV, not am I able to read the content of his speech here. The man does not speak the truth. Whatever he says is guaranteed to be lies. In fact, based on the past four years, you can count on everything he promises to be carried out completely opposite.
LOL yea, Ok. Guaranteed to be lies? So if he said the sky was blue?
Must Chap the Lefts Hide how many times Obama Mentioned God.
Must chaf the Right's Hide how many times President Obama has been inaugurated.
He's been inaguarated so many times due to people like you, whose arguement is always, look at how many times hes been president. Just because he's been president for two terms doesn't mean he's a good president, just shows the true ignorance and lack of knowledge throughout America.
LMAO. "Lack of knowledge" is always the excuse made by the losers. Who don't learn anything by their losing and therefore continue to lose.
Heh, the only job the GOP Congress managed to create. Must be making them crazy!
Why is that? That statement doesn't make any sense. You are free to pursue any religion that suits you. And that includes the president
The word God does not mean jesus any more than the word assault rifle means gun.
I hope everyone understands that it is what is in your heart and soul that matters. Look into your heart and say how can I serve mankind; how can I get closer to God; how can I erase intolerance and prejudice from my soul. This life's journey is about you and your soul not someone else's. What are you planning to do to make the United States and the world a better place?
"What are you planning to do to make the United States and the world a better place?"
I work and pay taxes and obey the law.
If our eleceted Officials piss the tax revenue away instead of using it to make the country better than go talk to them and spare me the emotional Guilt trip BS.
As I sit here and read all the arguements as a fellow Jesus follower, I want to post all kinds of comments trying to argue back and then I read your comment and am just blown away at the truth init. Haha. I do agree but we as people can't sit and let things get out of control. You can have faith, but even God says to do your part. I do however see the basis of your idea. Just cant get to radical with the idea
Not Follow Obama's Lead. Destruction of the country through fiscal ineptness is not doing anything to make anything better.
So we all want to complain about what one man has not done. What have you done? What are you doing to make the United States and the World a better. Are you foolish enough to believe that the president has the power to cause your unhappiness in your life? Guess again; only you can cause your own unhappiness. Stop blamming the rest of the world for your unhappiness with it and start blamming yourself. Look inside yourself for the answers you seek.
I think you left out "whine a lot."
flbikerchick
Good point.
As a manager I can tell you that the person who works hard to complete his/her own tasks but does so while self-promoting, whining and denigrating their colleagues is a toxic person.
I did not listen nor have I read the text of President Obama's speech. The past four years have provided evidence that this man lies. In fact, recent history has proven that his actions are exactly opposite to his speech.
Then you prove by your own statement that you would rather rely on personal bias and hatred rather than be a part of our country moving forward.
Your screen name is obviously incorrect.
I.M.Christian
Thanks for providing verifying evidence that you are a close minded person
You must have liked the never ending lies and more lies of Mittens and his kittens, typical teabagger yahoo. Christian in name only, fraud and liar in practice.
i as an american have the right to say that this president should speak for himself and not all the american people when he talks about the bible and gays maybe he shouild read the book before he takes an oath on it.
Hey Republicans ---- listen up. I thing I have a strategy that may work for you.
Now --- Mitt Romney may have been the best you had and that’s the problem --- he was the best of a horrible insane, ridicules batch. Seriously – Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cane, Newt Gingrich --- as president ---- any of them?? I don’t think so. But that’s all in the past. So let’s look to the 2016 election. This is my advise Republicans --- if you want to have any chance of winning in 2016
Actually, Mitt was not the best they had. The best they had, Jon Huntsman and Gary Johnson, weren't mindless puppets, and so stood no chance of ever getting the nomination. And I'm not saying they were great, mind you, but they were a he** of a lot better than any of the GOP Clown Posse candidates who stayed in.
All I heard was "Blah, blah, blah, rhetoric, blah, blah, rhetoric, filler, blah." Sounds similar to the last 10 innag. speeches. When are we as a people going to wake up and realize Democrats and Republicans are no longer different. They are instead opposite heads of the same meniacal monster tethered by special interests and lobbyists. RON PAUL!
10. Nate Silver's stupid predictions based on stupid "math"
9. Donald Trump and Birtherism (No, they're not laughing with you…)
8. Sandra Fluke and her damn birth control pills (She riled up the slut vote!)
7. Rick Perry's terrible memory (You couldn't remember THREE agencies?!)
6. Karl Rove and Fox News (You said we would win in a landslide, you lying pricks!)
5. Non-rigged elections (WTF?! We passed those Voter ID laws for a reason!)
4. Rachel Maddow and her stupid facts (Freaking lesbian know-it-all…)
3. Minorities (Who the hell let them vote?!)
2. Republicans that won't STFU about rape (I don't CARE if it's legitimate or not! Stop talking about it!)
And the number one thing that Republicans hate even more than President Obama's second inauguration?
1. Mitt Romney
So Charlie, tell us 10 things you like better than President Obama. You've pretty well eliminated religious fundamentalists, the Extreme Right Wing and the Republican Party. Sounds like what you hate is a lot stronger that what you like in our country. You might be one of those who needs his guns taken away from him...
"Sounds like what you hate is a lot stronger that what you like in our country."
No -- I'm NOT a Republican. Unlike the Republican Party of the 21st century, I put country above politics.
Charlie:
If you are not a Republican or not doesn't matter. Your points of view are extreme right and just ignorant with a cup of hatred. You said "WTF, We passed those voter ID laws for a reason". You are and will always be a loser.
"Your points of view are extreme right"
Extreme right ??? You're not serious are you?? Earth to Max. Earth to Max. I think you have a serious problem understanding humor.
The same old blah blah blah of empty words. This next 4 years will be as fruitless as the first 4 years. The very serious issue of the economic woes and joblessness is the same. Unemployment is the same as when his first term began. Sustaned high unemployment is historical Unemployment rate may be down from the high it reached during his 1st term but employment participation is also down translating to less Americans working. Many of those working are under-employed. The median middle class wage is falling. Home prices are still unstable in many areas of the country and foreclosure is still plaguing many Americans. Obamacare is sacrificing Medicare payments for seniors to care for the uninsured and the myth that everyone will be required to have insurance will further burden the working class because more people will be on medicaid. The expansion of medicaid will further burden the Medicare and Social Security Trust that funds medicaid. There is no way to fund Obamacare without a deficit even with tax increases that will eventually be put on the working class. Obama's agenda of wealth redistribution will destroy the middle class if the House does not curtail the spending Obama is demanding. Its imperative that Conservatives contact their representatives and let them know we support their efforts to curtail distructive spending.
You've been watching too much of Dumb Fux news.
I wouldn't call the first four years fruitless, but we all had unmet expectations. The real question is who worked toward the will of the people as a whole and who rallied those who wanted nothing more than to secure power and control for a chosen few to advance their self serving agenda. The pursuit of wealth and security shouldn't only by the head start you may have by linage or affiliation. The avenues to success, prosperity, and the pursuit of happiness should be as accessible to the wealthy and most well off as they are of the most modest background.
The right really has an issue with the principles they subscribe to actually being universally attainable by all Americans, not just a select few. Even those on the bottom rungs seems to have a vested interest in playing Samuel L. Jackson's most recent role in Django. Loyal to the point of working against your own interest, patiently waiting for a few scraps to be thrown back your way. The republican party doesn't have a problem effectively conveying their message, they have a problem with the content of their message.