I recently read an article forwarded to me regarding a manufacture putting scripture on the guns and found it to be definite food for thought.
This is the scripture referenced:
Markings included "JN8:12", a reference to John 8:12: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 'I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life,'" according to the King James version of the Bible. Reference is a recent AP story regarding NZ throwing a hissy over the scripture being on the guns.
I would venture to say that there is nothing wrong with it.
My reasons are as follows:
One reason why I think it's OK is these people are putting their lives on the line for their country and if a couple of scripture references can possibly give at least some of them a degree of comfort then what is the harm?
Some have said it would raise tensions,are you kidding me? First of all, I seriously can't imagine any Muslim terrorist getting close enough to any of these soldiers guns to even notice that without attempting to shoot the solider first. Secondly, I doubt 9/10Th's of them are even familiar enough with scripture to even know the scripture that is being referenced. So the whole bit about it raising tensions is just a lot of hot empty air.
Another reason is it's just tradition. It's like having the words "In God We Trust" on our money or the Ten Commandments in a courthouse. Even if you aren't a Christian, how does it really hurt you to let these things stand? Are you in personal way injured? Not likely.
Some would say "Oh it violates the separation of church and state." REALLY? First of all to those people who would say that I would say to them in return that this is not what was originally meant by this statement. This statement was made to protect the religious people in this country and keep the government out of the church. It was not designed as a means to eradicate God from our society or any public reference to him. I don't believe this is our founding fathers intentions here.
So I hope I have made the case for letting the scripture stay, at with our soldiers. Can't speak for NZ, but for us can't the anti Christian establishment just let it go? and stop persecuting us Christians and even those who reference Him in some way. Just let it go. Move on with your life and grow up. I am saying you have to believe the way I do, but what I am saying is that is doesn't hurt to let the decades long traditions stand and just ignore these things if you are that sensitive.
Anyhow, that's my two cents worth.
God Bless all of you and God Bless America
Sherry
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
My two cents worth on Wal-Mart
I conducted a little experiment while I was at my nearby wal-mart recently. I wanted to see if I could take a random sample of clothing labels and find just one that was made in America.
I took a random sample of 4 items in the women's department. One item was from Bangladesh (jeans), another from Indonesia (a shirt in the plus size section), and two from China (big surprise there, NOT).
I need help understanding somethings regarding the way they do business.
First of all I want to know why it is with all the billions of dollars in profit you make, which you are perfectly entitled to make in what is left of our capitalist system, you can't suck up spending just a little more money to put some of our American manufacturers to work? I think you make enough extra profit that you could do this and still hold your costs to a competitive level. It angers me that it is more profitable to put someone else in a foreign country to work than it is here. I don't blame Wal-Mart for that by the way. They are just trying to make a profit by keeping their costs down. I blame the unions who drive up costs by their frequently unreasonable demands, the government for over taxing and over regulating the businesses that are left-to the point where it is cheaper to do business overseas just to survive, and a large portion of the American public for not holding our elected officials accountable for the things they do which very often have a negative impact on business in this country- both small and large.
Secondly, why are so many of your workers in certain areas possessing of such poor English skills? I would think it would be kind of obvious that if you are going to be in the public sector you would need to posses good English skills, but maybe not when it comes to Wal-mart (and a few others for that matter). I find it HUGELY annoying to go into a store, ask a question of a worker and a get this blank stare clearly indicating that they either don't understand me or can't speak sufficient English to respond.
The last thing I want to know is why you have these life insurance policies out on a lot of your employees? Set up in such a way that if they die you get all the money and the family gets nothing. How do you sleep at night doing something like that? I know they aren't the only business to do this, but regardless this is completely immoral and Wal-Mart should set an example by banning the practice.
One more side note what is up with the hideous jackets you make your workers wear? Those things are an abomination and need some serious rethinking.
I took a random sample of 4 items in the women's department. One item was from Bangladesh (jeans), another from Indonesia (a shirt in the plus size section), and two from China (big surprise there, NOT).
I need help understanding somethings regarding the way they do business.
First of all I want to know why it is with all the billions of dollars in profit you make, which you are perfectly entitled to make in what is left of our capitalist system, you can't suck up spending just a little more money to put some of our American manufacturers to work? I think you make enough extra profit that you could do this and still hold your costs to a competitive level. It angers me that it is more profitable to put someone else in a foreign country to work than it is here. I don't blame Wal-Mart for that by the way. They are just trying to make a profit by keeping their costs down. I blame the unions who drive up costs by their frequently unreasonable demands, the government for over taxing and over regulating the businesses that are left-to the point where it is cheaper to do business overseas just to survive, and a large portion of the American public for not holding our elected officials accountable for the things they do which very often have a negative impact on business in this country- both small and large.
Secondly, why are so many of your workers in certain areas possessing of such poor English skills? I would think it would be kind of obvious that if you are going to be in the public sector you would need to posses good English skills, but maybe not when it comes to Wal-mart (and a few others for that matter). I find it HUGELY annoying to go into a store, ask a question of a worker and a get this blank stare clearly indicating that they either don't understand me or can't speak sufficient English to respond.
The last thing I want to know is why you have these life insurance policies out on a lot of your employees? Set up in such a way that if they die you get all the money and the family gets nothing. How do you sleep at night doing something like that? I know they aren't the only business to do this, but regardless this is completely immoral and Wal-Mart should set an example by banning the practice.
One more side note what is up with the hideous jackets you make your workers wear? Those things are an abomination and need some serious rethinking.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Thoughts on the "healthcare reform"
Over the months I have been paying close attention to how Washington is handling the "healthcare reform" issue and I must say I am deeply disturbed and more than a little frightened.
There are several items that are of particularly great concern to me.
The first of which is the fact that they somehow think that our youth and the "rich" will magically pay for all of it. Who do they think they are kidding? I can't speak for the rest of the population in this country who give a hoot, but I don't believe it for a minute.
The healthcare reform is going to be paid for by our young and healthy youth right? Well as far as I understand it most healthy young people have at best part time jobs usually with few benefits. So if they force these young people to buy insurance
( most likely at higher rates) to help pay for this debacle and these young adults in turn require subsidies (paid for by my higher premiums and most every one's higher taxes) how then will anything have gotten better?
Jobs will be lost by employers trying to meet the new federal bureaucratic standards, quality of care will suffer, as they do in every country with such kinds of medical care, and doctors will flee or retire in droves-especially primary care doctors.
The other thing is if they continue to tax the "rich" as they are and increase that taxation, there wont be enough "rich" people left to bear enough of the burden. As it stands the segment of the population that even pay federal taxes is shrinking at an alarming rate. This deterioration will only increase, thereby neccesating the lowering of the levels at which they heavily tax a group. Also have you every heard of a poor person starting a business or highering multiple groups of people? Not last time I checked, esp in today's climate of anti-private business, over-taxation, over-regulation, and out of control political correctness. The environmental nuts aren't helping either.
The second point of concern is even deeper than this. The greed and corruption of our politicians is just disgusting. They don't listen to the people who they are supposed to be representing. Instead they are listening radical organizations such as Acorn and SEIU, the Unions, and the corrupt special interest groups. We have lost our voice and our way.
Its disheartening when thousands of people say hey hold on a minute we don't like the direction you are going with this and they push ahead anyway as if to say we are too stupid to know whats really good for us. Who died and made them God?
I wonder if we as a nation will wake up in time to turn things around and save this nation or if it isn't too late and this is just God's will. Time will only tell.
There are several items that are of particularly great concern to me.
The first of which is the fact that they somehow think that our youth and the "rich" will magically pay for all of it. Who do they think they are kidding? I can't speak for the rest of the population in this country who give a hoot, but I don't believe it for a minute.
The healthcare reform is going to be paid for by our young and healthy youth right? Well as far as I understand it most healthy young people have at best part time jobs usually with few benefits. So if they force these young people to buy insurance
( most likely at higher rates) to help pay for this debacle and these young adults in turn require subsidies (paid for by my higher premiums and most every one's higher taxes) how then will anything have gotten better?
Jobs will be lost by employers trying to meet the new federal bureaucratic standards, quality of care will suffer, as they do in every country with such kinds of medical care, and doctors will flee or retire in droves-especially primary care doctors.
The other thing is if they continue to tax the "rich" as they are and increase that taxation, there wont be enough "rich" people left to bear enough of the burden. As it stands the segment of the population that even pay federal taxes is shrinking at an alarming rate. This deterioration will only increase, thereby neccesating the lowering of the levels at which they heavily tax a group. Also have you every heard of a poor person starting a business or highering multiple groups of people? Not last time I checked, esp in today's climate of anti-private business, over-taxation, over-regulation, and out of control political correctness. The environmental nuts aren't helping either.
The second point of concern is even deeper than this. The greed and corruption of our politicians is just disgusting. They don't listen to the people who they are supposed to be representing. Instead they are listening radical organizations such as Acorn and SEIU, the Unions, and the corrupt special interest groups. We have lost our voice and our way.
Its disheartening when thousands of people say hey hold on a minute we don't like the direction you are going with this and they push ahead anyway as if to say we are too stupid to know whats really good for us. Who died and made them God?
I wonder if we as a nation will wake up in time to turn things around and save this nation or if it isn't too late and this is just God's will. Time will only tell.
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