Name and Claim the Presidency, Huck
Sorry, but I'd rather have a mormon as president than somebody who rubs elbows with one of the kings of the blab-it-and-grab-it gospel. And that's before I consider his political stances.
I have, however, found the guy I'm going to write in for the presidency when I vote this upcoming November.
Labels: politics
Can You Live In Two Kingdoms?
My friend Loren Sanders is pretty jazzed up about Mike Huckabee (this link is only his latest... there have been quite a few lately from him on Huckabee). I don't know enough about him politically or theologically to have an opinion. Hmm, perhaps I should just leave it at that.
One of my theological heroes Kim Riddlebarger of The White Horse Inn opined yesterday that he should get both of his feet behind the presidential podium or the pulpit, but shouldn't try to have a stake in both at the same time. He's not saying that he shouldn't or can't be both Christian and the President, but that he shouldn't try to be both President and pastor.
Sounds like good advice to me.
Labels: politics
The Security of Our Peanuts
OK, I know that President Bush is a rather polarizing figure in the world of politics (whoa, that was enlightening), that he can come off as a complete goof, and that his policies have raised the ire of folks from both sides of the aisle.
That being said, the guy can deliver a funny line every so often. In last week's Presidential Radio Address he had the following comment on Congress' plan to include earmarks in the latest war spending proposal:
The Democrats loaded up their bills with billions of dollars in domestic spending completely unrelated to the war, including ... $74 million for secure peanut storage. I like peanuts as much as the next guy, but I believe the security of our troops should come before the security of our peanut crop.
It actually comes off funnier (to me) if you listen to the audio. You can
read and listen to it here.Labels: politics, quotable
Profits are evil, and need to be redistributed.
So infers Mrs. Clinton:
The other day the oil companies reported the highest profits in the history of the world. I want to take those profits...
To which Ferris replies:
That's not democratic (large or small d), ladies and gentlemen. That's not even socialist.
That's fascist.
Preach it, brother. He then summarizes what the effect of government helping themselves to company profits:
Where do these satanic profits go? Some to the company, certainly Some to R&D, and a good chunk to the shareholders. Who are the shareholders? Some individuals, but the vast majority are mutual funds, pensions, and other retirement plans. It's money in people's college funds for their kids, their 401Ks, and the pensions of retired company employees. Take away those profits and sure you'll hurt the company, but you'll be rogering a lot of other people while you're at it.
I'd also add that it would ultimately hurt the consumer as the company isn't going to take it on the chin, they'll just pass more of it off onto the consumer in the form of higher prices.
Go read the whole thing as Ferris also delivers a brief economics lesson that puts some of the profits-are-evil histrionics into perspective.
As a bonus, there is also another nice little
dose of reality over at Willisms, which always includes some nice graphics, of course.
Labels: economics, fascism, politics