Politics
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With the close of the Republican National Convention and the opening of the Democratic National Convention this week the attention of the electorate will soon be laser-focused on November and Election 2012. President Barack Obama (D) and GOP nominee Mitt Romney are very close depending on the day and the poll, with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson well back. Decreasing civility, and increasing mud-slinging–especially between the Obama and Romney…
Christ followers should take the lead in this. We have spoken the truth for years. Without forsaking it, we should also be quicker to hear than we have been and love more in deed than in word.
I chose not to participate in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day this week. No, I was not boycotting; I love Chick-fil-A. I could eat those sandwiches, nuggets and Chick-fil-A dipping sauce all week long. For your own safety do not stand between me and a Chick-fil-A shake, either. In my younger days I ate at the Chick-fil-A in Hapeville, GA (known as the “Dwarf House” for those of you unfamiliar)…
"We pray this tragedy awakens the collective conscience of Black America to a wretched and unregulated industry that is profiting from the deaths of children and the deliberate mis-education of young women," said Dean Nelson, Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation.
In his latest Executive Order, dated July 6, 2012, and entitled “Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions”, President Obama, under the auspices of organizing communications responsibilities in times of national crises, has expanded government reach. He writes: Section 1. Policy. The Federal Government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical and time sensitive…
