You nailed it on the head and obviously aren't worried about helping others. How much of your time do you donate to charitable causes? Get out there and start giving a fuck about the orphans, homeless or whomever. Believe me it feels great. If it wasn't for my good friend viejo dinosaur I would still be thinking like you.
The strength of our society is determined by our weakest link. Help strength and advance the causes of the disadvantage and it will make everyone stronger.
I didn't say you didn't give. I just asked how much time a week, month ot year do you and your buddies that have thrived in this time period donate to worthy causes. If you don't that's fine. You don't have to get defensive. Trust me it is the best feeling you can get when you feel the thanks they give you and how much they appreciate it.
I also own a successful business (11 yrs in Florida, 12 before that in DFW TX) which gives me a respectable income that is above the national average and which pays absolutely no attention to what happens in Washington DC
I am now expanding that business with a new project that also has little concern with what happens in Washington DC until such time as my household adjusted gross income rises above 250,000 per year.
My suggestion to small business owners is to quit looking to Washington DC as your boogeyman for why you might not be succeeding at present. It was useless over the past eight years to "blame BushCo" and it's just as useless to begin a new habit of "blaming ObamaCo" for whatever failings and shortcomings your business plan is experiencing.
Primary occupations past 11 years have been my lawn/garden business (residential maintenance) and until this past Feb 1 I did educational work for a non-profit at $16K per year
I resigned the latter position so that I could begin some other for-profit projects to help finance our ability to buy a place in Costa Rica down there in DPH's neighborhood for good winter time alternative living
I resigned the latter position so that I could begin some other for-profit projects to help finance our ability to buy a place in Costa Rica down there in DPH's neighborhood for good winter time alternative living
A lot of us do...have you ever seen how the left wingers treat Christians and church goers around here?
It's clearly the left that is trying to tear down Christian values.
See..thats what I'm talking about. And you see it here on this forum every day...despite Barman's blinders.
I've been a Christian all my life...never heard of or met a Christian conservative. Never....ever.
Never had anyone push "Christian politics" on me...nor have I seen it done to anyone else...or heard of it within my circle of oh....thousands of Christians.
The only paranoid ramblings around here...are from the lefties scared to death of Christian bogeymen that don't exist.
Not to mention the ridiculous moral equivalency arguments put forth here by the same paranoid lefties....comparing Christians to radical Islam.
What planet are these people on? :think2:
Interesting tack on your earlier post MJ
My accurate summation of at least 50% of Southern Christians being Democratic voters does not leave out the at least 40% of Christians from the same region (southeast to southern USA...aka The Bible Belt) who are stern conservatives politically.
And it is that latter demographic that pours the most money and energy into trying to insert their religious beliefs into local, state and federal government policies.
From what I've heard from friends up Illinois/Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin way, the most common brands of Christianity practiced cover a much more balanced and common sense base of people who for the most part don't try and shove their philosophies - either conservative or liberal - on their neighbors at the expense of the US Constitution.
Come live south of the Mason Dixon line for five years and you'll see both strong Democrat Christians and also stern Republican Fundy Christians making themselves much more visible within the realm of influencing public policies.
My accurate summation of at least 50% of Southern Christians being Democratic voters does not leave out the at least 40% of Christians from the same region (southeast to southern USA...aka The Bible Belt) who are stern conservatives politically.
And it is that latter demographic that pours the most money and energy into trying to insert their religious beliefs into local, state and federal government policies.
From what I've heard from friends up Illinois/Michigan/Minnesota/Wisconsin way, the most common brands of Christianity practiced cover a much more balanced and common sense base of people who for the most part don't try and shove their philosophies - either conservative or liberal - on their neighbors at the expense of the US Constitution.
Come live south of the Mason Dixon line for five years and you'll see both strong Democrat Christians and also stern Republican Fundy Christians making themselves much more visible within the realm of influencing public policies.
