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A Congressman yelled "You Lie" and he continued speaking. When asked if he thought his opponents and the anti-Obama rants were racist, he said no. (Jimmy Carter expressed a concern and said racism has played a big part in politics since Obama took office)
Really, I'm not arguing here. I just want to know what you mean and where he's shown that he can't take a joke or handle criticism and is "very thin skinned." I'm talking about Obama, not a political pundit.
There are numerous posters with Obama 2012 on them and the face of a Chimpanzee. There have been non-stop birthers, deathers and all sorts of people from the lunatic fringe for years calling him names I can't repeat. Yet, when I see Obama on the news, he seems to just shrug it off. That email sent by a Federal judge wasn't just insulting Obama, it was disgusting, but I haven't heard Obama talking about it.
I think Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have big egos.
I think Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman and Michelle Bachmann and Herman Cain and Tim Pawlenty have big egos.
I think John McCain and Mike Huckabee have big egos.
I think Hillary Clinton and John Edwards and Joe Biden and Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd and Dennis Kucinich have big egos.
I think John Kerry and Howard Dean have big egos.
I think Al Gore and Bill Bradley have big egos.
I think George W. Bush and Steve Forbes have big egos.
I think Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander and Phil Gramm have big egos.
I think Jerry Brown and Bob Kerry and Tom Harkin have big egos.
I think Paul Tsongas had a big ego.
I think George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis and Walter Mondale and Jimmy Carter and George McGovern have big egos.
I think Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater and John Kennedy had big egos.
I think anyone who believes the best person in all of America to be President, the best person out of the 150 million+ people eligible to be President, is themself, has an enormous ego.
And if you think 'your guy' is an exception to this rule, then you are a fool of epic proportions.
16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.â€
Who were the poor and oppressed during Jesus' time on earth? Who were the poor and oppressed when Christian theologians in this country were preaching that black people were lesser beings intended by God to be slaves or servants to white people or those of European descent?
There message can be found in the Bible and yes it is intended for everyone.
The prophetic tradition of the black church has its roots in Isaiah, the 61st chapter, where God says the prophet is to preach the gospel to the poor and to set at liberty those who are held captive. Liberating the captives also liberates those who are holding them captive. It frees the captive and it frees the captors. It frees the oppressed and it frees the oppressors. The prophetic theology of the black church during the days of chattel slavery was a theology of liberation. It was preached to set free those who were held in bondage, spiritually, psychologically and sometimes physically, and it was practiced to set the slaveholders free from the notion that they could define other human beings or confine a soul set free by the power of the gospel.
You don't have to be black to be oppressed and you don't have to be white to be an oppressor. I've heard Rev. Wright make that statement numerous times.
Was Black Liberation Theology influenced by the Black Power movement?
I think case could be made for that. Is it defined by the Black Power movement? No.
Jesus said to use our talents..to those who increase he will take from them who did not increase and give to those who used their talents.. Jesus said to those who have; will be given more , to those who do not work they will have not..
Then why has the government the right to offer to the masses birth control to people or abortions?
Or that the schools are teaching gayness is normal? Shouldn't they stay out of social issues? They push their secular humanist beliefs on the masses.
If they want to push their agendas through government we have a right to stand up and oppose it.
First of all, birth control is one way of stopping abortions. In other words, if people who can't afford birth control or would otherwise not have access to it take precautions, then they won't get pregnant, right? Please don't tell me that the best thing is not to have sex. Also, birth control is used for many other reasons. I never would have made it through menopause without birth control pills.
However, men have vasectomies and they're usually covered by health insurance. Even Viagra and similar prescriptions are covered by insurance. This is an entirely different subject than Obama's ego, but you asked, so I'm answering you. I mean, if sex is so terrible in the first place, why is erectile dysfunction such a bad thing? In fact, if more men had ED, there would be less sex.
Nobody in the government, not one person, is forcing anyone to get an abortion, take birth control or even have/abstain from sexual activity. It's the Republicans who want to get into our bedrooms. If you are referring to the recent debate about women's health care, you are way off base. Health care should not discriminate against women. In fact, if we have a national health care system, it would be better for everyone. Then each life would matter equally.
First of all, birth control is one way of stopping abortions. In other words, if people who can't afford birth control or would otherwise not have access to it take precautions, then they won't get pregnant, right? Please don't tell me that the best thing is not to have sex. Believe it or not, I probably would agree with you, but men have vasectomies and they're covered by health insurance. Even Viagra and similar prescriptions are covered by insurance. This is an entirely different subject than Obama's ego, but you asked, so I'm answering you. Nobody in the government, not one person, is forcing anyone to get an abortion, take birth control or even have/abstain from sexual activity. It's the Republicans who want to get into our bedrooms. If you are referring to the recent debate about women's health care, you are way off base. Health care should not discriminate against women. In fact, if we have a national health care system, it would be better for everyone. Then each life would matter equally.
The government is in the bedrooms. Don't you understand that? So get the heck out government.
Let the people buy their own birth control and leave the tax payer out of it.
The government is in the bedrooms. Don't you understand that? So get the heck out government.
Let the people buy their own birth control and leave the tax payer out of it.
I don't know about you, but I usually liked doing it in the back of a Chevy.
Seriously, this issue has nothing to do with taxes at all. If you were a member of one of the religions (like Jehovah's Witness) that do not have blood transfusions, would you have the right to tell your employees who are covered by your group plan that they can't get a life saving blood transfusion?
No. But if someone thinks contraception is wrong, he/she should be able to refuse to cover it? You are twisting this entire issue or have been brainwashed by Fox propaganda. I don't like any of these laws, to be perfectly honest, since we should have single-payer health care like Medicare for all. Hypothetically, let's say I don't like something that is covered by Medicare. Do I stop paying taxes?
Sorry for the editing, but I want to add that you say you don't want the government in our bedrooms, so I assume you also believe it's wrong for the government to get between a doctor and patient or mandate an unnecessary medical procedure. Yes?
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