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T.D. Jakes is a heretic

I read with disgust a recent commentary by T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter's House of Dallas, Texas. You may have seen him on television. His commentary was about the pending nomination of Barack...

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Sponging off the system

Recently, there was a news story about a robbery in Selma. On May 4th, I saw that an arrest was made in a break-in case at a Selma Housing Authority apartment. The break-in was committed by another resident...

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Requiring property ownership to vote

Should you be required to own property in order to vote in this nation?  "Preposterous", you say, "not in America!  That is totally against the fabric of our nation's founding!"  Believe it or not, this is...

1 comment    finance money politics
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2nd Constitutional Convention will kill America

I have heard for years about signs of the end of time, and that we are living in "the end times".  People have thought that same thing in every generation since the first century A.D.  I do believe,...

3 comments    politics obama news
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Liberals Can Not Be Patriots

Congratulations, my fellow Americans.  The United States government now has more debt than the entire annual gross domestic product of the entire world combined. I was asked to give Obama a chance.  When I...

8 comments    finance politics obama
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Should Christians have political views?

There are many things over which I can differ with others and yet not need to have division. I find this especially true in matters concerning Christianity. For instance, I have a...

0 comments    life politics religion
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Gun control disarms the innocent

It is tragic to see how many lives have been taken this past week in various incidents of killing rampages.  There have been shootings in an immigration office in New York, shootings in Pittsburgh, in...

14 comments    family politics death
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Swine flu, government control, and your personal freedom

It is axiomatic that those who have power do not voluntarily relinquish it.  Rather, those with power usually seek more of it.  We have seen this as a society on all levels of life, whether it is business,...

3 comments    politics america government
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Thanking God

This week, we as a nation celebrate a sacred holiday. It is not as big a holiday as it should be. Thanksgiving is a day for just that, giving thanks. I am often dismayed at the idea that it is simply a day...

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Having neighborhood schools is not segregation

I almost got it out of my system after my last column, and then I saw another news report of more of the race wars being perpetrated by the NAACP.  Racism will not end unless all parties, regardless of race,...

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