Wal-Mart employees should be thankful they have a job

[PLC1]

Two wrongs do not make a right.

It is good that you were able to separate the goodies that gov gives from the salaries and parachutes that the companies give. These are two separate issues.

Any person here who objects to the fat cats getting goodies from the gov in good conscience must object to anybody get goodies that the gov is nowhere authorized in the const. to give.

Any person here who objects to the fat cats getting goodies from themselves or from their employers should go out and start their own business in which they will be solely responsible for who gets what because it simply is none of your business what one citizen gives to another.

Absolutely correct, two wrongs don't make a right. Handing out money to the poor does not make it right to hand out money to the rich, and vice versa. It's high time Uncle Sam quit handing out money, particularly when the feds don't have money of their own are are having to borrow from foreign nations and future generations. Were we to go back to what government is supposed to do and dump the welfare state for both the rich and poor, we'd be able to balance the budget and cut taxes to boot. The poor can get charity from the churches, after all. The rich can make their own money. No one has to get a handout.

 

[pocketfullofshells]

Northwest merged with Delta.

Yes I know...but that was not the point..the point was they raped the workers and paid themself huge money for it...

 

[steveox]

Ill tell you one thing,,Im Not Thanking GOD at my dinner table tommorow. He didnt prevent Barrack Obama from getting elected into an 2nd term.

 

[dogtowner]

Ill tell you one thing,,Im Not Thanking GOD at my dinner table tommorow. He didnt prevent Barrack Obama from getting elected into an 2nd term.

you have dinner ?
a table ?
still alive ?
terps moving to Big 10 (actually 14)
we all have much to be thankful for.

 

[steveox]

you have dinner ?
a table ?
still alive ?
terps moving to Big 10 (actually 14)
we all have much to be thankful for.

But Obama was re-elected cause the news media brainwashed those minorities. Why didnt GOD strike Obama with a lighting bolt while he had the chance? Why didnt GOD Flooded D.C instead of Staten Island?

 

[dogtowner]

But Obama was re-elected cause the news media brainwashed those minorities. Why didnt GOD strike Obama with a lighting bolt while he had the chance? Why didnt GOD Flooded D.C instead of Staten Island?

it was the OLD media schilling for BO.
God doesnt care about politics so zapping pols just aint His thing.
perhaps He feels we need to learn humility and what better way than a good fashioned depression.

 

[Dr.Who]

Yes I know...but that was not the point..the point was they raped the workers and paid themself huge money for it...

Did they commit any crimes? If not then the gov has no business being involved.

 

[Dr.Who]

But Obama was re-elected cause the news media brainwashed those minorities. Why didnt GOD strike Obama with a lighting bolt while he had the chance? Why didnt GOD Flooded D.C instead of Staten Island?

Our rulers are all put into place by God and it is no accident. Whether we like it or not.

 

[steveox]

Was Hitler put in place by GOD? Was OBL put in place by GOD? Was Hamas put in place by GOD?

 

[dogtowner]

Was Hitler put in place by GOD? Was OBL put in place by GOD? Was Hamas put in place by GOD?

"put in place" is not a term I would use.
there is evil in the world and free will means some will take that path.
kind of like the designated hitter rule.

 

[Dr.Who]

Was Hitler put in place by GOD? Was OBL put in place by GOD? Was Hamas put in place by GOD?

It is a complex issue but here is my humble and fallible opinion.

Yes. If we look at the history of Israel we see that many rulers were establish some good and some bad and many in between. They had complete control over their own actions yet often those actions were used to carry out God's purposes. Still, when they did evil they were not absolved of the responsibility for the wrong they did.

Nero was an evil ruler of the early church. The church had a great commision to spread the word of God far and wide yet they were content to stay safely in Jerusalem. Nero persecuted the church and forced them to flee spreading Christianity to places where it had never been heard before. Nero did wrong and will answer for his crimes yet the wrong he did was used for good.

 

[dogtowner]

It is a complex issue but here is my humble and fallible opinion.

Yes. If we look at the history of Israel we see that many rulers were establish some good and some bad and many in between. They had complete control over their own actions yet often those actions were used to carry out God's purposes. Still, when they did evil they were not absolved of the responsibility for the wrong they did.

Nero was an evil ruler of the early church. The church had a great commision to spread the word of God far and wide yet they were content to stay safely in Jerusalem. Nero persecuted the church and forced them to flee spreading Christianity to places where it had never been heard before. Nero did wrong and will answer for his crimes yet the wrong he did was used for good.

yes, God can find good purpose from anything. the ripples from each life can touch all others. Steve sees Hitler as terrible evil and he certainly was but he also serves as warning that such evil can be anywhere among us and we have to be diligent and faithful in all we do.