February 5, 2009 – Just the other day, Oprah Winfrey aired a show where she offered suggestions for people to deal with the worsening economy. During the short time I happened to be in the room watching, Oprah must have said that America must again learn to live within its means about a dozen times. That is quite easy for Oprah to say, seeing as how Forbes lists her net worth at over $2.5 billion.
I don’t think Oprah has any of the day to day problems most Americans face when it comes to making ends meet. However, the net worth of Oprah is not the reason I am writing this commentary. My purpose for writing is her comment that America must again learn to live within its means.
February 5, 2009 – Many write to me and ask, WHAT CAN WE DO? Others write telling me that if we are to succeed then I need to promote some group, or some book, or tell WGEN readers to send money to (insert group). Many tell me that we need to ‘organize together’ and do this or that.
How many of you would follow the instructions given to Joshua at Jericho?
February 5, 2009 - As a general rule, we aren’t prone to use biblical analogies or parables in our frequent articles and essays, although sometimes they can be useful because of everyone’s common knowledge of them ….. especially the story of David and Goliath. We won’t go into the story except to say that Goliath, the bully, was terrorizing the common folk and had to be stopped. The common folk had no other alternative but to confront the bully.
February 5, 2009 - A recent Associated Press news release exposed U.S. banks accepting billions in bailout money along with major corporations. Banks defraud American taxpayers by hiring thousands of foreign workers in place of our citizens.
The report said, “The figures are significant because they show that the bailed-out banks, being kept afloat with U.S. taxpayer money, actively sought to hire foreign workers instead of American workers.
February 5, 2009 – Those of us born in an earlier era recall the Cold War that lasted from shortly after the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It was the era of Mutually Assured Destruction with massed nuclear missiles pointed at one another. It was an era when Americans were rightfully concerned about Soviet espionage inside the U.S. and Soviet expansionist ambitions throughout the world.
February 5, 2009 – Commenting on the latest Israeli one-directional onslaught against the Palestinians of Gaza Strip, the Israeli 10th TV channel has disclosed that the Israeli genocidal forces had used half of its air force and had launched at least 2500 air raids against Gaza Strip.
