Posted on 11/07/2008 2:47:55 AM PST by Comrade2277225
Follow Emmanuel’s example - set up your home as a tax-exempt charity.
Follow the example of the California Congressman who walked away from TWO mortgages.
Follow the example of the Demons, lie on your tax returns.
Cut off the cable - or get the bare minimum, around here I can get 20 stations for $5/mo - there is a minimum under basic that cable companies don’t like to broadcast.
Watch movies and tv shows online [streaming - don’t download]
I don’t know, newbie.
Another thought—utilize OpenSecrets.org and search by zip code to find businesses that supported conservative candidates and give them your business.
As for what to do about it, I've been thinking a lot about what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, to wit:
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
I relate also to John Winthrop's words, made famous by Ronald Reagan, about a "shining city on a hill."
And so it seems to me, the thing to do is to try my best to be an example. To let my light shine, so that others may see my good works. Allow me to give one quick story as a small example of how I've put that into practice regarding this country that I love so deeply.
The other day I was outside my workplace with a young co-worker. He's in his 20s, meaning he's even more devolved than I was. It means his schooling has indoctrinated him, no doubt, with white guilt, horror tales of colonialism and racism, and has failed to teach him about pride and patriotism. He consumes the popular culture, which exacerbates this same problem.
So we're outside chatting, and there is this small pile of American flags, the 18" x 24" kind, on sticks, and they'd been tossed in a corner by the stairs, and were now laying on the pavement, discarded, covered with autumn leaves.
I picked up all the flags and said to my young friend, "I'm rescuing these flags. This is no way to treat "Old Glory."" So I gathered up the flags, rolled them up, and took them all inside into my office.
The way I see it, I let my light shine in that moment. I set an example for this young cub just setting out in the world. I showed him that even a cynical "cool" guy like me thinks it's important to show respect to our flag, and that a disregard for such things is offensive. I didn't make a big show of it, I didn't preach to him about liberalism or tell him what to think. I simply acted out correct behavior in his presense, knowing that it would lodge in his brain somewhere.
Who knows if he will make anything of it? If it will lodge in his memory or influence his perceptions in the long run. And it's just a tiny example of what I mean.
Let me just sum up by saying that we can only control what we can control. So the question is what do we do with those things we can control. I believe the thing to do, the most important thing we can do if we are worried or unhappy about our fellow Americans, is to let our light shine, so that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father in heaven.
Arguing with people doesn't work. Alienating people doesn't work. What works is to let your light shine, and allow them to see it for themselves, for its own sake.
That you just came to this on the day after election day when BHO was elected into office, says enough.
You won’t have to worry about Walmart after the DemoRATs pass the “Employee Free Choice Act” which also could be called the “Walmart Unionization Act”. This act will cause massive job losses and destroy our economy. Obama and his adoring followers are clueless about business.
I am doing the same thing. Our DVD player and home theater sound system recently gave up the ghost, but I wont be replacing them. I will not be partaking in any of Hollywood’s lame product anyway, and spending priorities have just changed. I also desperately need a newer truck, mine is 22 years old. I wont buy one in an Obamanation. I work 200 yards from my house so I can make the truck work for what errands I run for our farm.
Sweet. Thanks.
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