Now why might there be a lack of <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/texas-taxes/2011-budget-shortfall/who-will-be-blamed-for-big-cuts-in-school-funding/">school supplies?</a>
Backpacks and haircuts were never provided in my schools, nor in the schools where my brother and mother have taught. I don't know how they do things in Texas, but the stuff they were giving away would not be part of the school budgets at any school I have experience with in California.
Admittedly, no school I've ever been associated with, nor the school where my best friend teaches, offer haircuts and backpacks. However, we did just raise roughly $500 dollars so that every child can actually have school supplies (pencils, erasers, paper, rulers, etc.) for the whole year as their budget was just slashed - and we might even have to raise more. What really bothers me is that my best friend's class size has grown to the point where there might not be enough chairs for all of the kids. This, of course, has nothing to do with the layoffs the school had to make due to the education cuts I linked to in my previous post. But I'm sure his prayer rally will fix everything - manna style.
Nothing annoys me like seeing students washing cars every damn saturday to raise money for school functions while the nation is busy spending money on the latest bomb technology, tax breaks for rich folks, and brain-dead wars. Spend my money on my kids please. K thnx bye.
I think God is trying to send a message to Rick Perry. Maybe if Governor Goodhair actually read the Gospels, he'd understand that his grotesque public declarations of piousness aren't exactly what Jesus wanted. If running against Rick Perry for public office, I would be sorely tempted to run a campaign ad like this: A quote from Matthew 6:5 appears on the screen (preferably narrated by an actor with a stately voice - Max Von Sydow or maybe even Morgan Freeman) "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men." Fade in clip of Rick Perry praying at his prayer convention Narrator then speaks again "Rick Perry prayed for rain and yet the drought still continues in Texas." Fade in shots of scorched Texas farmland - complete with shots of cow skulls and a sweaty farmer shaking his head. "Rick Perry prayed for economic recovery and the next day, the stock market dropped 600 points." Fade in shots of Wall Street pandemonium and graphics of the percentage drops in the market. Fade out to black. A quote from Matthew 6:6-7 appears on the screen But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Ad ends with narrator saying the following: Rick Perry - He can't even pray correctly.
subtomic sighting, and what a doozy! I have honestly been thinking of the "pray in a closet" type of message a lot lately, with the rise of Perry. All that said, I would vote for him if he used "Hello Perry" by the Butthole Surfers as his campaign song.
It sure seems to be popular to make fun of Christians on this message board. That is sad and disappointing. It’s also a very negative reflection on the people denigrating Christianity – reflective mainly of insecurity. Many people that do not have happiness in their lives, do not have success, perhaps have substance abuse problems, additions like drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and p*rnography, mental deficiencies requiring drugs, sexual confusion, and other problems, are simply lacking in faith. Many of these problems would be much less severe with Jesus in these people’s lives. These people who are dependent upon medication to get their brain right – what a waste. It’s like eating candy to cure starvation – short term happiness, but long term malnutrition. All of it is unnecessary and would be fixed by a deeply rooted faith in Christ and a commitment to living for Jesus Christ. People lacking in faith often have flawed moral codes – our founding fathers were deeply religious, with strong (not perfect, but strong) moral codes. Faith played a large role in their lives. That discipline, work ethic, and integrity was evident and helped launch our great nation. If you don’t believe that a faith-based ethics system matters in life, then I suggest you go to China and try to conduct business. You will find that it is a cesspool of bribery, reneged deals, and dishonor. Lies are commonplace, and theft of intellectual property is the norm. These people lack a moral code. I don’t hire accounting staff that does not belong to a religious organization – I just won’t do it, because I have to have people I trust. Religion and faith are the bedrock upon which our country has achieved success – it’s not some fantasy to be mocked by faux intellectuals like the ones that run around this message board.
I like how you denigrate the Chinese as corrupt because of their lack of a faith-based system...... while completely ignoring its cousin on that island over there that doesn't have a faith-based system either and has done pretty well. You know, where my parents are from, and a place where we're stereotyped as having extreme honor if anything. That's all I'll say. As someone who teeters dangerously close to flat out anti-theism at times, that's all I'm interested in for now.
That FV Santiago post made me feel strongly anti-theistic. In the brilliant online comic strip Achewood, there's a recurring motif where a young otter is always asking, "What is the saddest thing?" That post was the saddest thing. Santiago: Christ's message was love. Which is kind of the opposite of hate.
Whats so Christian about smug self-superiority, anti-intellectualism, disdain for addicts and gays, outright contempt for other cultures and beliefs, misrepresentation of American history and discriminatory hiring practices? Perhaps you should go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to help remove some of your prejudice as it is anathema to what you claim to represent.
What does that have to do with my post. nef2005 said cuts to the school budget were the reason kids didn't have school supplies. I merely pointed out that the items being given away are not generally provided by schools, and thus would not be affected by cuts to school budgets. There is no value judgment in that statement, nor is there any complaint about helping poor kids. Your post bears no relation to what you quoted.
Its actually fairly common in schools that have a large number of low income students. It has nothing to do with Texas. A lot of schools and school districts simply allocate some money for school supplies for poor children. This isn't anything new.
Your post sounds so uninformed that I'm honestly not sure if you're serious...but if you are, you should watch these in their entirety and then come back to the thread. <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UK0f6fZ9PSY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CMpWRZ7_A34" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
