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The AP just released a story last night that Sarah Palin was charging the State of Alaska for trips where she took her kids, even on events where her kids were not invited. One example is a trip to New York where she was at a conference for about two hours and her daughter stayed in a high end hotel for five days. She also apparently billed the State to fly her kids out to see a snowmobile competition that Tod was in. She also charged ‘per diem’ expenses to the State while she was at home in Wasilla.
A five term Republican Representative of North Carolina, Robin Hayes, told a crowd of McCain supporters today that “”Liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.”
These aren’t the best times in America. Our economy is down, unemployment rates are up, and we’ve been in a war that most of the population no longer agrees with – even those who have been strong supporters.
Now that all this talk has been going on about Socialism and Wealth Redistribution, I am wondering how this would all fit in with Jesus’ thoughts about the ‘Kingdom of God’. There are three things that come to mind immediately, and I’m sure there’s more.
This one speaks for itself: