I’m sure you’ll all have your opinion on this. Positive and negative.<\/p>\n
Here’s what scripture tells me: <\/p>\n
“Here’s another old saying that deserves a second look: ‘Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’ Is that going to get us anywhere? Here’s what I propose: ‘Don’t hit back at all.’ If someone strikes you, stand there and take it. If someone drags you into court and sues for the shirt off your back, giftwrap your best coat and make a present of it. And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life. No more tit-for-tat stuff. Live generously.<\/strong> – Matthew 5:38-42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here’s an e-mail I received from a family member:<\/p>\n
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n
Shocking Senatorial Votes<\/strong><\/p>\n
“Never argue with an idiot; they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ~ anonymous<\/em><\/p>\n
The following senators voted against making English the official language of America :
\nAkaka (D-HI)
\nBayh (D-IN)
\nBiden (D-DE)
\nBingaman (D-NM)
\nBoxer (D-CA)
\nCantwell (D-WA)
\nClinton (D-NY)
\nDayton (D-MN)
\nDodd (D-CT)
\nDomenici (R-NM)
\nDurbin (D-IL)
\nFeingold (D-WI)
\nFeinstein (D-CA)
\nHarkin (D-IA)
\nInouye (D-HI)
\nJeffords (I-VT)
\nKennedy (D-MA)
\nKerry (D-MA)
\n Kohl (D-WI)
\nLautenberg (D-NJ)
\nLeahy (D-VT)
\nLevin (D-MI)
\nLieberman (D-CT)
\nMenendez (D-NJ)
\nMik ulski (D-MD)
\nMurray (D-WA)
\nObama (D-IL)
\nReed (D-RI)
\nReid (D-NV)
\nSalazar (D-CO)
\nSarbanes (D-MD)
\nSchumer (D-NY)
\nStabenow (D-MI)
\nWyden (D-OR)<\/p>\nNow, the following are the senators who voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits. They are grouped by home state. If a state is not listed, there was no voting representative.<\/p>\n
Alaska: Stevens (R)
\nArizona: McCain (R)
\nArkansas: Lincoln (D); Pryor (D)
\nCalifornia: Boxer (D); Feinstein (D)
\nColorado: Salazar (D)
\nConnecticut: Dodd (D); Lieberman (D)
\nDelaware: Biden (D); Carper (D)
\nFlorida: Martinez (R)
\nHawaii: Akaka (D); Inouye (D)
\nIllinois: Durbin (D); Obama (D)
\nIndiana: Bayh (D); Lugar (R)
\nIowa: Harkin (D)
\nKansas: Brownback (R)
\nLouisiana: Landrieu (D)
\nMaryland: Mikulski (D); Sarbanes (D)
\nMassachusetts: Kennedy (D); Kerry (D)
\nMontana: Baucus (D)
\nNebraska: Hagel (R)
\nNevada: Reid (D)
\nNew Jersey: Lautenberg (D); Menendez (D)
\nNew Mexico: Bingaman (D)
\nNew York: Clinton (D); Schumer (D)
\nNorth Dakota: Dorgan (D)
\nOhio: DeWine (R); Voinovich(R)
\nOregon: Wyden (D)
\nPennsylvania: Specter (R)
\nRhode Island: Chafee (R); Reed (D)
\nSouth Carolina: Graham (R)
\nSouth Dakota: Johnson (D)
\nVermont: Jeffords (I); Leahy (D)
\nWashington: Cantwell (D); Murray (D)
\nWest Virginia: Rockefeller (D), by Not Voting
\nWisconsin: Feingold (D); Kohl (D)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe e-mail requested I share the information with everyone I know. For some reason they failed to include the scripture I included up top. Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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