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Re: Defy God At Your Own Peril

Ken Christensen — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:47:28 -0000

Good morning to you too Justin! Thank you for your kind words. Please feel free to contact me privately on Facebook. I would be delighted to figure out a way to share more personally. Where are you located? Also, as I suspect you realize, if you've read any of my other posts, I'm a work in progress myself. I think we risk becoming complacent if we think we know it all. Further, we set ourselves up for failure if we stop thinking critically, because we were not designed by God to be blind followers.

Re: Defy God At Your Own Peril

Jbacon — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:45:00 -0000

Good morning Ken and thank you--would you be willing to share your viewpoints more personally with Maplewood students? They use technology everyday but few are accessing critical-thinking opportunities to mesh their spiritual walk with today's social context. Please advise how we can collaborate to develop more legit Christian leaders.
--Justin Bacon (Maplewood Academy)

Re: The Big Deal About Easter!

Lilbets34 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:54:13 -0000

For Easter it is always to remember John 3:16, and you can accept Easter everyday in accepting Jesus Christ, and just makes life a little easy to understand and love.

Re: Stop Spending, Start Saving!

Vernon Groston — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:51:07 -0000

I would also suggest setting some sort of goals that you’re working toward. Saving for the sake of saving is a great overall concept, but many people can’t really conceptualize it unless they have an idea of what they’re working towards. Even saying ‘I’m going to put $100 towards savings this month’ gives you a tangible target to work toward. As you get into the groove, you can adjust as necessary, but it’s a good start.

Re: Stop Spending, Start Saving!

TMLutas — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:41:50 -0000

Solving the deficit at this point is not really that complicated. For every line item in the budget, all the Congress and the President need to identify if it is in the top half or bottom half of their priorities. Spend the money on the top half, don't spend the money on the bottom half. You now have an instant surplus you can use to pay down the debt (at least until the Social Security Trust Fund starts unwinding in a few years).

Really, is this all that complicated? The most ignorant of middle school drop outs can comprehend this. You can even phase this in so every year you drop the bottom say 10% of priorities and we'd still avoid fiscal crisis (though it would take a few years to get to the operating surplus we need to pay off the boomer's Social Security payments).

Really, just stop spending on the government's bottom priorities, make it a societal expectation that politicians actually name their bottom priorities and the intellectual work is done.

Re: Technology is Great… When it Works!

Ken Christensen — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:27:04 -0000

Well, after waiting for the service to get everything registered, it appears that everything is working. Open source and closed working hand-in-hand. There are still a few things I'd like do do a better job with, but this is progress!

So, at this point, I'm calling the battle a draw. The debate continues, and I suspect will continue for quite some time! At least none of the solutions involved the biggest closed source company.

Re: The Power of the PERSONAL Press

Ken Christensen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:18:53 -0000

I have not seen W., nor do I want to! Sad that people would believe what they see in a movie, yet not believe what God has written in His book.

Re: The Power of the PERSONAL Press

Shane Vander Hart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:37:55 -0000

The fact this guy was getting his "facts" from W. is pretty frightening.

Re: We Hold These Truths to be Self-evident…

Shane Vander Hart — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:17:40 -0000

Planning on going to Des Moines' on 4/15/09. I can imagine the tone and topics might change a little based on current events here in Iowa.

Re: Economics Is Really Elementary

Ken Christensen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:00:19 -0000

Look at this article from Newsmax.com!

Rush Limbaugh to NY: Drop Dead

Monday, March 30, 2009 10:34 PM

Angered by a New York state plan to tax residents earning over $500,000 per year, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh vowed Monday to sell all of his property and shut down his operations there and move them to Texas, a state with no income tax.

The new plan, which is expected to be voted on Tuesday, would raise about $4 billion a year, said Dan Weiller, spokesman for New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Lawmakers are calling it a temporary tax increase but Rush was having none of that.

“When I am there working I pay whatever, you know, my rate is based on income for that day in New York,” Limbaugh said. “And I try to go as little as possible. If it weren't for hurricanes down here (his regular studio in Florida), I would never go up there.

“So I'll tell you what I'm going to do,” Limbaugh continued. “I'm going to look for an alternative studio somewhere outside New York, perhaps Texas -- another no-income-tax state -- and I'm going to get the hell over there, when a hurricane starts coming our way, 'cause I told Mayor Bloomberg: I'll be the first to lead the way. “

He plans to sell all of his property in New York City, he told listeners.

“I'll sell my apartment. I'll sell my condominium. I'm going to get out of there totally, 'cause this is just absurd, and it's ridiculous -- and it isn't going to work,” Limbaugh said. “It's punishing the achievers for the mistakes and the lack of discipline on the part of a bunch of corrupt politicians that have run that city and state into the ground for I don't know how many years -- and I, for one, am not going to take the blame for it. “

Limbaugh, who usually broadcasts from his home in Florida, another state with no income tax, said the new tax is likely not only to drive other high earners like himself from New York, but prompt those remaining to work less. Pointing out that the state already collects taxes on cigarettes and liquor, in addition to billions in lottery proceeds – oh, and don’t forget billions more in federal stimulus dollars – Limbaugh asked Gov. David Paterson when would it ever be enough.

He even suggested a new state slogan: “New York: It’s Never Enough.”

“When you raise taxes on an activity, you reduce that activity,” Limbaugh explained to his listeners. “People start doing that activity less. In this case: working. When you reduce taxes on an activity, then that activity increases. When you reduce taxes on income, people start working harder to earn more. Governor Paterson needs to cut taxes on people. He needs to spur investment. He needs to get people going and working. It's just the exact opposite. Governor Paterson is like most other liberal Democrats: zero-sum game. The economy is a pie. It never grows. Somebody gets their slice; somebody gets their slice.”

© 2009 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

Notice the last couple of sentences? "The economy is a pie. It never grows."

Re: ACORN and the 2010 Census???

Shane Vander Hart — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:19:55 -0000

Wow, that is scary. I shudder to think what our country will look like in four years.

Re: What Works.

Ken Christensen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:46:34 -0000

I had not read the CATO Institute piece on Social Security before writing this article. Honest! It is amazing to see that other smart folks have thought of this idea, and have even taken it a step further in making funds invested available to those who have paid in, and making it worthwhile for even those who are about to receive benefits from Social Security to move to a privatized system.

DO IT NOW! Become outraged enough to make a difference for this and future generations.

Re: Halt Horrific Hypocrisy

Ken Christensen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:01:40 -0000

Amazingly enough! But I think this is yet one more case where a politician can appear to be outraged, and still benefit from the release of funds to their respective districts. Much like the earmarks that Republicans on the appropriation committees put in bills which they then vote against, knowing full well that there are enough votes to pass the bills.

In New York, New York, they know a shell game when they see one... or perhaps I'm showing my age, and they don't play them on the streets anymore.

Re: Halt Horrific Hypocrisy

Shane Vander Hart — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:16:22 -0000

He voted against the Stimulus package? I didn't think any House Democrats did.

I agree that they should have let AIG fail.