1855- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
First we need to take care of
some unfinished business.
Yes- I’ll admit- yesterday’s
prediction failed.
The post warned of a possible
sell off in the market [I guessed around 100 or so points- nothing real big].
But- the market went up around
100.
If I have learned anything in
life- it’s when you blow it you need to fess up- come clean- in Christian lingo ‘confess your
sins one to another- so you will be healed’ [James].
So- to all who read this site- I
have one thing to say.
My account was hacked [Anthony
Weiner?]
Okay- let’s move on.
Actually- most of everything I
posted was [is] still true.
I don’t want to do another whole
post on economics- but some analysts think the market went up- not because we
had good news [yesterday stats showed factory orders were down in May from the
previous month] but because we had bad.
Like I wrote- if investors think
things are bad- that makes them think the Fed will act [put more money into the
system] and Walla- the Dow goes up.
There are a few other things too-
like the Greek vote on Sunday [whether or not they will stay in the Euro] but overall
I still stick to my post- absent that one line that was hacked!
Okay- did we have any other ‘big’
news yesterday?
There were a few things- some
‘bigger’ than the media [or the administration] would like us to know.
The president did a funny thing
yesterday- he sent a letter to congress saying he ‘declassified’ info about our
terror [drone] campaign in Yemen.
This is the first time he did
this [as far as we know?] since he’s been in office.
Why does this really look suspicious?
His administration is under
criticism right now- it looks like they have indeed been ‘leaking’ these stories
to the press.
The whole recent scandal of
national security leaks.
Of course he has denied it.
But- if he [and his political
people] were behind it- then they obviously had a strategy about how much would
come out each month.
This ‘late Friday’ release- seems
to go along with this theory- it looks funny to me.
The president also did his
‘kinda’ executive order- by giving some type of cover to some illegal aliens.
For the record- I’m liberal when
it comes to this subject [for those who think I’m too far right!]
I want for our nation to work out
some type of deal for the kids of illegal’s- who were young when they came to
the country- who are in school- basically grew up just like you and me- I don’t
want these kids to be afraid of getting sent back.
I also realize the need to have
some type of border enforcement- I just want to say I’m not against the
principle that that the Pres laid out.
Of course it was politically
timed- I mean you’re in office for 3.5 years- and now you do it.
In actuality there really is more
‘politics’ to it than meets the eye.
When the president’s real plan for
immigration was shot down- The Freedom Act- he simply blamed it on the Repubs.
But something unsuspected happened.
Marco Rubio [the Cuban American
Republican from Florida- possible V.P. pick for Romney] began working on a
Repub plan to allow the minor kids of illegal’s to stay in the country.
The same basic thing that Obama wanted
to do.
Okay- to the surprise of some- he
seems to have convinced enough fellow Repubs to sign on.
Now- the part you don’t see is
this.
What the Pres did- and the other
Democrats- was they saw how bad it would look if the Repubs actually passed a
law that favored immigrants- that if Rubio succeeds- than it will look like
they did something Obama was not able to do- pass immigration reform.
So behind the scenes Obama and
the Dems have been telling fellow Dems ‘don’t agree with Rubio!’
Some have jumped ship and simply
said ‘look- we want reform- we [the Dems] had total control of the govt. for
the first 2 years- you [our leader- Obama] spent all your capital on health
care- so we don’t care if it’s Rubio- we simply want TO HELP THE KIDS AND GET
THE REFORM DONE’.
Okay- that sounds principled to
me.
So- Obama realized he was gonna
look bad if the Rubio thing goes thru- and he came out- after 3 and a half
years- and said ‘I must act now’.
He pulled the rug out from Rubio
[which in reality hurt the long term solution- which would have been much
better for the Hispanic kids].
And gave an ‘order’ to Janet Napolitano
[the lady that oversees the immigration laws] and said ‘put a 2 year hold on deporting
the kids of Immigrants’.
Now- there’s more to it- but this
is the short story.
It really would have been better
to just let the Rubio idea pass- because the new plan from the Pres still
leaves the kids in limbo- they simply get 2 years to not get deported.
That’s politics.
Okay- lets end the week with a
few verses.
I have been reading Isaiah chapters
26- 30.
Some notable verses ‘your dead
sons will arise- together with MY DEAD BODY shall they arise’.
This week the more
historic/traditional churches celebrated the Eucharist [communion- the actual
term means Thanksgiving].
This past Sunday was a church
memorial that always sticks in my mind each year it comes up.
It’s a special day that
celebrates the Feast of Corpus Christi.
This feast is a celebration of
the Body of Christ- but because that’s the name of my city- I usually make note
of it when it comes up annually.
I like the above verse- I have
quoted it every week for years [it’s one of the many prayer verses I have
painted in my yard].
It’s a prophetic verse speaking
about both the future resurrection of all men- and it’s also speaking about the
Lords Table.
At the last Supper Jesus gave his
men [and us] an ongoing memorial of his death for us.
‘Take Eat- this is my Body’.
He broke the bread and poured the
wine.
We as believers have been keeping
this memorial for 2 thousand years.
The apostle Paul told the
Corinthians ‘as often as you do this- you do show the Lords death until he
comes back’.
I love the celebration of the
Eucharist- the Catholic scholar Scott Hahn says something I like.
He says ‘Jesus said DO THIS in
remembrance of me- not- write this’.
His point- to us ‘scholarly’
types- is that we often emphasize the bible- the written word- while Jesus told
us the doing of the memorial was what would ‘show his death’ till he comes.
I like that.
So- for you non church goers-
maybe tomorrow [or in the near future] you can make an effort and go to church
and celebrate the meal.
Isaiah said ‘your dead men shall rise-
together with my dead Body they shall live’.
Gather ‘together’ with the
confessing church- celebrate the meal- lets all live TOGETHER.
Note- Do me a favor, those who
read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read
them on. Thanks- John. Don’t forget to ‘click’ the note App on my Facebook
Profile- I have posted lots.
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