A Right or ....a wrong

The sign reads "without any change, we live on the street"

"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.' (1 Ti 5: 8 ) 

 

 

Gentle reader,

 You know me, I would much rather present you truth about spiritual things than get (as it were into the issues of what is right and wrong) but not enough  Christian ministers are standing up and screaming from the roof tops that we ought as Christians (see I'm talking to my family, not to those who claim no allegiance to any one or anything (rather like Bernie Madoff). 

 First, another word about your health care (those of you that have it) Without a public option [which congress seems determined to scrap in a attempt to compromise with the GOP, remember them? the Party of "NO") The insurance Companies will continue to increase your cost. (hint the Insurance industry is spending more that 1.5 Million a day to defeat any attempt to give people a decent health care system) if you have insurance good for you, if your like the some 40+ million working poor then you need to stand up to your elected Representative and tell them "get with it or get out of congress." Tell Congress to give up their health care that they value but don't want to provide for the American people.

We are living gentle reader, in what I call a post Christian country. a place where people go to Church, or synagogue on the Sabbath and then worship the "God of this World" money and what you can get with it. I think I told you once before that there is enough food to feed everyone in the world, (God provided that) Also there is enough wealth in the world that there is No reason to anyone to be poor (God told us about that). So whats the problem? In a word Greed!   Unless you stand up for what is right and get involved things will continue as they have for more than 2000+ years. It was one man (Jesus Christ who changed the world). What could we do as one person,  if every one person would get involved to help  each another. Many do (thank God for them) but many do not (shame on them). I for one remember an old martial arts adage "To fight with another is wrong but to lose a fight over principles you deem honorable and right is worse". I for one,  want each of you to be fighting for your neighbor here in America [that poor soul , that abused and battered women and child]and then for that neighbor on the other side of the world.    

If we don't take care of our own then who will? The Greedy, they never will? The elected? not as long as their concerned about the money it takes to get re- elected and those special interests who are concerned about the "bottom line". Not those who scream the loudest about taxes and cost, for they are still locked into their tiny minds that tell them "Your more important than that person you just stepped over"

 It's up to you and me Gentle reader to change the mind set to those who want to own you and your family.   

Love,

Denis

P.S. New York's financial data is all sunshine and rainbows these days. A $3.9 billion surplus has the City Council talking tax cuts, job growth is chugging along (62,300 new ones added in 2006), unemployment is at a slim 4.9 percent. No need to tell you where the housing market is. Great news for everyone! Except for one little thing: According the Coalition for the Homeless's annual report, released yesterday, the number of homeless New Yorkers increased by 11 percent in 2006, to 35,113. That means, the Coalition says, more New York families are homeless than at any point since the city started keeping records.

Take a second to process this bit of info. City shelters began their record-keeping in 1979. This means there are more homeless people today than just a few years after the financial crisis. ("Ford to City" was in 1975.) This means there are more homeless people now than during the crack-ridden, stock-screwed Dinkins era. This might even mean that when the average price of a Manhattan home hovers over $1 million, maybe some people have a harder time affording homes. Who knew?