The Word as a Wordle

The Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday before Lent from Luke 8:22-25... the stilling of the storm...

Luke 8:22-25 - Jesus Calms a Storm

22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they put out, 23and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A gale swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. 24They went to him and woke him up, shouting, ‘Master, Master, we are perishing!’ And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm. 25He said to them, ‘Where is your faith?’ They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?’

Who can you REALLY trust?

The other day, during the GOP House get together with the president, did you notice anything kinda weird at the end of the Q and A?? Well I did, the House members started towards the president to shake his hand, there was so much excitement in the room! Lots of hugging and laughing, picture taking, and someone even bragged she got his autograph! Virginia Foxx! Can you believe this? Here's her tweet:

"Pres gave us another lecture. Our guys asked great questions. Need independent fact checker for his comments. Got autograph,

This is my humble opinion... Republican House and Senate members, the leaders of the Conservative party, actually LIKE OBAMA!! What they are doing in private and what they do for the amusement of their constituents, is totally different. See, when you rightwingers say you want government out of your life and out of your healthcare etc. then these leaders have to pretend they are listening to you but in actuality they think you are friggin bonkers! But of course it's all about the reelection, the "Taking back of your country from the evil Democrats". So they have to pretend they think Obama is a Kenyan, a socialist out to destroy America. He's gonna kill your grandma, he's, heaven forbid... THE Anti-Christ!

That's also what Fox news and Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Huckabee, Palin, Bachmann, and Foxx are doing too! They really admire Obama, they lunch with him and Michelle, they exchanged Christmas gifts. Ailes and Beck sit in the Penthouse suite counting their money and plan the weeks shows. Beck has his chalkboards and charts all ready for ya! See, it's all about the money and the ratings. That's why these guys and gals talk like morons, because the more insane they act the more you support them. Which in turn means they make tons and tons of MONEY! It's pure genius!!

Remember when the tea party gang first appeared? Tea bags decorated their hats, signs all decorated with images of Obama with face paint and bones in his nose, "Obama's a socialist", "Take your grubby hands off my Medicare", "NO PUBIC OPTION"! Beck was laughing up a storm while he and Limpy riled up the base of idiots, the most far right fringe of the party known as the nutfucks. All fuming, foaming at the mouth like rabid raccoons, with hate for our country, liberals, and President Obama....

So, the next time one of your leaders tries to tell you something really sinister about President Obama, check it out and see if they are telling the truth. You never can tell these days, your favorite trusted Congressman or Senator just might be pulling your leg! Scary isn't it!

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Australia can do it, why can't we?

In case you are one who doesn't read comments left from others, I wanted to post this comment from Magpie he so graciously left yesterday on a previous post. Actually this is the type of comment I would like to email to the White House. Read what he said:

I'm from Australia and we've had public health care since 1975. I infer from your post that you are inviting this sort of comment so I hope it's welcome.

We claim expenses back in part or full from medicare, which is funded by a levy of 1.5% of taxable income, or less for low income earners. High income earners pay a surcharge of 1% of taxable income.
Generally speaking, you don't even feel the effect of the levy on your wallet, and access to health care is universally affordable for it.

There are imperfections and blind spots, of course no system is perfect. But it generally works.

As I've said elsewhere on US blogs re this issue, even our Right wing parties would not dare take this away from the public. It's part of our understanding of social justice. It's not socialist, communist, liberal or anything. It's just what we expect.

Furthermore we are still paying less of GDP than you are for medical services.

You have been ripped off for years and forced to suffer the pain for the ideological claptrap and greedy puppeteers of the Right wing. You should be profoundly angry.

Thank you Magpie. We are angry, but I don't know how far that has gotten us! Just in the past 2 weeks I have heard countless times "the HC bill is dead", then along comes a liberal Senator who says "the HC bill is NOT DEAD". Do you see why we are angry and growing desperate for our leaders to come to some sort of agreement on HC reform? When other countries who have this tried and true universal HC, look at us fighting over simple human rights, they must think we are morons! And ya know what? WE ARE!

I hope you come back Magpie and help us to understand more because a part of this country does not get it! Thanks again!