Prayers For Speaker Ralston and Family [ September 2, 2010 – 7:32 pm] by Jeff Posted in State
I’ve just learned that Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston’s father passed away today. Please join me in praying for his family.
Maybe they’re starting to get it[ November 25, 2009 – 8:00 am]by Tom Posted in » Albany Dougherty County
Arena football will return to the Albany Civic Center, although it’ll look different, with the Albany City Commission’s 5-1 vote to bring the Albany Panthers to town. I’ve been a proponent of arena football for a while, not just becaue I’m a football fan, but because I also think that if downtown is going to have a prayer, it’ll need things like arena football to attract folks downtown.
What I was suprised with was that the City Commission taking a certain amount of care to minimize any negative financial impact to the City – and by extension, the taxpayers – before agreeing to any deal. Read More …
The Opiate Of The Masses[ November 25, 2009 – 6:45 am]by Jeff Posted in » General
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. –Karl Marx
Those words were written in the middle of the 19th century, when people turned to religion for their every need. I hold that we could replace “religion” with “government” and thus update the quote to the 21st century.
People today turn to government for their every need and desire. And it isn’t just those “evil” entitlement programs that THOSE people use that are the problem. No, “normal”, every day people also turn to government for their needs and desires too. Sign ordinances are a prime example. Someone doesn’t like the way a particular business’ sign looks, so they go to their local government to have that sign banned. Or they don’t like what a book says, so they have it banned from their local library. Or they are afraid of “radicals”, so they ban a church from buying land to expand. Or they don’t like the smell of cigarettes, so they have them banned from every place imaginable. Or they don’t like a particular group getting married, so they put laws in place preventing it. Or some people can’t afford healthcare, so they put laws in place that make healthcare a “free” government service. They think they find freedom in these actions, yet they are only feeling the illusory affects of the opiate called government.
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