The Town of Odyssey

Arwen wrote: Sorry...but getting offended at the mention of the Rapture...

I just found that funny.

I'd rather have God come right now, anyway.

I am not offended at all. One point I can't get insulted if I don't believe in the Rapture.

Well, like others have said, I'm quite disappointed that Obama won, but I don't think the world will end because of it.

Solo kid wrote:

Arwen wrote: Sorry...but getting offended at the mention of the Rapture...

I just found that funny.

I'd rather have God come right now, anyway.

I am not offended at all. One point I can't get insulted if I don't believe in the Rapture.

Fair enough.

[size=0]Although I've seen a lot of atheists get insulted at the mention of God...[/size]

So when's the name changing to the United Socialist States of America?



I can't wait for the spreading of wealth.

Pseudonym wrote:So when's the name changing to the United Socialist States of America?



I can't wait for the spreading of wealth.

Yayness!

Lolz.

JED wrote:Liberty does not end just because Obama won by a landslide.

Boy, your rhetoric just won't stop!

He won by 7 million votes. Considering well over 100 million votes were cast, this hardly constitutes a "landslide". A majority, sure, but not a landslide.

JED wrote:I don't think he is the antichrist either I was just making a point.

Considering that no one here called him that your point was moot.

What you did amounts to constructing a straw man, thrusting him in the hands of your opponent, then lecturing him for having a straw man.

Hardly good debating tactics, sir.

SivartM wrote:It's not like he's going to press a button and destroy America.

Wait...you mean there isn't a button for that in the Oval Office?

SivartM wrote:God said that He's in control of who our leaders our. So everyone who can't get over that can take it up with Him instead of complaining.

(This is addressed mainly to those who are weeping over our impending doom, not to those who would just have preferred McCain or something.)

Quoted for truth.

Even though God is in control, we should still be concerned for America and where we're headed. Prayer is needed, more now than ever before.

God was in control when He flooded the earth. He was in control when Paul was beaten. He was in control when The Messiah was ridiculed, beaten and nailed to the cross. He was in control when Hurricane Katrina hit. He's in control now, but it doesn't mean we'll have an enjoyable ride and that's why I am praying harder now than ever before.

I'll remain optimistic (albeit somewhat reluctantly) about the results unless I see the Freedom of Choice Act pass. As simplistic as it might seem to some, that really is my biggest concern with President Obama. Again, I am hoping his statements in regards to that were no more than campaign rhetoric.

That is certainly my biggest concern but such great things as "The Fairness Doctrine" also are pretty much anti-American, but I've little hope he'll stay away from those things. I suppose we can hope that a few democrats will have enough common sense to not let his garbage pass.

Of course we also have to have concern with the fact that he has said he wants to coal industry to go bankrupt so we lose thousands of jobs and our electricity costs skyrocket.

While I know Obama does have intelligent supporters, I'm frustrated that it seems so, so many of his supporters either had no reason to vote for him or the wrong reasons to vote for him. If you subract people like that and the random homeless bums they bribed to vote for him we could be looking at something different today. There are numerous accounts of voter fraud going on, but somehow since it benefitted him no one seems to care... I PERSONALLY witnessed voting fraud at my polling station, and I've talked to people who have as well, and that's just in one region.

Kruschev wrote:
You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you’ll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won’t have to fight you. We’ll so weaken your economy until you’ll fall like overripe fruit into our hands!

The Top Crusader wrote:That is certainly my biggest concern but such great things as "The Fairness Doctrine" also are pretty much anti-American, but I've little hope he'll stay away from those things. I suppose we can hope that a few democrats will have enough common sense to not let his garbage pass.

Yeah, I'm worried that and the hate laws and such.

SivartM wrote:*cries for America's darkest hour of doom and despair*

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Seriously, folks! Shouldn't you be more upset over 9/11 than this? He's just going to be the President. It's not like he's going to press a button and destroy America.

I expect people outside my country to dislike, hate, and attack my country. That is the norm, albeit not acceptable.

I am terrified that the majority of the United States population prefers a candidate that will attempt to negotiate with terrorists, decrease defense spending in a time of war, make laws forcing tax dollars to go toward the butchering of babies, and feign Christianity.

A while ago, Ryan said that one person cannot represent the nation. That statement is somewhat correct. The president is only one person, but the populations of other countries look to him as our representative. What he does is supposed to reflect the population of our country.

I regret that Obama has been selected as the representative of the United States to the world.

KODY 105 wrote:

SivartM wrote:*cries for America's darkest hour of doom and despair*

[/sarcasm]

Seriously, folks! Shouldn't you be more upset over 9/11 than this? He's just going to be the President. It's not like he's going to press a button and destroy America.

I expect people outside my country to dislike, hate, and attack my country. That is the norm, albeit not acceptable.

I am terrified that the majority of the United States population prefers a candidate that will attempt to negotiate with terrorists, decrease defense spending in a time of war, make laws forcing tax dollars to go toward the butchering of babies, and feign Christianity.

A while ago, Ryan said that one person cannot represent the nation. That statement is somewhat correct. The president is only one person, but the populations of other countries look to him as our representative. What he does is supposed to reflect the population of our country.

I regret that Obama has been selected as the representative of the United States to the world.

Your exaggerating on everything he said he would communicate with America's enemies without PRE-Condition. Anti Americans are not terrorists they just don't like America. He does not fiegn Christianity...

He has not been selected he was ELECTED a difference because he is such a great choice.

We could all debate who would be better/worse... Hillary Clinton or Obama... but hey, at least it wasn't Dennis Kucinich!

JED wrote:[Obama] has not been selected he was ELECTED a difference because he is such a great choice.

Please tell me why you think selection and election are different. I do not fully understand. Please note: I am not attempted to argue; I merely do not understand the differences between the words.

Elected by half the country...you're acting like Americans woke up and decided the right thing..um, half of them chose him. The other half is .....















Smart.

KODY 105 wrote:

JED wrote:[Obama] has not been selected he was ELECTED a difference because he is such a great choice.

Please tell me why you think selection and election are different. I do not fully understand. Please note: I am not attempted to argue; I merely do not understand the differences between the words.

Selected: Chosen

Election: Several different people from different cultures and walks of life vote for a president. (in this case)

JED wrote:

KODY 105 wrote:

JED wrote:[Obama] has not been selected he was ELECTED a difference because he is such a great choice.

Please tell me why you think selection and election are different. I do not fully understand. Please note: I am not attempted to argue; I merely do not understand the differences between the words.

Selected: Chosen

Election: Several different people from different cultures and walks of life vote for a president. (in this case)

I see no difference. Please elaborate.[size=0] Am I uneducated or something?[/size]

JED wrote:

KODY 105 wrote:

JED wrote:[Obama] has not been selected he was ELECTED a difference because he is such a great choice.

Please tell me why you think selection and election are different. I do not fully understand. Please note: I am not attempted to argue; I merely do not understand the differences between the words.

Selected: Chosen

Election: Several different people from different cultures and walks of life vote for a president. (in this case)

Aren't all those people from different viewpoints, etc choosing a President?

It's an honest question--I'm still not seeing the distinction that you claim is there.

Certainly wasn't selected...though some people did elect him. I'll be confused about that until 2012 actually.

just to drop in a quick comment, not to get involved in this debate.
we are a Republic not a Democracy.