Merry Christmas and News

The only gift I have is in pointing things out to people who don't have the time to scan the news. Here is what is going on.

Fox News - Nearly 1 Million Veterans On Food Stamps

Yahoo - Associated Press - Military pension cuts now unsure; changes likely. This one annoys me in so many ways. The entry pay for the military is less than the poverty line. Poverty in the United States is considered to be about $20,000 and entry level in the military is about 20% less. I guess killing people pays less than minimum wage, think about that. And now they want to take away their pensions which in fact is only paid to about 10 to 20 percent of all the people who ever join the military.

How many articles did you read in the last month about some rednecks on Duck Dynasty saying homosexuality is wrong and how many articles did you read about how we are going to take away even more benefits from veterans? Utah Mormons gave $80 million to prevent California from having gay marriage. The won the battle and lost the war. What if they had spent that money to overturn the NDAA, the Patriot Act or investigate Wall Street corruption, which would have been more effective at improving the world?

The News Herald - Computerizing people may be next step in tech
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The Motley Fool - The Iranian Millionaire Gunning for Cracker Barrel. I find it amusing that Cracker Barrel makes a major mistake, reverses itself and makes another at the same time that someone is looking to buy them out. Nothing that happens is an accident when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. The mistake Cracker Barrel made was getting rid of all Duck Dynasty items that they sell, the response from their customers was overwhelming in support of anti-gay sentiment. After their customers revolted against them, they put the items back on sale. Both actions were heartless, they did what they thought would make them money, not what they thought was right.

There is a line in the bible, it says that "you are neither hot nor cold, so I will spit you out". That is God's comment to those who don't choose to be right or wrong, those what choose to do what is best only for them. That is evil, we call it selfishness. The love of self is evil.