en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/358412 Comments by Homer http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17391439 A NEW HOPE. I would like to offer a thought for our long term future. I don't mean to say that one has to have served in the military to be a good leader for our nation, but it doesn't hurt. I will be the first to admit that before joining the military I was a brainwashed liberal democrat. I was raised around democrats all my life. My military experience opened my eyes, however, to the conservative mindset and the importance of VALUES and PRINCIPLES. In today's economy, we are seeing record enlistments into the US Armed Services. So, watch out liberal America. There are a LOT of conservatives in training who will be taking over the leadership of this country some day. Don't misunderstand me, I am NOT suggesting a military state. I am only pointing out that fewer and fewer of our leaders have any kind of military experience and the LEADERSHIP skills that come with that training. The downsizing of the military from the levels of the 1980s was a HUGE mistake strategically for this country in more ways than I can list in this small space. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:29:17 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17391439 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17391134 AMEN! (My Religious response) and HOOAH! (My Military response). Please make an effort to take these actions. We truly want to get on board and use this site to move forward. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:18:53 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17391134 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17275401 Here is the one thing that we must ALL realize and show the personal and moral courage to do. Blogging on this website is fine for reinforcing our beliefs, but what we MUST do is be willing to engage our fellow man in respectful debate about the issues of this nation. We must reach out to those who do not log into this website; our Families, our friends. our coworkers, fellow Christians and even those who disbelieve. I don't care who they are. We must engage ALL races, genders and classes and do it starting now. I don't know if I like the idea of the "Tea Parties" that were held. To be honest, I'm not a big fan a protests because they come off as one-sided, closed minded and usually just end up being either ignored or become violent to some degree. Question: How do you eat an elephant? Answer: One bite at a time. So, let's all of us take a bite out of that elephant and start engaging all those around us and not just vent on this blog. Engage them with a "we" mentality and not an "us vs. them" mentality. Our Government has proven that doesn't work. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:05:44 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17275401 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17275075 It wasn't Bush, the government mandated loans came out of the Clinton Era and the hope of allowing EVERY American to enjoy the American Dream of home ownership. Doing some searches reguarding his economic policies will surely get you the information you are looking for. The crash in the housing market was being set up long before Bush came to the White House. Barney Frank and crew should be paying the piper for this one. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:50:36 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17275075 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17274711 Good point. I wasn't really thinking of the rift you describe, but you're right that it is an obstacle to moving forward. What I really had in mind was the difference between American voting selfISHLY versus selfLESSly. I was trying to address our self interests as individuals as opposed to the self interests of the Nation. Too many of us, as individuals, are more concerned about our own individual comfort and conveniences. We vote because of what we think is best for us as individuals and NOT because of what is best for the country. How else do we as a Nation end up bypassing a man who has literally fought, blead, sacrificed years of his life in a POW Camp (even when his captors offered to release him when they learned he was a General's son) and dedicated his entire life to public service for somebody who looks pretty and is an eloquent speaker that has never really lead anything in his life. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:38:28 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17274711 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/03/19/meet-the-new-neighbors-theyre-from-guantanamo-bay/#IDComment17273154 First, these aren't the official representatives of another peace loving and law abiding Nation State. They are rouge terrorists hell bent on just murdering us and they ARE NOT citizens of the United States. So, they aren't entitled to squat. As far as I am concerned, milk them for all the intel we can, then send them to Allah so that he may bless them with 70 virgins. It's what they want anyway and it would save our taxpayer dollars so we can afford to let AIG Executives get their bonuses. ( Oops! Sorry about the sarcasm there) Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:57:02 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/03/19/meet-the-new-neighbors-theyre-from-guantanamo-bay/#IDComment17273154 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=169#IDComment17165274 Sarah Palin ALL THE WAY! I'm in the Military and so are my two children. I trust her with my life and theirs! As a matter of fact, if she is willing to make a run at it, I just might go ahead and retire from the military and work for her campaign. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:51:27 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=169#IDComment17165274 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17164890 3) NEVER put anything on a credit card that you can't pay off at the end of the month. 4) Assets put money in your pocket. Liabilities take money out of your pocket. A fancy car and a "dream" house are not assets. THEY ARE LIABILITIES! Save and pay cash for cars. Don't finance them. Save and put down a significant down payment on the house you wish to buy to keep the payment low and avoid 30 year loans like the plague. 5) Taking out loans to "establish credit" is a dangerous trap. 6) Get over materialism, NOW! It will never make you happy. It's like being addicted to drugs. The more you buy, the more you want. I'm not saying that these basic points are the panacea that will solve every problem that we have, but it will move us away from being the debtor Nation that we are. If our children can be taught fiscal responsibility in their personal lives, then maybe when they grow up and become politicians they will be fiscally responsible with our money. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:38:58 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17164890 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17164846 Here are some basic principles that every child should have ETCHED in their minds. 1) There are only 4 things you can do with money; make it, give it, save it and spend it. That's it! The problem with most Americans (and I used to be as guilty as anyone else) is that we focus on spending it first, before we give any thought to the other three. 2) Keeping #1 in mind, use either the 10-90 plan or the 10-10-80 plan. Non-believers in God, you use the 10-90 plan. That is, you save the first 10% of everything you earn and protect it for your future. Then you live WITHIN your means and spend the rest. For believers in God, the first 10% goes back to God. The next 10% you save and then live WITHIN your means and spend the rest. Believe it or not, I've lived both ways and found that the 10-10-80 plan with God actually works better for me in terms of financial stability because I have learned that the material things of this world are MEANINGLESS. (Sorry, I know some don't want to hear me preach. So, please forgive me. He has.) MORE TO FOLLOW Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:38:00 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17164846 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17164766 Okay, let's tackle a fundamental problem in America - Our schools. Aren't our schools supposed to teach EVERY child the basics in life to be able to cope? Why then don't we teach basic do's and don'ts about personal finances. I'll share some basics that I think are pretty common sense in other messages. We don't get enough space to complete a thought in these postings. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:35:14 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17164766 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17163669 Just one thought for everyone........If WE THE PEOPLE can't start moving on a common course to take control of this Nation, then how can we expect our political leaders to ever be able to represent us and do the same. We must first understand that we must throw off the bonds of our own self interests and get about doing what is right for the country, as a whole. Beginning with a set of Principles and Values to build from is a good start. We don't have to agree 100% on all of them and we certainly don't have to remove any of them because a minority doesn't agree or is offended. I, for one, believe that the minority should be just as respectul of the majority as the majority is expected in this day and age to be of the minority. Let's respect everyone's opinion, whether we agree or disagree and move on. We have a golden opportunity to show the world just how powerful WE THE PEOPLE can be. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:59:10 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17163669 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17163662 Mr. Beck, I for one would like to thank you for starting this site. Give us all just a little time to get all out frustrations out and we will soon come together to start moving this thing forward. The differences of opinion being shared throughout are normal group dynamics when you try to pull together such a diverse and large number of people in order to try and unite them toward a common goal. HMMMM......I guess we are experiencing much of the same debate that the representatives of the 13 original colonies endured in debating the decision to declare independance and ratify the Constitution Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:58:52 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17163662 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17124744 ALL THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING - EDMUND BURKE Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:15:01 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17124744 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17124338 I couldn't disagree with you more. I'm a Christian and I don't think of you as a "heathen". True Christians don't feel that way at all. Jesus Christ wants people like you to come to know him. We, as human beings, don't have the right to reject or judge you. That is God's place. I'll be the first to admit that there are those "Holier than Thou" people who just don't get it and would want to run you off. They will have to answer on Judgement Day, just like the rest of us. As far as the "separation of church and state" goes. We always say that backwards and it's driving me nuts. It is truly meant to be the "separation of STATE FROM the church". Read the First Amendment more closely with this in mind and you'll see what I mean. BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!!! HUH? Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:03:10 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17124338 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17122302 HMMM.....Did Adolf Hitler believe in God? Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:44:10 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17122302 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17122265 Well, I would submit to you that anyone telling you to "gtfo" isn't really following the teachings of Christ. You are exactly who Christ is searching for. Just don't ignore the door when he knocks! You may regret it later. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:42:19 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17122265 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17122078 We don't want you gone from the group. By all means, we want you to stay. You see, that is the beauty of this thing called Christianity. We don't have the power to exclude anyone. We aren't about trying to bring the "faithful" to God. They have already found Him. We are about bringing ALL people to God and sharing his word. Maybe we, and especially I, are putting you on the defensive. If you choose to disbelieve after hearing the truth, then that is between you and God. I just truly hope that you haven't written Him off and closed your heart to his existence. He doesn't reject you unless you reject him. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:31:53 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17122078 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17121379 The principles of this project are not imposing anything on anybody. If you can't support the principles, then you have the FREEDOM as an atheist to go somewhere else. Let us have our FREEDOM to include this principle. In regards to the prayer in school issue, you are only right in that the removal of prayer in schools isn't the real issue that has allowed the decline. It is the fact that so many allowed it to happen that is the true issue. It is just one more indicator of the ethical and moral decay that is destroying this Nation. We use the word 'Freedom" pretty loosely in this country and all too many think of it in terms of their own selfish INDIVIDUAL lives. The fact of the matter is, none of us are truly free. Death awaits us all. The question is this. What's next? The atheist believes in nothing but the grave. The believer, however, has the hope of Heaven. If the atheist is right, both will go to the grave. If the believer is right,......Well.....only one of the two will find Heaven. I don't want to think about the other. I can only pray that the atheist has a change of heart before the end. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:07:26 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17121379 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17119424 While Benjamin Franklin "doubted the divinity of Christ" he didn't completely reject Christ. Here is a quote from Mr. Franklin himself: "You desire to know something of my Religion. . . . Here is my Creed: I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe.... As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it. . . Then the 84 year old Franklin, who was ailing and soon to die when we wrote this, added with typical wit about his doubt of Jesus' divinity: "I think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble." Once again, I see doubt, not rejection. He still left himself open to the truth of Christ. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:41:33 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17119424 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17119013 James Madison was far from being an atheist. Everything he did in his entire political career was geared toward protecting religion for ALL. In the twilight of his life, Madison wrote that "belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the World and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources." Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:22:10 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/9principles12values/#IDComment17119013