French RevolutionThere's gotta be a little gallows humor
Here’s a transcript from President Obama’s appearance on 60 Minutes last night, in which Obama kept breaking into laughter so much while discussing the total collapse of the US economic system, Steve Kroft asked him if he was “punch-drunk:”
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
I just want to say that— the only thing less popular than putting money into banks is putting money (LAUGHS) into the auto industry. So—
STEVE KROFT:
18 percent are in favor.
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
(LAUGHS) That’s—
STEVE KROFT:
Seventy-six percent against.
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
It— it— it’s not a high number.
STEVE KROFT:
You’re sitting here. And you’re— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, "I mean, he’s sitting there just making jokes about (LAUGHTER) money—” How do you deal with— I mean, wh— explain -
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Well—
STEVE KROFT:
—the mood and your laughter.
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Yeah, I mean, there’s got to be—
STEVE KROFT:
Are you punch drunk?
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
No, no. There’s gotta be a little gallows humor to (LAUGHS) get you through the day. You know, sometimes my team— talks about the fact that if— if you had said to us a year ago that— the least of my problems would be Iraq, which is still a pretty serious problem— I don’t think anybody would have believed it. But— but we’ve got a lot on our plate. And— a lot of difficult decisions that we’re going to have to make.
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TAKE AWAY POINTS TO CONSIDER
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"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a know God." Corrie ten Boom
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"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right." William Franklin (Billy) Graham
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"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." Anatole France
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"The great day of the Lord is near-- near and coming quickly...
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Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord's wrath. In the fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live in the earth."
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"Gather together, gather together,
O shameful nation,
before the appointed time arrives
and that day sweeps on like chaff,
before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord's wrath comes upon you.
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger."
(Zephaniah 1:1, 18 & 2: 1-3)
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Personal Comment
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Happy Monday!
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Encouraged by Glenn Becks "The 912 Project" over the weekend I decided to create another blog that I've titled "Crumbs from the Loaf" that's focused on world events and Christian principals.
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Last summer I read a book about the French revolution where I learned just how the power of the pen can become a mighty sword. But it never dawn on me that President Obama believes that "there's GOTTA be a little gallows (plural, more than one) humor to help get you through the day!"
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What do you think? And is the President telling us that our beautiful CHINA plates will soon be traded for paper plates made from TRILLIONS of TREASURY bills?
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