Bill O'Reilly - Libertarian?!

Today, Bill O'Reilly stated on the Radio Factor that, on some social issues, he is a "libertarian". To explain, he remarked that he "didn't care" whether gays married or how people behaved sexually.
Bill, this is not consistent with your self-professed faith. You constantly state that you believe in "the Deity" and that you are a Roman Catholic. Let's follow this logic:
- There is a Deity.
- The Deity is the Creator.
- The Deity is concerned with the moral activities of His creation.
- The Deity has given His standard for morality in the Bible.
- The Deity has a record of declaring a "blessing" or a "curse" on His creation based upon their behavior and/or their acceptance or rejection of His standard of morality.
- If you do the things that the Deity forbids you to do, you have a higher chance of...let's just say...NOT BEING BLESSED by the Deity.
- The Deity has a scriptural history of withholding His hand of blessing on nations which opposed his standard.
With this in mind, Bill, you should be concerned that the institution of marriage not be defiled by a governmental redefinition. And that homosexuality not be endorsed officially by our government.
To go one step further, leaving the government aside, you should be concerned about the GROWING acceptance of homosexuality and perversion in our country.
The Deity that you profess to believe in will not continue to bless a nation that directly opposes Him, especially by corrupting the very institution that HE created - marriage.
- CrippleCrab
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400,000 jobs lost...are you kidding?

With this breaking news:
"The Congressional Budget Office is estimating that Hurricane Katrina will cost 400,000 jobs and retard economic growth."
Wouldn't you think that most of these jobs were low-wage jobs. NOW, the jobs that have to be CREATED in order to rebuild and restore...will be higher paying jobs which will bring revenue back into the economy...
Doesn't this sort of create a "self-healing" to the economy?
- CrippleCrab
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Katrina flood survivors

Watching Shep Smith interview those coming out of the flooded neighborhoods in New Orleans, I began to see that there are two types of people there. There are GIVERS and there are TAKERS. The GIVERS are those who are grateful...they assist others to safety...they are concerned for the welfare of their neighbors.
And then there are the TAKERS. These are the ones who are entitlement-minded. The whole world owes them a life. They are complainers. They are looters. They shoot at rescue helicopters. They are not concerned for anyone but themselves.
I am tempted to wish that the TAKERS just stay in the water...but then that would make me too much like them.
God help the victims of Katrina, both the GIVERS...and, the TAKERS, too, I guess.
- CrippleCrab
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