January 6, 2010
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OH NO THEY DIDN’T …
Actually they did. Poor goofball Gilbert Arenas. He has now been indefinitely suspended, without pay, for his actions of having firearms on NBA properties, have firearms in D.C. and his stupid finger gun actions during last nights Philadelphia game. David Letterman even made fun of the him and the team. I’m just glad Abe Pollin wasn’t alive to see all this happen. The reason he changed the name from the Bullets to the Wizards was because of crap similar (and yes worse) stuff like this.
On a side note I have to give some props to Brit Hume. Though when I first heard his comment I thought it sounded funny only becomes it seemed like you only convert to Christianity because it makes others forgive you. But really if you take it from a more positive approach he shows how true redemption can only come from Christ our Savior. No other religion does that. Sure it wasn’t the most elegant approach but hey it still works.This story just scares me. Actually it makes me wonder why it’s always “virgins.” I get how cults work and from the kids perspective all these things sound so much better (yeah virgins!
) than what their current situation probably is. Sorta sounds like Tiger Woods life …. zing! (only a few weeks late)That’s when I saw this posed question: Do the wealthy have an obligation to help the poor? Most will say “yes” they do. They should pay more taxes. They should help the less fortunate. They should help me. But when is it helping those less fortunate verse developing a dependency on the help. I think Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell said it best recently: What we do best here in Virginia is not to make guarantees through government, but we provide the maximum opportunity for people to use their God-given talents to pursue the American dream.
Were all the wealthy wealthy to begin with? Most likely not but they used their God-given talents to improve themselves and through that talent and wealth I’m sure a significant portion help those in need. Even still, how would people feel if instead of helping the poor in the United States they began to help those in need overseas? How would that go? Probably not as well but technically they would still be helping the poor out. Apples and oranges? Or not?
