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Time for Another Joel Osteen Post

On May 2, 2012

Osteen seems to be getting so much attention lately with his DC rally/revival, I see more and more friends posting quotes from him that are simply lies, so it’s time for another post detailing precisely where he goes wrong. And this is not unimportant.

Recently:

What’s wrong with Joel Osteen? – Daily Caller
Joel Osteen Worships Himself – Salon.com (Secular but still makes the same points as others. I don’t agree with the picture portrayed of the Puritans. Clearly the author has not read much o the Puritans and has a caricature in mind, from one sermon, i.e., Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God)
Now Joel Osteen Says Mormonism Itself is Christian – Apprising Ministries

Not so recently:

Matt Drudge at the National Press Club in 1998

By David Westerfield

On June 9, 2010

In History, Journalism, Video

Matt Drudge makes great points on journalism in this speech he gave to the National Press Club in DC on June 2, 1998. Just think of what the main-stream media has become the 12 years that has passed since this was recorded: a pure marketing outlet for governments and corporations to spin things however which way they deem necessary to suit their agenda. And it’s no wonder the new media, the very thing he envisioned in this speech, is taking off. And it’s no wonder the Federal government (FTC/FCC) wants to squelch it. All his points still apply, and then some.

Something They Won’t Show You in the Mainstream Media About the Protests This Past Weekend

By David Westerfield

On September 15, 2009

In Culture, Politics, Video

A million march to US Capitol to protest ‘socialism’ – (Univ. of Illinois spacial image mapping estimated it at 1.7 million, highest estimate is 2 million)
NY Times Buries Massive Conservative D.C. Rally, Hails Smaller Liberal Protests
Also: 912 Project Fort Worth protests the federal government (estimated between 10,000 and 20,000)

I think this movement is just getting started. Combine the prospect (and likelihood) of more excessive taxes and government control on the unemployed and already burdened, and you get a large group of ticked off people. Are these the roots of a revolution if things don’t start reversing? I don’t know, depends on what happens in the next year or two from now with legislation, the economy and next years’ elections. If things get worse as some economists are predicting (who rightly predicted last years’ crisis), the numbers could grow significantly.

As Gerald Celente said in predicting this trend earlier this year, “When people lose everything and they have nothing to lose, they lose it.” Hopefully that will not happen. So far, it is a non-violent movement. But if people get pressed far enough, anything is possible. I’m not saying I condone such a thing if it turned to that. I would decline to participate. I’m just pointing out the possibility.

Most Republican politicians don’t seem to have the fight in them that many of these protesters do. So could a third party, a truly conservative group of honest politicians get elected? It would be nice, but as one political commentator said recently on a show I was listening to, we need to first get competent politicians elected who know how the machine of economics and politics works.

Just check out the sea of people in this video, it’s really quite amazing:

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Time for Another Joel Osteen Post

Matt Drudge at the National Press Club in 1998

Something They Won’t Show You in the Mainstream Media About the Protests This Past Weekend