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METHODIST HEARSAY

Details: Published: Sunday, January 14, 2018 12:29; by John Campbell; Hits: 1761

This morning I heard some hearsay from the pulpit. Our minister read a missive from the head bishop, Bruce Ough, about the Trump meeting behind closed doors in which one of the members reported that the president had said that people from some countries were “shit holes.” The minister did not say shit but let us know what he meant. The missive went on calling the president a racist and other names and that we as a church did not condone his actions. The reading ended with a prayer for the president, which I partook in.

THE MEDIA--WHAT MEDIA

Details: Published: Saturday, January 06, 2018 11:59; by John Campbell; Hits: 1832

I watched the White House daily press chat with Press Secretary Sanders the other day. It is not one of my favorite things, and I usually do not see it. But, with temperatures in the single digits and snow and ice covering the ground, I decided to stay indoors. Sarah started out with a statement and then proceeded to take questions from the gallery. I would assume that if you are included in this pool of reporters you would be associated with one of the major news outlets such as newspapers or television networks.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Details: Published: Wednesday, January 03, 2018 11:48; by John Campbell; Hits: 2035

The New Year always brings a feeling of hope that many of the problems of the previous year will be solved. Believe me, this covers a lot of problems from political to football. We hope that the two-party system will return to actually working to solve many of the issues that are before us and have been unsolved due to one party or the other blocking their place on the agenda. With the new president last year we have seen the Democrats completely block all legislation that was possible and refuse to take part in any of the discussions brought to the Congress by the Republicans. The tactic has been a power struggle and attempt to damage the new president as he tries to implement the issues he was elected to work on.

JERUSALEM

Details: Published: Monday, December 25, 2017 10:52; by John Campbell; Hits: 2136

My wife and I went to a Christmas Eve service last night and enjoyed the music, looks of wonder on children’s faces and a message asking for each of us to help spread Peace on Earth—a good message that would be the answer to many of the world’s problems but, at the same time, people who traveled to Bethlehem had a hard time trying to worship because of the turmoil caused by the Palestinians. I read a newspaper report about this, but in the report the blame was put on President Trump. It reported his remarks granting US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to move our embassy there caused the turmoil and rioting in Bethlehem.

THE SWAMP

Details: Published: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 13:00; by John Campbell; Hits: 2617

We have heard “drain the swamp” from our new president, but what is the swamp? It all started with the new Constitution and when our Founders decided to build a capital city in a swampy area outside of any of the thirteen states. That swamp was eventually drained but a new one was started almost immediately, namely a political swamp. Jefferson and Adams had a disagreement about the presidency, and it started there. Adams had wanted the head of state to follow the English model and have a monarch who ruled for life, whereas Jefferson wanted what we ended up getting. It was either government by the elite for the common man or government by the same people being governed.

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