“I’ve got to keep giving everything to just put food on the table for my family.”<\/p>\n
“What can we do now?”<\/p>\n
“The democratic process gives Americans what they ask for.”<\/p>\n
“Jesus will come someday soon and fix everything.”<\/p>\n
“I dread the thought of persecution, but I’m not facing it yet.”<\/p>\n
“Financial analysts tell us how to adjust, so we’ll get by, again.”<\/p>\n
“History repeats itself, so it’s not really the end of the world.”<\/p>\n
“Politics—that’s in Washington—I don’t live there.”<\/p>\n
“Lots of product labels say things cause cancer—in California—I don’t live there.”<\/p>\n
“Nothing changed in my life on November 7.”<\/p>\n
“You win some—You lose some—I’ve got to go to work.”<\/p>\n
“The re-elected ‘president’ said he’ll reach across the aisle, Nov.7”<\/p>\n
“The Speaker of the House said he’ll reach across the aisle, Nov.7”<\/p>\n
“Deficits are nothing new—nothing’s happened yet.”<\/p>\n
“They haven’t blasted the Ten Commandments on the wall of the Supreme Court [just in their rulings].”<\/p>\n
“We still hear ‘God Bless America’ at the end of speeches.”<\/p>\n
“‘In God We Trust’ is still on our money—that should count for something.”<\/p>\n
“We’re America—we should just get along with everybody.”<\/p>\n
“Just tell everyone about Jesus—don’t worry about anything else.”<\/p>\n
“What will be, will be—we can’t do anything about it.”<\/p>\n
“When Martin Luther was asked if he would change his plans if he knew Jesus was coming back that day, he said he would still plant a tree as he had planned.”<\/p>\n
“I’m just hanging onto my job”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 —–average American worker<\/p>\n
“I’m just hanging onto my job”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 —–average American politician<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I’ve written about “Business As Usual” before.<\/p>\n
This time I’m leaving the above statements hanging, for thought.<\/p>\n
If you identify with any, or have a comment, please reply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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