Jets to kill, or crops to nourish?

1.The United States intends to buy a total of 2,443 aircraft for an estimated US$323 billion, making it the most expensive defense program ever.^[10] The United States Air Force (USAF) budget data in 2010, along with other sources, projects the F-35 to have a flyaway cost that ranges between US$89 million and US$200 million over the planned production of F-35s, depending on the variant.^{[11][12][13][14]} Cost estimates have risen to $382 billion for 2,443 aircraft, at an average of $92 million each. In January 2011, the F-35B production is being delayed for two years to allow for changes to be made.<sup>[15]
 -wikipedia

2.</sup>What would it really cost to end global hunger? The United Nations estimates that it would take at least $30 billion per year to solve the food crisis, mainly by boosting agricultural productivity in the developing world. Over the decade that it would take to make sustainable improvements in the lives of the 862 million undernourished people, that amounts to $300 billion.
<sup>-Los Angeles Times


Is it finally time to begin my tax evasion? I would rather never recieve a tax return again, and give the proportional percent of my income that would have gone to taxes, and donated it to feeding the poor. Only  2,443 airplanes? in two years? at the expense of the money we could have prevented 16,000 deaths a day due to epidemic level world-wide starvation. We have now entered the newest phase of the cold war,  U.S.A verses the China, lets not criticize the rich for selling our jobs to the east, lets blame the east for taking them!?!  Lets give the rich $382 BILLION DOLLARS to waste on a program which is now becoming obsolete in the face of the Chinese stealth strike fighter the J-20, who cares about feeding the world's poor? Roughly 75% of this backwards country I live in proclaims to have Christian faith, so they should under stand when Christ called Peter out for harming the roman soldier:</sup>

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! 1  For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

^{For those who will propose I'm taking this out of context lets refer to the prophet Isaiah concerning the national attributes of the coming saviour:}

He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, 1  and their spears into pruning hooks. 2  Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

^{So what's the correct choice for spending  $382 Billion dollars? For planes for murder? or money better spent on the long term solution towards world peace as directed under teachings of Christ?}

Would Jesus be a capitalist?

       I know I have just now made 90% of American Christians who read this succumb to best their Joseph McCarthy impression, "YOU COMMUNIST!!!!!!!", but I'm very serious with this question. I believe the ideal christian is Christ himself, and in my pursuing his example and testing myself to create a bullet-proof faith requires me to ask a lot of questions about the moral paradoxes I encounter as an American on a daily basis. What paradoxes you ask, well when I picked up the bible I stumbled upon some pretty anti-capitalist (Capitalism being defined as an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for a private profit) scripture in the good book, I'll give you 3 points to start of with because this is the main point of my blogging.

#1   I believe an ideal Christian should be non-materialistic, Luke 12:15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” a very un-american idea indeed......considering we are in a tooth and nail fight with each other for the biggest car, biggest house, biggest rims, biggest TV's, this scripture to me speaks on the virtues of a minimalist life style, where you are in control of you possessions rather than them controlling you...... ahem.......not consumerism.

#2  Lets go to Luke 19,  the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus the crooked chief tax collector of Jericho, Zacchaeus was a rotten guy stealing from the poor for taxes, probably a very profitable gig. Jesus comes along and tells him He will be staying at his place, Zacchaeus is so moved by Christ he showed all the people criticizing them being together that he indeed was beyond his rotten ways thanks to Jesus's and gave four times back to the poor whatever he thought he had gained dishonestly. Did Jesus say hey wait that's ridiculous what about your Season NFL tickets!?! your Cable with 3000 channels!?!, he said something considerably revolutionary: LUKE 19:9  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation ²⁴  has come to this household, ²⁵  because he too is a son of Abraham! ²⁶  19:10 For the Son of Man came For the Son of Man came ²⁷  to seek and to save the lost.”


#3Mar 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Luk 18:25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Mat 19:24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

I made all the above so you can see for yourself this is all straight out of the bible. I challenge you to even try and take any of this out of context. The above scripture explains a reality that is so distant than what I believe Americans see.......how could we get it so wrong.........

       The bible teaches us to be rich in spirit, not in worldly accumulations. I'm very convicted my understanding of the reasoning behind this, the false sense of security wealth brings drives a prideful wedge between the human soul and God's mission of humanity's salvation. This sounds so "lefty" of me but I believe more christians took up the cross for economic justice, on a global scale, the world would be more willing to hear the words of Christ. If we showed more material sacrifice for the greater good of the human race, as opposed to displaying such selfish glorification on the shoulders of others, the church would be much more viable than it is today.

The first post!

A blog (a blend of the term web log)^[1] is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

-stolen from wikipedia


My wife has grown tired of my constant ranting and raving about issues that seem to her to have no relevance in her daily life. So here I am this is probably a very cliche' use of a blog, but I'm looking forward to seeing if in fact there is a community that I can relate to concerning themselves with the search for truth in the deluge of ignorance we call America. I'm going to school to be a diesel mechanic, I believe a tangible skill in today's ruthless economy is a safety option that can not be overlooked. I have made the conscious choice to remain a worker, getting a college degree I'm sure is an incredible experience but with the looming specter of an economic downfall I have chosen to hedge my bets. This does not mean I have to sacrifice my capability to learn, I'm pursuing a self taught education in intermediate algebra and then I will move on to calculus, as Ian Mckay from MINOR THREAT would put it I'm "flexing my head". Today I signed up for a library card from Oklahoma State Universities library and was completely sobered by how many books there were, SO MUCH I DON'T KNOW!  I'm trying to put together an argument proposing a  Christians requirement by Christ's teachings is to be a proponent of economic justice, and be opposed to capitalism. Debate me please! I need to work this out! Anyway I'm looking forward to what I'm going to learn from you all!