Excessive, Inordinate, Exaggerated, Extravagant, Magnification: Hyperbole?

Common Sense Commentary: "Belshazzar the king made a great feast to the thousands of his lords, and ... commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father... had taken out of the temple... in Jerusalem; that the king , and his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.... They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver ...." Daniel 5:1-4

Politically, I am a conservative, constitutional, free market Capitalist.  But as a Christian, I am compelled to do all in my power to help people who are handicaped, sick, too old or too young to help themselves.  That is the Church's and Christian's responsibility not the Government's, whose only resource is compulsory taxation from income earners and job creators.

As the founder of a large Christian Church Ministry including the city Rescue Mission and city Food Bank, three Christian Schools, a Children's Home and other outreach ministries, no one who knew me well in Tallahassee, Florida had any doubt of my love and compassion for the helpless, hungry and homeless.  However, your possessions and bank account are your own not the government's, the church's or the down and outer's. You are God's Steward to use those things wisely.... But, lavishly excessive banquiting in the midst of starvation poverty and suffering innocence, is not just inappropriate, it is outrageous surfeiting.  Nevertheless, unless it is tax payers or tither's money, you are gluttonizing, you may do as you please with what is yours and answer only to God.  Even Tithing must be willingly, voluntary given not extracted by human agency.  Unless your "giving" is voluntary, it is not charity but theft.  "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver"  (2Cor.9:7) ... but hates the sin of theft, from one, to give to another. Heb.1:9 says God loves righteousness and hates iniquity.... including theft.

Our political leaders, Wall Street Bankers, and even many corporate tycoons have destroyed the confidence and respect of American tax payers, in our government, in the stock market and even in those multi-million dollar, bonas gluttons of Commerce.  When I see the superlative extravagance of the Queen of England, Corporate CEO's, Hollywood, the President's wife, the Pope and even some famous preachers, I am disgusted at their calousness in the face of jobless families and tax payers who are struggling to survive.

I have seen the impressive changing of the guard at London's Buckingham Palace, and at Lenin's Tomb in Red Square, Moscow but they are nothing compared to the one I will show you to "physically" illustrate the excessive waste and spiritually corrupted  soul of world leaders.  Those who, supposedly, "serve" the people but instead expect applause for their own inordinate extravagance and exagerated magnification of themselves. So I offer this physical comparisen of their spiritual definiency. Did I mention hyperbole ... or did I use it?

This video is the "Closing Of The Gates Guard" at the border of India and Pakistan, two of the poorest nations on earth, both of which have nuclear weapons. Entertaining but excessively extravagant.... like our government and Wall Street, which are fiscally and morally bankrupt.

Click here>  http://www.wimp.com/indiapakistan

Pass it on. RB