Hey Goshen: How about “No Anthem, No Funding?”


My friend marfdrat has this interesting story about Goshen College, a Mennonite-based school in Indiana. They’ve directed their President to “find an alternative to playing the Star-Spangled Banner that fits with sports tradition, that honors country and that resonates with Goshen College’s core values and respects the views of diverse constituencies.”

Yes, Mennonites are tradionally pacifists and they get deferments from the military because of their belief. But in this case, Goshen is shunning one aspect of the American way while boldly reaching out their hands for another aspect…money.

Go to Goshen College’s financial aid page where you’ll read:

File your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at fafsa.ed.gov to be considered for federal, state and institutional need-based aid.

What our fine peace-loving friends are doing with the National Anthem while willingly accepting federal money is…to say the least…hypocritical.

That very same anthem that Goshen disdains celebrates the very same country that gives them that religious freedom…and a hefty chunk of change.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

So, what’s it gonna be Goshen? Are you going to stand on principle?

Because if you are…there’s a hefty price tag.

Hey Barry, Can you Spare Some Change?

And it’s only been two years…

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Obama says he’s not concerned about ‘double-dip’ recession
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“I’m not concerned about a double-dip recession. I am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we’re on is not producing jobs as quickly as I want it to happen,” he said Tuesday.
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President Obama’s phony accounting on the auto industry bailout
Fact Checker, The Washington Post
Virtually every claim by the president regarding the auto industry needs an asterisk, just like the fine print in that too-good-to-be-true car loan.
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The President’s Spending Agenda vs. Reality: Why White House Economists Keep Resigning
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Taxpayers are left to foot the bill as White House economists jump ship.
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U.S. funding for future promises lags by trillions
USAToday.com
The government added $5.3 trillion in new financial obligations in 2010, largely for retirement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. That brings to a record $61.6 trillion the total of financial promises not paid for.
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