{"id":306,"date":"2009-03-01T19:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T02:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deegardner.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2009-03-01T19:00:15","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T02:00:15","slug":"a-different-simulus-package-just-pray-for-the-non-believer-will-it-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/2009\/03\/01\/a-different-simulus-package-just-pray-for-the-non-believer-will-it-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"A different Stimulus Package &#8211; Just Pray &#8211; (for the non &#8211; believer,  will it hurt?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I read one of my friends blogs.  His name is Shayne Scott.  It was entertaining to read.  I think I need to make this more entertaining.  Mostly so my posterity won&#8217;t think I am just a boring idiot.  This is my first attempt at entertaining.  I have to start somewhere. Anyway.  It is almost getting comical the way the news is talking about the &#8220;End of the World&#8221;, &#8220;Armageddon&#8221; and &#8220;The Depression&#8221; .  The government is creating a &#8220;Stimulus Package&#8221; that is trying to help and grease a few pockets, enough on that.<\/p>\n<h4>A Proposal that the Republicans and Democrats can&#8217;t take credit for!<\/h4>\n<p>Every one should pray twice a day, morning and night, for the economy to get better.  I am talking to the people that believe there is a God.  For those that don&#8217;t believe in a God.  Stop reading here and skip to my post about saving water.  For those of you who believe there may be a God and are not sure how to pray. Here are some basically instructions.  First Address respectfully: &#8220;Dear God&#8221;. Second thank him for a couple of good things in your life.  &#8220;Thanks for my job,&#8221; if you don&#8217;t have a job &#8220;Thanks for food stamps, Unemployement benefits &#8221; or if your really bad off &#8220;Thanks for my life.&#8221; If you can think of some other cool stuff that makes your life better thank him for that.   Then ask him &#8220;Please help the economy&#8221; if you are out of a job you can ask for that too, &#8220;Please help me find a job&#8221;  or &#8220;Help my brother find a job so he&#8217;ll stop hanging out here&#8221;.  If everyone in the world would do that twice a day the economy.  I mean everyone but the atheists, they aren&#8217;t reading anymore so I can rip on them and say they aren&#8217;t really making a difference anyway.  If you are an atheist and just read that, I hope you are offended :).  I was inspired to write this post today because an article I read from President Thomas S. Monson.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/ldsorg\/v\/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&#038;locale=0&#038;sourceId=04066c667a6af110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&#038;hideNav=true\">President Monson&#8217;s Article on Prayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve made it this far I am amazed.  please leave a message and let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Proposal that the Republicans and Democrats can&#8217;t take credit for!<br \/>\nEvery one should pray twice a day, morning and night, for the economy to get better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-history","7":"entry"},"modified_by":"D. 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