Video clip on youtube compares Obama to wicked king from Coldplay song

Uploaded by on Nov 9, 2010

My Democratic friends are pretty glum lately. I put this together to help them remember happier times.

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I found this video on the internet called “When Democrats ruled” and it was uploaded by on Nov 9, 2010 on youtube with these words: “My Democratic friends are pretty glum lately. I put this together to help them remember happier times.”

Then it shows these 43 events in pictures and plays the Coldplay song “Viva La Vida.”

I have written about this song by Coldplay before and I thought it was proper to discuss some of that again after first listing the 43 events pictured in the video:
1. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on taking up the gavel in January 2007. She lost her speakership as a result of the 2010 election.

3. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC), to Pelosi’s left, first elected in 1982, lost re-election.

4. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has resigned to run for Mayor of Chicago.

7. The S-CHIP bill raised taxes on cigarettes to pay for an expansion of the children’s health care program, although expenses will outstrip the new tax revenue.

10. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) lost her re-election.

12. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX), first elected in 1990, lost re-election.

13. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) gave up the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee after a series of ethics complaints, although he survived a primary challenge and was re-elected in 2010.

14. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), first elected in 1976, lost re-election.

16. Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI), first elected in 2006, lost re-election.

17. The cap and trade bill passed the House but was never voted on by the Senate, and is now considered dead.

18. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), first elected in 1982, lost re-election.

19. Scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) to President Obama’s old Senate seat, despite allegations that Blagojevich sought to sell the seat. Burris decided not to run for election, and a Republican won the seat.

20. Rep. Walt Minnick (D-ID), first elected in 2008, lost re-election.

21. Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) lost re-election despite a strong campaign effort by President Obama.

22. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), first elected in 1984, lost re-election.

23. During President Obama’s State of the Union, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-NC) interrupted by yelling, “You lie!” Wilson apologized; despite being a top Democratic target, won re-election.

24. Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL), first elected in 2008, lost re-election.

25. Against the background of the health care law debate and despite a strong campaign effort by President Obama, Democratic candidate Martha Coakley unbelievably lost the Massachusetts Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown.

26. Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), first elected in 1974, lost re-election.

27. Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI), first elected in 1969 and the third longest serving member of the House, retired rather than face re-election.

29. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA), first elected in 2006, lost re-election.

30. Sen. Arlen Specter (PA) switched to the Democratic Party after it became clear he would lose the Republican Party primary, then lost the Democratic Party primary.

31. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), first elected in 1992, retired rather than face re-election. He had been the focus of a bitter debate over the health care law’s funding of abortions.

32. President Obama and his advisers routinely speak of complete agreement among economists regarding additional stimulus spending. The Cato Institute took out an ad signed by hundreds of economists, including Nobel Prize winners, who disagreed.

33. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), first elected in 1992, lost re-election.

34. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), first elected in 2008 and considered a progressive hero for his biting criticism of Republicans, lost re-election by 18 points.

35. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), first elected in 1992, lost re-election.

37. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC), first elected in 1996, lost re-election. He had been caught on video manhandling students asking him questions on the street.

38. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL), first elected in 2002, chose to retire and instead run unsuccessfully for the Senate seat, coming in third place.

39. Continuing the Bush Administration policy of defending DOMA and retaining Don’t Ask Don’t Tell alienated gays who supported the Democrats.

40. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) hung on to his Senate seat but is severely weakened as Senate Majority Leader.

41. The Obama Administration described how unemployment would drop once the stimulus was enacted, but the actuals have gone in the other direction.

42. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), first elected in 1998, retired rather than run for re-election. He has been critical of his party’s legislative agenda.

43. After the election, President Obama admitted in a morose press conference that his party had suffered a “shellacking.”

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Here is a portion of an article I wrote a couple of years ago about Chris Martin’s view of hell. He says he does not believe in it but for some reason he writes a song that teaches that it exists:
 
Belief of Eternal Punishment in Grammy Winning Song
By Everette Hatcher
 
Chris Martin of the rock group Coldplay wrote the song Viva La Vida, and the song just won both the grammy for the “Song of the Year” and “Best Pop Performance by a duo or Group with Vocals.”
 
In this song, Martin is discussing an evil king that has been disposed. “I used to rule the world…Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes…there was never an honest word and that was when I ruled the world, It was the wicked and wild wind, Blew down the doors to let me in, Shattered windows and the sound of drums, People couldn’t believe what I’d become…For some reason I can’t explain, I know Saint Peter won’t call my name,  Never an honest word, But that was when I ruled the world.”
 
Q Magazine asked Chris Martin about the lyric in this song “I know Saint Peter won’t call my name.” Martin replied, “It’s about…You’re not on the list. I was a naughty boy. Its always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it…That is the most frightening thing you could possibly say to somebody. Eternal damnation. I know about this stuff because I studied it. I was into it all. I know it. It’s mildly terrifying to me. And this is serious.”
 
I have been following the career of Chris Martin for the last decade. He grew up in a Christian home that believed in Heaven and Hell, but made it clear several years ago that he actually resents those who hold to those same religious dogmatic views he did as a youth. Yet it seems his view on the possibility of an afterlife has changed again….
 
Let me give a suggestion on why Chris Martin’s view may have changed. Here is a couple of scripture verses from the Bible that may give insight into a possible explanation. God “has planted eternity in the human heart…” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). This is a direct result of our God-given conscience. The apostle Paul said it best in Romans 1:19, “For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God  has shown it to them” (Amplified Version).
 
Evidently  Chris Martin who said he resented dogmatic religious views a few years ago, has now written a grammy winning song that pictures an evil king being punished in an afterlife. Could it be that his God-given conscience prompted him to put that line in?
 
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It is my belief that unborn babies have the same human rights that we have. I do think that evil kings will be punished for their evil deeds unless they repent. Deep down I really believe that everyone knows that God exists. I am glad I ran across this video and I will continue to pray for both Chris Martin and for my president.
By Everette Hatcher III, on February 22, 2012 at 10:15 am, under President Obama, spending out of control. No Comments
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