From a conversation I had at Innovate '08:
I'm really impressed with your model to launch groups here at GCC. The stuff you do is obvious, I don't know why we haven't thought of it.
It's hard to see some of the stuff that is right in front of us. I'm glad it was helpful. Our model isn't perfect, but it works for us.
Credibility is important. There's no point to sugar coat something only to have people discover later that it's not quite the whole picture.
It's the stuff that makes me cynical about politics (and used car shopping). This article has a few of the misleading comments both candidates made in the debate. It doesn't appear to be slanted toward either party. Here's an example from both sides:
BIDEN: Said McCain supports tax breaks for oil companies, and "wants to give them another $4 billion tax cut."
THE FACTS: Biden is repeating a favorite saw of the Obama campaign, and it's misleading. McCain supports a cut in income taxes for all corporations, and doesn't single out any one industry for that benefit.
PALIN: Said of Democratic presidential candidate Obama: "94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction." THE FACTS: The dubious count includes repetitive votes as well as votes to cut taxes for the middle class while raising them on the rich. An analysis by factcheck.org found that 23 of the votes were for measures that would have produced no tax increase at all, seven were in favor of measures that would have lowered taxes for many, 11 would have increased taxes on only those making more than $1 million a year. Whether in politics or in church, help people know what the real story is. (It's our standard at Wired Churches). They're gonna find out eventually. Credibility is much easier to lose than it is to gain
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