I'd rather not know!

Do you ever get the feeling like we know too much? Today we have so much info at our finger tips, but do you ever feel overwhelmed by it all? I certainly do. If you watch the news, especially related to Hollywood, you can get all the information, including personal intimate information that we the public have no business and should have no interest in knowing. My biggest problem is with the mainstream news media. Each day they report hundreds of news stories, and many of them are important. Sometimes I feel like they tell us too much, especially about our government. Now don't get me wrong, I feel like its important to know whats going on with our elected officials, especially this administration!! But, I often think that the media and our government leaks too much, for example.. the CIA torture techniques. We the U.S public don't need to know about how the CIA and or military goes about extracting information. That should be kept top secret, do you think that our enemies aren't watching CNN or even FoxNews? For the sake of our country, I would rather not know!

Faith and Politics...can they mesh?

I'll say it right now...I am a staunch Republican. No, not one like the majority who are in Washington, but rather a conservative Republican who is loyal to his country, and believes in small government. I am a patriot. When I say that I fiercely disagree with President Obama, I am not just being a sore loser, but someone who is very concerned that the path that Obama is taking us down, is a path of socialism and one that this nation was not meant to go down.
That said, I am also a staunch Christian, the first and foremost authority that I listen to is Jesus Christ. It may seem that at times, these loyalties compete. Especially when the man in the White House is of the other party. Romans 13 talks about authority and how all authority is God ordained, and that rebellion against that authority is rebellion against Him. What I want to know is, what constitutes rebellion? I should say that no matter how strong my feelings are against our President, I would in no way condone or support any violent act against him. I want to obey the Lord's command and submit to the authority, but when that government goes awry and who's actions are contrary to the good of the people, what then? Even great theologians like Dietrich Bonhoeffer rebelled against Hitler? What do you guys think?