North praises Christian teachings in Billings talk

[Ediacara]

North praises Christian teachings in Billings talk

By BECKY SHAY
Of The Gazette Staff

Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North spoke to a crowd of more than 1,000 people in Billings on Monday evening.

North was the keynote speaker at the fourth annual dinner and auction fund-raiser for Billings Christian Schools. North is a combat-decorated Marine, author, host of a Fox News Channel program, and former counter-terrorism coordinator during the Ron Reagan administration and figure in the Iran-Contra scandal.

"I'm a person who believes mightily in the power of prayer," North said. "I learned in the '80s that the Lord does answer prayers."

The core of North's comments was about the importance of Christian education in America. Youngsters who receive Christian educations are not only able to pass the tests in secular life - those related to math, science and reading - but are trained to handle the big life tests that come down to questions of moral right and wrongs. Those kids, North said, are taught by people who "know where they are going and why they are going there" and will put those lessons to use in their own lives.

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[BlueEyedSon]

1. I bet "Mr Iran-Contra" is a good xtian.

[punpirate]

2. It takes a real charlatan...

... like North to be able to talk about "moral rights and wrongs" without getting a bad case of the mumbles, with his reputation.

Wonder why it is that Republicans conveniently forget that Ollie was one of the people who traded with the "terrists," along with his Commander-in-chief, George H.W. Bush and half the Reagan administration... and supported another terrorist organization illegally.

[edbermac]

3. Ollie you know the 11th Commandment? Thou shalt not shred...

:sarcasm: