"All hat, no cattle"

I was amazed to learn that Bob Geldolf's Live 8 concerts were intentionally suppressing fund-raising for people in Africa. They had all this attention, all this self-promotion, all this noise, expressly to put pressure on the G8 leaders to give more money to Africa, and forgive loans.

The Texas phrase "All hat, no cattle" came to mind immediately.

We've done the "forgiving loans to 3rd world countries" experiment many times . It does not help. It encourages corrupt money-stealers to continue ungodly ways, and props up evil governments.

If we're going to sing, let us sing to the Lord and encourage everyone to live righteously. That is the path to peace, and blessing.