See you here on this blog in about a week. I'm going dark!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Quiet Time Coming
Beginning on Sunday and going for one week, I am going to be fasting from as much electronic and print media as possible (hopefully all of it). That's right. A full seven days, with no T.V., no radio, no internet, no magazines, no newspapers, no email, no cd's, no dvds, no text messages. The only information coming into my head will be from humans speaking to me live or over the phone and the only media going into my brain will be the Bible or else a quality book.
Why? So much noise, so much information, so many voices in our modern society, that it can be hard to slow down and find quiet in the mind, and it is much too loud to stop and think about God and the more important things of life.
So, for one week, I'll be fasting from all these things. Want to join me?
Motivational Posters
Sometimes, those motivational posters at work just don't tell the truth. Someone sent me some that are closer to reality. Funny stuff.
Harry Potter Meets Uncle Sam
The military has recently capitulated to requests by Wiccan members to allow the Wiccan symbol on military graves. So, walking through Arlington cemetery one day, you might see a Jewish Star on one grave, a cross on another, or perhaps even a cresent and star on another. And then, you might come accross a satanic pentagram.
Strange, is it not? Witchcraft, by definition, is an anti-religion. It has an enemy: Christianity, and, at times, Judaism.
Whatever floats your boat.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Who Said The Following?
Whose words are below? By the way, guesses only. No googling!
I think the vast differences in compensation between the victims of the September 11th casualty and those who die serving the country in uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11th. Well, I just can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country.
If you lost a family member in the September 11th attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million. If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000, direct death benefit, half of which is taxable. Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
Keep in mind that some of the people that are getting an average of $1.185, million up to $4.7 million, are complaining that it's not enough.
We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11th families are getting.
In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well. You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad.
Why Did Toyota Become The World's Biggest Auto Maker This Quarter (Beating GM for the First Time)?
Answer: They build a better product.
American Auto Workers Union has sunk the American auto. "Quality is job 1." If you buy Japanese.
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