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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

This story was so ridiculous I can't help but comment.

A London prison is changing the direction of toilets to accomodate Muslim prisoners.
Islamic code prohibits Muslims from facing or turning their backs on the
direction of prayer when they use the bathroom. Muslim prisoners complained of
having to sit sideways on toilets so as to not break code.

I guess they were getting tired of looking like they were worshipping a toilet in their cells. Not that it would make much of a difference.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Failed Policy

I heard Ted Kennedy talking yesterday through his chins calling preemptive military action a "failed policy".

Since the idea of preemption is to attack an enemy before we ourselves are attacked. The history of preemption didn't begin with Iraq.
  • World War I
  • World War II (excluding the Japanese)
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam (thank you Kennedy and LBJ)
  • Bosnia (thank you Clinton)
The policy of preemption is not the problem in Iraq, its the "Paper Tiger" mentality that Osama said the United States has. He is wrong on religion, wrong on morality, but right on the nose with that.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Interesting news from Gallup

I'm not a big follower of polls, because I know that being right has nothing to do with a majority/numbers game.

56% are satisfied with the influence of organized religion, but 63% are dissatisfied with the moral and ethical climate. think the two are related?

***update reading the study a little deeper the "unsatisfied want more","unsatisfied want less" and "unsatisfied keep the same" groups all together make up the 39% dissastified on religion.



Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Hillary is bad news for democrats

Below is a paste from an email I recieved. It is a conspiracy thoery email that has been going around a while, but it just occured to me. Hillary as president could be a way to remove the democrat majority in Congress.

1-James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an
apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key
witness in Ken Starr's investigation.

2 -Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997
at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just
after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in
the White House.

3- Vince Foster - Former White House councilor, and colleague of
Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm.
Died of a gunshot wound
to the head, ruled a suicide.

4- Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman.
Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist
close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top
of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his
death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his
willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people
on the plane also died. A few days later the air Traffic controller
commited suicide.

5- C. Victor Raiser II- Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund
raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.

6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director
found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described
by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor".

7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in
the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head.
Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey
died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton
groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was
involved in several Clinton fund raising events.

8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in
Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection
outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a
dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this
information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from
his house.

9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he
had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential
people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.

10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent
hanging suicide. He wasreported to have ties to Whitewater.

11-Kathy Ferguson- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was
found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her
head.
It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed
suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a
co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit.
Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.

12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy
Ferguson.
Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in
June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site
of his fiancee.

13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by
jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client
was a convicted drug distributor.

14-Florence Martin - Accountant &
sub-contractor for the CIA, was
related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died
of three gunshot wounds.

15- Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he
was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back
of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.

16-Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from
1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car
accident.

17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter.
Investigating Mena Airport
and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists,
apparently, in the middle of his investigation.

18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport
with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise"
was found dead on a
toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a
report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.

19-Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust
Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment
balcony August15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty
scandal.

20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer.
Worked closely with Ron
Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown.
Died November 29, 1996.
Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the
Department of Commerce.

21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John
Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small
plane crash.

22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health
Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a
small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's
advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and
brother.

23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no
accident.

24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill
Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found
dead after his car had hit a utility pole.

25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a
purported suicide and his report was never released.

26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1,
1994 when his plane exploded.

27-Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case.
Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas
airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of
death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports
claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks.
Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come
before a Grand Jury.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:

28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a
truck, 7/88.

29-Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988

30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.

31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash
dump in April 1989.

33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his
death was due to "natural causes".

34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of
his pickup truck in June 1990.

35-Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was
killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.

THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD:
36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr.
37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds
38-Sgt. Brian Hanley
39-Sgt. Tim Sabel
40-Major General William Robertson
41-Col. William Densberger
42-Col. Robert Kelly
43-Spec. Gary Rhodes
44-Steve Willis
45-Robert Williams
46-Conway LeBleu
47-Todd McKeehan

She's Running

Hillary made it official this weekend. She was forced into finally admitting she is running for president...duh.

The Hollywood primaries seem to be underway as the media can't decide who to back yet. If you can stand reading foul language, a funny read is "I've Always Been a Yankees Fan: Hillary Clinton In Her Own Words" .

If elected, I wonder if she will still use the term "we" a lot when talking about decisions made in the whitehouse.

Evidently one of her important platforms will be universal healthcare. Which means universally bad healthcare. Insurance is a consumer product, not a right...that's why its called a "benefit".

I'm usually very interested in politics, but so far I'm not interested in even participating.

Monday, January 22, 2007

Is it a salvation issue?

This seems to be the question of the day. But I'm not exactly sure what it means. It often comes up in discussions about worship practices.

It is more of a diversionary tactic than anything. It seems to be a way to minimize the importance of something rather than answering the question at hand.

What is a salvation issue? I think most would agree that sin has a great part in salvation. Without sin there is no salvation to be had.

So then the question becomes 'what is sin'? Sin, in the most basic definition, would be a violation of the law of God. Sin also includes doing what is not authorized by God (just ask Cain, Moses, Nadab and Abihu to name a few).

A friend once told me (I don't know if this is a quote from another source or not)
"sin takes you farther than you intended to go. You stay longer than you
intended to stay, and you pay more than you intended to pay."

So the question should be "are we going to rely upon scriptural authorization for our practices?". Followed by "Are you willing to take the risk of apostacy?"

There are 4 combinations of answers to these respective questions when it comes to changing a worship practice:
  1. Yes and No - Not worth the risk, then its not worth changing the practice
  2. Yes and Yes - Proceed with careful study and prayer
  3. No and Yes - welcome to the world of denominationalism
  4. No and No - attend a study with someone in group #2
Worship is an integral part of our relationship with God. We shouldn't minnimize the importance of any issues around it. Aren't all of God's commands a salvation issue? Or do we get to pick which ones are?

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Manning still full of....himself

Peyton Manning just really annoys me. I appreciate his failure every year. Here is an interesting quote on how he feels about himself and his team's defense. This is from after the loss to the Houston Texans.

"It is what it is and we are what we are," he said. "It's not like basketball
where guys can play both sides of the ball. You can only control when you're out
there."


If only he could play both sides of the ball. You can't throw interceptions when you play defense. When you play defense, you can't spend 8 seconds pointing an gyrating all over the place to change the play you called just 5 seconds before getting behind the center.

Mr. Manning needs to appreciate that his defense is what is winning games for the Colts. Maybe he should watch some tape to see who won the post season games for the Colts. The defense is actually rallying against their quarterback.

Time to stop pointing the finger and start pulling the thumb back at himself. He'll make a great coach some day I'm sure. Especially when he recruits a quarterback that demands to call his own plays.

Friday, January 12, 2007

It still hurts


Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Saddam's Conversion

I was pondering the question the other day, "Should we pray for our enemy's conversion?".

The next morning I heard the news that Saddam Hussein was hanged. I guess in a way he became a Christian on Saturday. He finally understands the sham Islam is, and that Christ is the only way to spend a loving eternity with God.

Everyone becomes a believer in the end.

Starting Point

222 pounds

10 pounds to go.