So...

Tell me why people want this mayor to stick around again? He's done such a bang up job thus far!

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/texas_home_to_4_of_nations_top.html

Hey Kwame, just go away.

Worship Video

I think this is a great reminder of the importance of authentic worship and the ability to focus on the true meaning of what worship is. Great worship is not a great band, or singer, or song, it is reverence, recognition, thankfullness, praise, and humility. It is not about the feeling that we walk away with, it is about the feeling that we want to express towards God because of what He's done.

This video is a great reminder of that. It was played at our church before the music portion of the service and it was a great perspective tool to help me focus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzqCyt8dxPY

Pretty cool

This is a pretty cool video sent to me by my mom. She made a good point in saying it's interesting that this Lion reacts like this to the person that rescued it. You have to wonder what these animals remember and it makes animal cruelty that more inexcusable.

http://www.telestereo.com/Archivos/video.html

Do you want to RAGE?

If the answer is yes, then here you go...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334709,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334790,00.html

2 links, 2 stories that really want to make you take action.

We'll all probably sit idle and do nothing, but in the end, this really just flat out pisses you off.

Very rarely am I ashamed to be associated to any of our armed forces, but this is one situation that makes me ashamed.

And, the gang banging thugs in this country absolutely floor me. I can see the point of some of the people in American that say, why are we fighting in Iraq and ignoring our homeland. The story about the LA teen makes me think the same way. Just bring our military into these areas that have gangs and flush them out once and for all.

I guess I can't buy a Ford or a Lincoln.

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2008/02/lions_raise_seasonticket_price.html

Makes it really hard to support his team.

The Response's scare me.

http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/02/hudsonville_asked_to_remove_go.html

Why is it that people feel so 'outed' by Christians? Have they really been chastised by 'conservative Christians'? I would be willing to bet not. 3 of the first 4 responses are praising this person for bringing this up. Do you realize that we will have to tear down multiple national monuments if we want to fully separate church and state?

As our country is turning to violence in schools, drugs and alcohol being praised by young Hollywood actor's and actresses, drug use from athletes, war with a radical religion, and many other problems, we have citizens who are more concerned with shunning God and removing God from our society. To me, this is a problem, and it may be the beginning of the fall of a great nation. It's happened many times before.

Romney's brilliant move...

In a move that takes second place only to my "shaving of the head" play, Romney pulled a fast one on Huckabee. As I have told many people, my philosophy on shaving my head was like dating a girl and knowing she was going to dump you, so you just dump her first.

Think about it, Romney is upset that Huckabee stayed in the race and made it a 2 man game, essentially eliminating any sort of formidable rise to beat McCain because most view the GOP divided into two parts, the Moderate right with McCain, and the Conservative right with HuckaRomney. They were duking it out for 2nd while McCain was on his victory tour. Many thought that Huckabee stayed in the game because he already had a deal with McCain in place to become his VP, which would make sense because they get along and it would go a long way to help McCain get the Conservative right out to vote in an election they may not otherwise get excited about...So...Romney makes a move, and in an act that the people are calling Noble, Selfless, and "for the good of the party," he bows out because he wants McCain to gather some very important momentum with the Republican party and bring the party together in a united attempt to defeat whatever the Dem's throw at them...and in the meantime, makes Huckabee look an idiot. Huckabee COULD NOT drop out behind him because he would have made the "VP conspiracy" critics look correct. He HAD to stay in, and in the meantime, he looks VERY selfish because as Romney is promoting the party, Huckabee is continuing the division. He looks like the high school basketball coach who is fouling in the last minute, even though his team is down by 20 points. Huckabee was in a "Darned if you do, darned if you don't" scenario, because Romney pulled a fast one and bowed out in front of him. There is no way he saw that coming and it really put him in a bind.

Don't get me wrong, I prefer Huckleberry to McCain, but I just think the move by Romney was brilliant and will go a long way with the party to help in a run in 2012 if we lose this one, heaven forbid.

Pretty Remarkable 911 Call

A 4 year old in Alpine called 911 for his mom. Here's the call.

http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/02/911call.mp3

Heated Roads

There has to be a way to heat highways. You add up the cost of Salt, Dirt, Man Hours, Trucks, Truck Maintenance, and the ever increasing Fuel costs and it has got to allow for a big commitment to heating roads. My vote is to redirect the emissions from factories and plants into pipes that go under our roads before they are emitted into our air system. They might as well provide us a benefit before they eat away at our atmosphere.

http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/02/snowstorms_have_road_commissio.html

Daily Devotional

My daily Bible reading has been wonderful lately, and it is a result of my pastor challenging the congregation to go 7 out of 7, meaning, getting into God's word 7 days out of 7 and not just being a Sunday Christian. I have taken this to heart and I have attempted to accomplish that. My daily reading has taken me through I Corinthians and while reading I Corinthians 6:9-11, I had a few thoughts.

I Corinthians 6:9-11
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

As Christians, we are quick to criticize certain lifestyles that we don't agree with, namely adulterers, prostitutes, and homosexuals, which were all mentioned in this verse. But I think what we are quick to dismiss is the fact that God lumps greed, drunkeness, slander and swindling into the same boat in this verse. In God's eyes, it is all sin and it is all bad. Then why are we so much more accepting of slander, or greed? We may deal with some of these issues and because they are more acceptable in the worlds eyes, we don't see them as a big problem. God did, and that is why he died for us. If I were to line up a homosexual or a prostitute in a room next to a slanderer (Liar), who would you honestly say is a bigger sinner? In God's eyes, it is all bad.

Again, the verse is followed by a BUT, "But you were washed," sanctified, justified...Saved by Grace through Faith. It is not done by being "good." It is done because Christ died for us and paid for our sins.

Ah....DUH

This is incredible to me. Why are people surprised? I surely am not. Is it because I'm racist? No way! It's because this guy has been surrounded by trouble his whole career.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS05/801240414

He needs to be locked up for Perjury.

It took a lot

but I'm back and it took a ridiculous story like this to bring me back. Not Hillary's tears, not T.O.'s tears, not the primary today, and not even Iraq. It took this...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322495,00.html

I wouldn't give a hair off my back (trust me I don't even want them) to listen to this crap.

Couple of thoughts on this

Number 1 - no kidding. JT just buffs up for his movie all of a sudden? 50 Cent has taken bullets, so I would assume he's going to claim that he took roids to "recover." Mary J Blige? What in the world is going on. I hope she keeps taking them and we can have the second coming of Ru-Paul. Unreal...

These are the role models of America. I'll bet you at least 50% of the kids in this country, if asked if they would like to grow up and be just like any of these characters, they would say yes.

To me, this is different that athletes because they are trying to get better at their profession. That's like Mary J Blige taking a "voice steroid." I'm not saying it's better or worse, it's just different. It's pure vanity.

Now, just because I want to, I am posting my new favorite picture...If this wasn't after the Iowa game, it should have been.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0701/missed0119/images/missed9.jpg