Mission Accomplished?

Today is the anniversary of the Mission Accomplished speech the President gave on the USS Abraham Lincoln. For laughs, I looked up the speech and read it. Then, like a slap in the face, something was missing. I read it again and again. Much to my surprise the thing that was missing was the phrase "Mission Accomplished". It's no where to be seen.

So why is it called the "Mission Accomplished" speech? The only thing I can think of is because them mainstream media elite want you to believe he said it. Why would somebody want to lie to us like that?

Maybe they're filled with so much hatred that they'll do anything to discredit somebody they don't like. It's obvious to me they hate the truth.

Another Tragedy

After the initial shock of the shootings at Virginia Tech the pundits started throwing out their usual slop of 'what ifs' and 'if onlys' around. One of the first cry out of the shoot was the need for strict gun control. Naturally, that's what this country doesn't need. For some reason it doesn't sink into the heads of these extremists that law abiding citizens don't commit these crimes. The crimes of shooting people are executed by people who have no regard for the law. Another thing that doesn't reach the gray matter in their skulls is the fact that criminals will always have access to guns. Any type of guns. They purchase them from criminals who sell other criminals guns.

Virginia has a conceal and carry law. By the way a concealed weapon is not a handgun. A concealed weapon is a weapon you can't see. A handgun in a holster that's hanging from your hip is not a concealed weapon. A shotgun or bazooka under a trench coat is a concealed weapon. At any rate, you can carry a weapon anywhere except on the campus of a school. It's not a state law, it's a decision made by the board of regents of that university. If Virginia Tech allowed law abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons maybe the criminal wouldn't have been able to kill 32 students.

He's not here for He is risen...

Matthew 28:6
He is not here; for He is risen

Illegal Aliens Go Home!

Did anybody see Bill O'Reilly's show on Friday night. Geraldo Rivera was on it. The topic was about the illegal alien that killed two girls in Virginia while driving drunk. Although it turned into a shouting match, and at one point it looked like a fight would break out, O'Reilly made excellent points while Geraldo kept arguing if the drunk driver had not been illegal this wouldn't be news.

I believe our judges need to enforce the laws for driving drunk. Too often the criminal isn't given a sentence for his crime. Instead the criminal is given another opportunity to drive drunk. That's not acceptable.

Drunk drivers who kill should be given the full sentence.

As far as illegal aliens are concerned, they have no business being in this country. Secondly, they have absolutely no business committing crimes in this country. When an illegal is arrested they should serve their time and then be deported.

Come to think of it, when an illegal alien is arrested they should be deported.

Don

Democratic is a process.
Democrat is what they are.

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Another Source for Global Warming?

If believing Hollywood celebrities doesn't provide enough proof of global warming consider this...

There has been a dramatic increase in penguin movies.

Mallard Fillmore 4/5/2007

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Is She for Real?

This afternoon I was watching the news and was caught by the Pelosi debacle in Syria. Has anybody else noticed how she's been behaving around the enemies of the free world? She acts worse than a giddy school girl on her first date. What's with all the hopping around on her toes and giggling?

It's disgusting.

Pelosi, who is heading the "Look at Me" tour of the Middle East, met with Assad on Wednesday. Not only did this anger the Bush Administration but she indicated to Assad and the world that she had delivered a message saying that Israel was ready to engage in peace talks.

"We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from the president [Assad] that he was ready to resume the peace process. He was ready to engage in negotiations for peace with Israel," Pelosi said.

WHAT?

What the Giggler of the House failed to mention were the only (reasonable) terms Israel will acknowledge for negotiations. I added the 'reasonable' part.

Vice President Chaney said, "She made a nonsensical statement."

He's right. Come to think of it, nonsensical statements are about all she's ever uttered. She's incapable of thinking a partial thought all at once. Has Pelosi ever known what she's talking about?

Prime Minister Olmert emphasized that although Israel is interested in peace with Syria, "that country continues to be part of the axis of evil and a force that encourages terror in the entire Middle East".

"In order to conduct serious and genuine peace negotiations, Syria must cease its support of terror, cease its sponsoring of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations, refrain from providing weapons to Hizballah and bringing about the destabilizing of Lebanon, cease its support of terror in Iraq, and relinquish the strategic ties it is building with the extremist regime in Iran," it said.

Whether or not Syria implements these measures will determine if Syria is sincere about making genuine peace with Israel, Olmert said.

Humor Site

If your interested in a laugh try the site Pickles, Grapes and Elephants

You're welcome to contribute, too. Use the comments.

Don

Mercury Fears Should Be Put to Rest!

This should put any fears about fish and mercury poisoning to rest. Click Here or the title to get to Consumer Freedom site.

Here's another good report about 'mercury scares'

There hasn't been any real danger since those chemical spills in Japanese waterways back in the 50's and 60's.

The Cato Institute

Hey, the courts got it right! Go the the Cato Institute, click the name, and see how some hand gun laws were found unconstitutional in Washington, D.C.

Trivia: Did you know...

In the 2^nd amendment the word “militia” does not mean the military. During the time of the writing of the constitution the word militia meant 'an armed public' or 'citizen soldiers. The public in England couldn't own firearms to protect themselves. The object of having an armed public is to prevent a “Tiananmen Square” event from happening on our soil.

Support your rights to bear arms.

Did You Know?

A about 3 weeks ago I got this email called "Did you know...". Just like most of the emails of this type it was loaded with wrong information. I decided to correct them. Most of them were sayings that people have taken for granted as being true. If you tell a lie over and over people are going to believe it's true. P.T. Barnum said, "a sucker is born every minute."

• Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. PARTIALLY TRUE 25% Linen 75% cotton. US MINT

• The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. NOT TRUE It was written on parchment. Drafts may have been written on hemp paper, which isn't marijuana paper any more that hemp rope is marijuana rope.

• A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. Would somebody please do this? I've never seen it done

• Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller. NOT TRUE About.com

• 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. This isn't the Merriam-Webster dictionary. They didn't publish a 1996 edition. The term Webster's is a generic form of dictionary. Anybody can call their dictionary Websters. I wrote M-W and got the answer.

• The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino. NOT TRUE He wasn't albino. Snopes and look at his photo in the 7Up site.

• On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. The only place I could find this was on websites that had this same email. In truth it's a very rare.

• Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. TRUE IMDB

• Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog. Chocolate toxicity depends on the amount of theobromine in the chocolate. A toxic dose is about 45-50 mg/lb. As most white chocolate contains little theobromine, it is usually not enough to cause symptoms. Milk chocolate contains smaller levels of theobromine, so it would take more to cause symptoms. Some dogs have a higher tolerance than others, but that is the general guideline. Unless your dog was given many chocolate bars at a time or you were feeding him 1-lb bars of chocolate (or baker's or semi-sweet chocolate, which contain more theobromine and are fatal is smaller amounts) it would probably not cause great harm-- mild symptoms include diarrhea, hyperactivity, and vomiting-- but some dogs may be more sensitive so I would not try it personally! It also varies according to the dog's age and health. Found on a veterinary site.

• Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. NOT TRUE sharks don't explode.

• Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. NOT TRUE Snopes.

• Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. ALMOST The letters were in the same case but in different rows. Upper-case were in the row above the Lower-case. Wikipedia, which isn't a totally reliable source.

• Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.) DOUBTFUL Nothing has been found to say he could do this. He was left handed and wrote much of his journals in mirror form. President Garfield could write in two languages at the same time.

• Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. NOT TRUE They were plaster. IMDB.

• The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before! NOT TRUE. According to genealogists there are several people named Wendy in the US census before Peter Pan. There were 2 Chinese emperors named Wendi

• There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver! English dictionary. The Scottish have hirple (to walk lamely) and chirple (a young ewe)

• Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years paint Mona Lisa's lips. NOT TRUE Egyptians had scissors in 1500 BC (before Christ) Mona Lisa was painted from 1503 to 1506. Do the math.

• A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death. NOT TRUE A scorpions venom has no effect on themselves.

• The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white. Very possible.

• If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have 1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.) Do the math

• By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.) It's very difficult to sink in quicksand. I've been in quicksand.

• The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. NOT TRUE rule of thumb is used in measuring by carpenters. There are other uses but nothing about beating a wife.

• The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player or automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. NOT TRUE Motorola made car radios and add 'ola' to it because it was a popular suffix.

• Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples! NOT TRUE Apples are loaded with sugars

• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! NOT TRUE When your tears touches onion mist it becomes VERY VERY MILD sulphuric acid. Chewing gum isn't going to help. I was told this by a chemist.

• The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.. DOUBTFUL I've check kosher sites and there is nothing about postage stamps. Not everybody licks stamps. They'll use a wet sponge or let the post office do it.

• Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. WHY? Can't find any proof of this.

• Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. NOT TRUE. Passing gas does not compromise the suit. NASA
  

OY!

Conservapedia

Today I learned about an alternative to left leaning and anti-Christian Wikipedia. It's called Conservapedia. The encyclopedia is in it's infancy but looks like it's going to catch on.

There was a time when writing the truth was important regardless of your leanings. Maybe we can get back to it. Wouldn't that be great?

I urge all of you to start using and contributing to Conservapedia.

Baptists, Lent and Peanut Butter

Is there something you really like? Think about it for a minute. How about a favorite beverage. Some people drink Dr. Pepper everyday, not because they're addicted, but because they like Dr. Pepper. For some it's that morning cup of coffee. Maybe it's not a beverage. It could be a favorite TV show or, gasp, emailing or something at work.

For me it's peanut butter. Life seems to revolve around peanut butter. I'm not addicted but if it's in the house it must be eaten. I'll eat it on just about anything. Toast, potato chips, cold pizza or a bake potato. It doesn't matter. Peanut butter makes everything taste better. It's a life enhancer. Some friends would say that coffee is my thing. Coffee is great and is imbibed from morning until late at night. But peanut butter... that's a different story.

Since our pastor, Rick Thompson, arrived a few years ago he's challenged us to participate in Lent. For most people being Southern Baptist means you don't participate in Lent. Nobody really knows why. The Catholics have had that corner of the market since anyone can remember. But for Baptists it's rarely, if ever, done.

Lent is that period of time that begins 40 days before Easter, Resurrection Sunday. In a nutshell Lent is a period of fasting, praying and alms giving. For many Lent has been the the tail end of a joke. But the purpose Lent is to give up something that's important to us so when we think about it we're reminded of what Jesus gave up for us, His life.

Prayer is naturally of utmost importance. How else can you communicate with Him? Oh sure, you can say you can pray while you're on the golf course, but you don't go to the golf course to pray. Prayer should be something you come to a complete stop to do. Yes, you can pray while walking but when you're quiet before the throne of grace your mind can focus on God. During Lent we it would do us all good to find a time of quiet and focused prayer and Bible reading that's different than normal.

Alms giving is giving of your time or money to those in need. It doesn't have to be someone you don't know. You have neighbors and relatives. Think about being kind toward people for 40 days and you'll be better for it. What are you like in traffic? That would be a good start wouldn't it.

Lent is good and shouldn't be taken lightly.

Correction...

I made a slight mistake in the last post about "God the Father" being translated "God the Parent" in the Holman Christian Standard Bible. 1 John 5:1 (HCSB) says, "and everyone who loves the parent also loves his child." Well, the word translated as parent is literally, "he who begats". Parent is a legitimate translation.

I should have translated the verse before making the remark.

Don

Church and Sermons

I had a gig at a local church this last week end. The music was a lot of fun and the musicians were very good. I've always enjoyed being asked to sub for my bass friend, who is an excellent player.

There were 2 services. After the first service I did my usual thing and sat up front to listen to the sermon. I don't know about you but I like being close to the front. There's a sense of involvement or participation up close that I don't get when sitting in the back. I'm not the type to sit and soak.

At any rate, the pastor did something I hadn't heard in a long time. He preached from the Bible and the Bible only. He didn't quote one single man. I was refreshed. Wow, I thought, this is great.

The Bible I took was the Holman translation. I don't like it and am going to put it back on the shelf for reference. One phrase was "God the parent". ACCK! It's supposed to be "God the Father". That's what the Greek says, I know I read Greek.

Back to the sermon. The pastor wasn't fiery or flamboyant. He just preached from the Bible. I hope the word gets out. If there's one thing we don't need it's sermons filled with what man has to say. That's why we're in deep trouble. God's Word is what we need to hear.

Quiet Please ... and Remove Your Hat

I like going places. It doesn't matter where. A nice restaurant where the food is good and puts a smile on my face or just a drive. Long trips are the best. When I was a kid it was like going on an adventure.

One thing I remember is that everybody would dress up when they went somewhere. Men would wear a coat and tie and women would wear a dress and jewelery. Even if you went to a baseball game the men dressed nice. And you never saw a man with a hat on his head if he was inside. It just wasn't done. If there was a rude chart then wearing a hat indoors would have been near the top. That's something that bugs me. No matter how nice the restaurant is half the men are wearing a stupid cap. I want to go over to them and yank it off and throw it on the floor. What's the big deal about wearing a hat anyway? If you're reading this and you wear a hat indoors then stop it right now. And don't let your kids do it either.

I love electronic devices. Laptops, Pocket PC's, MP3 players and cell phones are too good to believe. The Internet is tremendous. Hooray for the guy that invented it. He was a genius. Since he was a genius we know algore couldn't have anything to do with it.

There's one thing about them. No matter where you go someone is being rude with their electronic device. There's something about them that impair the senses. I think it's because you can't do two things at once unless one of those things is natural, like breathing.

It'd be a great thrill if the world would discover etiquette. Over the past few years I've tried to imagine going to a restaurant and not hearing someones phone conversation from across the room or listen to somebody trying to sing while listening to their MP3 player. How come only the people who can't sing always sing in public? And why do people have to talk so loud when they're on a cell phone?

HELLO. I'M HAVING A QUIET DINNER...

Think about how rude is it to have your phone go off in the restaurant. There ought to be voluntary electronic device free zones. I don't think the government should get involved.

The next time you go out anywhere remember to turn off the phone and take off your hat.

More on the Global Warming Hoax...

If you're like me there are occasions when the discussion of global warming comes to the point when the frustrated supporter asks you to name just one scientist that thinks global warming isn't the fault of humans.

Enter the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM). If you need the name of a scientist you can go to the link (located in the title of this blog) and access one of, get ready, over 17,000 scientists who know global warming is a lie. You can even access them by state.

Another fact that has been making the news is that most who say they believe in global warming receive funding. If you don't believe then you don't get paid.

Does that mean "follow the money trail?"

Idiots to Vote?

Idiots from New Jersey may soon have the right to vote, Reuters reports:

State Senate President Richard Codey introduced a bill on Monday that would remove language from the New Jersey constitution that was designed more than 150 years ago to prevent people suffering from mental illness or handicap from casting their vote in national, state or local elections.

Codey wants to eliminate a section that says "no idiot or insane person should enjoy the right of suffrage" and substitute with a reference to "a person who has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting."

Codey, a Democrat who was previously acting governor of New Jersey, said in a statement the term "idiot" is "outdated, vague, offensive to many and may be subject to misinterpretation."

He said individuals with cognitive or emotional disabilities may be capable of making decisions in a voting booth, and those people should not be discriminated against.

Idiot was actually once a clinical term that referred to someone on the FAR LEFT (of the bell curve). It was the lowest grade of "mental deficiency," as a table we found on this page shows the IQ range Classification:

• 70-80 Borderline deficiency
• 50-69 Moron
• 20-49 Imbecile
• Below 20 Idiot

Today "deficiency" is called "retardation," and the IQ range Classification are as follows:

• 50-69 Mild
• 35-49 Moderate
• 20-34 Severe
• Below 20 Profound

So once the law is brought up to date, the only New Jerseyites who will be ineligible to vote are those who are profound.

The Language Barrier

Happy New Year!

I'm sitting here in front of the computer thinking about things that bug me. Do you have things that bug you? I have a few things, if you count several thousand as a few things.

Have you ever noticed that the next generation doesn't talk like the previous generation. The English classes of today are very similar to those that were used several generations ago. For some reason the next generation has always found it necessary to create a code language.

Call it rebellion.

Since the 1920's each generation has created it's own code speak. Does anybody really know what "23 skidoo" means? How about, "beat me daddy 8 to the bar"? I've yet to find anybody explain, "it's like, you know, like yeah!" to me.

One of the catch phrases of the past 60 years has been, "Nobody understands me". Have you ever wondered why?

Saddam's Execution a Crime?

According to Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, the head of the Vatican's Justice and Peace department, executing former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would be "avenging a crime with another crime".

This is ludicrous. It's called justice not crime. Mass murder is a crime. Saddam, unfortunately, lived to go through a justice system that could have proved him innocent. He is going to be put to death in a quick and humane method. Something his hundreds of thousands of victims never enjoyed.

The execution of saddam is justice. He will never murder again.

Jesus is Born!

Merry Christmas!

Christ Born of Mary

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.



Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.



So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.



Glory in the Highest



Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them,

“Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another,

“Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”

And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.



But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.



PRAISE BE TO GOD!