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Er, what I meant to say was "Good news!" Right. Andy Chapman, a good and old friend, the same guy who got to start his college experience in the 8th grade, has started blogging. If his blog is a tenth as interesting as old Chapman, then we should be in for some fun in the months ahead.
Welcome to the blogdom.
Lighten up, you big babies!
John Kerry, George Bush, blah blah blah.
The real issue is who will Bush pick as the true college football champion: LSU or USC? I suggest that Bush allow the quarterbacks from each team to duel it out by throwing passes from different ranges at Osama Bin Laden cutouts. The team with the most hits could be declared the national champion.
Or they could play a round of Black Jack.
I'm sure that everyone has heard by now of the gorilla attack in the Dallas Zoo in which a gorilla, named Jabari, attacked and injured two women and a toddler.
What has been a sidebar during the reporting on this incident is that there was another gorilla attack at the same Dallas zoo about 6 years ago.
Every few minutes Hercules would kick, drag, and sling her against the wall. Then he would beat on his chest. After 10 minutes, McClurg says, she heard a Code Red called, alerting the entire zoo that there was danger from an escaped animal. A few moments later, curled up on the floor in the gorilla building hallway, she could hear people at the north entrance door to the gorilla building.
The Ethicist, NPR's weekly dally into 'ethical dilemmas', is a format where listeners submit ethical questions and Randy Cohen, an ethicist who writes for the New York Times, responds with the ethically correct solution to the questioner's issue. This week's show had raised a question about a pastor in Washington with some "far-out" beliefs. I wonder if any of y'all heard this show?
From NPR.com:
March 21, 2004
NPR's John Ydstie and ethicist Randy Cohen discuss the dilemma of listener Scott Williams in Palouse, Washington. Williams wants to know whether he should join the boycott of a coffee shop whose owner attends a church he finds offensive. The pastor of that church argues that the Bible justifies slavery.
Demotivators is out with its 2004 collection and, as usual, they are blisteringly funny.
Achievement
"You can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination, and an endless supply of expendable labor."
ASTEROID ON COLLISION-PATH WITH EARTH!!!
Of course, it will only come within 26,500 miles of earth, but, you know, there's nothing like an adrenaline rush in the morning.
(link via Drudge)
Last Friday at 1:20 p.m., my dear wife Kathleen gave birth to a strappling and handsome rogue (not unlike myself) boy. Kat is convalescing nicely and the boy is already swilling beer with his brother and sisters. I'll keep you updated...
David Limbaugh, Rush's brother, provides some keen insights into The Passion:
The Bible doesn't begin with the New Testament. It is an integrated document from Genesis through Revelation. Virtually every page of the Old Testament points to the New. Old Testament prophecies inform the New Testament, and the New Testament validates the Old.
In fact, it was primarily the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament that finally opened this skeptic's eyes to the truth of Christianity. I was deeply moved when first exposed to the intricate details about Christ's life and death foretold in the Old Testament. For me, the Old Testament is a roadmap to the cross.
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To focus on the identity of those participating directly or indirectly in the crucifixion is to miss the central point that Christ Himself, in His sovereignty, made the decision, along with the Father, to die. Christ said, "I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." His whole purpose in taking human form was to live a sinless life and die a sacrificial death in order to expiate man's sin by reconciling God's perfect justice with His abundant love and mercy.
Christ's death was preordained long before the first human being was created, and there was nothing any human being could do to change it - a fact for which we must be eternally grateful - and we are guilty of base human pride if we think otherwise.
The Grand Ole Party has a humorous game called Kerry Vs. Kerry that shows just how across the board Kerry has been on many issues.
Kerry has switched positions on:
The War in Iraq
Eliminating Marriage Penalty For Middle Class
Patriot Act
First Gulf War
Gay Marriage Amendment
Attacking President During Time Of War
Death Penalty For Terrorists
No Child Left Behind
Affirmative Action
NAFTA
and many, many more.
Is it just me or are there a lot of dead skunks on the road these days?
On a related note, NPR... as I was listening to NPR the other day, I noted that NARAL was one of the show sponsors. Isn't that a conflict of interests or is it just redundant?
Here is a fun site that pokes a little fun at the NPR gang:
Britney Spears kicked off her new Onyx Tour Wednesday night with a performance at the San Diego Sports Arena. Britney has raunched up the tour with homosexual, lesbian, and bi-sexual themes.
What has some fans worried however is a new twist that many critics view as crossing the line. In between songs, Britney will give a profession of her Christian faith and will explain to fans how her faith has made her who she is today.
"Man-on-man and woman-on-woman action I can take," said one critic from the San Francisco Examiner, "but exposing these young impressionable minds to this type of religious sermonizing is detestable and, in my opinion, morally wrong."
Other critics have worried that her religious statements may foster anti-Semitism and violence against homosexuals.
"Goodness, I'm excited," said Britney. "How many girls get to share their faith while putting on a show with some of the sexiest men and women of the world?"
This is a pretty funny photoshopping contest:
Far Side cartoons photoshopped!
Thanks to Ginger Hyatt for sending this my way. Once a Mississippian, always a Mississippian in your heart and memories.
You know you're from Mississippi if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.
6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car .... for your OWN car.
9. You know what "cow tipping" is.
10. You only own four spices: salt, pepper, chili powder, and catsup.
Ain't no genuine Mississippian ever called it "Catsup". Down here it's "Ketchup",
..........and let's not forget peppersauce for the turnip greens!
11.. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.
12. . You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
13. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."
14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
15. You know whether another Mississippian is from east, west, or middle Mississippi as soon as they open their mouth.
16. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "going to Wal-marts.
17. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.
18. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example "What kinna coke you want?"
19. Fried Catfish is the other white meat.
20. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Mississippi.. . and elsewhere around the country.
Note to fans of good music, Claire Holley will be on Thacker Mountain Radio (live from Old Square Books in Oxford, MS) tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. CT. You can listen via the web if you don't live in north Mississippi.
I think I know why Kerry has not bothered to worry about the South when it comes to campaigning. I think that Kerry is going to pick Sen. John Breaux from Louisiana to be his running mate. This would gain him (Kerry) considerable support in the South and help curry support of the moderate Democrats. I don't think Kerry will pick Edwards. The only other strong possibility is Sen. Bob Graham from Florida. By the way, both Graham and Breaux have decided not to run for reelection this time around.
It is interesting that the question that arises from the movie in critical circles is "Who killed Christ?" or "Who does Mel Gibson think killed Christ?" The crux of the argument is that by emphasizing Caiaphas over Pontius Pilate would fuel anti-Semitism. Even Discovery Channel had a special entitled "Who Killed Christ?" in which they weigh the evidence against the different parties involved in the death of Christ.
This whole debate misses the point entirely. Neither the Jews, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Caiaphas, or any other party took Christ's life. Jesus said that "The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father." John 10:17-18
None of the parties could have taken Jesus life unless He allowed them to. Remember when the crowd, incensed with Jesus' teaching, took up rocks to stone Him? He slipped without notice through the angry crowd.
As our High Priest, only Jesus could lay down His life and make the pleasing sacrifice to God the Father. This is the impact of the passion. Jesus Christ had the authority to call down millions upon millions of angels with just one word or thought, yet Christ allowed the just (Himself) to suffer the penalty of the unjust (the rest of us).
Yesterday, I made the long trip from Pontotoc to De Queen (6-7 hours depending on your durability). Nothing beats a good 6 to 7 hours on the open road. Yessirree. Well, of course, it was also raining. And lots of uneven, messy road construction to boot. I'm getting a little misty-eyed just thinking about it really.
My deliverance from dreariness comes through the radio dial... Sports radio about hockey, NBA, the NFL draft, Kobe Bryant (just shoot me already!) Political talk about gay marriage and the Democratic Dueling Duo. Advice talk from financial investments (works well with Somnex) to how to confess an affair with Dr. Linda ("you've got to respect each other's boundaries"). Preachers from Ravi Zacharias to Jimmy Swaggart to Adrian Rogers. Far-out in left, left, way left! field folks such as George Norry's Coast to Coast and satirist Phil Hendrie.
So, I can stand the rain, construction, and long drive, just give me my talk radio, please.
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