Posted in LCMS, Politics on Saturday, 22 March 2008 | No Comments »
I generally avoid blogging about the goings-on in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Mostly because the ugliness of such things in a Christian body causes me much stress and I prefer to take a back seat and let the theologians do the dirty work. (Sad, I know, but very safe.) This time I have to say [...]
Posted in Politics, Random Thoughts on Thursday, 20 March 2008 | No Comments »
From CNN: Agency OKs cheese steak shop’s English-only signs
While I believe that our constitution guarantees Geno’s Steaks the right to do business in their establishment however they see fit, I honestly think their signs are just plain bad business. I mean, my money spends just as good whether I speak French or English to the [...]
Posted in Politics on Saturday, 12 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometime during the day today, I was overcome with a giddy sense of freedom. I do NOT have to follow the primary races. There is nothing I can do to change the outcome. By the time I get to cast my little votie-poo, the election will already be decided. Yes, I live in a state that [...]
Posted in Country Life, Politics, Random Thoughts, Sustainable Living on Monday, 29 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
Biofuels ‘crime against humanity’
by Grant Ferrell, BBC News
A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity.
Although I don’t have time to write much, I thought this was an interesting and thought provoking article. If you have time, please share [...]
Posted in Military life, Politics on Monday, 28 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
Mrs. Anne Morse, senior writer at Breakpoint, has said what I have been desparately trying to say (without much success) for the last twenty years!
Her words, from Leave My (Elite) Child Alone:
“When those who benefit most from living in a country contribute the least to its defense and those who benefit less are asked to [...]
Posted in Politics, Random Thoughts on Monday, 28 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
There is an alternative: Christians can insist that the price of business cannot include acquiescence to evil. We can shout from the housetops about what is going on in places like Guangxi. We can cut through the soothing talk and help our neighbors (and ourselves) wake up and smell the coffee.
Exerpt from Chuck Colson’s article [...]
