A study Bible wins Christian Book of the Year. Should any other book beat out the Bible in a Christian Book of the Year award?
With the economy in turmoil you don’t hear a lot of “privatizing Social Security” talk.
On my drive to work the other morning I saw a truck that had a back windshield sticker of a cowboy and his horse on one knee in front of a cross. I then looked down at the trailer hitch where a pair of rubber testicles were hanging. I was almost tempted to provide a link to that product, but I’ll leave it up to yourself to Google it.
I remember back in the day when you could only buy seeded grapes – at least I think I do.
I really like what President Obama did yesterday with his online town hall, and I hope future presidents do the same. In short, people could submit questions via the web they would like the president to answer, and other viewers to WhiteHouse.gov had the opportunity to rank the questions. It’s great that the public gets to ask questions in a public forum rather than just have the journalists ask the questions for us. And props to him for not dodging the most popular question that dealt with legalizing marijuana.
In terms of being an affective communicator, he has to work on that, but in terms of effort of trying to communicate with the public I have to give him a high mark.
I think he’s going to start some sort or expand on the whole get your student loans paid off by doing public service stuff. I hated that feeling of coming out of college with so much in student loan debt, that I would have loved the opportunity to take advantage of that, rather than the alternative of joining the military or border patrol.
Here’s an interesting Hong Kong picture, be sure to move your mouse up and down the picture.
WifeGeeding made the following statement during a conversation last night that made me chuckle, ” Would a protein shake be good for me, because I don’t work out that long, just an hour?” And here I am struggling working our for half an hour. But hey, she’s got the abs to prove it.
D Magazine sent a reporter to 42 used car dealerships and to write and rank them.
So when I heard that the Red River was flooding way up north, I had to research to see if that’s the same Red River that’s about an hour north of me . . . turns out there’s more than one Red River. Thank you Wikipedia.
Metroplex Atheists are trying to raise funds for billboards, in their words: This billboard message challenges the accepted social status quo without coming across as deliberately offensive. It has a message of inclusiveness (“You are not alone.”) vs. the divisiveness of religion.
I’m not a fan of when the local news put comments from viewers that drop little comments on their website and then put them on TV. It just seems silly. You see something like “CowboyFan75 thinks that Dallas police chief is a coward for not backing his boys in blue.” And they always like throwing the two most oppossing and extreme comments out there – blerg. Just report the news, please, pretty please. I don’t need to see the news sensationalize and turn into a local tabloid blog.
And now a few Lost thoughts . . . you know the drill:
So Sayid popped a cap in Little Ben . . . but that doesn’t men Ben’s dead. Remember how Locke was shot a season or two back and lived? This might just be what’s happening with Little Ben – the Island doesn’t want him to die.
But I have a feeling we’ll see Workman Jack turn into Dr Jack and save his life, which will mean that’s twice he’s saved Ben.
So Sayid killed the last of Widmore’s clan, can that war actually be over?
It’s going to be a matter of time until we learn more and see scenes from Ann Arbor.
Didn’t Sayid’s flashback with his brother and chicken killing remind you of Mr Eko’s flashback with his brother? Remember, Yemi couldn’t kill an unarmed man, so Eko stepped in and did the deed to save his brother.
I'm confused by the whole Widmore/Ben plot. I don't think Sayid killed all of Widmore's men, because Widmore still has a prominent role in the episode "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" which finds Sayid already "retired" and working in the Dominican Republic. In fact, Ben kills Widmore's right hand man, Abaddon, in that episode. My question is who were the men that Sayid killed to protect Hurley? More of Widmore's men? Yep, I'm confused.
I just forgot to add in today, but sometimes I leave it off I'm I seem like I'm grumpy or complaining because it would come off as a contradiction – at least to me.
It's always interesting to see people point it out when I don't include it, I'm surprised so many people pay attention to it.
Your quote: "It’s great that the public gets to ask questions in a public forum rather than just have the journalists ask the questions for us."
Do you honestly believe Obama? Do you honestly see change? I do not mean to be critical, but I really feel I was open to giving Obama a chance….I have been nothing but disappointed!
Maybe I should have been more clear, or maybe you misinterpreted my comment.
“It’s great that the public gets to ask questions in a public forum rather than just have the journalists ask the questions for us."
I think it’s a great idea that the White House is allowing questions from the online community. It makes the president a tad bit more accessible, and I like how the online community can vote on the questions they would like asked. So now the American public can ask a question that a journalist may not necessarily ask. I also like how the president even answered the awkward marijuana question.
I wasn’t aware the people in the audience were big Obama supporters, and back when Bush would have the audience screened, that wasn’t something I agreed with either. So that disappoints me. However, it appears that it was only the audience next to him, so at least the online community was not screened.
Do I see change? Well, I do see some change. Taking questions online is something that hasn’t been done, and making himself more accessible by updating the radio address to also be on YouTube and appearing on the Tonight Show is a start. I recall him having a public meeting with the minority party in which John McCain asked the first question about the presidential helicopter fleet. That was something that was never done before, and I liked the idea that it was done in a public forum. There’s a timeline for Iraq and the closing of Guantanamo, as well as a renewed focus on Afghanistan, and he has made presidential records more assessable. So yes, I do see some change, I agree, it’s not everything that I would like, but I believe change in Washington comes slow, and I’m hopeful.
Trust me, Obama certainly doesn’t walk on water and there are things I’m unhappy about, specifically there were parts of the stimulus bill that I considered to be pork filled and weren’t really stimulus focused.
As far as being critical, I hope everyone is critical of his job performance – it’s the freedom of clashing opinions that helps make this country great; and holding all politician accountable for his or her actions is a must for our society. I love checking out the Obameter from the St Petersburg Times as it keeps track of his campaign promises and ranks then as Kept, Compromised, Broken, Stalled, No Action, and In the Works. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
Yes, we all have political differences, and that’s not going to change. But I just wanted to further clarify my comment and express my perception of things.
I'm confused by the whole Widmore/Ben plot. I don't think Sayid killed all of Widmore's men, because Widmore still has a prominent role in the episode "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" which finds Sayid already "retired" and working in the Dominican Republic. In fact, Ben kills Widmore's right hand man, Abaddon, in that episode. My question is who were the men that Sayid killed to protect Hurley? More of Widmore's men? Yep, I'm confused.
Are you starting to stop saying "grace" at the end of each bag of randomness? Just thought I would ask.
I just forgot to add in today, but sometimes I leave it off I'm I seem like I'm grumpy or complaining because it would come off as a contradiction – at least to me.
It's always interesting to see people point it out when I don't include it, I'm surprised so many people pay attention to it.
Grace,
Keither
That picture makes me miss Hong Kong in such a big way.
Keither ????
I often end my emails as Keither . . . besides, I like to throw my readers a curve ball every once in a while.
Ok.
warrener
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/27/ob…
Your quote: "It’s great that the public gets to ask questions in a public forum rather than just have the journalists ask the questions for us."
Do you honestly believe Obama? Do you honestly see change? I do not mean to be critical, but I really feel I was open to giving Obama a chance….I have been nothing but disappointed!
Hello Jeri –
Maybe I should have been more clear, or maybe you misinterpreted my comment.
“It’s great that the public gets to ask questions in a public forum rather than just have the journalists ask the questions for us."
I think it’s a great idea that the White House is allowing questions from the online community. It makes the president a tad bit more accessible, and I like how the online community can vote on the questions they would like asked. So now the American public can ask a question that a journalist may not necessarily ask. I also like how the president even answered the awkward marijuana question.
I wasn’t aware the people in the audience were big Obama supporters, and back when Bush would have the audience screened, that wasn’t something I agreed with either. So that disappoints me. However, it appears that it was only the audience next to him, so at least the online community was not screened.
Do I see change? Well, I do see some change. Taking questions online is something that hasn’t been done, and making himself more accessible by updating the radio address to also be on YouTube and appearing on the Tonight Show is a start. I recall him having a public meeting with the minority party in which John McCain asked the first question about the presidential helicopter fleet. That was something that was never done before, and I liked the idea that it was done in a public forum. There’s a timeline for Iraq and the closing of Guantanamo, as well as a renewed focus on Afghanistan, and he has made presidential records more assessable. So yes, I do see some change, I agree, it’s not everything that I would like, but I believe change in Washington comes slow, and I’m hopeful.
Trust me, Obama certainly doesn’t walk on water and there are things I’m unhappy about, specifically there were parts of the stimulus bill that I considered to be pork filled and weren’t really stimulus focused.
As far as being critical, I hope everyone is critical of his job performance – it’s the freedom of clashing opinions that helps make this country great; and holding all politician accountable for his or her actions is a must for our society. I love checking out the Obameter from the St Petersburg Times as it keeps track of his campaign promises and ranks then as Kept, Compromised, Broken, Stalled, No Action, and In the Works. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
Yes, we all have political differences, and that’s not going to change. But I just wanted to further clarify my comment and express my perception of things.