Bag of Randomness

  • A lot of my evening last night was filling out a stack of paperwork to allow me access to the Treasury Department.
  • So far this week I’ve had two going-away lunches.  I should go-away more often.
  • Wow . . . a no-hitter thrown during a play-off baseball game.
  • OK, Rangers, you are starting to make me a believer.  It sure was neat seeing how many people were getting info about the game yesterday by radio.
  • The Vikings sure do like to make the “in season” trade.  I certainly can’t blame them for they did yesterday, and frankly, it worries me as a Cowboys fan.
  • Are you tired of hearing “Hey Soul Sister” on commercials?  So are these folks.
  • Great idea – a double-sided peanut butter jar with a lid on each side so you can get every last bit.
  • Not too long ago I made a post about a sailor’s remains that were found in a shark after a fisherman caught a shark and it burped up a foot, now there are pictures.
  • Speaking of another item I posted not too long ago  . . . remember that post in which the firefighters let a house burn down because the owner didn’t pay a fee?  Well, Bryan Fischer thinks that Firefighters did the Christian thing in letting house burn to the ground.  If you are really interested in reading his thoughts, the only way I could do so was click and drag my mouse highlighting the text because he used a black font on a black background.
  • The Gap has a new logo.
  • The Snuggie Meets The Electric Blanket
  • Well, duh. Americans’ views of God shape attitudes on key issues
  • New kids’ TV channel raises product-placement concerns
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2 Responses to Bag of Randomness

  1. Brent says:

    Interesting points by Mr. Fischer, even if it was annoying that the text was "hidden" (I wonder whose decision that was). The main issue in this situation seems to be that the county has turned its firefighting services into an insurance policy to be purchased rather than a tax-supported basic necessity. It's a very poor decision on the part of the county in that case, as your reader Steve pointed out in his comment on the earlier post.

    However, I find it very disturbing that Mr. Fischer would attempt to categorize or make a distinction between the "weakened, feminized, soft" virtue of compassion and the "muscular" virtues of responsibility and accountability (later described as a "mature, robust" version of Christianity). This is absolutely outrageous and absurd! Were I with the AFA, I would remove Mr. Fischer immediately. How can one possibly be a Christian and NOT have compassion? How can one possibly be a follower of Christ and NOT see that helping someone in need is the right "moral" thing to do, regardless of "legal" consequences? As one of the commenters on Fischer's blog points out, he needs to reread the parable of the Good Samaritan.

    Mr. Fischer's argument has merit when taken from a strictly legalistic perspective. To try to say that it was the Christian thing to do, however, is deplorable, and near blasphemous in my opinion.

  2. Greg says:

    My favorite comment from the Fischer article, which was an absolute GEM, by the way:

    10/6/2010 12:50:35 PM
    Yeah, Jesus would have let the place burn. You're a moron.

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