Bag of Randomness

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  • Well, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently stated that the swine-flu is no more dangerous than the regular flu.  What concerns me is that the next time the CDC provides a warning the public will just ignore it since the swine-flu seemed to be a bunch of hype.  It will all probably turn into some kind of Hurricane Katrina event.  The National Weather Service issues warnings for people to take cover, but people don’t take the warning seriously because “all the other hurricanes” weren’t as bad as first reported and it was nothing but media-hype.  Then “the big one” hits (Katrina), fingers get pointed for blame, and then people take warnings very seriously.  So seriously that when the next hurricane comes towards land (Rita), large cities are evacuated (Houston) but then we find that the damage isn’t what was anticipated.
  • All that to say, one day the CDC will issue a warning, no one will take it seriously, and many will die.  Just a thought.
  • I just checked my 401k and it’s up over 18% for the year, but that doesn’t make up for the beating that it took for the last year and half.
  • I usually never provide investment advice, heck, at one point I could get fired for doing so, but I feel pretty confident in recommending a mutual fund specialized in the energy services sector, such as the Fidelity Select Energy Service mutual fund.  Think about it, one of the largest platforms for both parties in last year’s election was energy independence, and now we have a new administration that continues to send a strong message about investing into new and renewable energy.  When I last check, that fund’s rate of return for the year was about 24%.
  • How you bury a Baptist deacon who loved fishing.  Link
  • You know, I feel sorry for Miss USA.  She actually wins the pageant but certainly isn’t getting any attention as all of that is going towards the runner-up, Miss California.
  • I still don’t know what all the fuss is about regarding Miss California’s answer that she doesn’t support gay marriage.  Whether one agrees with that view or not, she answered it eloquently, I thought.
  • But something sure doesn’t seem right, even moral or ethical, about the Miss California Pageant paying for her breast implants before the Miss USA Pageant.  Does stuff like this go on all the time?
  • Miss California has also stated that her Christian faith is being mocked because of the racy modeling photos of her in nothing but panties as a 17-year-old are starting to surface.  Well, Miss Cali, like it or not, it’s all about perception, and a 17-year-old in nothing but pink panties isn’t the most representative perception of a young Christian lady.
  • Just so she can get some attention since no one else is giving it to her, here’s Miss USA, Kristen Dalton from North Carolina – she’s the one on the right.
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  • So now Bristol Palin is going to be a spokesperson for the Candies Foundation to help raise awareness for teen pregnancy prevention.  It’s been interesting following this little saga.  When the father of her child started going on talk shows, the Palin camp released a statement that said, “Bristol’s focus will remain on raising Tripp, completing her education, and advocating abstinence,” even though Bristol herself said in a Fox News interview that abstinence is not realistic at all.  It seems a bit contradictory, and that her mother is trying to speak for her.
  • Some may think that Bristol has her own say in the matter since she’s 18 and is considered an adult, but all daughters do their best to please and not disappoint their mothers.  And if you are 18-years-old without a high school education, no other immediate means of making money to care for you and your baby, being thrown in the the national spotlight, and are fully dependent on your parents, well, then you really don’t have a say in things.
  • I’m certainly not against Bristol trying to prevent teen pregnancy.
  • My stitches are in a spot that prevents me from stretching, reaching out, and bending over.
  • It’s been forever since I’ve seen a new Jill Wagner commercial.
  • How to make a Nigerian money scammer go away
  • I’m amazed by OtherDogGeeding’s loyalty.
  • Grace
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Onward Christian Soldiers

The US’s highest ranking military officer has said it is not the US military’s position to promote any specific religion, after Al Jazeera revealed footage of troops apparently preparing to convert Afghans to their Christian faith.

“From the United States’ military’s perspective, it is not our position to ever push any specific kind of religion, period,” said Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Monday.

The US military has also confiscated Bibles that Christian US soldiers in Afghanistan had apparently intended to give to local Muslims, a military spokesman told Al Jazeera.

In addition, some of the soldiers who appeared in the video have also been reprimanded, US government and military officials told Al Jazeera’s James Bays.

The video, shot about a year ago, appeared to show military chaplains stationed in the US air base at Bagram discussing how to distribute copies of the Bible printed in the country’s main Pashto and Dari languages.

In one recorded sermon, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, the chief of the US military chaplains in Afghanistan, tells soldiers that, as followers of Jesus Christ, they all have a responsibility “to be witnesses for him”. “The special forces guys – they hunt men basically. We do the same things as Christians, we hunt people for Jesus. We do, we hunt them down,” he says.

“Get the hound of heaven after them, so we get them into the kingdom. That’s what we do, that’s our business.”

Questioned about the footage, Greg Julian, a US colonel in Afghanistan, told Al Jazeera: “Most of this is taken out of context … this is irresponsible and inappropriate journalism.

“This footage was taken a year ago … the Bibles were taken into custody and not distributed.

“There is no effort to go out and proselytise to Afghans.”

Full Al Jazeera Article

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Cop wins doughnut eating world title for third time

ELKHORN — Some law enforcement officers do it for honor.

Others do it for fame.

There might even be those who do it for money.

Sgt. Howard Sawyers does it for doughnuts.

The sergeant, who trains correctional officers at the Walworth County Jail, is the world’s cop doughnut eating champion for the third time.

The 17 doughnuts he downed in three minutes to win this year’s championship April 22 also set a cop doughnut-eating record. Sawyers has won the championship more times than anybody—three out of the six annual contests.

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