"Just Shut Up Award"

Today's "Just Shut Up Award" goes to Senator Arlen Specter

Sen. Specter Defends Terrell Owens

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sen. Arlen Specter accused the National Football League and the Philadelphia Eagles of treating Terrell Owens unfairly and said he might refer the matter to the antitrust subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he chairs.

Specter said at a news conference Monday in Harrisburg it was "vindictive and inappropriate" for the league and the Eagles to forbid the all-pro wide receiver from playing and prevent other teams from talking to him.

Defending T.O. will not put you in good sted with the voters of PA, Senator. So, just shut up.

Thanksgiving 2005

We did something completely different for the Thanksgiving holiday this year. We met my wife's brother and sister in Las Vegas. Yes, Las Vegas, Nevada. Sin City itself.

Now I have first hand knowledge on why the nickname of Sin City. I saw in those around me, but worst of all, in me, the following seven grievous sins:

1. Pride - I can beat the odds and win this game.
2. Greed - I want something for nothing and the more the better.
3. Lust - My those girls look good.
4. Anger - Why can't I win that jackpot
5. Gluttony - Those buffet's were good.
6. Envy - How come he won on the machine I was playing all night.
7. Sloth - I am too lazy to get away from this machine.

The truth is there is nothing special about Las Vegas. The same sins are present in every city. It's just that it seems a little easier there.

Having said that, I must add that we had a good time with the family. We saw some awesome shows and walked farther than I have in a long time without swinging a golf club.

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

Let's change the U.S. motto

Atheist Now Sues to Take Motto Off Money

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) - An atheist who has spent four years trying to ban the Pledge of Allegiance from being recited in public schools is now challenging the motto printed on U.S. currency because it refers to God.

Michael Newdow seeks to remove "In God We Trust" from U.S. coins and dollar bills, claiming in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that the motto is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.


I agree. Let's change the motto. I offer the following suggestions:

- In Nothing We Trust
- In Ourselves We Trust
- In Cash We Trust
- In Government We Trust
- In the People We Trust
- In Our Feelings We Trust
- We Only Trust In What We Can See
- In _____ We Trust - (Fill in the Blank)

Wait a minute. Which religion is being endorsed by this motto? What law has Congress enacted establishing a religion?

I don't like any of the alternative motto's listed above. Maybe we shouldn't have a motto. Maybe we should get rid of all national symbols. We wouldn't want to offend anyone, would we? No matter what symbol we use someone may be offended. So let's eliminate them all. Let's have free of symbol zones, like we have no smoking zones. No motto's, no flags, no nothing. Then everyone will be happy and we can live together in peace.

Only in America.

Don't you just love it

Our government cares so much for us, it wants to take care of our basic needs. I am so glad we elected those Republocrats.


Congress signals subsidy for TVs
By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 14, 2005

The federal government wants to pay for some U.S. residents to be able to watch television -- the only question is how much. The Senate's budget bill, which passed last week, contains a $3 billion subsidy for owners of televisions that are not ready to handle the eventual transition to digital television.

My, my

Finding Said to Boost Proof of Goliath

JERUSALEM - Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription of the Philistine's name, a find they claimed lends historical credence to the Bible's tale of David's battle with the giant.


I must confess I am a little conflicted by this news. On one hand, I am glad to see another case where archaeologists are confirming the biblical accounts. On the other hand, I wonder what archaeologists will think 3,000 years from now when they dig up a Mickey Mouse T-shirt. Will that mean that Mickey actually existed?

Sending out the Love

A big thank you to all those who are serving or have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Thanks to your sacrifice we:

- Do not have to speak German, Japanese, or Russian.
- Do not have to wear a head scarf or a night shirt.
- Can worship in the church of our choice.
- Have all the freedoms we enjoy and take for granted.

May God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit bless you.

Good question

Exploring a Parallel Universe
Why does the word evangelical threaten so many people in our culture? by Philip Yancey


I have often wondered this myself. We preach the gospel, the "good news", and yet we are looked upon as haters.

Yancey states:

Reflecting on our conversation, I remembered a remark by (C.S.) Lewis, who drew a distinction between communicating with a society that hears the gospel for the first time and one that has embraced and then largely rejected it. A person must court a virgin differently than a divorcée, said Lewis. One welcomes the charming words; the other needs a demonstration of love to overcome inbuilt skepticism.

The Gospel of John put it another way: "...men loved the darkness rather than the Light..."

It is sad

PB Frank made the following statement in Taiwan:

One of the great sadnesses of the world at present is that religions that might listen to one another and make common cause around the things that they share often confront one another with defensiveness and judgment. How sad this is when they share so much - above all compassion and mercy and love as the ground of all human relationships. How sad it is when instead of making common cause they make judgments of one another that divide the human community rather than unite it.

Hey Frank. Wake up. There are people from the religion of peace who want you and the rest of us dead. They would sooner cut your throat than talk about how we all share alot in common. So much for "compassion and mercy and love as the ground of all human relationships".

I have decided to change my thinking toward PB Frank and the rest of the looney left who walk in his ways. I have decided to pray the words of Paul to Timothy as recorded in 2 Timothy 2:24 to 26:

"24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will."

I pray Frank, that you come to your senses and escape the snare of the devil.

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.