“Non-Religious Bible Classes”?  You’re Kidding, Right?

 Apr 23, 2008 - 03:04 pm

Given that the Holy Bible is just that – Holy – and that it is the most important book that exists in the world, it has no place in the public school system.  Public schools are, in fact, probably the LAST place I want to see the Holy Bible – or any aspect of it – taught.

Witness State Senator Roy Herron, trying to gain support for the idea that non-religious Bible classes have a place in public school.

I am torn between screaming from frustration and screaming in laughter.  Maybe I’ll just sit here and roll my eyes instead.

(Read the story at http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/news.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2008-04-23-0023.html)

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Got Gas?

 Apr 23, 2008 - 03:04 pm

They say it will hit $5 per gallon sometime this summer.  Now that’s a price that will impact EVERYONE. 
Until now,  it has made a dent in the budget, but cutting a little here and there made up for it with only a minor hurt.

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Pensylvania Primary – A Local Day-Long Discussion As the Fun Unfolds

 Apr 22, 2008 - 06:04 am

6:45 a.m.
The polls in PA open shortly and like everybody else, I am especially interested in the outcome.  Interested in the outcome of a normally ho-hum primary concerning a party of which I am not a member – who’d a-thunk?

Who will ultimately win the Democratic nomination for President is as much of interest to conservatives as to liberals,  since McCain’s ultimate success in HIS bid depends on the outcome.  That, however, is the last point we conservatives agree upon.  There seems to be a heartfelt disagreement over whether Hillary or Obama – or either – will be beatable in November. 

They say a mere squeaker of win for Clinton today won’t be enough – that her win must be substantial in order to truly catch up to Obama.  Personally I think that is what will happen – that she’ll win in a fairly big way.  There it is.  I’ve made an official prediction.  Hate doing that.  Ah, well.

Obama has been shooting himself in the foot quite a bit lately.  I still do not think he grasps the importance of things like his association with Rev. Wright, or that little slip he made about we “bitter” conservatives holding our guns close and our God closer out of sheer anger and frustration.  (Geez, what WAS he thinking?)  Even the little flag pin spat or refusing to say the pledge – he just doesn’t get it, that these things add up and ultimately DO matter.

He pooh-poohs things like this, saying it is the issues that matter, the issues that he wants to discuss, the issues, the issues, the isssues.

He doesn’t get that things like character and loyalty and honesty DO matter and ARE at issue, to liberals and conservatives alike.  Why would we trust our country and our futures to someone who does not rate those qualities as important?  I’m not saying Obama is a bad person.  I’m saying that the fact that he seems to want to brush off our concerns about the character of a potential President is disturbing.

I just saw Hillary’s newest television ad – ooh, scary.  She evoked images from Bin Laden to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from 70s gas lines to creepy Cold War Russian leaders.  I’m kind of surprised she didn’t include a clip from the movie Carrie.  Fox News ran a clip of Hillary in the 2006 Senate race, when she called Republican scare tactics “disappointing”.  Whoops.
I’ll be checking in throughout the day as things unfold.  Hope you will as well…
jody lee

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Racing for Answers (The Race Non-Issue)

 Apr 03, 2008 - 11:04 pm

Obama’s much-lauded speech about race a couple weeks ago was well-received, to say the least, and left media pundits and politicians alike calling for the long-ignored issue of race relations to be brought back to the political table for discussion. 

Okay.  I’m game.  Racial prejudice is despicable and intolerable.  So let’s see where we stand. 

Specifically, what would you have us – the country, that is – do to improve race relations?  Again, specifically - -

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What’s That I Smell?  (Limbaugh, Clinton & Fear – Oh, My!)

 Apr 03, 2008 - 11:04 pm

Excuse me while I ramble.  So much to talk about - -

Bill Clinton wrote a letter to Hillary supporters this week, sent via email, asking for money for her campaign.  (http://newsmax.com/insidecover/Bill_Clinton_Hillary/2008/03/29/84070.html)
Take a look at the text of the letter, then you tell me – doesn’t it smell just a tad desperate?  Maybe a little whiney?

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