tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post7104326361848369969..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Election results 2010 — analyzing the mixed bagDJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-1627878247782171272010-11-05T13:15:23.866-05:002010-11-05T13:15:23.866-05:00I've spent extensive time in Portland. It'...I've spent extensive time in Portland. It's tough to get used to the constant overcast skies.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-78842234752098710582010-11-05T12:32:32.123-05:002010-11-05T12:32:32.123-05:00I'm open to Alaska. Not so sure about Dear Wif...I'm open to Alaska. Not so sure about Dear Wife, though.<br /><br />Oregon and Washington are both beautiful states, and nutty as bedbugs.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-9863077533704046982010-11-05T12:30:36.577-05:002010-11-05T12:30:36.577-05:00I'd recommend Oregon to you, there is a lot of...I'd recommend Oregon to you, there is a lot of beauty and varied geography, but in everything else we are just like California.beachbirdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15930167451189674363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-69701806457474304872010-11-05T10:30:00.654-05:002010-11-05T10:30:00.654-05:00The only good thing about where Dan lives is it...The only good thing about where Dan lives is it's proximity to nice places. Sacramento, in and of itself, isn't a very nice place. I'm thinking we should pay to move him to Alaska after whining about wanting to leave CA then being so picky about where he winds up.<br /><br />@Rupert: You have me convinced. I'm moving to Australia. I hope you have enough room for my family at your place. Just think how much fun it will be! I'll even promise not to proselytize to you while I'm sleeping!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-42127427333781297582010-11-04T22:23:25.352-05:002010-11-04T22:23:25.352-05:00Compared to the rest of the country, no, it seldom...Compared to the rest of the country, no, it seldom is unpleasantly humid, thank God.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-74330382870285873512010-11-04T21:50:37.864-05:002010-11-04T21:50:37.864-05:00You're not alone, 3GD. I didn't realize t...You're not alone, 3GD. I didn't realize that Sacramento isn't really that close to SF, where it's cold and windy in July. Guess KS will suit you just fine, DJP. ;) (Is it actually humid in Sacramento, though?)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289347868497438542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-2186717870725071332010-11-04T20:26:06.179-05:002010-11-04T20:26:06.179-05:00No, of course not (although, unimaginably, some pe...No, of course not (although, unimaginably, some people here do). I thought it might be something you weren't even accustomed to. Shows what I know about California weather.threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-11988764716655245092010-11-04T20:18:52.926-05:002010-11-04T20:18:52.926-05:00"is used to" ≠ "likes""is used to" ≠ "likes"DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-42875855583541968542010-11-04T20:14:31.326-05:002010-11-04T20:14:31.326-05:00Dan lives in the CENTRAL valley of California. He ...<em>Dan lives in the CENTRAL valley of California. He is used to 100+ temps.</em><br /><br />Oh. I guess I mistook his comment about looking for a place where the temps don't get over 80.threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-51843775330592429612010-11-04T19:33:25.617-05:002010-11-04T19:33:25.617-05:00"It's also not that unusual for us to hav..."It's also not that unusual for us to have 100+ temps well into September."<br /><br />Dan lives in the CENTRAL valley of California. He is used to 100+ temps. Central Ca. is that evil place I drive through on my way to the cool coast.<br /><br />I would invite you here Dan but then I would be aiding and abetting one more Californian. :P<br /><br />Just kidding. The way we are going, we will be Calif. in a few years.candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088593538648596769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-40649141554793902892010-11-04T18:53:44.597-05:002010-11-04T18:53:44.597-05:00San Francisco is legendary for how far to the left...San Francisco is legendary for how far to the left they are but people forget about the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. According to Wikipedia more than half the land mass of Los Angeles is in the San Fernando Valley and almost 2 million people live there. Besides the things that CR mentioned, which also apply to “the Valley”, just type “porn capital of the world” into goggle and you’re see that <em>that</em> title belongs to the <em>San Fernando Valley</em>. So when you think of <em>the entertainment industry</em> of Southern California as being offensive to God because of all the liberal leanings their movies and television promote… that ain’t the half of it!<br /><br />John MacArthur, whose Grace Community Church is in the San Fernando Valley, has a great sermon entitled, “A Nation Abandoned by God”. John is right-on about the things he says and, IMO, he could have easily entitled it, “A State (<em>as in California</em>) Abandoned by God”.Ron (aka RealityCheck)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03274921909241630662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-60003150303561642752010-11-04T16:23:34.089-05:002010-11-04T16:23:34.089-05:00We'd love to have you here in Indiana, but I w...We'd love to have you here in Indiana, but I would like to remain friends. Sorry, great for homeschooling, relatively conservative (compared to CA), they cannot stand our neighbors in the Chicago political machine and it is warmer here than in minnesota. Downs are the state is mostly flat, we have a short stretch of coastline and no mountains. Yet, I remain, a proud hoosier who won't live anywhere else.REMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285866237413113428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-31618301626281564102010-11-04T14:52:08.208-05:002010-11-04T14:52:08.208-05:003GD, your "hot summer weather" offer isn...<em>3GD, your "hot summer weather" offer isn't too appealing to a CAn, I'm afraid.</em><br /><br />Oh, all right. But the incredible views make up for it. ;-)<br /><br /><em>the hot, humid air...would just "sit" on us, if you know what I mean.</em><br /><br />I'm afraid that I do. {gasp...burble...blub-blub-blub}threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-60154783105813286112010-11-04T14:20:37.658-05:002010-11-04T14:20:37.658-05:003GD, your "hot summer weather" offer isn...3GD, your "hot summer weather" offer isn't too appealing to a CAn, I'm afraid. Just this past summer I was in KS City (MO) for work, and the moment I stepped out of the airport I was overcome by the hot, humid air. It would just "sit" on us, if you know what I mean. And this is a SoCal girl complaining here! I can't even imagine what a NoCal person like Dan would say....<br /><br />(I do have to admit one thing, though: Midwestern folks just seem nicer and friendlier in general.) :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289347868497438542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-51927342735198003982010-11-04T12:44:57.738-05:002010-11-04T12:44:57.738-05:00Dan,
Very busy.
We are apparently going to re-el...Dan,<br /><br />Very busy.<br /><br />We are apparently going to re-elect our governor, as liberal as President Obama, and now wants to borrow an additonal $3.7 billion to pay off our state's retirement fund. Believe it or not, it's cheaper to do that and tank our state's credit rating than to break state law and keep it unfunded.<br /><br />Well, that's the "good" new. The bad news is, we're spiritually, morally and fiscally headed for California.<br /><br />Waiting for the email from God about getting outta here before He turns the place to burnt toast. Sola, we can carpool...Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267525662313103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-85121312746868548892010-11-04T11:52:42.458-05:002010-11-04T11:52:42.458-05:00I'd be most tempted by Tennessee, Montana, Wyo...<em>I'd be most tempted by Tennessee, Montana, Wyoming, or (which no one's mentioned) Idaho. And maybe Florida. Show me the part of Texas with pine trees, mountains, clear cool water and trout fishing, where the temp never gets above 80 or so, and I'll be interested.</em><br /><br />See: this is exactly why you should consider moving to the <b>real</b> OZ (Kansas). We're practically an 0-fer when it comes to your list of requirements (the exceptions being, believe it or not, clear cool water and trout fishing).<br /><br />Blizzards and ice storms in the winter (and I mean the kind of ice storms that destroy 40 - 50 year-old trees), near "hottest in the nation" temps in the summer. Just a few years ago, we had something like 70 days of 100 or higher temps during the official summer period -- and this ain't no dry heat neither. It's also not that unusual for us to have 100+ temps well into September. Seeing a thermometer read 99 degrees at midnight in the middle of September is something everyone should experience at least once.<br /><br />Just think -- every day would another opportunity for you to show your flock what "die to self" really means. ;-)<br /><br />And if you move to Wichita, I can take you to see Phil's boyhood home (I drive by it regularly), which is on the same street as mine, just a couple of blocks down.<br /><br />How can you possibly resist? :-)threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-13268732139162227252010-11-04T05:01:56.563-05:002010-11-04T05:01:56.563-05:00Dan, in less than two years we will pass the 100th...Dan, in less than two years we will pass the 100th anniversary of the loss of the Titanic. <br /><br />You are living in the geographical/political equivalent of that great ship. November 2nd was your sailing date. So, "Bon Voyage" but you know what is coming. You may not be happy with your property values but what is going to happen when you can't pay your taxes?<br /><br />Come to upstate South Carolina. I left LA 20 years ago and have been here most of that time. We have some very good churches here and always a need for faithful pastors to replace retiring shepherds. <br /><br />We have four seasons and none of them are too harsh. Hot summers, Cold winters but nothing like the Mid-West. <br /><br />Politically, we have one Democratic House Representative (out of 6) and not a single Dem in statewide office. Other than the Mark Sanford Debacle and RINO Lindsey Graham, Republican politics are about as good as you get in a fallen world. Plus you get to vote for Jim DeMint again in 6 years.<br /><br />Think about it.<br />Bob McKennabbvmckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830669538334217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-18533347919801279692010-11-04T00:40:59.871-05:002010-11-04T00:40:59.871-05:00Rupert,
But have they figured out how to get hot ...Rupert,<br /><br />But have they figured out how to get hot <i>and</i> cold water to flow out of a single tap?<br /><br />Not yet? ah well. :)<br /><br />And I just felt led to note that today, at 6:30, I drove my girls home from soccer practice with all four windows down <i>and</i> the sunroom open. It was glorious.<br /><br />Until the evil Dems figure out a way to tax the weather, that's still a pretty good reason to be thankful to be here vs. ohhhhh, Minnesota.Rachael Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781158372237369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-63072234717581114922010-11-03T22:59:22.250-05:002010-11-03T22:59:22.250-05:00Mr Phillips move to PA!! it's beautiful there ...Mr Phillips move to PA!! it's beautiful there :D and in philly there is much need of sound preachers :)Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385067178930906667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-16305781408794183042010-11-03T22:53:50.279-05:002010-11-03T22:53:50.279-05:00Dennis Miller on his feelings on being as a Califo...Dennis Miller on his feelings on being as a Californian: <em>"Everyone else got a GI Joe and I got a beige sweater with a chocolate brown dickey."</em> and <em>"Losers like to vote for losers. There's a lot of losers out here."</em>Paula Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567777774272590296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-13382778759491087882010-11-03T22:26:44.678-05:002010-11-03T22:26:44.678-05:00Stefan: Can I ask—because I really don't know—...Stefan: <b><i>Can I ask—because I really don't know—what exactly happened to California? </i></b><br /><br />Great question, Stefan. It's essentially a few factors. Big immigrant population, entertainment industry, entitlement population and the young. <br /><br />The immigrant population % wise was not as large as it is now as it was when Ronald Reagan won California in 1984. Most young people and liberals like to live on the coasts rather than the heartland. The entertainment industry is huge here and many people have a sense of entitlement. You have a 250,000 or so CA state workforce. I know some professing Christians who said they could not and would not vote for Whitman, e.g., (not that she was a great candidate, she wasn't) - why? Because they were afraid what she would do to the workforce and pension.<br /><br />So, there you have it.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912897040503058967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-50897246697974917842010-11-03T21:39:37.453-05:002010-11-03T21:39:37.453-05:00Rupert,
Oz is so very tempting! (I spent a year ...Rupert,<br /><br />Oz is so very tempting! (I spent a year in Perth, long ago, when they brought home The Cup in '83.) Lovely, lovely place.<br /><br />Dan, Washington isn't - sadly - a red state, but there are some very red pockets :D<br /><br />Montana looks better and better. Or Idaho. Even Utah.<br /><br />Wisconsin.... meh... spent a few months there, and let me just say that -40F is <i>beyond cold</i>. And in the summer, well, the state bird is the mosquito. ;D<br /><br />Still watching a couple of races in our state. Dino Rossi has been cheated before, and is just barely falling behind the reprehensible Patty Murray, but John Koster may yet edge out Rick Larsen. Still hoping...<br /><br />We all (almost all) vote by mail, so the counting goes on for days.Herding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-73788550959909956992010-11-03T21:05:45.381-05:002010-11-03T21:05:45.381-05:00Hey!
Yeah, well, re employment, I guess the deman...Hey!<br /><br />Yeah, well, re employment, I guess the demand for crocodile wrestlers and Abba impersonators never really goes down.<br /><br />I'll concede that you have Aussie Rules Football and Rolf Harris; on the other hand, we have ice hockey and better beer.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-55727388633303795002010-11-03T19:19:15.208-05:002010-11-03T19:19:15.208-05:00We also have a very low unemployment rate, a low d...We also have a very low unemployment rate, a low defecit as a percentage of GDP and got through the recent financial crisi better than any other country - even canada ;-)Ruperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16141432408537488025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-62321614565581975312010-11-03T19:04:17.727-05:002010-11-03T19:04:17.727-05:00And Rupert, you don't have to tip at restauran...And Rupert, you don't have to tip at restaurants either!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.com