tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post8769776737500578434..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Hither and thither 5/22/09DJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-91236142585575365122009-05-24T15:25:31.330-05:002009-05-24T15:25:31.330-05:00I've had a cold this week, and I am just now start...I've had a cold this week, and I am just now starting to catch up on things. Once again, DJP has failed to give an invite to his BBQ. Well, don't worry. I'll tell my friend in the Army to go unplug all the GPS's. ;-P<br /><br />OK, that's a lousy lead-in to my point: If one GPS satellite fails, the whole system isn't brought down. Think about it: one piece of space dust could bring down the entire system that our defense system uses; as dumb as our government can be, our Army isn't dumb at all. They are more than likely using this to fund a better, new satellite in danger of failing. Right now, there are *32* GPS satellites. If there were a catastrophic failure of 10 satellites, reception may be hindered in some areas, but you'd be fine with a window-mounted antenna.<br /><br />And you wouldn't feel so lonely if you invited us to your BBQ. Heck, without a GPS, some of your "fans" might even tell you exactly where you should go! ;-(Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267525662313103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-82234849149148576292009-05-23T21:03:34.948-05:002009-05-23T21:03:34.948-05:00I drive mostly American cars at work (I get a new ...I drive mostly American cars at work (I get a new one every three or so years plus I drive other cars). They seem ok, but always a step behind. My current government car is a mercury milan. It doesn't have break away mirrors. Incredible, just incredible.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-81059661260512293002009-05-23T15:30:55.321-05:002009-05-23T15:30:55.321-05:00Aaron,
When I bought my Jeep, Chrysler was merged...Aaron,<br /><br />When I bought my Jeep, Chrysler was merged with Daimen. (what use to be Mercedes-Benz). So, I think I "lucked" out. My Jeep is running beautifully. I would never buy another American car.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912897040503058967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-75077120145490642042009-05-23T10:02:36.514-05:002009-05-23T10:02:36.514-05:00CR:
I own a Ford F250...the one and only American...CR:<br /><br />I own a Ford F250...the one and only American vehicles I ever purchased. And it had problems right off the bat. My Hondas and Acuras that I've had through the years...no problems whatsoever. And Acura washes my MDX and provides a rental vehicle when I get it serviced. American dealers have zero idea how to run a service department.<br /><br />Mark Levin, in his new book, Liberty and Tyranny, has a portion where he gives the statistics and safety ratings of these smaller cars. He thinks its all part of a plot to make American less mobile and therefore, more controllable. But when I talk to some of my liberal neighbors, I think they actually drink their own kool-aid.<br /><br />If we're lucky, some innovative American will come up with an alternative fuel source. Maybe we can use Jack's magic beans.<br /><br />BTW, how much will you guys in CA be paying per KWH for your electricity to fuel your new electric go-karts?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-87569057702918815682009-05-23T09:15:25.003-05:002009-05-23T09:15:25.003-05:00come on, Dan--how do you expect Turk to make a cal...come on, Dan--how do you expect Turk to make a calvin bobblehead when he's still working on TeamPyro bobbleheads?<br /><br />He's only <B>ONE</B> man!!!!LanternBrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727003028902907286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-46194081160409091342009-05-23T08:21:55.161-05:002009-05-23T08:21:55.161-05:00Andrew, I did read that when you put it up. Good p...Andrew, I did read that when you put it up. Good points. What a strange history the LDS has had on that issue. Some of them have to be pinching themselves as they see heterosexual monogamy crumbling in America - not for the heterosexual part, but for making the word "divorce" (in effect) a Wiki article that anyone can rewrite.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-39048702849471384402009-05-23T08:18:33.346-05:002009-05-23T08:18:33.346-05:00Carol Jean — thanks for the Ott link. When he's "o...Carol Jean — thanks for the Ott link. When he's "on" (which is often), he's amazing.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-25155368196475474792009-05-23T03:08:07.319-05:002009-05-23T03:08:07.319-05:00DJP,
In case you're interested, I linked and comm...DJP,<br /><br />In case you're interested, I linked and commented a bit on the polyamory article and the slippery slope argument.<br /><br />But I took it a step further and applied it to a more specific, "I wonder if..." case. Namely, I wonder what will happen with the LDS church's stance on polygamy if polygamy becomes legalized. Or heck, even if gay marriage becomes more accepted, perhaps they'll do what homosexual lobby groups do now and push for it on the same precedents.<br /><br />Anyway, I tracked the history of the LDS renouncement of polygamy at the end of the 19th century to show how I get there. If you're interested, it's <A HREF="http://www.christiansincontext.org/2009/05/logical-end-of-gay-marriage-and-how.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<br /><br />Andrew<br /><A HREF="http://www.christiansincontext.org" REL="nofollow">Christians in Context</A>Andrew Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500885575497425538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-10114574588640423172009-05-23T01:12:51.312-05:002009-05-23T01:12:51.312-05:001. ""It's the most complex duct system described i...1. ""It's the most complex duct system described in reptiles to date," he said."<br />....ya mean from the reptiles often called "living dinosaurs"? Hmmmm. Dragons were the topic of discussion at my zoo volunteer meeting this week. Very cool, but how did so many esteemed scientists miss this?<br />And Dan, iguana bites? That's nothing compared to what they attack with from the back end. Ever had that happen in the back of a mini-van with a 6-footer? I'd take the venom.<br /><br />2. I think the triad will be OK. Isn't Rick Warren helping out with some RD articles now? Plenty there to help everyone's relationship!<br /><br />3. Abortion: <A HREF="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/scottott/Obama-declares-Gitmo-detainees-to-be-fetuses-45836127.html" REL="nofollow">Obama declares Gitmo detainees to be 'fetuses'</A>Carol Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673519352535257199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-85063962788416645082009-05-22T23:36:58.557-05:002009-05-22T23:36:58.557-05:00Aaron,
I've always purchased American cars (I'm a...Aaron,<br /><br />I've always purchased American cars (I'm a fan of Jeep) but this will be my last American car.<br /><br />With the new Cafe and Burn standards that the Obama adminstration is trying to push on us, this will make newer cars more unsafe. In order to get the new Cafe and Burn standards manufacturers will on average have to make cars that get about 30 or more miles per gallon. This means less steel (or now, fiberglass) and more plastic. Making cars less safe. <br /><br />I mean, this is amazing. Our wonderful Governator and President have nothing better else to do. We have a sagging economy in CA and in the nation, but the Governator and Obama are giddy about regulating what we exhale (CO2).CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912897040503058967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-17769171537734222382009-05-22T22:55:24.551-05:002009-05-22T22:55:24.551-05:00And God willing, I have no plans to buy a new car ...And God willing, I have no plans to buy a new car for a long, long time. I'll just save my money for the gas. My parents bought one of those little KIA vehicles. I wont let them take my daughter in that car. Those care have no business being on the road. They are unsafe at any speed above 25 mph (and US regulatory agencies used to agree before this green nonsense started).Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-45492081018521158982009-05-22T21:13:19.982-05:002009-05-22T21:13:19.982-05:00Bacon flavored ice cream? That sounds good.
I lo...Bacon flavored ice cream? That sounds good.<br /><br />I love the Star Trek gear. I remember the Star Trek Experience very fondly. I even have a picture of me and my family on the Enterprise bridge. I really want the Kirk chair! I threatened my wife with turning our home theater into one like the bridge of the Enterprise...they have a few different ones that were built by custom installers and DIYers.<br /><br />I also have a solution for the California budget. Eliminate all welfare. I bet I could also find hundreds of other programs to eliminate in about half hour.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285043747501470199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-81910355614464522102009-05-22T18:36:03.341-05:002009-05-22T18:36:03.341-05:00What? No BBQ? C'mon, Dan, I'll bring the bacon-f...What? <I>No BBQ?</I> C'mon, Dan, I'll bring the bacon-flavored ice cream!<br /><br />Racheal, I'm with you. It just tears me up to read things like that. I really cannot fathom how someone could not love and protect their own children.<br /><br />And then I read stuff like the Triads, etc. Did you notice, further down, that the three men consider themselves "fathers" to quadruplets that one of them fathered with a lesbian couple?<br /><br />Can you imagine how screwed up <I>those</I> kids are going to be? (Well, unless the Reader's Digest can sort them out... *eyes roll*.)<br /><br />Yikes. I look at my own kids and think, "This world isn't good enough..." <br /><br />JulieHerding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-73779837114908025122009-05-22T17:47:32.475-05:002009-05-22T17:47:32.475-05:00Last night I was watching one of our (Canadian) na...Last night I was watching one of our (Canadian) national news broadcasts, and they talked about the pair of speeches given, one by The One, and the other by Cheney.<br /><br />On Obama's: he spoke with "dignity as befit the office," and talked about the fearmongering that was synonymous with the Bush administration.<br />On Cheney's: he "slashed and sniped back," defending an administration that many vilify and call indefensible.<br /><br />I snorted derisively and left the room before I was tempted to say something I shouldn't.<br /><br />I love unbiased reporting, though...Chris Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852172543604796279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-12466090570537750572009-05-22T16:32:53.526-05:002009-05-22T16:32:53.526-05:00Oh, I'm not surprised, Mesa Mike. They're not eith...Oh, I'm not surprised, Mesa Mike. They're not either one of them people to try to mess with.<br /><br />Sola et al, Jack Kemp recently died. When he passed away, I said little or nothing. I was a HUGE admirer of his in the '80s, hoped he was the future of the GOP. When Dole picked him for VP candidate, I was ecstatic, thought it a master-stroke.<br /><br />But one of my most depressed moments in politics was watching that highly-anticipated, INFURIATING little faculty tea-room chat Kemp had with Algore, when he was SUPPOSED to be DEBATING Gore. Chatting, when the future of the country was at stake, and that man represented a corrupt ideology and a corrupt administration.<br /><br />Gone was Kemp's fire and steel and spine. It was all Barney the Dinosaur.<br /><br />Fast-forward to Cheney/Lieberman.<br /><br />Oh. My.<br /><br />Cheney handed Liarman his head, his hat, some fava beans and a nice Chianti. It was a wonderful thing.<br /><br />Yeah, he's got the goods. I know I don't agree with him on everything, but yeah - wish he could do a spine-infusion on younger GOP wannabe leadership.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-61507702125281539912009-05-22T16:29:23.353-05:002009-05-22T16:29:23.353-05:00The Cheney speech is in today's WSJ, and also I th...The Cheney speech is in today's WSJ, and also I think at NRO.<br /><br />Yep. Great stuff.Rachael Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781158372237369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-36217886966092581092009-05-22T16:23:11.465-05:002009-05-22T16:23:11.465-05:00And Liz Cheney to' up on Anderson Cooper. Didja se...And Liz Cheney to' up on Anderson Cooper. Didja see that?Mike Westfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944727980772754938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-80734983215831858202009-05-22T16:18:34.063-05:002009-05-22T16:18:34.063-05:00I don't know about you all, but I think Cheney roc...I don't know about you all, but I think Cheney rocked yesterday with his speech rebutting Obama and crew. Too bad the mainstream media probably won't report it accurately.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-6508436221317959862009-05-22T15:45:41.913-05:002009-05-22T15:45:41.913-05:00Our web filter blocks the cartoon "There'...Our web filter blocks the cartoon "There's your problem right there." Calls it "Tasteless & Offensive." HA! Had to pull it up on my phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-88401690690029823532009-05-22T15:26:56.582-05:002009-05-22T15:26:56.582-05:00Vegetarian ice cream?! Ummm...blech.
Interesting...Vegetarian ice cream?! Ummm...blech.<br /><br />Interesting that this item would make it into today's H&T, considering that I saw <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0002U7A74/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=15684181&s=automotive" REL="nofollow">this bumper sticker</A> earlier in the week. I think I'll have to buy one now. ;-)threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-27511839765987834802009-05-22T14:36:29.628-05:002009-05-22T14:36:29.628-05:00Oh, I know. Why do people still do that? One of th...Oh, I know. <I>Why</I> do people still <I>do</I> that? One of the all-time guitar greats, Terry Kath of Chicago, died <I>that very way</I>!<br /><br />Dude, get a watermelon or a cantaloupe, and use <I>it</I> for your object-lesson!DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-7789191853100872722009-05-22T14:33:21.629-05:002009-05-22T14:33:21.629-05:00> Samuel Benally Jr. ... said guns
> should...> Samuel Benally Jr. ... said guns <br />> should be kept unloaded because <br />> people could point them at their <br />> heads, ...<br /><br />> Benally then demonstrated by <br />> putting his own 9mm Ruger, which <br />> he believed to be unloaded, to his <br />> head and firing it<br /><br />Oh, my! <br />What an effective way of teaching gun safety that won't soon be forgot!Mike Westfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944727980772754938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-86998111398751472422009-05-22T14:16:59.436-05:002009-05-22T14:16:59.436-05:00To clarify (since someone just emailed me about no...To clarify (since someone just emailed me about not having received an invitation):<br /><br />My BBQ reference was metaphorical. I mean this big bursting H&T spread.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-4782961612553505902009-05-22T14:10:30.795-05:002009-05-22T14:10:30.795-05:00As you might expect, the story of little Ty Toribi...As you might expect, the story of little Ty Toribio is really big news here in New Mexico.<br /><br />It's been the subject of the local talk radio shows, but not without the liberal looney-tunes calling in to accuse the talk show hosts of being racist bigots for taking the position that there was something culpable in the actions of the perpetrator-mother.Mike Westfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944727980772754938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-82233321853187208482009-05-22T14:07:04.301-05:002009-05-22T14:07:04.301-05:00Oh, bummer, I didn't know that Sacramento Union we...Oh, bummer, I didn't know that Sacramento Union went down, again. That's too bad.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912897040503058967noreply@blogger.com