Signed up for twitter so that I can track Gen. George Washington's crossing the Delaware and attack on Trenton. Very interesting. Check it out.

Am I the only one who thinks the new Brawny man is actually Ted McGinley?

I received this e-mail from my sister. If you have lost faith in the American people this video will help restore it. It's a little lengthy, but well worth watching. I will just copy the text of the e-mail and the link below.

Killed in action the week before, the body of Staff Sergeant First Class John C. Beale was returned to Falcon Field in Peachtree City , Georgia , just south of Atlanta , on June 11, 2009. The Henry County Police Department escorted the procession to the funeral home in McDonough , Georgia . A simple notice in local papers indicated the road route to be taken and the approximate time.

Nowadays one can be led to believe that America no longer respects honor and no longer honors sacrifice outside the military. Be it known that there are many places in this land where people still recognize the courage and impact of total self-sacrifice. Georgia remains one of those graceful places. The link below is a short travelogue of that day's remarkable and painful journey. But only watch this if you wish to have some of your faith in people restored. Please share widely.


http://blip.tv/play/AYGJ5h6YgmE

The King and the King of Pop

Well, Michael Jackson died last night. While on one level it was surprising, on another level it wasn't. I couldn't imagine Michael Jackson growing to be an old man. He seemed to me one of those people destined for a tragic fate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhlFg2wvtc

I have heard commentators on CNN compare his death to Anna Nicole Smith's. I assume they are referring to drug use and an untimely death. But for me this is more along the lines of Elvis. Like Elvis, Michael Jackson was a mega super star. To compare him to Anna Nicole brings him down a quite a few notches on the celebrity scale. There are D-list celebrities, A-list celebrities, and then there are a few Mega celebrities. Among them are people like Elvis, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and maybe Madonna. The kind of celebrities who transcend their genres and become woven into the fabric of a culture.

I can't call myself a huge Michael Jackson fan, but I do like a lot of his songs. They are a part of the "soundtrack of my life" whether I want them to be or not. It's kind of inescapable.

So I see this as quite like Elvis' death. I was 9 years old when Elvis died, and a large part of the population has never gotten over it. His fans make pilgrimages to Graceland and observe his birthday and the anniversary of his death. I imagine the same thing will happen with Michael. Someone will buy Neverland and turn it into a memorial and people will flock there to pay tribute to the King of Pop in the same way people flock to Graceland to pay tribute to the King.

But you know what - they were both just men. Flawed men. Men that society built up into figures to be worshipped and adored. How sad is that.

There is another King, you know. The King of Kings. Jesus Christ. Flawless and worthy to be worshipped and adored. Let's remember that while it's ok to be sad and mourn the loss of a person, there is hope and joy to be found in knowing that if we put our faith in Christ we can enjoy eternal life in heaven. And that an earthly death isn't the end for us.

I hope Michael Jackson has a peace in death that he never had in life.

Science, The Bible and Global Warming

Did you know that only one out of every 100,000 particles in the atmosphere is manmade carbon dioxide. One out of 100,000!!! That's not much.
And if we spend 8 Trillion dollars (yes, that's a T - Trillion) over the next 40 years as proposed by the Kyoto Protocol we can reduce global temperatures by - are you ready? Drum roll, please................................ 4/10 of one degree!!
And in the process we would be wasting money that could be helping people all over the world who actually need it.
If you want to hear more about it, here is a link to a great speech given by David Barton, a great Christian and historian: http://www.wallbuilders.com/store/sc/productsearch.cgi?storeid=*1c8c4af49051e4b1f170573a45a8242b&search_field=global+warming

Genesis 8:22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."

22 Ways To Be A Good Democrat

Here's a good one I got a while back. Thought I would share it with you. Hope you enjoy it:

22 WAYS TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by documented cyclical changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach fourth graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make " The Passion of the Christ " for financial gain only.
12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.
16. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.
17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.
18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.
19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
20. You have to believe that illegal Democrat Party funding by the Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest to the United States .
21. You have to believe that it's okay to give Federal workers the day off on Christmas Day but it's not okay to say "Merry Christmas."
22. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right wing conspiracy.

A trip back in time

Here's a cool little website that my mother told me about. It's kind of a neat little trip back in time, pop-culturally speaking.
There are lots of photos from old television and radio - everybody from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to Jefferson Airplane and Bread to Van Halen and The Allman Brothers. Really cool.
Check it out: http://www.billsretroworld.com/index.htm