RIGHTEOUS RESISTANCE

The island of the damned

The caribbean island of Haiti suffered a near 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

Shortly thereafter, Pat Robertson publically stated that because Haiti gave itself over to the devil in 1791, in order for the natives to succeed against the French, their oppressors. Ever since then, the island has been in the grip of various dictators, cannibalistic thugs, death, immense poverty, and the scourge of HIV.

Was Pat Robertson right? Personally, I believe he is. I have not heard yet of a better reason why this country cannot pull itself up by its own bootstraps to grow and thrive like the Spanish-speaking half of the island, the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo, DR's capital, thrives, especially where foreign business is related (in fact a company I once worked for had a huge call center in the heart of SD, and still do).

Haitians are said to be "70% catholic, 30% protestant, and 100% voodoo." This formula does not equate to a land of peace and prosperity by any stretch. The U.S. and the U.N. have more than once tried to come to the aid of this impoverished country, only to be driven back by the very people they were trying to help.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243016/ANDREW-MALONE-Rape-murder-voodoo-island-damned.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6990002.ece

This is not to say that God Himself caused this disaster, or that the people of Haiti "deserve" this disaster. God loves the Haitian people, but He wants them to turn to Him with their hearts, minds and souls, and turn away completely from voodoo. As Ephesians 6:12 tells us: "We do not fight against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." This curse was brought upon the country by its leaders years ago, but until the curse is broken, the country will continue to suffer.

There are indeed some very strong powers and principalities at work in the spiritual world of Haiti, steering the island's people far away from Jesus Christ...and ONLY with Christ can the country, and its people, become whole, healthy and prosperous and truly FREE.

Please pray for the Haitian people!

The greening of the Pope

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/pope-continues-global-green-crusade-for-world-government/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccuracyInMedia+%28Accuracy+In+Media%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

The Bible says that in the end days there will be a one-world Government and a world religion, and that the two will be very intertwined. The Pope has always been an outspoken, controversial figure, and Catholicism in and of itself is very constroversial to many.

Now with the Pope gunning for a world body to oversee and control the ecological aspect of the planet, could this become the new "religion"--forcing us to "worship" nature and adhere to strict eco-boundaries in how we live, all under the guise of "stewardship"?

Ann Coulter hits the nail on the head!

Amen and amen, Ann!

IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER DEAL, TAKE IT!

by Ann Coulter

January 6, 2010

Someone mentioned Christianity on television recently and liberals reacted with their usual howls of rage and blinking incomprehension.

On a Fox News panel discussing Tiger Woods, Brit Hume said, perfectly accurately:

"The extent to which he can recover, it seems to me, depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So, my message to Tiger would be, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."

Hume's words, being 100 percent factually correct, sent liberals into a tizzy of sputtering rage, once again illustrating liberals' copious ignorance of Christianity. (Also illustrating the words of the Bible: "How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words." John 8:43.)

In The Washington Post, Tom Shales demanded that Hume apologize, saying he had "dissed about half a billion Buddhists on the planet."

Is Buddhism about forgiveness? Because, if so, Buddhists had better start demanding corrections from every book, magazine article and blog posting ever written on the subject, which claims Buddhists don't believe in God, but try to become their own gods.

I can't imagine that anyone thinks Tiger's problem was that he didn't sufficiently think of himself as a god, especially after that final putt in the Arnold Palmer Invitational last year.

In light of Shales' warning Hume about "what people are saying" about him, I hope Hume's a Christian, but that's not apparent from his inarguable description of Christianity. Of course, given the reaction to his remarks, apparently one has to be a regular New Testament scholar to have so much as a passing familiarity with the basic concept of Christianity.

On MSNBC, David Shuster invoked the "separation of church and television" (a phrase that also doesn't appear in the Constitution), bitterly complaining that Hume had brought up Christianity "out-of-the-blue" on "a political talk show."

Why on earth would Hume mention religion while discussing a public figure who had fallen from grace and was in need of redemption and forgiveness? Boy, talk about coming out of left field!

What religion -- what topic -- induces this sort of babbling idiocy? (If liberals really want to keep people from hearing about God, they should give Him his own show on MSNBC.)

Most perplexing was columnist Dan Savage's indignant accusation that Hume was claiming that Christianity "offers the best deal -- it gives you the get-out-of-adultery-free card that other religions just can't."

In fact, that's exactly what Christianity does. It's the best deal in the universe. (I know it seems strange that a self-described atheist and "radical sex advice columnist faggot" like Savage would miss the central point of Christianity, but there it is.)

God sent his only son to get the crap beaten out of him, die for our sins and rise from the dead. If you believe that, you're in. Your sins are washed away from you -- sins even worse than adultery! -- because of the cross.

"He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross." Colossians 2:14.

Surely you remember the cross, liberals -- the symbol banned by ACLU lawsuits from public property throughout the land?

Christianity is simultaneously the easiest religion in the world and the hardest religion in the world.

In the no-frills, economy-class version, you don't need a church, a teacher, candles, incense, special food or clothing; you don't need to pass a test or prove yourself in any way. All you'll need is a Bible (in order to grasp the amazing deal you're getting) and probably a water baptism, though even that's disputed.

You can be washing the dishes or walking your dog or just sitting there minding your business hating Susan Sarandon and accept that God sent his only son to die for your sins and rise from the dead ... and you're in!

"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9.

If you do that, every rotten, sinful thing you've ever done is gone from you. You're every bit as much a Christian as the pope or Billy Graham. [however, personally I dispute the Pope's Christianity since Catholocism tends to teach a very different type of "Christianity" --K.]

No fine print, no "your mileage may vary," no blackout dates. God ought to do a TV spot: "I'm God Almighty, and if you can find a better deal than the one I'm offering, take it."

The Gospel makes this point approximately 1,000 times. Here are a few examples at random:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16.

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8.

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23.

In a boiling rage, liberals constantly accuse Christians of being "judgmental." No, we're relieved.

Christianity is also the hardest religion in the world because, if you believe Christ died for your sins and rose from the dead, you have no choice but to give your life entirely over to Him. No more sexual promiscuity, no lying, no cheating, no stealing, no killing inconvenient old people or unborn babies -- no doing what all the other kids do.

And no more caring what the world thinks of you -- because, as Jesus warned in a prophecy constantly fulfilled by liberals: The world will hate you.

With Christianity, your sins are forgiven, the slate is wiped clean and your eternal life is guaranteed through nothing you did yourself, even though you don't deserve it. It's the best deal in the universe.

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Animation a step too far

you knew it was going to happen eventually. Yikes. and eew.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/worlds-first-life-size-robotic-girlfriend/story-e6frfro0-1225817805297

Now that's what I call thinking ahead

Nice going, China.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582831,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r5:c0.173407:b29754224:z10

good news for once

what if everyone operated like this cab driver? to borrow a phrase from Louie Armstrong: What a wonderful world it would be...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582830,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r1:c0.224141:b29754224:z10

Evil in the Whitehouse

Truly.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/01/05/obama-appoints-trans-woman-commerce-department-gays-hail-his-rocket-pace

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/nambla-gate-the-strange-case-of-kevin-jennings-part-one/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccuracyInMedia+%28Accuracy+In+Media%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

How about that global warming???

nevermind that we're all freezing our keisters off!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/01/05/cold.weather/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Good to know these folks are out there

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/magazine/20george-t.html

How did Houston elect a gay mayor?

A milestone, sure. And maybe diversity was part of the reason she won. But moreover, I believe it was pure APATHY on the part of the voters that caused this. Only 16% of registered voters turned out--less than one-quarter of the total number of voters in the city.

Just like Obama, YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR. And in turn...what you don't.

God help Houston. I think they're going to need it.

Medical meltdowns in UK

and this is the very thing that Obama is dragging us toward, to matter how much we scream and kick against it!

The man is an idiot

I realize that's a very harsh thing to say about our president, but Obama is well and truly WAY out of his depth. As we knew he would be (that is, those of us who did not vote for him).

A friend of mine said that Obama is like Gollum from Lord of the Rings: he's tasted power and will stop at nothing to continue to possess it.

The Manhattan Declaration

The Manhattan Declaration

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:38:54 PM

From: "Focus on the Family" <family@mail-family.org>

Dear Friends,

On the eve of Thanksgiving, as millions are gathering to express their gratitude to God for His myriad blessings, it's fitting that we pause to discuss a historic development within the American church.

As many of you already know, I, along with Dr. Dobson and more than 150 Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant clergy, academics and organizational leaders, recently signed a remarkable expression of collective Christian conscience and commitment. It's called the Manhattan Declaration, and it's intended to make clear a significant point: As Christian Americans who believe each person's life is a gift of infinite worth, we have an urgent, ongoing responsibility to continue standing for biblical principles in the public square.

This past Monday's Focus on the Family® radio broadcast featured a discussion about the purpose and goal of the declaration. Joining Dr. Dobson on the program were two great friends of our ministry, Dr. Robby George and Chuck Colson, two of the primary drafters of the document. I was honored to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Robby and Chuck at the Washington, D.C., news conference unveiling the declaration last Friday, but I was unable to join their radio conversation. Given the magnitude of this document, though, I'd like to share with you now why I was so eager to sign it--and why I hope you will, too.

Manhattan DeclarationIt is important, first off, to note that the Manhattan Declaration is not a partisan or political statement--I shared the podium last Friday at the National Press Club with Republicans and Democrats alike. Instead, it addresses and elevates four specific areas of universal consensus. Some have referred to these as "threshold issues," meaning they represent the foundation of our faith and the pivot point from which everything else flows. This is the bedrock. If we can't agree on these areas of doctrine, everything else will be of reduced value. These four areas are:

1. The sanctity of human life.

2. The sanctity of marriage.

3. The protection of religious liberty.

4. The rejection of unjust laws.

We have been committed to these baseline principles since Dr. Dobson founded Focus on the Family in 1977. Our conviction on these matters runs deep; motivating our movement has always been the heartfelt belief that these principles are not ours, but the Lord's, and that they promise to help and heal a broken world.

The document is a fresh and lively presentation, a renewed rallying cry to those who have been engaged in this historic effort of spiritual and cultural conversion. This is not a manifesto for culture war; it is a prescription for cultural change. It is also a thoughtful invitation to those who might be sitting on the periphery, perhaps hesitant to join this effort, maybe because they've never been fully aware of the consequences of inaction.

As a unified body, we are acknowledging that our faith is strong and redemptive, but it's not necessarily a comfortable and easy pursuit. Standing up for our beliefs can often come at great cost. But as Dr. George highlighted at last week's news conference, even the secularist philosopher Socrates once posed a relevant question Christians should easily answer today. "Is it better to suffer an injustice," he once asked, "than to commit it?" By affixing our signatures to the Manhattan Declaration, we are answering an unequivocal "yes." http://manhattandeclaration.org/

Although many American Christians understandably feel under assault, the degree of faith-based domestic persecution cannot compare with the ghastly violence perpetuated against believers in other parts of the world. In the Sudan, for instance, hundreds of thousands of Christians have been slaughtered not because of what they're doing, but because of the One in whom they believe. It is a wise people who act to protect the freedoms they enjoy.

And so I ask you to join me and my friends and colleagues in embracing and standing up for these crucial biblical principles. How? You can start by reading the document, in its entirety, by clicking here. What I think you'll notice is that, in addressing the issues noted above, The Manhattan Declaration is an excellent example of achieving the balance of Truth and Grace required of us as followers of Jesus. This is a document that exhorts us to champion Christian truths in a Christian manner. It stands for something.

Then, after you've read the declaration, consider adding your name to the list of signers--and urge your friends and family to do the same. We are all imperfect. But if we honor God by promoting biblical principles, resisting our sometimes insatiable and admittedly prideful motivations, He will honor us.

Sincerely,

Jim Daly

President and CEO

Focus on the Family

Rusty gives us some perspective

Touted as one of the "fathers of talk radio," Rusty Humphries has become one of my favorite talk show hosts of late. His show is on one of our local Dallas stations, and I get to listen--and learn--while drifting off to sleep. |-) Rusty has given many political "predictions" that have come to pass, especially where Obama and our liberal Congress is concerned...as well as liberals in general. He also has excellent guests, like Andrew Breitbart, Joseph Farrah of WorldNetDaily, as well as many political insiders. I always enjoy hearing from the many black conservatives he has on as guests. Nice to know that not everyone drinks from the same water trough.

http://www.talk2rusty.com/

Rusty's views and opinions have also gotten him into hot water. For awhile, he and his family were in hiding as they had actually had death threats for things he had said about radical Islam. So obviously, he's doing something right! But this week, Rusty put the Obama healthcare issue into perspective for us "lay people:" It's like being forced to board a giant boat...we don't know anyone else on board, we don't know where we're going--no one knows where the boat is going--it's made up of faulty equipment and has a questionable crew that refuse to answer any questions: they won't tell us where we are going, they won't tell us where the life boats are located or the life jackets. Not only that, it's a one-way trip, so there's no way back once we get to wherever it is we're going. Some trip, huh?

Basically Rusty said that if we aren't able to get rid of some of the Liberals in congress and vote in some Conservatives in 2010, and if we can't stop that bill, it'll be OVER--we'll never be able to un-do health care reform--we'll be stuck with it from then on, because it will have passed into law. Our children and grandchildren will be forced into a European style health system that DOES NOT WORK, actually costs everyone more, doesn't give nearly the level of care we have currently, and embraces a culture of death (i.e., suggesting to parents of babies with defects that they be left to die, or to old people that life is no longer worth living, and to take themselves out of the equation because they've become a burden).

I remember reading a book many years ago that talked about these very scenarios, and thinking to myself, "like that could ever happen!" And here it is, happening right before our very eyes, and in my very own lifetime. It's breathtaking...and Christian believers can SEE the breadcrumbs being laid out...we see how the stage is being set for the antichrist's arrival. The scene is not yet completely "set" but the elements--polically, socially, technologically--are there. It's mind-numbing to realize the speed at which everything is happening in the world.

22 THOUSAND?!?!

Just in Texas alone? How many more are there???

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-secure_13met.ART.State.Edition1.4b86a11.html

the evil of youth

I don't care if they are only 15 or 16. They're old enough to know better, and this is what we have the death penalty for.

Fortunately for these scummy kids, because of their age, they won't get it. As they used to say "hangin's too good."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/111009dnmetbeating.3eaa39f.html

another Czar bites the dust

hooray!

Another Czar Bites the Dust

In the flurry of news this week, you may have missed another body tossed under the insatiable Obama bus: Internet Czar Susan Crawford.

The Obama administration has faced a vocal and growing opposition to the radical so-called net neutrality advocated by folks like Crawford and FCC Chair Julius Genachowski. Bi-partisan opposition, I hasten to add. The radicals in the administration, whose views are shared by the President, in true czar fashion avoid honest debate on the issue at all costs. Even, it would seem, internally.

parental rights? Not in Germany

Yeah, let's be more like Europe, shall we?

http://xrl.in/3m44

True - political correctness run amok! :(

Let's start fresh - get rid of them ALL!

http://blowoutcongress.com/

This kind of CHANGE we don't need. Or want.

No respect. No decency. No taste. No common sense. No class. CHANGE...'NUFF SAID.

Michelle Obama's staff salaries

Written by Dr. Paul L. Williams

"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service…" Michelle Obama

No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.

Just think, Mary Todd Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.

Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:

Mamie Eisenhower : 1 paid for personally out of President's salary

Jackie Kennedy: 1

Roselyn Carter: 1

Barbara Bush: 1

Hilary Clinton: 3 <--take note!

Laura Bush: 1

Michele Obama: 22

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream…and then come to realize that the benefits package for these servants of Ms. Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments....and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public!

Michele Obama's personal staff:

$172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)

$140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)

$113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)

$102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)

$100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

$90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

$84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)

$75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)

$70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)

$65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

$64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

$62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)

$60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)

$57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)

$52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)

$50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)

$45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)

$43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)

$40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

$36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)

$35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)

$35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)

Total = $1,591,200 in annual salaries...FOUR TIMES the salary of Barack Obama!

There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help at taxpayer expense?

Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe .

"religion" vs. religion

"religious" persecution?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_god_button_home_depot

good news for the Detroit area - he's obviously getting his just rewards now. Virgins not included. Surprise!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_re_us/us_fbi_raids_michigan;_ylc=X3oDMTI1NzZyc3Q3BFJfYWlkAwRSX2RtbgN5YWhvby5jb20EUl9maWQDYmRhMGMzMzU0NTFiYmY2YjY0Y2Q0MWRlYjBiYWRlNDYEUl9sdHADMQ--

Another brick: CONTROL THE MEDIA

And Obama is doing just that: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/21/obama-compares-fox-news-talk-radio-says-hes-losing-sleep-controversy/

What a flippin mess!

Seriously? SERIOUSLY? 24 children with potential heart defects? It's sick.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_he_me/us_med_sperm_donor_heart_problem;_ylt=Ajq.k2mDvh0OcewZ5KxB59NQXbN_;_ylu=X3oDMTMzOGh0OWthBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDIxL3VzX21lZF9zcGVybV9kb25vcl9oZWFydF9wcm9ibGVtBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3NwZXJtZG9ub3JwYQ--

Reliance on technology tickles us...and traps us

Our reliance on the speeding groth of technology at first seems exciting, even innocuous; but our rampaging dependency on technology for just about everything, is also making us slaves to it. Some articles from Yahoo Technology news:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/152579/att-iphone-users-suck-down-13x-the-data-of-others/

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/57628;_ylt=Ah.TB9GgVP3NSbTY6HYowxI8MZA5

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151779;_ylt=AgD6z4m93f_rAEUUwmjrFJY8MZA5

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/150820;_ylt=ArrTE3m2yk5wvyv4idXXUZI8MZA5

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151638;_ylt=Atxq3XrA0Yp8zef2DVq6a2c8MZA5

the ACLU has nothing better to do....

than to drive out into th eMojave desert....to be offended???? This is absolutely RIDICULOUS.

http://www.google.com/search?q=mojave+desert+memorial+cross&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7ADFA_en

What is the matter with people nowadays?

Values...this kid doesn't have any

so it's probably a good thing that he's no longer part of the Palin family, more or less. Because this shows his true colors.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091008/ap_en_ce/us_levi_johnston_playgirl

Yet another case of "Hey, look at me, aren't I great, I am aaaallll that...it's all about the money, honey."

Poor Bristol and poor baby Trig!

Stealing the thunder from big brother

It's long been thought that Alec Baldwin would be the first of the Baldwin boys to venture into the political arena. But it seems baby brother Stephen--who became a Christian in the last couple of years--may be stealing the spotlight:

http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1666872.html

Hard to believe that two brothers could be at such polar opposite, both politically and spiritually. Kind of like Cain and Abel. Isaac and Ishmael. Jacob and...all his brothers. Maybe it's not all that hard to believe.....

Technology is still not 100% safe!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8291268.stm

More encroaching technology

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/147827;_ylt=AjykTuMzpy8OjdNDVBQvjXc8MZA5

I'm all for safety while driving, but where do we draw the line?

Been pondering on this for years

A few years back, I watched a sci-fi series where one of the weekly programs featured the very issue noted in this article: the kids in this scenario grew up practically attached to video games and computers, so dealing with anything IRL (in real life) was extremely foreign to them; in fact, those human being they might come in contact with (i.e., the "away team" on the program) were treated as if they were mere objects, ala someone might with autism.

Since then, I've been thinking this same thing, that technology, for all its plusses, cuts us off from humanity, from feelings, and from emotions, reducing our interaction to, as stated in the article, "twitchy, impersonal, and detached form(s) of communication." We lack the depths and richness of real strong human bonds that generations before us formed so effortlessly. My parents still get together with friends from their high school days, and my grandparents before them, stayed friends with some folsk for upwards of 75 or more years!

This is something that I myself strive to stay on top of in my own life. I've never been one to get too close to people, and I am uncomfortable when in a situation where I am "forced" to be conversant. I have a very small cadre of good friends, but have never really formed many deep and lasting relationships. Ergo, I am still single at nearly 50!

Many times, I'd rather just quietly fade into the background. Technology (in the form of my computer and iPhone) gives me an opportunity to indulge my anti-social quirks. It's even been speculated that Bill Gates himself suffers from something along the autism spectrum, as he is renowned for his own anti-social quirks and behaviors.

However, as a Christian, I struggle to remain "real in the real world," and not to be sidetracked by the inanimate, especially since Christ commanded of us to "…go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." If that doesn't take an act of real humanity, I don't know what does.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/148087;_ylt=AntJI7g__2AOZeNfAQGgJT08MZA5

When former soviets have to tell him how to be president

you know there's trouble afoot.

http://wyborcza.pl/1,75477,6825987,An_Open_Letter_to_the_Obama_Administration_from_Central.html

Tuscan kale elitism!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091703679_pf.html'>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091703679_pf.html'>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091703679_pf.html

Let's start fresh - get rid of them ALL!

http://blowoutcongress.com/

the 9/12 in action!

Woo hoo! People are pissed!

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/12/celebrating-the-912-rallies/

http://www.breitbart.tv/how-big-was-the-crowd-time-lapse-video-shows-magnitude-of-the-rally/

Not to mention...Joe Wilson is my new hero:

http://www.breitbart.tv/hannity-exclusive-rep-wilson-explains-you-lie-heard-coast-to-coast/

2009 Congressional Rules!

they're not real...but they should be!

http://bunkhousehuntinglodge.blogspot.com/2009/08/congressional-rules-act-of-2009.html

Why don't people ever LISTEN???

And I don't mean listen to Barney Frank, who was (as we discovered) deep in Fannie and Freddie's pockets!

The truth always eventually comes out.

Thanks Obama and Barney. Thanks for a big fat nothing, and for spinning our country (and possibly the world) into complete financial chaos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1

TYPICAL 1984 STYLE MEDIA IGNORE-ANCE

Sent to me from a friend. And in typical "good news = media blackout" fashion, this was never mentioned in the mainstream media. It's a lovely memorial, an extremely thoughtful gift, and is located right on our own soil. Who knew? Not many, I'm betting. You can see more of this artist's (very large!) work here. From my friend's email:

This is the first that I have heard of this monument to those who died on 9/11. I looked it up in Google [as well, Snopes confirms it] and it certainly is there on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, in line with the Statue of Liberty. Wonder why the press didn't report it?

Russia's Gift To The US

This is the "Tear Drop," made and installed by the Russians to honor those who died in 9/11 and a statement against terrorism. It is very impressive. The Tear Drop is lined up with the Statue of Liberty .

"Monument to the struggle against world terrorism” by artist Zurab Tsereteli

is an impressive memorial and statement against terrorism.

The walkway is made of stones. Names of the persons killed on 9/11 are inscribed on the base. The base like the Vietnam Memorial wall. It is down in the shipping yards across from Lady Liberty.

Darkness and Light

The deep pit of darkness.

And the power of the Light. And here.

Choose today whom you will serve.

The 9.12 Project

Glenn Beck had a very passionate and emotional show this past Friday (the 13th, no less). His "you are not alone" and "we surround them" declarations have now culminated in his new website, http://theglennbeck912project.com/.

The 9 and 12 in the 9.12 Project stem from September 12, 2001, the day after the attack on the twin towers in New York, when the entire country--and nearly the whole world--was united as one with us.

We need to get our heads out of the sand, and stop being slackers who only care about what happens on American Idol and other (non) "reality" shows, and band together into a unified country again. We need to kick PC-ness to the curb and embrace our differences and our many opinions, without going off on one another in anger. I just wonder (and hope) if Glenn's project will actually take off.

And if you happen to have forgotten exactly what this country is all about, and what we were founded upon, I highly advise you to go HERE. The Articles in Sections 1 and 2 are significant in their relationship to our country, especially at this time.