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Joining the Day of Blogging for Justice

July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I really am trying to update this with more wonderful insight but for now how about a word on a growing problem in law enforcement. If you have been reading any news lately, you have seen that deaths by taser at the hands of police are becoming way too common. And many of these victims [...]

Jul

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Maybe You Should Do Without the Props

July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A few interesting items caught my attention over the last two days and they all involve the use of props during religious ceremonies. And they didn’t turn out so well. First, I saw the story of a pastor in Indiana who thought that it would be a good idea to bring a motorcycle to church [...]

Jul

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Blogging From the iPhone

July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I don’t have much to say other than this. I’m blogging from my iPhone using the new WordPress application. First, controlling iTunes from the phone. Now this. Will the wonders of modern technology ever cease? Peace.

Jul

18

Has the Time Has Come for a New Experiment?

July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here in the United States, we’ve been at this democratic experiment thing for over 230 years. That’s a long time, and you would think that we have it right by now. Or at least, we would have a much better result so far. But from recent news, I think the experiment has failed. The king [...]

Jul

11

Maybe We Can All Learn From Helms

July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

So Ralph Nader thinks that liberals could learn a thing or two from Jesse Helms. Nader says that liberals “don’t have the stick-to-it-iveness that Jesse Helms had,” and that he thinks Helms’ “legacy is that no matter how wrong you are on how many issues, if you stick to it you can win.” Well, if [...]

Jul

11

Saggy Pants? Go Directly to Jail

July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It seems that the Flint, MI police chief has a personal issue with the sagging pants fashion trend and has asked officers on the Flint police force to those who may be revealing their underwear in public. This is the type of article that I would expect from The Onion, but sadly this seems to [...]

Jul

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Creating Workaholics at School

July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

So my kids just finished the school year a couple of weeks ago and they came home on the last day talking about all the non-work they did that day. One thing caught my attention even though its nothing new to schools – the awards for perfect attendance during the school year. Apparently, awards were [...]

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Crime in My Neighborhood

July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This story in the Raleigh News & Observer drew my attention today since I live in this area and have some neighbors who were possibly victims of these crimes – “Cary police suspect 4 in 37 break-ins“ We live in the “Davis Drive and Highway 55 area” that the article mentions as one of the [...]