I found this song on Lala.com, and I really like it. I never thought Tomin and Crowder’s voices would really go together, but I like the combo in this song. Enjoy, and merry Christmas!
I’m ready for the weekend, aren’t you? Saturday is our annual “Wii are thankful” cell group social at the McSpaddens. Should be fun to play Mario Kart on their big TV with a bunch of friends.
New York Magazine informs me that there will be a fourth Bourne movie. Apparently Universal has purchased exclusive rights to Bourne scripts from Robert Ludlums estate, and they intend to make it their answer to Bond films. I say, keep ‘em coming. All three of the Matt Damon movies have been superb, and I’m glad they are making more (although I will say that the movies are very different from the books).
Toyota brought a CNG Hybrid Camry to the LA Auto Show this week. Of course CNG cars don’t make much sense right now, but as soon as gas goes back up next year we’re going to be looking for alternatives again. CNG seems to make sense, and it’s already in the ground all over the place. I would be tempted to buy a CNG Hybrid and a garage Phill station.
I’m not doing very good with Christmas so far this year…please send ideas. HOWEVER…house lights are going up this weekend!
Wow…hard to believe all the campaigning is over. It was a drama-filled 2008 for sure. McCain rises from nowhere in primaries, Obama and Clinton battle till the convention, the Palin selection, Joe the plumber. Crazy…
Well first of all, I was anticipating staying up late last night, but thank goodness it was over early. I caught the end of the Rockets vs. Celtics game and hit the sack around 10pm!
More seriously, looking back there are several great things that I see from this election. Here are my thoughts:
Why I voted for McCain
For me, speeches and promises in a campaign don’t count for much. I’m really of the opinion that a politician will say virtually anything for a vote…the thirst for power is very strong. As my seasoned government professor at Harding said, “once a politician is elected to office his number one priority is to…get re-elected.” With that in mind, I looked at McCain’s record and past actions and compared them to Obama’s record and past actions. Neither one thrilled me, but if you look at McCain’s actions in the Senate, he does get stuff done and he usually works in the middle. I thought he would have done a decent job as president and nominated good qualified judges and justices (my #1 issue).
About Obama
The dude is a motivator…I’ve never seen so many people name-dropping with Obama (I just sat through a marketing meeting and one attendee talked about how her “friend Obama” sent her emails yesterday). Tracy McGrady even wore Obama sneakers during the game last night! I’m glad he inspried so many folks. Let me be clear: It is a great thing that our country has elected an African-American president. I hope we elect many more minorities in the future…so many that we won’t even consider race or skin color an issue. Anyone who is qualified to lead should have every opportunity to run and win the presidency, or any other office for that matter. It is also a great thing that so many people voted this year. Every citizen should vote (once) in the election (I won’t start an electoral college discussion). I hope voter registration continues to climb in the years ahead.
Obama has every chance of being a superb president, and I hope that’s the case. I’ll pray for him, as we all should. I will assume that his motives are pure and he has the best intentions in mind when governing. I’m not scared about the future (alas, some of my Facebook friends appear to be).
I mentioned earlier about how I don’t put much value into campaign speeches and pre-election talk. There are two things I hope Obama doesn’t do that he’s said he will.
First of all, he said the first thing he would do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. I hope he reconsiders that…surely there are more important issues right now (energy, the economy, the war, a college football playoff system, etc.).
Secondly, he has said he will nominate judges who “(have) the empathy, to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old…”. Now I know he’s like a constitutional law professor or something, but to me that sounds like a good list of attributes for a legislator, not a surpreme court justice. When I read this, I just envisioned a poor disabled old lady standing in front of the supreme court, and a justice replying with “Darling, the law isn’t on your side, but I’m so full of empathy that I’m going to side with you anyways”. I’m not sure a Supreme Court justice is supposed to be empathetic, but rather objective. I’d rather have justices that say “Sweetheart, your case is really compelling, but I’m afraid you’re going to have to go talk to your representative and get the law changed. I have to interpret the law objectively, even though your situation brings me to tears.”
So there you go…those are my thoughts, and hopefully I didn’t say anything that I’ll regret later. Feel free to rip me apart in the comments. And God bless the World!
I ran across a blog today that really cracked me up…it’s called Stuff Christians Like. Here is a sampling of some great posts…
Fatal After Church Restaurant Mistakes.
“…If you didn’t grow up going to church, I have to warn you, a Christian will cut you at a buffet. And I don’t mean in line. I mean with a knife. I don’t care if the sermon was about kindness that day, there’s a terror that overtakes us. A fear that makes us think, “that tray of mashed potatoes is the last portion of mashed potatoes left on the planet.” And so if you try to get to it first, it’s on.” Read the whole post.
The 3 Rules of Movie Sermon Analogies.
“…If a movie reference hinges on a quote, pastors shouldn’t try to memorize it…if they get the quote wrong, if your pastor builds up the suspense and gets the crowd hanging on their seat, only to say, “Luke, I am your farmer,” it’s going to be a big let down.” Read the whole post.
Creating the Holiest Church Logo Possible. A How-to Guide.
“Everyone knows that if you have the letter “t” in your church name/logo, it better be spelled out in the shape of a cross. I know through Christ we are free from the law, but the “t law” is still in effect. If you refuse to adhere to that, a team of Christian graphic designers come to your church and confiscate your copy of Photoshop and Illustrator and take all your fonts except for Comic Sans.” Read the whole post.
Enjoy!
Y’all see that debate last night? What a snore that was! The way I see it, we’re going to have a president Obama in about 30 days. There would either have to be a large national emergency or a shocking revelation about Barack for him to lose at this point, I believe.
Although…now that I think about it, we’ve seen some pretty incredible comebacks this year:
OK, so McCain is smarted than I originally thought and actually picked my choice for Veep, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. It’s definitely a gamble, but one worth taking at this point for his campaign.
So I’ve finished my brown-bag lunch and have been watching Twitter comments on Palin…here are some of my favorite lines so far:
@badbanana: “As a young mother, Palin will be a huge help to McCain. Food doesn’t cut itself into tiny pieces, people.”
@hodgman: “Palin will almost certainly woo away all of Hillary Clinton supporters who are pro-life and pro-gun.”
@cschweitzer: “If Obama supporters say he should be elected because he TALKS pretty, I say Palin should because she IS.”
@ctp: “I didn’t know Michael Palin could be the vice president, but it’s cool that he’s running. I’m excited.”
@MtnMom: “Palin: sounds like she has kicked some corrupt fossilized Republical rear end in Alaska. Gonna be interesting to this one play out.”
@kevinbinversie: “Little Known Fact: Sarah Palin was the original “Deadliest Catch.”"
@triciamckinney: “Am I the only one who sees the Sarah Palin/Tina Fey resemblance? Will Tina make a guest appearance on SNL?”
@everysandwich: “Today in pot-kettle. Obama camp sez Gov. Palin doesn’t have the experience. Thousands flee glass houses.”
@way2busymom: “He picked Palin? When I mentioned that to my spouse, he asked wait…the Monty Python guy???”
Steve Rubel over at Micro Persuasion had a great post this week regarding EA Sports responding to a video gamer on Youtube.
Levinator25 posted this video on YouTube poking fun at an apparent glitch in Tiger Woods ’08:
EA Sports responded with a video of their own…
