Friday, July 2, 2010
Religion isn't usually multiple choice
Sharron Angle: Rape, Incest Part of God's Plan -- Opposes Abortion No Matter What
Read the article here.
(and h/t to Drudge Retort for the OP)
I wasn't going to share this, as I could give a rat's hairy hiney about Reid or Angle, but there's a glaring mistake in her response:
When she says: "You know, I’m a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives..."
Then she shouldn't have said: "Well, I'm pro-responsible choice. There's choice to abstain, choice to use contraceptives ..."
Er, no. Can't use condoms or birth control pills or anything really. Just a calendar and a thermometer. We teach couples preparing for marriage and contraception is right out.
Too often the "good Christians" pick and choose which parts of Christianity they like. Can't stand abortion...love the death penalty for example.
Killing is killing.
I wish Jesus had made some kind of distinction, but he really kind of wanted us to take it easy on the sinners and love one another.
So how much of a good Christian is she and how much is she playing for votes?
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Perfectly Awful...
I suppose by now everyone has heard how this ump blew a call with two outs in the 9th inning of a baseball game that took away a PERFECT game from Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers.
The call wasn’t even close.
The runner was out by a good step.
I’d really like to know what was said in the conversation between Ump Jim Joyce and Manager Jim Leyland!
The nice thing about conspiracy theories is that you get to pick and choose the facts that support your theory!
So here’s my theory (that it is).
There have already been not one but TWO perfect games this year in Major League Baseball. PLUS a no hitter.
Imagine you are running the league.
For the past decade you have been fighting off the rumors that steroids have inflated all the offensive stats. Several players have admitted to using drugs to enhance their production. You’ve tried to convince the public that you are doing everything you can to test the players and that the problem is not as bad as the media has made it out to be.
Now you have pitchers just dominating the hitters.
Eventually the whispers will start again that it was all the steroids that caused the big home run numbers.
So if an ump has a chance to stop it with a “close” call…shouldn’t he? I mean if it had been "suggested"?
Now IF this is what happened MLB STILL managed to screw it up by doing it with two outs in the 9th inning! LOL! I didn’t see the game so I have no idea if there was anything else that was that close where they could have made a “bad” call though.
At least the ump came out and faced the media.
But if this doesn’t show how baseball needs some sort of instant replay nothing else does.
The technology is readily available and what’s another five minutes per challenge to a game that gets delayed that long after almost every pitch sometimes!
At the very least that ump needs to be disciplined. I understand that humans make mistakes, but anything so glaring that EVERYONE knows its wrong needs to be handled differently. Because now he is going to heitiate when making calls for fear of making such a big blunder again. Which is why the umps are gainst instant replay…they don’t want to have people second guessing their decisions on the field. They would rather they be WRONG!
The governor of Michigan has come out in support of Galarraga and the guy took it as well as you can expect, but if anyone wonders why baseball is sinking in popularity they should just look at this one game, one call, and see it.
Of course Commissioner Bud Selig will find a way to screw it up even more probably!
It’s a game that wants to pretend its still nineteen-ought-nine.
That kind of denial you usually only find in Washington….
~ Glenn
The call wasn’t even close.
The runner was out by a good step.
I’d really like to know what was said in the conversation between Ump Jim Joyce and Manager Jim Leyland!
The nice thing about conspiracy theories is that you get to pick and choose the facts that support your theory!
So here’s my theory (that it is).
There have already been not one but TWO perfect games this year in Major League Baseball. PLUS a no hitter.
Imagine you are running the league.
For the past decade you have been fighting off the rumors that steroids have inflated all the offensive stats. Several players have admitted to using drugs to enhance their production. You’ve tried to convince the public that you are doing everything you can to test the players and that the problem is not as bad as the media has made it out to be.
Now you have pitchers just dominating the hitters.
Eventually the whispers will start again that it was all the steroids that caused the big home run numbers.
So if an ump has a chance to stop it with a “close” call…shouldn’t he? I mean if it had been "suggested"?
Now IF this is what happened MLB STILL managed to screw it up by doing it with two outs in the 9th inning! LOL! I didn’t see the game so I have no idea if there was anything else that was that close where they could have made a “bad” call though.
At least the ump came out and faced the media.
But if this doesn’t show how baseball needs some sort of instant replay nothing else does.
The technology is readily available and what’s another five minutes per challenge to a game that gets delayed that long after almost every pitch sometimes!
At the very least that ump needs to be disciplined. I understand that humans make mistakes, but anything so glaring that EVERYONE knows its wrong needs to be handled differently. Because now he is going to heitiate when making calls for fear of making such a big blunder again. Which is why the umps are gainst instant replay…they don’t want to have people second guessing their decisions on the field. They would rather they be WRONG!
The governor of Michigan has come out in support of Galarraga and the guy took it as well as you can expect, but if anyone wonders why baseball is sinking in popularity they should just look at this one game, one call, and see it.
Of course Commissioner Bud Selig will find a way to screw it up even more probably!
It’s a game that wants to pretend its still nineteen-ought-nine.
That kind of denial you usually only find in Washington….
~ Glenn
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Follow the money.
Trinity Sunday is probably the worst time for a born and raised Catholic to post how much he think the Catholic church is deteriorating...but I've never been one to let a moment pass.
The Greensburg Diocese has close a Catholic School in Uniontown, PA.
Now many of you could care less. The enrollment was around 120 students so its not like the school was bustling with involved families and community support. However it is just one more sign of the way things are run anymore.
God please forgive me bu I can NOT understand why the church feels it needs to run on a profit all of a sudden!
And it really isn't a *new* thing per se...I've been railing against it for over 20 years now.
When a church gets closed there are always a myriad of reasons given but first and foremost is the lack of priests.
Enrollment in seminaries has dropped over the years and fewer priests mean fewer people to run the individual churches. So while I may not like it I can understand it. Although I would argue that perhaps the church could look into alternatives like allowing priests to marry and female priests...but I'm not here to argue theology this morning.
But they always have to take it that one extra step and complain about the COST of keeping the churches open.
The early disciples not only had to deal with people literally killing them for their beliefs but they also traveled great miles to spread the word of God. And now we are told that one priest can't possibly handle two churches? Not that I don't feel for the people who would have to do double duty but they DID sign on for the job, ya know? When our church was closed a few years ago the overriding factor was cost. Period. Yes, we shared a priest with another near by church, but that wasn't the reason given. It was always lack of priests...and cost.
Now, two years later the church isn't even there anymore.
Torn down.
Gone.
And you know how we were told about it?
We weren't.
So what happened to the stain glassed windows? The organ? Any of the valuables?
Some of the statues made their way to our current church...but still no one has spoken, in church or in the Catholic Accent, as to WHY the building was torn down.
And now another school has bit the dust.
Parents were apparently not given much notification either.
And it pisses me off.
The Catholic church I grew up with wanted to teach you and spread the word of the Gospel.
Now it wants to make sure the bottom line is black.
And don't bother arguing with me...I've seen enough to be firm on this one.
I don't care if there were TEN students in that school the church could provide an education for them!
(And I am aware that there is another school where the students can go. That is not he point of this rant. The point is that the bogus reasons of cost and debt are the wrong reasons to close to the school in my opinion.)
My children attended Catholic school right through this year. The decision to move them to public school for next year was based on many factors, but one was cost. The financial aid forms for the grade school is like filing of aid for college! Facing in tax returns and forms...please. All in the name of making a buck.
As soon as someone shows me that the Catholic church as a whole is losing money I'll buy the argument.
We're talking about a world wide resource.
And yes they pour great amounts of money and effort in to expanding to new countries and opening the eyes of new Christians...but at what expense in other places?
The philosophy of worrying more about the bottom line while giving lip service to the true calling of the church will only lead to a weakening of the church's base. Especially here in America.
I still love my church.
I still have my faith.
But I have my doubts about the humans running the church and teaching the faith.
I'm not saying anything new. People complained during Vatican II that the church was become too secular. They complained when the mass wasn't held in Latin anymore.
People don't like change.
Well I want change. Back to when the church cared more about giving than getting.
~ Glenn
The Greensburg Diocese has close a Catholic School in Uniontown, PA.
Now many of you could care less. The enrollment was around 120 students so its not like the school was bustling with involved families and community support. However it is just one more sign of the way things are run anymore.
God please forgive me bu I can NOT understand why the church feels it needs to run on a profit all of a sudden!
And it really isn't a *new* thing per se...I've been railing against it for over 20 years now.
When a church gets closed there are always a myriad of reasons given but first and foremost is the lack of priests.
Enrollment in seminaries has dropped over the years and fewer priests mean fewer people to run the individual churches. So while I may not like it I can understand it. Although I would argue that perhaps the church could look into alternatives like allowing priests to marry and female priests...but I'm not here to argue theology this morning.
But they always have to take it that one extra step and complain about the COST of keeping the churches open.
The early disciples not only had to deal with people literally killing them for their beliefs but they also traveled great miles to spread the word of God. And now we are told that one priest can't possibly handle two churches? Not that I don't feel for the people who would have to do double duty but they DID sign on for the job, ya know? When our church was closed a few years ago the overriding factor was cost. Period. Yes, we shared a priest with another near by church, but that wasn't the reason given. It was always lack of priests...and cost.
Now, two years later the church isn't even there anymore.
Torn down.
Gone.
And you know how we were told about it?
We weren't.
So what happened to the stain glassed windows? The organ? Any of the valuables?
Some of the statues made their way to our current church...but still no one has spoken, in church or in the Catholic Accent, as to WHY the building was torn down.
And now another school has bit the dust.
Parents were apparently not given much notification either.
And it pisses me off.
The Catholic church I grew up with wanted to teach you and spread the word of the Gospel.
Now it wants to make sure the bottom line is black.
And don't bother arguing with me...I've seen enough to be firm on this one.
I don't care if there were TEN students in that school the church could provide an education for them!
(And I am aware that there is another school where the students can go. That is not he point of this rant. The point is that the bogus reasons of cost and debt are the wrong reasons to close to the school in my opinion.)
My children attended Catholic school right through this year. The decision to move them to public school for next year was based on many factors, but one was cost. The financial aid forms for the grade school is like filing of aid for college! Facing in tax returns and forms...please. All in the name of making a buck.
As soon as someone shows me that the Catholic church as a whole is losing money I'll buy the argument.
We're talking about a world wide resource.
And yes they pour great amounts of money and effort in to expanding to new countries and opening the eyes of new Christians...but at what expense in other places?
The philosophy of worrying more about the bottom line while giving lip service to the true calling of the church will only lead to a weakening of the church's base. Especially here in America.
I still love my church.
I still have my faith.
But I have my doubts about the humans running the church and teaching the faith.
I'm not saying anything new. People complained during Vatican II that the church was become too secular. They complained when the mass wasn't held in Latin anymore.
People don't like change.
Well I want change. Back to when the church cared more about giving than getting.
~ Glenn
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Fox News must have horrible video editing equipment!
Like him or not Michael Moore has a point.
Watch the official White House feed:
(Click on the link if the embed code isn't working.)
The relevant part is 10:28-10:38
Now here is the same clip from Fox News:
(Click on the link if the embed code isn't working.)
Odd. The applause is gone. As is the cutaway to the cadets applauding.
Now they may have just been applauding to be polite...but why is it missing from the Fox News video?
I've had sound drop when doing videos before...but I'm not working for a multi-billion dollar organization with the latest equipment.
Must be "user error" 'cause you KNOW they'd never do something like that on purpose!
And when I say "never" I mean they do it all the time.
~ Glenn
Watch the official White House feed:
(Click on the link if the embed code isn't working.)
The relevant part is 10:28-10:38
Now here is the same clip from Fox News:
(Click on the link if the embed code isn't working.)
Odd. The applause is gone. As is the cutaway to the cadets applauding.
Now they may have just been applauding to be polite...but why is it missing from the Fox News video?
I've had sound drop when doing videos before...but I'm not working for a multi-billion dollar organization with the latest equipment.
Must be "user error" 'cause you KNOW they'd never do something like that on purpose!
And when I say "never" I mean they do it all the time.
~ Glenn
Da plane! Da plane!
What? Oh...wrong tattoo!
Anyway, you think that tat you had your best friend put on your arm in 7th grade is cool?
Check out these!
~ Glenn
Anyway, you think that tat you had your best friend put on your arm in 7th grade is cool?
Check out these!
~ Glenn
Feel good stories for the afternoon!
I know many of us are slaving away at our jobs and that can get you down quickly!
If the weather is bad its just makes it worse...and if the weather is nice you want to be outside instead!
So here's a couple stories to brighten your mood!
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My question is I wonder if anyone asked her to the prom?
And my mom would check on me every ten minutes when I was just playing in the yard!
Think they'll let him sleep on the bed now?
~ Glenn
If the weather is bad its just makes it worse...and if the weather is nice you want to be outside instead!
So here's a couple stories to brighten your mood!
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My question is I wonder if anyone asked her to the prom?
And my mom would check on me every ten minutes when I was just playing in the yard!
Think they'll let him sleep on the bed now?
~ Glenn
Monday, May 24, 2010
Okay LOSTies! Someone finally has all the answers we've been looking for!
In fact its the best summation of the finale and the previous six seasons that I've seen yet!
In fact its the best summation of the finale and the previous six seasons that I've seen yet!
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