Comments on: Rants! & Raves! 5.16 http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:06:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SteveG http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302958 SteveG Mon, 19 May 2008 01:29:34 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302958 :( Rant: People (including some on this thread) throwing around the word "appeasement" without really understanding what it means. :) Rave: Voters are wising up to cheap rhetorical tricks like that. :( Rant: People (including some on this thread) throwing around the word “appeasement” without really understanding what it means.

:) Rave: Voters are wising up to cheap rhetorical tricks like that.

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]]> By: Karen O http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302957 Karen O Mon, 19 May 2008 01:21:55 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302957 Kayvee - My older daughter turned 19 on Sat. (May 17). I celebrate another year of her life, but kinda miss "my little girl". Kayvee – My older daughter turned 19 on Sat. (May 17). I celebrate another year of her life, but kinda miss “my little girl”.

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]]> By: Make it Man http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302575 Make it Man Sat, 17 May 2008 01:36:55 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302575 Congratulations to Cheryl D for all those interviews! Hope it goes well for you. Congratulations to Cheryl D for all those interviews! Hope it goes well for you.

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]]> By: NJLawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302429 NJLawyer Fri, 16 May 2008 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302429 Congratulations to Rob Hays on the new job!!!!!! Best of luck. Congratulations to Rob Hays on the new job!!!!!! Best of luck.

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]]> By: mumsee http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302425 mumsee Fri, 16 May 2008 19:22:27 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302425 Happy Birthday, Grandson! Happy Birthday, Grandson!

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]]> By: KayVee http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302419 KayVee Fri, 16 May 2008 19:16:02 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302419 :-) to Chas: Thanks for reminding me of Williamsburg. Their parents and I took the grandkids, then 11 & 12, there in 2001 and had a wonderful time. The boy even gave in to his sister and dressed in costume. They grew apart for a while, then he went away to college. Now he's home for the summer and they are as inseparable as they were when they were little and folks thought they were twins. :-) Grandson turns 19 today! A year away from home and he's turned into a responsible adult. :-( My sweet baby boy is 19 years old. :-) to Chas: Thanks for reminding me of Williamsburg. Their parents and I took the grandkids, then 11 & 12, there in 2001 and had a wonderful time. The boy even gave in to his sister and dressed in costume. They grew apart for a while, then he went away to college. Now he’s home for the summer and they are as inseparable as they were when they were little and folks thought they were twins.

:-) Grandson turns 19 today! A year away from home and he’s turned into a responsible adult.

:-( My sweet baby boy is 19 years old.

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]]> By: mumsee http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302410 mumsee Fri, 16 May 2008 18:55:09 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302410 Happy face: Beautiful sunshiney day. Happy face: Grass is growing nearly to backpocket height and mower is still broken so I am pushing the older John Deere mower around the five acres, thoroughly enjoying the slower pace. Happy face: People coming for a barbecue tomorrow but they don't care if all the grass is mowed or not, just so there is room to sit around gabbing. Happy face: Daughter is off to a club fair for the weekend, she has been looking forward to going since before joining us. Third daughter is off on a jet boat ride learning about Hell's Canyon. Younger son and I will be going this afternoon to the funeral of his bus driver who died unexpectedly and son wants to go. Happy face: Beautiful sunshiney day.

Happy face: Grass is growing nearly to backpocket height and mower is still broken so I am pushing the older John Deere mower around the five acres, thoroughly enjoying the slower pace.

Happy face: People coming for a barbecue tomorrow but they don’t care if all the grass is mowed or not, just so there is room to sit around gabbing.

Happy face: Daughter is off to a club fair for the weekend, she has been looking forward to going since before joining us. Third daughter is off on a jet boat ride learning about Hell’s Canyon. Younger son and I will be going this afternoon to the funeral of his bus driver who died unexpectedly and son wants to go.

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]]> By: llama http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302388 llama Fri, 16 May 2008 18:22:52 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302388 :-( Rained hard this morning - horrible day :-) Rain now gone, spectacular beautiful day and the track will dry in plenty of time to race tonight. Won the first race of the season so we are in 1st place - a first to say the least but hope it lasts a while longer :-) :-( Rained hard this morning – horrible day

:-) Rain now gone, spectacular beautiful day and the track will dry in plenty of time to race tonight. Won the first race of the season so we are in 1st place – a first to say the least but hope it lasts a while longer :-)

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]]> By: Ajisuun http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302384 Ajisuun Fri, 16 May 2008 18:12:59 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302384 Rave: A prominent government official went through town and gave $1000 dollars to two different schools in town. (Remember, I don't live in the U.S. so it's no one you know!) Rant: The government official ordered the schools to use the money for a party. (To put it into perspective, in this economy, $1000 could pay my 20 employees salaries for a month. It could buy 25 100 lb. bags of rice at a time when people are going hungry because the price of rice is so high.) Grrr! Rant: My phone line/internet connection is terrible! I can only stay connected for about 5 minutes at a time and it is very slow. As I was typing this, I lost connection and the phone line is now beeping. You all may never see this, I might just be talking to myself (which is not all that unusual). Rave: Because I let my employees attend the party mentioned above, I got to attend the baby-naming party for my friend's grandson. (When the employees are away, the boss will play!) Rave: A prominent government official went through town and gave $1000 dollars to two different schools in town. (Remember, I don’t live in the U.S. so it’s no one you know!)

Rant: The government official ordered the schools to use the money for a party.

(To put it into perspective, in this economy, $1000 could pay my 20 employees salaries for a month. It could buy 25 100 lb. bags of rice at a time when people are going hungry because the price of rice is so high.) Grrr!

Rant: My phone line/internet connection is terrible! I can only stay connected for about 5 minutes at a time and it is very slow. As I was typing this, I lost connection and the phone line is now beeping. You all may never see this, I might just be talking to myself (which is not all that unusual).

Rave: Because I let my employees attend the party mentioned above, I got to attend the baby-naming party for my friend’s grandson. (When the employees are away, the boss will play!)

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]]> By: VS http://online.worldmag.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/comment-page-1/#comment-302362 VS Fri, 16 May 2008 17:27:17 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/05/16/rants-raves-516/#comment-302362 Chas - I did recommend that book by R Alcorn. Glad you enjoyed it. Chas – I did recommend that book by R Alcorn. Glad you enjoyed it.

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