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ya! I have the first post on this thread!
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Good morning everyone. It is overcast and nippy here in the Sunny South. I have the heat in my houses set to come on when the inside tempurature is 68 degrees and it just clicked off.
I am starting to get answers to the prayer request I asked for the other day. So thank you all for that.
I may have to go to the doctor today. I have a little place on the side of my face that is oozing and I had lunch with a lady Wednesday who had just gotten out of the hospital with a staph infection on her nose. Her whole face had swollen up. Another friends mother died Thanksgiving morning from complications caused from staph getting into her heart. The Celebration of Life service is tomorrow.
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Our thoughts today come from Charles Spurgeon.
Acts 18:9-10
And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
This should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most reprobate, the most debauched and drunken, an elect people who must be saved. When you take the Word to them, you do so because God has ordained you to be the messenger of life to their souls, and they must receive it, for so the decree of predestination runs. They are as much redeemed by blood as the saints before the eternal throne. They are Christ’s property, and yet perhaps they are lovers of the ale-house, and haters of holiness; but if Jesus Christ purchased them he will have them. God is not unfaithful to forget the price which his Son has paid. He will not suffer his substitution to be in any case an ineffectual, dead thing. Tens of thousands of redeemed ones are not regenerated yet, but regenerated they must be; and this is our comfort when we go forth to them with the quickening Word of God.
Nay, more, these ungodly ones are prayed for by Christ before the throne. “Neither pray I for these alone,” saith the great Intercessor, “but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” Poor, ignorant souls, they know nothing about prayer for themselves, but Jesus prays for them. Their names are on his breastplate, and ere long they must bow their stubborn knee, breathing the penitential sigh before the throne of grace. “The time of figs is not yet.” The predestined moment has not struck; but, when it comes, they shall obey, for God will have his own; they must, for the Spirit is not to be withstood when he comes forth with fullness of power-they must become the willing servants of the living God. “My people shall be willing in the day of my power.” “He shall justify many.” “He shall see of the travail of his soul.” “I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong.”
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Lord, we pray a good result for Kim’s visit to the doctor, in Jesus Name. Amen!
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold.” Proverbs 3: 13,14 NKJV
Focus on the goodness of the Lord. He will deliver you this day.
I pray your day be awsome.
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Now I tnink I will leave this post to the trolls, who’s main point is to engage in pointless arguments in order to show the masses his/her/their brilliance.
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Good Morning to you all. Kim you are in my prayers this day. It is 3 below zero with a wind chill of 10 below!
Have a blessed day everyone!
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You are in my prayers as well Kim.
It is supposed to snow here in Canton Ohio on Saturday. My daughter called from Minneapolis last night. She said it was snowing there.
I start my Vacation on Tuesday of next week. I will be off until January 2nd. Yippee.
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Should I be respectful today to people who have difficulty showing respect to others? Why?
Should I tell you that I post critical comments out of love for you by some imaginary being? No, I don’t think it’s worth the trouble of wasting my love on you.
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It is very strange that history does seem to be cyclical. I don’t think it represents a supernatural being, but it is odd.
For example, the growing acceptance of homosexuality bears a strange (but not identical) resemblance to the civil rights movements with black people becoming accepted into our society.
Many people have noted this. I haven’t noticed (though I am sure many have observed it) that the current gradual acceptance of “medical marijuana” is something like (but not the same as) the way in which Prohibition of alcohol ended.
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For instance:
http://cannabisnews.com/news/25/thread25128.shtml
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Thanks for the input Random.
Kim, we are still praying, keep us informed.
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College Football Weekend
No one chimed in on whether to predict this week’s games, but I know you want to! Championship weekend! Too bad Oregon and Oregon state played last night to decide the PAC 10, which really wasn’t supposed to be a championship game. That game was supposed to be (IMHO) Saturday’s match between Arizona and USC. No pillow fight this week, as the worst team in D1, Western Kentucky (0-11 with a 19 game losing streak going), played last night as well. Or not as well, as the case may be, since they lost again. So, five games and a tie breaker will have to do.
Here are the games:
#1 Florida (12-0; 8-0) vs #2 Alabama (12-0; 8-0) in the SEC.
#3 Texas (12-0; 8-0) vs #22 Nebraska (9-3; 6-2) in the Big 12.
#5 Cincinnati (11-0; 6-0) @ #15 Pittsburgh (9-2; 5-1) in de-facto Big East championship.
#10 Georgia Tech (10-2; 7-1) vs. Clemson (8-4; 6-2) in the ACC
#21 Houston (10-2; 6-2) @ East Carolina (8-4; 7-1) in the C-USA
Tie breaker: Arizona (7-4; 5-3) @ #18 USC (8-3; 5-3) in what should have been the de-facto PAC 10 title game.
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I’m thinking Jillanne’s heat kicked in the same as Kim’s.
Kim, you always have our prayers.
And I want to thank you all for the prayers for my co-worker. She’s been given a clear pathology and requires no chemo after her surgery.
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Chas,
Please watch out for them lions. I hear they eat Christians.
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Of course there was growing acceptance of immolating children in ancient Canaan as that culture evolved 3000 years or so ago.
And on the fourth planet out in the Cygnus star system, there exists an ancient culture where there has (reportedly) been growing acceptance of wearing baskets of rotten fruit strapped on top of the head.
This must mean that immolating children and wearing baskets of rotten fruit are okay.
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A suggested 28th amendment I just got in an e-mail. Sounds good to me.
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This is a great idea. Only need 3/4 of the State Legislatures to pass this to become law…AND IT IS VETO PROOF including no appeal to the Supreme Court.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States “.
What’s wrong with this?
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#13 – God is good!
#2 – Cold here in West GA too…nice morning for the gas logs. You are in my prayers.
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Our Lions provided eye exams, glasses for the visually impaired (VIP), food and money for the Storehouse, etc. We have a bunch of good guys. I have to leave in a couple of hours to meet with them.
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Chas: What’s wrong with it is that Senators and Representatives also are citizens of the United States, and already are subject to all the laws that pertain to citizens of the United States.
So what purpose would it serve?
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…But Then It Also Counts As Your Birthday Present.
Hostess: Your son and I were just talking about what he wants for Christmas.
10-year-old boy: Turkey bacon!
Gruff-looking father: You want turkey bacon for Christmas?
10-year-old boy, to hostess: He never buys any!
Gruff-looking father: Hey, if you want turkey bacon for Christmas, I’ll get you turkey bacon.
Restaurant
Middletown, Connecticut
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Strange, isn’t it, to ponder how gradual acceptance of sin invariably destroys the accepting culture.
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2-3 inches of snow for tomorrow. WooHoo!!
Random says, “No, I don’t think it’s worth the trouble of wasting my love on you.”
But yet you come here everyday. We’re unworthy of your love, but worthy of your disdain and ridicule. That says way more about you than us.
And seriously, one is about color, which you can’t control. The other is about who you like to boink. They don’t compare at all. That’s comparing apples to teenage mutant ninja turtles. That’s about the weakest argument yet for SSM. And you offend blacks when you put gays on par with their struggle. Not even close.
No love from Random, just endless disdain and cheap shots. Same Random, different day. Same as always. Yawn.
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Predicting college football outcomes has never been my strong suit, but here goes:
Alabama over Florida (though I prefer otherwise–War Eagle!)
Nebraska over Texas (hoping Nebraska brings their defense)
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech over Clemson
Houston over East Carolina
USC over Arizona (though, again I would prefer otherwise)
Tiebreaker: USC 31 Arizona 17
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KIM- prayers for you
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#21 IBNO
Yes.
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Mickey
That is a VERY LONG TIME to be in captivity.
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I’m reading in Daniel these days and got to wondering about the history of the Middle East circa 400 BC to Jesus’ arrival. Can anyone recommend a well-written lay reader’s version about that time period? I’m thinking even a “for dummies” book would be good . . .
Fog to the ground in northern California this morning. Very dangerous to drive. Wet and chilly by our standards–maybe 40? The sun won’t be up for another hour so I can’t read the thermometer.
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It is necessary because Congress exempts itself from many laws.
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I read the book Terry Anderson wrote about his “confinement,” as well as Terry Waite’s book–Waite also was locked up for a long time.
I thought Anderson, the skeptical journalist, came away in a healthier spiritual state of mind than the professional clergyman Waite.
Waite tells about the glorious day his captors got him an English book to read–he tore the blindfold off and began laughing. His captors didn’t speak English so they apparently picked up the first book they could find: a history of World War II prison escapes . . .
(As an aside, Waite’s book Travels with a Primate–about his time accompanying the Archbishop of Canterbury around the world–was funny and enjoyable to read).
Now I’m curious. I’ll have to google both men and find out how they’re doing now.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1209/Secret_Service_Threat_level_against_Obama_no_greater_than_under_Bush_Clinton.html
At yesterday’s Homeland Security hearing, the Secret Service denied an increase in threats against 0bama.
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Here’s my picks.
Alabama
Texas
Cinncinati
Georgia Tech
East Carolina
USC 28-21
Looking forward to Sat.. Snow in the forcast, college football on TV, and no reason to go anywhere.
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Hello everyone! Have a blessed day!
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But the Homeland Security committee wants to have hearings on these Salahi people BEFORE hearings on the massacre at Fort Hood. That’s strange. Well, maybe not so much considering who’s in charge.
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I’m a Lion, Chas!!
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We had a tragedy here in Sonoma County last weekend. A 19 year-old drank alone in a bar for a couple hours, then got into his mini-Cooper and drove like a madman. He sped through a red light and broadsided a mini-van carrying a four-member family home from their Hawaiian vacation. All five died.
The family also included a college freshman who had been visiting her mother and didn’t go to Hawaii. She alone survives.
Three or four nights later, the family’s home was trashed by a burglary. The burglers even stole the remaining car–along with jewelry, blue ray, computer, FINANCIAL records, toys, etc.
The community was horrified and the burglers were picked up southwest of San Francisco pretty much the next day.
Main burgler is a 26 year old who has spent most of the last five years in prison. He has three illegitimate children. A jail interview–which is splashed on the front page of our local paper and headlined with “I am not a monster”–has him insisting that he feels terrible for the surviving child and if he had know he wouldn’t have done it.
“I wouldn’t have hurt her for the world.”
You’ll not be surprised to hear he’s pleading innocent.
What boggles my mind is his insistence that this was a case of mistaken burglary. He “was told the house was empty, not what happened.”
So what? He still ransacked a house and stole possessions.
You can read the story at pressdemocrat.com
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I don’t think the jury will find his excuse worthy of sympathy.
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Snow today — lots of it (5+”). Meantime, God is indeed good.
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Random, you often ask us why we post here and then even after we tell you, you continue to insist that no one will answer your question. To answer you one more time. It’s fun. I like most of the people on here and enjoy talking to them.
But that is not the case with you. You like to tell us how much you don’t like us. Yet you continue to come back. Maybe you want US to tell you why YOU come here.
BTW adultery, fornication, prostitution as well as homosexuality have also had short lived periods of society acceptability in various cultures. The pendulum swings.
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NJLawyer: It is necessary because Congress exempts itself from many laws.
They do? Which ones?
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I guess World is on holiday. Because other bloggers are digging up stories left and right, and World here is mostly silent.
Nothing on climate gate, as Malkin hits one out of the park
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/12/02/unbelievable-update-the-crappiest-nytimes-column-on-obamacare-just-got-crappier/
Just about everything on Big Government is incredible, especially the ACORN document dump from a few weeks ago
http://biggovernment.com/
Even Gateway Pundit actually has a content filled expose
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/12/breaking-obamas-safe-schools-czar-is-promoting-porn-in-the-classroom-kevin-jennings-and-the-glsen-reading-list/
Worldmagblog doesn’t seem to have anything of their own.
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Florida (Murphy’s law, if I lose the poll, I will win the game, If I lose the game, I may win the poll)
Texas
Cincinnati
Georgia Tech
Houston
Tie breaker: Arizona 14 – USC 10
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No frozen pipes this morning! Yeah! It is about fifteen degrees this morning and we are off to get firewood today. Guess we will layer today. But that should be about it for firewood, I hope. We have enough for us, just going to help out some others.
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Peter L
#1 Florida (12-0; 8-0) loses to #2 Alabama (12-0; 8-0) in the SEC.
#3 Texas (12-0; 8-0) win #22 Nebraska (9-3; 6-2) in the Big 12.
#5 Cincinnati (11-0; 6-0) wins #15 Pittsburgh (9-2; 5-1) in de-facto Big East championship.
#10 Georgia Tech (10-2; 7-1) loses to Clemson (8-4; 6-2) in the ACC
#21 Houston (10-2; 6-2) wins East Carolina (8-4; 7-1) in the C-USA
Tie breaker: Arizona (7-4; 5-3) 28 loses to 31 #18 USC (8-3; 5-3) in what should have been the de-facto PAC 10 title game.
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#35
Ah…Another child who has grown up under entitlement, and it’s not MY fault.
He was trying to do HIS part and spread the wealth.
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. Acts 18:9-10
And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
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Thank you Lord for the strength to keep on speaking your Word.
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Re: SNOW
I like snow, but I really never had to drive in it.
And the other thing is, the short period of time we visited snow with a dog–I don’t like taking the dog out to go potty in it.
Is there room in Hawaii for 3 more?
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PASTOR #44
AMEN!
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Ok Roy no feeding the trolls today.
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news2me – I loved how Paul listen to God. I guess having Christ blind you and restore you sight helps to teach you to listen to God. Maybe we need to be praying that God would open some people Spiritual Eyes to see God’s Word for what is it. The Truth,
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Chas RE: 28th amendment. It would never get out of committee because our Representatives and Senators no longer have the people’s interest in mind. They only think of what they can do to get reelected. Not all of them, mind you, but I’d guess 80-90% of them.
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Congress treats itself very differently. They tie their salary increases to general fed employees while denying federal judges the same increases. I think it should be a public question every two years. The judges and the congresspeople all hire the people they want — and no one requires them to be fair and honest about it. Just look at their statistics, especially the judges. If a business tried to do what these people do, they’d be hailed into court, fined, etc., etc.
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Don’t want to start a fight, just wondering.
Why the disdain for Oregon football?
And the season-long ignoring of Boise State?
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Just imagine what Paul experienced on the road to Damascus, though I suspect we can’t really. And when you think of the apostles seeing Christ after the Resurrection — how could you not believe your own eyes. Something profound happened in both instances.
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CONAN might try a google for “Congressional exemptions from laws it passes.”
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Questio when did the Congress go full time? Did it not start out as a part time job?
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Has anyone read, “How to be an Intellectually Fulfilled Atheist” by Dembski and Wells
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NJLawyer
I spoke one time on Paul versus Peter experience. How many of the times people desire the Paul experience but we find out selves living the Peter experience.
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Well, I don’t know about YOU people, but I am totally DEVASTATED and DISCOMBOBULATED.
The sun strangely dims and a vicious cold North wind picks up and pries and tears at the eaves and siding on the house, shrieking in insensate fury.
At my feet, a dog suddenly groans and whimpers and twitches in the throes of a horrible nightmare.
Vile shadows, monstrous shadows, writhe and grow and rise from the dank and dark forgotten places at the bottom of the world, and stalk in spectral procession across the shattered, turbid sky.
The entire Universe tilts a bit, sways precariously, lists dangerously, and then threatens to capsize entirely.
I am not going to get any of Random Name’s love today.
Oh, Phooey.
Not AGAIN.
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57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference
Is this why Obama said we have 57 states?
Or did he have something else in mind?
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DRILL
Did you write with the NanoWrimo in Nov.?
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news2me 12.04.09 AT 11:14 AM
57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference
Is this why Obama said we have 57 states?
Or did he have something else in mind?
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the question will he be the guess speaker and give them a seat at his white house table.
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Well, I mentioned Boise, just the other day. I did notice nobody responded.
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“The necessity for believing in six literal days”
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v18/i1/sixdays.asp
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Drill- I think all that time on the tractor and combine with nothing to do but turn around every 1/4 mile or so, is doing something to your brain. You have all that time to think, then come on here and spill it all out. Great for your psychological well-being- and ours as we get a chuckle or guffaw out of your entries. Are you sure you are not Dave Berry in disguise? Or a more moral clone of his?
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PASTOR #60
He would probably give them a room to spend the night at the White House as well.
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news2me 12.04.09 AT 11:20 AM
PASTOR #60
He would probably give them a room to spend the night at the White House as well.
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An then he will build a worship room for them so not to upset them.
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For discussion about laws congress self-exempts itself from see, for example:
http://www.heritage.org/research/governmentreform/bg965.cfm
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How media magicians have made $80 billion, the homeless, and a (thus far) marginal Christmas shopping season disappear.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/three-big-stories-three-media-disappearing-acts/
In today’s target rich world, in which news is simply not reported, World could, or should, excel.
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#51 Fisherman
Boise State? Idaho? (Sniffs, looking down his nose.)
Is there any good thing in Idaho?
Well, this would argue for a national playoff system. But then if we did have a national playoff system the big conferences wouldn’t be guaranteed the national championship. (”Hoosiers”)
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Bob Buckles,
Haahahhahahahhahahahahahahhhahaahahaha.
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Bob Buckles – “Well, this would argue for a national playoff system. But then if we did have a national playoff system the big conferences wouldn’t be guaranteed the national championship. (”Hoosiers”)”
you should have said the SCC would not be guaranteed a spot in the national championship
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I recognize that Boise probably couldn’t compete with Florida, Alabama, etc. But they have a great football program for a small school. (They could, and have, beat a good number of big schools) Actually, I am glad that Idaho doesn’t get much notice. Don’t want too many people here. So, forget I said anything.
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fisherman – the problem when small schools like Boise and TCU when they become very good. Teams like Florida, Alabama and other will not play them. This was a problem a few years ago for Air Force Basket Ball, when they had a good team. They had open dates but no top schools wanted to play them.
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To modify some phrases:
The love of money warps everything.
Pride leads to false happiness.
And we all at times suffer from both.
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Joe B, thanks again for the Spurgeon this morning. Such great stuff.
Kim, praying it’s nothing and you’ll be out of there with a tube of something that’ll make it all go away fast.
I have a day off today, going to a big craft fair about an hour’s drive away with a friend to do some browsing and a little Christmas shopping.
But I was up late last night and Annie got me up too early this morning as she was out of food. I failed to check her dish last night and I guess she finished all the kibble I’d put down in the morning. (At one point this morning I ducked my head under the covers trying to dissuade her from playing. I thought it was working, all was quiet and still for a few moments, but then — BAM — she just body slammed my head, saying MEE-OWWWWWW.)
It’s cool here, but the sun is out. Looks like we could get colder temperatures and rain next week, though.
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Boise State is a small school? I beg to differ.
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Sorry Mumsee, It is a GREAT school. I was only saying that in relation to Florida, Oregon, Oklahoma, etc. Boise State enrollment numbers are significantly smaller.
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Chas, be sure to give us a virtual wave as you ride past in that parade.
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#71 Fisherman
“I recognize that Boise probably couldn’t compete with Florida, Alabama, etc.”
Neither can Notre Dame.
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We enter this weekend, this late in the season, with 6 excellent college footbal teams who are undefeated. There can be no more than 4 standing after Saturday. Four is likely, but it’s possible for only 3 to be standing. We’ll see.
Florida over Alabama
Texas over Nebraska
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh
Boise State Broncos over New Mexico State
Clemson over Georgia Tech (2nd match this year, different result)
Houston over East Carolina
USC over Arizona 32 to 24
Cal over Washington
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Mumsee:
“Duraflame Crackleflame” — “Now Even Better!”; “The all-natural firelog”; “More robust flames, with that ‘crackling’ fire sound.”
Oh, and environmentally friendly, but of course. Enough to take the frigid chill out of our 55-degree wintery nights out here.
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Fisherman @#71: Actually, I am glad that Idaho doesn’t get much notice. Don’t want too many people here. So, forget I said anything.
Reminds me of when I lived in Arizona and more people kept moving there from large cities like New York and LA. Both Phoenix and Tucson had terrible infrastructure for the increased traffic, so the cities were discussing freeway systems. There was a bumper sticker going around that said “Don’t Californicate Arizona”.
Also, in those days, Oregon (or maybe it was Seattle) had an influx from the south. I think they had an ad campaign that said “People in Oregon don’t tan, they rust”.
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News2me: I do not know anything about Nanowrimo. It sounds like some kind of virus a doctor might claim is causing a patient’s fever. But I will look it up. Thanks.
PeterL: Actually I dropped a tree on my main tractor the other day. There was some kind of transient local anomaly in the Earth’s gravitational field just as I was cutting down this big tree. I had parked the tractor, carefully noting that the tree had a very pronounced lean in the OPPOSITE direction, i.e. 180 degrees AWAY from my tractor.
So I happily sawed through 9/10 of the tree when all of a sudden the universe sort of burped and gravity was temporarily suspended in the vicinity of this tree.
Well, the tree shook itself free, literally walked 180 degrees around the stump, and then (gravity apparently reasserting itself) toppled slowly and majestically onto my tractor.
Old timers around here tell me that a tree will do this sort of thing when it has a twist in the grain.
Personally, I blame it on the CERN Super-Collider Machine in Europe that they just spun up again this week.
I think it is causing some serious perturbations in gravity.
For instance, I notice that I keep getting heavier, inexplicably.
Obviously something is wrong with gravity.
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what should I do for my 22nd weddng Anv? of what should I do beside pinning a medal on my wife for putting up with me for 22 years
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Pastor Roy: Just give her a smooch and a wink. Doesn’t cost a thing, either.
Women are suckers for smooches and winks.
I should really run a sort of advice column, what do you think?
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drill 12.04.09 AT 12:38 PM
Pastor Roy: Just give her a smooch and a wink. Doesn’t cost a thing, either.
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Yes thank you, when ever I buy her something she always asked why? How much?
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Football picks:
Florida
Texas
Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech
Houston
Tie breaker: Arizona 28, USC 24
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Fla
UT
Pitt
Clemson
Houston
USC 27, Arizona 21
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Peter L.
Here are my predictions:
Alabama
Texas
Cincinnati
Georgia Tech
East Carolina
Tie breaker: Arizona 24 USC 20.
And in case you’re wondering what intelligent method I used to come up with this list, it was actually quite simple. I chose to go with the team from the state with someone in my family or, if no one in my family lived either place, then the first in the alphabet. But if I win, I still want the same gooey brownie I’d have gotten if I had spent months familiarizing myself with the players on each time. . . .
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A smooch, a wink, a single perfect long-stemmed rose, and chocolate. Never forget the chocolate.
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Cheryl D. 12.04.09 AT 12:54 PM
A smooch, a wink, a single perfect long-stemmed rose, and chocolate. Never forget the chocolate.
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thanks
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Cheryl- Your system sounds as good as kBells’. She goes by which team has the best (dare I say prettiest?) colors.
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The Army verses Navy game is this weekend. Go Navy. Beat Army.
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They are already coming. …icating is already happening. Some are helpful, some want to bring their big city with them. Interesting dynamics… more talent, ideas, money, friends, but also, more rules, taxes, crime, contention.
Change happens; God loves us all; good opportunities for ministry.
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Joe B. 12.04.09 AT 1:05 PM
The Army verses Navy game is this weekend. Go Navy. Beat Army.
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come on Army needs the win
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Did I forget the Army Navy game? No. I think you got it a week early, Joe B. it shows up as scheduled for Dec 12 on ESPN.com.
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Drill, I think my husband has been reading your advice column already.
michelle, I tried to email you with some thoughts on your questions, but can’t seem to get through. I wrote too much, of course.
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There is a virtual outdoor fire, complete with pops and cracks as well as loon sounds, for sale at a gift shop I stop into now and then. You can buy the dvd and play it anytime. I was told it is a best seller. Who knew?
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#62
Some of the many reasons not to believe in a 6-day creation.
http://www.answersincreation.org/
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#45
I send my dog out to do her duty without me. That is the best way.
However, my dog would like to register a complaint. She is the ONLY individual in the household who has to go out into the rain, the cold, the snow, the mud, etc. to go to the bathroom. Even the “evil” cats get to stay inside to do their duty.
My dog would like to point out that this is discrimination of the very worst kind.
If any other dogs would like to join her, she is ready to picket Washington DC over the matter! (At least until she gets hungry and wants petted.)
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I’m afraid that I may have to take umbrage to the “tone” I’m hearing about the Oregon State vs. U. of Oregon game.
Just what is wrong with OREGON? Hmmm? Someone may not want to meet me in a dark alley some night. LOL
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84: Drill obviously didn’t know MY wife!
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Nothing’s wrong with Oregon, TRS. It’s just that Arizona is the only PAC 10 team which has not played in the Rose Bowl. Whenever they get good, someone beats them towards the end of the season and spoils our hope. This year, it was Oregon. Had Arizona beaten Oregon, then tomorrow would be the game for them to win the PAC 10 title. As it is, they will get 2nd place at best.
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Almost got the fabled #100. Is there a prize for that? Should we establish one?
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TRS (and other dog owners), I have a question. My sister made lamb chops the other day and the dog went crazy. It was a sort of, “I’m scared” kind of crazy. He wouldn’t even go through the kitchen en route to the back door to go outside. She had to leash him to just get him to the door. Any ideas?
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Football! Isn’t that the game where overgrown men try to break each others leg? And when they do, they all kneel down and pray for him?
Must be some kind of pagan religion, no?
And there goes a few friendships.
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Conan, # 19 & 39. It wasn’t hard to find some examples. There are others. Essentially, the laws don’t apply to them.
Critics of congressional exemptions point to two other laws that they believe should apply to Congress — the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)54 does not apply to Congress, and congressional coverage under this measure would raise different issues from those posed by the application to Congress of the civil rights, labor, or other laws discussed above.55
The principal financial conflict of interest law for Federal employees, 18 U.S. Code 208, prohibits officers and employees of the executive branch from taking official governmental action on any matter in which they have any personal financial interest. Government officials are barred from participating in any matters in which they have any personal financial interest. The statute does not apply to any elected officials of the Federal Government, so Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and Federal judges are exempt.
Section 209 of 18 U.S. Code prohibits employees of the executive branch of government from receiving private compensation or salary supplementation for their government work or as payment for activities within the scope of their official governmental duties. The statute does not apply to Members of Congress, legislative branch employees, the President, Vice President, or Federal judges.
Other Federal laws do not apply to Congress, such as Title VI of the 1964 Act prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in “any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”88 Similarly, the 1975 Age Discrimination Act bans all arbitrary age distinctions in the operation of Federally assisted programs aid. The Constitution makes Congress the originator of all Federal appropriations, yet no court to date has viewed Congress as a “recipient” of Federal financial assistance subject to application of these laws.
http://www.rules.house.gov/Archives/jcoc2ai.htm
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Gents: It, sadly, IS true that some ladies are HARD cases.
One smooch and wink, however suavely done, simply won’t work with them.
So what you got to do in such cases is send up an entire defensive rapid-fire BARRAGE of smooches and winks.
It confuses and disorients them, long enough for you to get clean away.
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I like to be for the underdog. i.e. it would have been nice for Arizona to go to the Rose Bowl for the first time. Except when my side is the big dog.
I’ve lived in Idaho and Oregon my whole life.
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Bama beats Florida
Texas over Nebraska
Pitt over Cincinnati
Clemsen beats Georgia Tech
East Carolina beats Houston
USC-La 21- Arizona 14
An interesting item. I looked at my USC-Columaia annual last night. The Gamecocks, in 1956 had a 7-3 season, and didn’t get a bowl game. They played Clemson to a capacity crowd of 30,000 in Caroliana Stadium. Carolina lost that game 7-0.
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Thorn. Hi to a fellow Lion. We have one of the best clubs in Western N.C., and a good meeting today. Some of the veterans told of their experiences.
Mumsee, I hope Boise St. gets a good bowl game. They diserve it.
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Pastor Roy, I would just take your wife out to a nice (without kids) dinner. Happy Anniversary!
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#104
I’m sorry, but I have no idea. I’ve never made lamb chops.
We do roast lamb for Passover, but my dog has never shown any extra interest in it one way or another.
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hopesprings 12.04.09 AT 2:29 PM
Pastor Roy, I would just take your wife out to a nice (without kids) dinner. Happy Anniversary!
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thank you
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Pastor Roy. I would go with Cheryl’s idea in 89. You can’t go wrong with roes and chocolate. Dinner would be nice too. Happy Anniversary!
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kBells 12.04.09 AT 2:49 PM
Pastor Roy. I would go with Cheryl’s idea in 89. You can’t go wrong with roes and chocolate. Dinner would be nice too. Happy Anniversary!
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thank monday I am going to get the roses for her.
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Folks I set here an I wonder where have those 22 years gone. I only knew my wife for 3 weeks before I asked her to marry me. We were married 3 months later. An we have made it to the 22 years mark. I give God the praise for her. He knew what I need an gave me a great woman.
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I stand corrected Peter L. Go Navy. Beat Army
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#16 – Chas, anything that can be done to put restrictions on our so called representatives and make them realize that if they choose to pass something into law that they will also have to live with it (i.e. health care – you want a public option, fantastic you get that same insurance and get to go to the same medical clinics as everybody else; Cap and Tax – fantastic, you vote to increase all of our energy bills and cap the amount of mileage our salesman can drive then you just voted that you park your airplane Madame Pelosi and you get to drive to CA in a Prius and once you have gone over the capped amount of miles that my salesman can drive, park the Prius whereever you happen to be – God willing it will be in Kansas somewhere with no cell service so we don’t have to hear from you for a month; and I could keep going on and on say with Medicare – you choose to cut Medicare benefits, then fantastic Sen Byrd you are now on Medicare, good luck staying healthy).
Our representatives are not representative of the WE THE PEOPLE any longer. They represent whatever special interest group can get them elected. So anything that says to them that the live the same as us I am all for.
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I think Mickey deleted my first post on this thread, the one where I referenced blogs that are digging up tremendous stories that World is not.
If you completely lose people like me, you have little hope indeed. All I am asking for is accuracy and relevance.
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Thanks, TRS (#112).
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AMPHPOLIS: With respect; you might consider that World is a bi-weekly magazine, not a daily newspaper,yes?
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I guess I better get in my picks before I go home and forget.
‘Bama
Tex
Pitt
GTech
Houston
Ariz 21-20
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Pastor Roy – If going out for dinner is too expensive for you, try cooking her a little something at home. And set the table nicely, too.
And don’t forget the chocolate, as has been mentioned.
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And here are my picks before leaving for the weekend:
Florida
Texas
Cincy
Georgia Tech
East Carolina
USC 28 Arizona 27
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Peter L., with all due respect to both of you, my system is actually better than KBells’s. Not only do I not need to know who plays for each team, their overall record, who is injured, who plays better on artificial turf, ad nauseum, but I don’t even have to know what colors the uniforms are. I don’t have to know anything at all. I don’t even have to know who is playing whom, since you supplied the list. How much easier can it be?
(What game are they playing again? Was it polo or soccer?)
Go teams!
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Karen O – thank you. I do cook when I get home first. An chocolate, I see is a must
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Cheryl D. I think it is horse racing
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Roger 122- I think Amp is referring to the stories covered on the blog, not the magazine.
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TRS – There is a kind of dog (a Papillon, I think) who can be trained to use a litterbox.
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Yeah, my post was deleted – not my imagination – you can tell by the discontinuity in the referenced post numbers.
I have posted here since the first month of this blogs existence. I have never had a post deleted before, and there have been hundreds. I do not believe my post violated any rule. All I have done is criticized this site and compared it to others, in the hope that you would regain your old relevance in a very competitive environment that is nonetheless full of opportunity, as I demonstrated.
I am not happy.
Roger – think about it – they deleted my post. How many posts go untouched? We can discuss everything civilly, except World itself.
I expect them to do more than repeat what they read on the wire, regardless of how often they print. But they sometimes don’t even vet what they read on the wire. This blog is not bi-weekly.
I expect them to be able to take criticism. They could have waited for someone like you to defend them. No, they don’t want people redirected to more relevant sites.
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Amphipolis – What about #40? Isn’t that the one you’re referring to?
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When we goof we print corrections or let our readers take us to the woodshed
Marvin Olasky, What we stand for
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/3902
Read the whole thing. What has happened to you?
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It’s back with no comment. I don’t know if I’ll be.
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So far, no staph. I am to watch it though and come back Monday if anything changes.
A sign of the times? Too many people moving in from other places? I drove past the intermediate school and there is a sign up for Lacrosse….THIS IS ALABAMA PEOPLE!
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Ampipholos, posts with links take a while to post, always have. Did you see it posted as #1? It might have posted briefly and then gone into moderation–but whatever happened, it definitely doesn’t look like anything personal, since it’s a post with three links and those always do take a long time to go through.
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Well, I WOULD cook but both my wife and the local Fire Department are quite insistent that I NOT cook, for some reason probably related to an unfortunate incident a number of years ago involving a meat loaf explosion.
This happened because the ground beef was clearly defective although I was, as usual, blamed.
Anyway, Happy anniversary, Pastor Roy.
I have you way beat on number of years, though.
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drill how many?
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Cheryl – It was up for hours, then it was taken off as Mickey finally put a thread up on Climategate. It went back on after I complained.
I’m done now.
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Oh Drill, defective ground beef. Wow, sorry about that. That wasn’t a sneaky excuse to be invited to stay out of the kitchen in the future when cooking needed to be done, by any chance?
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Amph, that is not true, I saw your post #68 the first time you complained.
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Re the missing post: Ah. When I first came on here, another post was #1 and even made note of being number 1, so it looked to me like it probably had been there a while. Posts do get looked at because of too many links, and they do get removed if they break the rules, and possibly they do sometimes get accidentally knocked off. In all my years here, I’ve never seen one removed for criticizing WORLD, and would personally doubt this was a first. I’m sorry it disappeared for a time, though.
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A couple Thanksgivings ago, my husband set the green bean casserole on fire by forgetting it in the toaster oven.
We ate it anyway, after he removed most of the burned portion.
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KarenO is correct – #40
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First, let me say this: I have no connection to the WMB authorities/editors, EXCEPT that they occasionally (and for mysterious reasons) email me to warn me about being too creative with colorful adjectives and clinically descriptive phrases.
But, in their defense – I am pretty sure that this blog maintenance is only a relatively SMALL part of what they have to do in the globe-straddling World Magazine Publishing Empire; so they aren’t always right on top of every situation and they have some automatic firewalls and checks built in, which sometimes slows down or hiccups a given post.
Also, I don’t THINK they are really full-time investigative reporters, as it were. And so sometimes they are naturally ‘behind’ other more politically intense blogs on a given topic – and sometimes just don’t cover it. And they do have Whirled Views for those of us who are permanently aggrieved about this or that.
I like WMB. It is the only blog I post on. I have actually NEVER posted on any other blog.
I think they (the overseers of WMB) do a very credible job.
I just wish they were more flexible about adjectives, especially the really juicy, old-fashioned kind of adjectival phrases.
You know – the grand old type of adjectival phrase that brings conversation to a complete halt all over the ballroom, makes the band stop playing, and causes a stampede for the exit.
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I only post on WMB also. I used to post on others, but I don’t remember the password of the others. Fortunately, I wrote thisone down. Sometimes, for no reason at all, it kicks me off.
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Chas #16: I don’t really see the point of that amendment, but I do have suggestions for the 28th and 29th amendments:
(28): Term limits. For the House of Representatives, no one would be allowed to be elected to more than three terms in a row, and no more than 6 terms total. For the Senate, allow no more than 3 total terms.
To get this amendment passed, make it apply to none of the sitting Senators and Representatives at time of ratification. I know, double standard, but it would offer a better chance to get the amendment passed.
(29): Line-item veto for appropriations. The president should be able to veto anything that appears as a line item, meaning that he could eliminate funding at any level it appears in a bill. Line-item vetos could be overrided by a 3/4″ vote of Congress. (Vetos of full bills would still be overridden by a 2/3″ vote). And the president should be able to reduce appropriations, either selectively or across the board, with no restrictions except for notification of Congress. (This is patterned after the powers of the Alaska governor).
I have an idea for a 30th amendment as well: Eliminate gerrymandering of congressional districts.
There could be two ways to do this: Iowas’s method, where a nonpartisan board draws up the districts without regard for anything other than population equality and unity of counties and cities. Location of incumbents, political party proportions, and previous boundaries would strictly be forbidden to be considered.
Or, you could do what Ohio tried to do in a 2005 referendum (it failed to pass): Create an independent commission to create new boundaries geared toward maximum competitiveness, sort of a “reverse gerrymander.” A complex mathematical formula would be used to determine these boundaries.
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Nope, Drill. You’re wrong. The managers of WORLD blog actually do have time to keep on top of every news story in the whole universe, big or small, that could possibly be of any interest to any poster on here. They have the travel budget too. But they squander every dime, by their own choice, by taking all that money and spending it on junk food so that they can sit here and read every post any of us writes, and every word on any website any of us links to, so that they can quietly throw out any with which they disagree.
It has actually happened thousands of times these last few years; they just never got caught before.
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Karen O.,
Burn the green-bean casserole! Why didn’t I think of that?!
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Let’s test Amphi’s theory.
I find many of the threads on this blog boring. I wish they would do more breaking news as I do not visit other news blogs that much. The only thread I read and comment on daily is WV, except when it has already gotten to 100 posts before I can get to it.
There. if this one goes away, we’ll know WMB does not like to be criticized. However, it probably will be here because Marvin and crew are supporters of the First Amendment and would neve
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Oh my! Amphi is correct! They do cut off critical po
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Cheryl – You didn’t think of that cuz you’re not a professional cook, like my husband used to be. The pros (or former pros, in this case) know all the tricks!
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Peter L,
Looks like you need more sleep.
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As far as Boise State goes. Blue and Orange don’t go together.
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But then they have the smurf turf, or at least they did, don’t know if they still do.
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I, for one, would like to see Boise State play. Lou Holtz says they’re a great team. I’ve never seen them, but I have a lot of confidence in Lou.
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My kids are very happy. This is our anniversary for adoption and hubbykins birthday, and on top of all that, the kids are making butter from the cream from the milk cow that one has been milking. Excitement on the prairie tonight.
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I had a post similar to Amp’s deleted once. I criticized the link to a subject that only amounted to a two or three sentence paragraph, then posted four or five other links that gave more information…
My post wasn’t up long, but the original link stayed, lack of information not-withstanding. I thought the action taken by the moderator was a bit on the harsh side…
I suppose it’s their blog and they can do what they want…
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Congratulation Mumsee and kids and Happy birthday Mr. Mumsee.
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Boise State does still have the Blue Turf.
Actually blue and orange looks great.
You will get to see them in a BCS game.
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Amphipolis
1. It might be a mistake. It’s not like them to just delete. Maybe they couldn’t get it back and thought you might just repost.
2. Do you go to any other sites and demand they write articles on certain things?
(Even so, I don’t think they would delete for that. Others have demanded they talk about certain things and they didn’t get deleted.)
3. Does every news media cover everything? And if they do, this isn’t as big as a large media co. so how can they cover everything that everyone wants them to cover?
4. Can’t you just repost the links?
If you go to the home page of World Mag., they post a lot of different articles–some from the AP.
Just wondering.
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DRILL
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month
Our daughter has been doing this for about 3 years.
It’s for all ages.
The kids get together on weekends and write and encourage each other to write, and the older people get together and write and encourage each other to write.
The goal is to write a certain number of words for the month. You download your words to the site each day. (Your words cannot be read by anyone else.) It’s all about getting people to write.
They don’t care what you write. Just write.
You have lots of words. Just thought it might be your thing.
They also do the same for writing scripts–different month.
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Hey, Christians, we need more of you at:
http://online.worldmag.com/2009/12/04/christmas-is-coming-and-atheists-are-at-it-again/
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For all you conspiracy theorists out there … here’s a snippet from our Website Help page:
You can find a lot of helpful info there and on our Website Policies page.
Now back to your regularly scheduled Whirled Views discussion …
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Thanks, KBells!
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Mumsee – Those kids are so blessed. I wish I could grow up on your farmlette (as you’ve called it). But alas, I’m all growed up.
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Thanks, WMB EDITOR, but my still aren’t showing up!
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