Category Archives: politics

A Narrow Escape :)

Jury Duty. Yes, I was summoned for jury duty for the first time in my life. No, I did not have to report to the courthouse. I decided to skip the postponement option for two reasons. First, if selected, it … Continue reading

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Beginning Our Employed Life

As you can probably tell from the lack of blog posts recently, Stephen and I had our first week of work last week. We were so excited to start, but what a week we had! Crossroad held evangelistic services Sunday … Continue reading

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Slashdot consensus opposes Cleanflix decision

I was pretty surprised to read an article on Slashdot today claiming that a relative consensus of their readers (who are generally unlikely to share my political and cultural sensibilities) essentially share my take on the Cleanflix decision from the … Continue reading

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Evangelicals for Mitt?

Interesting. I’ll have to think about this one for a while, but they make some good points regarding what the media is portraying as inevitable evangelical resistance to a Mormon presidential candidate. Yes, Gov. Romney is a Mormon. We are … Continue reading

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Insurgents: “Thanks for the idea”

Several major Iraqi Sunni insurgent groups recently offered an immediate halt to all attacks against Coalition forces IF the U.S. agrees to a timetable that would result in all foreign troops leaving Iraq by 2008. Sound like anyone else you’ve … Continue reading

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I keep all my cash in the freezer. Why? Don’t you?

Memo to Democrats who plan to spend the 2006 election cycle pinning the “culture of corruption” label on their GOP opponents: Good luck. (Thanks to Tim Joiner for the link.)

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Top 10 U.N. Slogans

It’s been around for a while now, but these are hilarious.

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McCain at Liberty

Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain’s commencement speech at Liberty University was pretty good—certainly better than anyone who was around during the 2000 election primaries would have had any reason to guess at the time.

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More on the “gas crisis”

Still at the airport . . . but I came across another great article related to my post from the other day. David Cloud, although just a high school economics teacher (in Pendleton, Indiana—only about 20 mi. from my hometown) … Continue reading

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Economics 101 and the “gas crisis”

It would be nice to think that those we elect to public office have the basic competence and knowledge to make informed decisions. Unfortunately it’s increasingly obvious that’s not always the case, as the uproar over gas prices indicates. Hard … Continue reading

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