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A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.
February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...
February 15th 2010
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America has an Empire Problem

At its height, the Roman Empire had 47 major military bases scattered throughout the lands under its control. When the British were running their empire, they had 36 bases. What happened to these empires? The cost of maintaining them bankrupted them. They were unsustainable. We don't like to call ourselves an empire, ...
November 4th 2009
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Another Way Social Security is a Ripoff

My wife and I aren't counting on receiving Social Security checks when we hit retirement age. I think most realistic people my age have looked at the evidence and drawn the exact same conclusion. This is a program that is unsustainable. As former U.S. comptroller general David Walker points out, it ...
August 25th 2009
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3/4 of Economy to be Debt by 2019

AP: White House projects bigger deficits, bigger debt We've had several friends have one of those late in the game surprise babies. Now, I could've told you that if A and B do C, then the result will be X (or XX/XY). This story reminds me of that very same thing. Yet, what ...
April 2nd 2009
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The Raw Story | Police ‘fusion’ centers criticized for tracking Ron Paul, Barr, McKinney supporters

The Raw Story | Police 'fusion' centers criticized for tracking Ron Paul, Barr, McKinney supporters. Scary. Yet another sign that we live in a police state. With all of my blogging on Ron Paul during the campaigns, I'm sure my name is in a database somewhere on a watchlist. Are you a ...
March 4th 2009
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Ron Paul and David Shuster Discuss Rush Limbaugh’s Role in the GOP

Best comment posted on this YouTube video: "want an example of an adult talking to an adolescent? Watch this clip." I started to watch this and after 30 seconds or so, I started to turn it off because this whole attack Rush Limbaugh thing is nothing more than a sideshow. The ...
February 14th 2009
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What If?

What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others? What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel? What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan – and ...
February 6th 2009
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Stimulus – Part 2

Apparently, the New York Times' editors think the stimulus isn't big enough: Mr. Obama had it exactly right on Thursday when he warned against reducing “the scale and the scope” of the economic measure. If anything, the government should be more ambitious in its spending on economic stimulus, recovery and growth. Peter ...
January 21st 2009
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Met the New Boss Yesterday, And…

We showed the inauguration to the boys at work, so I had to watch it, record it, edit it down to the highlights and then show it again. The Daily Show did a brilliant piece where Jon Stewart highlighted how the rhetoric of Obama's address was virtually the same as ...
September 10th 2008
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Don’t Waste Your Vote

Ron Paul weighed in on the election today. It wasn't the third party run that I'd hoped for, but he makes a great argument for not wasting your vote this time around: The American Majority The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps of the Right ...

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trying to follow Christ, husband of Jamie, father of Anna, a senior designer who does web and print work, an alumnus of the University of Alabama, interested in the emerging church, a Mac fan, a Camp Sumatanga junkie, a program coordinator for high school camps in the United Methodist Church, a music snob, a budding oenophile, too busy to update his resume/portfolio, debt-free*, a geek

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February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...
February 15th 2010
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America has an Empire Problem

At its height, the Roman Empire had 47 major military bases scattered throughout the lands under its control. When the British were running their empire, they had 36 bases. What happened to these empires? The cost of maintaining them bankrupted them. They were unsustainable. We don't like to call ourselves an empire, ...
February 13th 2010
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Critical Success, Commercial Failure – Cops: Sumatanga

For the last few years, I've come up with a camp rules video for Summer camps. After a couple of years of milking the Turkey Vulture video (part two was never uploaded, I need to find that one), we stole a concept from another camp and went crazy with it. I ...
January 28th 2010
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Delusional Alabama Fans

From August 2007 MSNBC.com article Alabama gaga over overrated Saban: Crimson Tide pinning national title dreams on good — not great — coach by By Cary Estes The Crimson Tide went 6-7 last season and has not won a national championship in 15 years. Yet a number of Alabama fans truly ...
January 27th 2010
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A Landmark Day in Technology?

I love how some people are mocking the Apple tablet buildup, point out that Microsoft has had tablets out for years. Yes, and there were mp3 players before the iPod, but which one is considering the ultimate version of the technology that caused it to take root? And there were smartphones before ...

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