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Here are some things I believe:
I believe that all animals will be restored, including dinosaurs, in the new heaven and new earth.
I believe Jesus is God.
I believe marriage is between a man and woman.
I believe America is a great country.
I believe the rapture will happen soon.
I believe in a literal heaven and hell.

What are some statements that you believe? 

Psalms 25:9-11
Family: Vacation
Word of the Day: remonstrate
There is fierce remonstration in Washington about our debt ceiling.

Quote: The insurgent leader...  does not attempt to deceive us. He affords no excuse to deceive ourselves.  Abraham Lincoln

There is an attempt to instill fear concerning the debate over the debt ceiling.  President Obama said he could not guarantee Social Security benefits for recipients if the debt ceiling is not extended.  That is a lie.  Benefits are not considered debt. 

What happens when leaders use fear to get their political way?

Family: Vacation
Psalms: 25:8

We're having fun just getting away.   We didn't go far from home this year for vacation.  We're headed to Sioux Falls today: Chucky Cheese, movie and swimming.

When you go on vacation how far do you travel?
What is your favorite eating place?
What is your favorite fun thing to do?

Family

 We're back from a week of camping at the lake.  It was great.  The mornings were so peaceful.  The sound of the rushing water from the dam was incredible.  We're headed out tomorrow for a few more days away.

I had a dream several years ago that I'm still affected by.  The dream started out on a grassy sloop.  I was there relaxing with many of my family and friends.  Next to the grassy area was a prison.  I saw a bus speeding down the road below the grassy area.  I watched the bus crash into the gates of the prison.  As I watched this I felt entertained.  I enjoyed this scenario.  But the longer I watched it I discovered that the bus was crashing into the gates of the prison in order to allow inmates to escape.  My little grassy area was disrupted.  I ran as fast as I could and found myself in dark places of a city.  I wandered around until I felt the need to go back to my little grassy area.  When I did I found a lot of my friends and family wounded. I woke up.  The message that came so loud and clear to me is that I was not to view tragedy as entertainment from the comfort of my recliner.  This morning I obviously thought of this dream (as I do many days).  I asked myself if I viewed Casey Anthony's case as entertainment and have I prayed for her and her family.  My answer was not to the level I wanted it to be.

So....
Do you view tragedies on TV as entertainment or do you do something about it?

Family Feud Question: Name a type of tragedy.

Family: Vacation
Psalms 25:4-7 Teach me
Word of the Day:trig
The USS Kitty Hawk was trig, just before going into a inspection.

Amazing Fact: God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day, so that Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!  

I was at a training meeting yesterday.  In that meeting the speaker said that the worse person to have on your team is a person with a "cause".  He went onto explain that a person with a cause will think of nothing else except the mission he/she is on.  I immediately thought of Beth Holloway.  She was on a one way course and that was justice for her daughter.  I suppose that wasn't wrong but it appears to have cost her her family.  I also thought of those that their "cause" is to make abortion illegal.  They throw love out the window in their pursuit of their cause. 

Family Feud Question: Name a cause people pursue.

What do you think about a "cause"?

Atlantis has blasted off on the shuttle's final mission.  After this shuttle mission if Americans want to go or come back from the space station we'll have to catch a ride with the soviets.  I'm always shocked when I watch a Russian rocket return to earth.  It's a small capsule which lands in the dessert as people in vehicles race to where it lands. 

What would you like NASA's future to be?

Psalms 25:2,3
Family: SF
Quote for the Day: Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil

Family Feud Question:  When a lady goes on a shopping spree, what does she buy?

US Unemployment Rate Hits 9.2 Percent.  It was very disappointing news.  What did Obama say about it?  At the White House, Obama cited five "headwinds" that have slowed job growth:
1. a string of natural disasters across the globe,
2. higher gas prices, state 
3. local budget cuts,
4. fiscal problems in Greece and the Euro zone,
5. concern about whether the government will default over failure to raise the debt ceiling  (CBS - Bob Schieffer disagrees with the President on this issue)

Then .... blame 

I was interested in what President Hoover said during the Great Depression.  I was surprised to see that the same argument was waged then as it is today.  Here is a segment of Hoover's Rugged Individual's speech:  "To a large degree, we regimented our whole people temporally into a socialistic state. However justified in war time, if continued in peace-time it would destroy not only our American system but with it our progress and freedom as well." 

What would you like our President to say during these hard economic times? 

Maybe it's time for America to get a professional jury pool.  Right now when there is a trial a jury has to be rounded up among the community. Their lives are disrupted and many try to get out of it.  My suggestion is to seek out people from communities that want to be on a jury. Those people would go through extensive training and become certified to sit on a jury. 

Thoughts? Should America go towards a professional jury?

Word of the Day: Adumbrate
The media adumbrated the justice system and caused a faulty verdict.
Psalms 25:1
Family: 318

Family Feud Question: Places to Go on A First Date

All seriousness set aside. I'm in the mood for funny. 

911 calls

Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency?

Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner.

Dispatcher: Do you have an address?

Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?

Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency?

Caller: My wife is hurt. 

Dispatcher: What is your address?

Caller: 1825 Eucalyptus Drive

Dispatcher:  Could you spell that?

Caller:  I'll just drag her to 18th street and you can pick her up there.  

OK, You're turn: What's a funny thing that's happened to you, funny joke or story.


Family Feud Question: 5) Name Something a Customer Might do to Annoy a Waitress