DISQUS

Dang, I didn't make your list of Twits that are smarter than you. Well, there is my New Year's Resolution.

You forgot to mention step Three:

14 hour RV trip to the great State of Arkansas with 4 children under age 4 to see you in-laws. Jealous yet?

Nerd!

All the pictures are Jon Bon Good!

Thanks bro. Much better than posting pictures of me picking my nose.

Hyperbole, my friend.... you know like saying Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a governor

The point was community organizing does not necessarily speak to a man's character.

@Matt,

Frankly, I don't know. I don't assume it was because He is such a good person. Maybe he couldn't handle corporate law, maybe he knew that working with his friend Mr. Ayers, in the long run had a better chance of getting him elected to a place in the State of Federal Senate? I don't presume to know the answer to it. I just don understand why corporate law firms are seen as evil or at least less of a service than community organization. Not to mention, we don't know really what he did while working in South Chicago, Where are the records?

Again,My point is that what Obama hasn't done,i.e join a big corporate law firm, doesn't seem to me like presidential qualifications.

Osama Bin Laden Is a rich man too, yet he does a lot of "community organizing", does that speak to his character?

Now that's tongue in cheek of course. I am not comparing Obama and Osama, but being a "community organizer" doesn't directly relate to the character of a man.

"And as Jo said, that experience speaks more to his character that he would choose that job rather than a higher paying corporate job."

This is the only candidate I have ever known, in my short voting life, that has used jobs he didn't do as part of his experience. We project upon the candidate that it was about his character that he took a community organizing job, but there could be several reasons he did it.

And if we use that argument for his character then, why not now? Would it not speak more to his character now to go back to being a community organizer than President of the United States.

If he did it once maybe will get lucky and he will do it again.

Sheer Genius! I am glad we are related.

I tried to top my wife's slogan, but can't do it. I'll try...

Knoxville

The great city of the almost

Let that Gideon kid stay up all night, give him some sugar, and put on some dance music.... You'll have plenty of entertainment there... You also did not mention Cops.

Why does he not ask the same pastor to pray for his healing. Problem Solved...and what about the verses that talk about Christians not suing Christians.

God's grace is abounding in you Katie!

Katie,

I know how you feel. Gideon was telling me the history behind the ratification of the Constitution. I kept thinking he was saying "atification" which isn't even an word. We both had a good laugh.

Sweet. This is a great alternative to the "Thug Life" tatt Gideon wanted. I think they've got another market for this that they might be ignoring. What about college students. Not all of them, but the college types that like to play Rugby. I know many that would have used these

Touche, big brother. This does not however deter me. In fact it motivates me. If anyone knows our family and me for that matter they will know that these pictures did capture priceless family moments and that I need no help publishing my idiocy to the word. I take it with me where ever I go.

Yeah, the pictures nice (okay awesome0, but where's the album...

The more important question.. What were you doing watching the "Today Show"? I am guessing you were drinking your "coffee", too.

Coffee is out.. I hear Green Tea Chai Latte Frappacino Soy is in. Welcome to the party

Because in this post-modern world, everybody wants to be heard and through blogs everybody can be heard.

3 reasons it bothers people that you quit your job:

1. You point out the problems at work and are willing to do something about it

2. You are brave enough to do what they won't do.

3. You now make them realize that they can do something about it, but that are too scared to

Plus, as a regular reader of this blog, I am surprised how this one has hit such a cord with people.

Micah,
I think the incarnation speaks volumes about capital punishment. After all, isn't that what our incarnate God "set his face like flint" to accomplish, (i.e. death by capital punishment, i.e. salvation by capital punishment)?

In Matthew 5, I think Christ is talking to individuals about how they should deal with anger, not governments and about how they should restrain evil and protect their citizens. I don't think Bern's use of the word anger is appropriate because that word can mean many things to many people. Mainly, because people view anger as an emotional response, not one of rational. I would, however, agree with him that you can not have mercy, Bern's word is "caring", without judgment. Having mercy, in the first place, on someone implies that they have done something wrong that warrents your mercy. So if you are going to throw out an arguement for judgement, you are going to have to throw out the idea of mercy as well.

Also, I think that their are differences between what the Bible calls us to do as individuals and what it calls us to do in certain roles that we are to play. For example, I believe that I am called to turn the other cheek, and I will, but it also calls for me to protect my family. If someone strikes me, I will turn the other cheek. If someone strikes my wife, I will defend her. I don't think either of those two actions are anti-Christian.

Likewise, what we are asked to do as Christians and what role the government plays are different. Romans 13 I think would be a good example of that.

Okay, enough for today. Hope you are doing well in Middle TN. Tell the family we all said "hello" and if you see Keith Urban, or Tim McGraw tell them I said "hi".

Sadcox,
You have a job so the government can take a large part of the money you make. Give you back a little every once and awhile and look like the good guys.

It kind of reminds me of people who play the lottery. The maybe down thousands of dollars over a lifetime, but they still get excited when they win a 600 dollar scratch off ticket..

Jo Ellen,
I think you might have just hit the nail on the head, and in case that term is too "manly", i.e. not Christ-like, let me say that you have "warmed the baby formula to its perfect temperature". Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Anyway, avoiding all the many minefields throw out there by this thread and trying to get to back to the original poin, I think you have illustrated for us what democrats mean by change. For example, to quote you:

"I don’t know what change means to democrats, besides change in the way we are fighting this war, change in the way we do health care, change in the way we educate our children. All of this, I suspect, is what all candidates lay out when they talk about policy plans."

The, dare I say, genius of the Democratic nominees are that the way the use the word "change" allows their supporters to infer whatever they want. The above quotes from the candidates aren't talking about "policy" change, just "change." You, Jo Ellan, suspect that it means one thing while another supporter can suspect it means something totally different. It is a veritable buffet. So, if you are a teacher, change can mean more money for you, if you are a environmentalist, change can mean more restrictions on corporations, for PETA, change means legislative vegetarianism. Whatever you want someone to change, that's what it means right now. I suspect they use the term so loosely so that they can get the most support for it.

I am sure that once a nominee is named we will see in more detail what they mean by change and I suspect too that it will mean all the things you think it means, Jo Ellen.

As for all the other things in this thread all I can say is "Wow!"

It is the same thing most Democrats and even some Republicans do, they try and take a neutral term and turn it into a virtue. Take for example the word "choice." For years many have been trying to prop that term up as a blessed freedom and liberty, but choice is not a virtue in and of itself. It is the choice that you make that is either virtuous or destructive, not your ability to choose. So goes with "change."