Taking a break from commentary on the great “Out There” ; just a few asides about me.
I have been busy the past couple days with the funeral and wake of someone I cared alot about, but someone whom I’ve not had much contact with in recent years. She gave meaning to the idea of what [...]
Entries from July 30th, 2005
Glimpses Through The Wall
July 30th, 2005 · Comments Off · facts-of-life
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I Hope My Prayers Are Answered
July 27th, 2005 · Comments Off · Christian
because this is what I believe is the real answer to our world. Everyday I pass hooded Muslim women in my community and I pray for a way to get the gospel to them in the harmless way of Jesus. Atlas Shrugs had this link and I saw this little section:To The Point – Join [...]
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Two From Southern Appeal
July 27th, 2005 · Comments Off · Contemporaries
From the page of Southern Appeal
Anglosphere post of the day: Today’s Daily Telegraph editorial page sets out “Ten core values of the British identity.” Here’s the Cliff Notes version:
I. The rule of law.
II. The sovereignty of the Crown in Parliament.
III. The pluralist state.
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Yes, We Can Expect Muslims to Exert Self-Control
July 27th, 2005 · 8 Comments · Commentary
In today’s debate over the responsibility of Muslims to rein in their excesses and terrorist activities, one writer posted some thoughts and questions.
In my particular stream of Christian experience there is a principle called “rightly dividing the Word” which usually concerns Bible study, but is a form of critical thinking that is applicable to thinking [...]
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From the Pages of History
July 25th, 2005 · Comments Off · Character, CountItJoy
You probably couldn’t tell from my blog, but I have a love of history. I had many enjoyable hours looking into the history of my area, especially, and researching some things about the original Indian tribes.
In the Northwestern part of Ohio were the Wyandot. Ohio isn’t sliced up with nice neat boundaries concerning the [...]
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Chest Thumpers Need Not Apply
July 25th, 2005 · Comments Off · politics
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah’s Military Guys.. has a response on the ‘Nuke Mecca’ idea. I really think the gung-ho hawks should read this. The problem with high-falutin’ rhetoric is sometimes that style trumps the substance.
But this writer, John, has the substance and I believe people ought to think about what he has [...]
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Quick Overview of the World
July 24th, 2005 · Comments Off · Culture, fragments
This is to touch on points observed from today, with a tongue in cheek title that says what we bloggers are trying to do every day….
The list:
I read the Thomas Friedman opinion article for today,”Giving the Hatemongers No Place to Hide”. It concerned me because buried in the middle was much the same language that [...]
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Upping the Ante
July 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off · politics
Northeast Intelligence Network
Sean Osborne, Military Affairs and Senior Analyst
MANPADS IN AMERICA: UPDATE
Sean Osborne
Military Affairs and Senior Analyst
The Northeast Intelligence Network
Friday 22 July 2005
The following report has been corroborated by a high ranking US military source. This report states in essence that a USAF B1-B Lancer, a long-range strategic bomber, was targeted for shoot down by [...]
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Just Directing Attention
July 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off · Who Knows
I have been making gradual changes to the blog. I now have a search to my favored Bible lookup site, it is what I use to find references and paste scriptures into the posts. Great resource.
I have the miniblog for short items that you might want to read, but I won’t be commenting upon.
The blogrolls [...]
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Moderating Muslims
July 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Commentary
Hootsbuddy’s Place: More Muslims against extremism has some of the report on what is happening in the Muslim world in response to some of the issues addressed in my blog, so I thought this would be of great interest to readers.
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