The Biden-Palin VP debate…no way Biden can win

I am going to be supporting the McCain / Palin ticket come November.  Make no mistake.

But I actually pity Joe Biden.  There’s no way he’s going to come out a winner in his anticipated debate with Sarah Palin.

She’s not expected to do well.  I hope she does.  But she’s not expected to.

So if Biden wins the debate, it’s not that big of a deal…he was supposed to.

If he attacks her in the debate, he’s a bully.

If he gets his head handed to him in the debate, he will have “lost to a girl”.

Poor Senator Biden.  I wonder how much sleep he and his team will be getting between now and the scheduled debate on Thursday, October 2nd in St. Louis (Washington University).

Stocks plummet on news of Obama nomination

As of the writing of this post, the Dow is down over 150 points.

The electorate of this country is smart enough to figure it out…if Obama is elected, our taxes will go up.  If taxes go up, I’ll have less in my pocket to spend.

Obama / Biden is democratic business as usual…tax and spend.  Not convinced?  Well, go back and listen to Obama’s speech of 8.28.08.  How do you suppose he intends to pay for all of that rhetoric?

VOTE McCAIN / PALIN IN 2008!

Initial comparison of the presidential tickets

Obama says it’s time for change and that he will “fix” Washington.  This is an interesting statement given that he’s not been able to make any positive change whatsoever in Chicago or his home state of Illinois.  But let’s give him the benefit of the doubt.  How does he prove he’s sincere in his desire to bring about change?  He chooses Washington “fixture” and  35-year veteran of the Senate Joe Biden.  Good move (tongue in cheek).  And in the “class” department, on a night when Obama blasts McCain as someone who just doesn’t “get it”, McCain spends a portion of his campaign money to put a commercial on television congratulating Obama on his party’s nomination.

McCain chooses Sarah Palin for his running mate.  She’s certainly not a carbon-copy of McCain!  This is truly a balanced ticket!  Palin compliments the McCain presidency…..she doesn’t re-state it.  Youth, conservative values, pro-2nd amendment, pro-family and NOT a Washington insider.  You’re going to hear a lot about her lack of experience.  But keep in mind she already has MORE experience in executive political leadership than Obama and Biden combined.

This is a perfect choice for McCain.  Personally, I needed him to do something like this in order to earn my vote.  Anyone else?

Sarah Palin for GOP VP!!!

She hunts.  She fishes.  She’s a life-long member of the NRA.  She’s a former sports reporter.  She’s young (in a McCain sort of comparison).  She has a record of being pro-traditional-family values.  She is pro-life.  She is thoroughly a conservative.  AND SHE HAS MORE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPERIENCE THAN OBAMA AND BIDEN COMBINED (THROW HILLARY IN THERE TOO, IF YOU WANT).

She would be the much needed right-leaning ”yin” to McCain’s middle-of-the-road “yang”.

Works for me!

Check out this post by jonolan….much more detail about the legitimacy of a McCain / Palin ticket.

Economy on the rebound

You won’t hear this on the Obama-enamored CNN station / web site, but our economy saw a more than modest jump in the 2nd quarter…………NOT as a result of the Democratic national convention, mind you.

My prediction:  we will hear about another big jump in the economy shortly after the Republican national convention IF McCain doesn’t pull a “Biden” with his VP choice.

Biden for veep? Really? ROFL!

That noise you hear is jaw of the last person who believed that Obama was intelligent hitting the floor.

The only thing that might trump the stupidity of Obama’s choice for a running mate would be the McCain strategery of choosing independent (yeah, right) Joe Lieberman as his VP.  Yeah…I couldn’t believe it when I read it either.

All of this AND the Cubs will be in the playoffs.

Somewhere Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins are outlining a new end-times thriller based on actual events!

A discipleship lesson from Harrison Ford

 

 

 

I was watching Harrison Ford in the movie “Clear and Present Danger” recently.  Toward the end of the movie his character, Jack Ryan, was duking it out with a bad guy.  The bad guy had a gun while Ford’s character was unarmed.  As I’m watching I think to myself, “Why doesn’t he just take out that laser-pistol-thingy or the whip he used in his other movies?”

The answer is obvious:  the character Jack Ryan can’t use the weapon that Han Solo used in “Star Wars”.  Nor can he use the weapon that Indy wielded in the “Raiders of The Lost Ark” movies.  That’s just silly.

So here’s the lesson.  A believer can no more fight with the weapons of this world (his/her former way of life) than Jack Ryan can fight with Han Solo’s or Indiana Jones’ weapons.  It’s just silly….preposterous!

Believers are to think, act, behave, react, and engage their culture very differently than non-believers.  We can’t do it now the way we might have done it then.  Before I knew The Lord I would fly off the handle, yell, scream, and throw a tantrum to get my point across.  But now that I’m His disciple I am learning that I need to be meek (have power that’s under control), sympathetic, empathetic, compassionate, and merciful.

According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, I’m new.  Old things have passed away and all things have become new.  My battle is not with flesh and blood (i.e. people are not my enemy).  Sin is my enemy.  I couldn’t fight sin with the “weapons” of my old lifestyle.  But now that I’m a new creation in Him, I have new weapons that are more than adequate for the job.  Get it?

While it might have been cool to see Jack Ryan fight with a laser-pistol thingy or a whip, it would have been completely out of character.  And a believer can’t fight with the world’s weapons if he/she wants to display the character of Christ.

Obama and abortion

Obama was asked about his views on abortion at the Saddleback summit this past weekend.  When questioned by Pastor Rick Warren about this hot-button topic, Obama said that we needed to work to reduce the number of abortions.  Why?

This is the same candidate who said that he will work vigorously to see that Roe v. Wade is not reversed.  He said that a woman should have the right to end her unborn child’s life at any point during pregnancy.  He calls abortion a form of “reproductive health care”.

So which is it, Senator?  Is abortion bad or is it good? Is it right or is it wrong?  If killing an unborn child is a woman’s “right” and, in your published opinion, acceptable “health care”, then why do we need to reduce the number of them performed?

You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth and are on the verge of lock jaw.

Is there a doctor in the house?

It was a great week to know the Foeller family if you are in the medical biz!

Cheryl had a cyst removed from her eyeball on Monday.  After two failed attempts to drain the cyst, it had to be surgically removed.  This involved….graphic depiction coming….a sedative injection directly into her eyeball.  She’s quite the trooper, however.  She returned to work immediately after.  She’s way tougher than I.

Not to be outdone, Alex had a hernia repaired.  We knew that he was going to have to go and have this done at some point.  He’s had the hernia since birth.  But it had been bothering him as of late.  The trick was getting it scheduled.  Between 2 week-long mission trips, family vacation, drum major camp, and two weeks of band camp, it was hard to find time for his surgery.  But he went in yesterday at 11:30 and we walked out at 3:30.  That’s not too bad.  He’s doing very well.

On a related note, I’m still awaiting word on my brain and personality transplants.

Wonderful day in worship August 10th

We had a great day at Anna First Baptist yesterday.  The weather was spectacular, the spirit among God’s people was amazing, the worship was tremendous, and we had the privilege of encouraging 5 disciples as they were baptized.

I just had to share these pictures.  This is my new sister-in-the-faith, Jordyn.  These two pictures show a study in contrasts, do they not?  The first could be captioned, “What’s this ogre of a pastor about to do to me?”  The second, “I’m glad I did this, and I’m REALLY glad it’s over!”  Enjoy a joyous Monday.