The sad state of affairs of many of the conservative Christians here in America

Check out these two videos and pay attention to the anti-Obama woman who yells "Heil Hitler" at this Jewish man at a town hall event in Las Vegas. Check out how over the top rude she is. Note that as the video goes along others physically back her up, defending her from the Jewish man she offended.



Now watch this video of that woman earlier as she explains a little more about why she is there at this town hall event.



She believes in Biblical values? What a disgrace! She makes a mockery of Jesus by her rudeness.

Unfortunately, she is not alone. Double unfortunately, she'll probably be showcased on FOX News tomorrow as one of their new experts on healthcare.

Obama and apocalyptic scenarios of America's future

I have this friend on facebook, Shane McKenna, he’s one of those birther, tea party, Patrick Henry Caucus types. We banter back and forth a bit in the comments sections of his posts. Anyway, I posted this little scenario in one of his posts to try to humorously describe what I feel he is basically doing. Here’s what I wrote:

This morning my sink was clogged, and as I sat there thinking about what I'm going to do to fix it, I asked myself "What would Shane do?" Hmmm...

First, he'd blame Obama for clogged sinks. Not just his own sink, but for all clogged sinks everywhere.

Then he'd go post about it on facebook. Whipping up into a spiteful froth all his new friends to also blame Obama for all the wasted sinks out there, and all the money wasted on repairing them.

Then he'd go get a bottle of Liquid Drano, pore it down the sink’s drain, and wait 15 minutes.

Then he, and all his new friends, would declare victory over Obama. A small victory, but a significant one.

This apparently really got his creative writing muse going, and he responded with a story of his own, posted both stories together in a separate note to say that my story inspired his. It paints a dark picture of our country’s future with Obama. Check it out and let me know what you think. (BTW, as an editor, I made a few spelling corrections.)

It had been a rough night, I thought as I awoke. I rolled over in the cramped space of our tent, my memory took me back to those leisure days in our modest yet comfortable home just one year ago. The only reason I sleep these days is from the sheer exhaustion, of labor and worry. No time to bemoan the present circumstance, I must get moving if I am going to make it into line for morning rations. Enough food for my wife and kids to get through the day. I won't take any food till the feeding break in the labor house.

The number of tents seem to grow each day, some are here to stay for a while, but most won't find their skills useful here and will move on in a few days. As I make my way to the wash station, others are starting to rouse out of their tents as well. You don't have time to doddle, if you want to get washed up and get some food, but still, many waste away with despair, and the harsh new realities of life. You just can't let your mind go there, you have to focus on being efficient, and prompt, or you go without.

People are crowded around the sinks, but no one is washing...there clogged again. The sinks constantly get clogged, and the travelers observed that sinks in all the camps get frequently clogged as well. Not that I have a lot of time to think about clogged sinks (except when I am ordered to clean out the drains), but this is happening all over. I understand the obvious cause, the pressed food that they give us expands rapidly in water. The cracker like food is disgusting, but they claim that it contains all the nutrition required. Frankly, I doubt that, but it is all we get, so we choke down every scrap. I noticed that if you have a few crumbs in a cup, and put water in the cup, the bits of cracker will expand to about 5 times their original size. I suspect the hydrophilic action was developed to make our bellies feel full, without actually using much food. The few times I have been assigned to take the drains apart a heavy gelatinous sludge is what the scant leftovers turn into.

I don't have time to ponder the sinks right now, I have to get in the food line early if my family is going to eat today. Once in line, I determine to ask the camp steward, for a rinsing station, that way the problem of the sinks will be solved. Why can't we just have a hose at the edge of the concrete pad, then our dishes could be rinsed off before washing, I inquired. The steward, a tall man in the familiar brown shirts, and jackboots, did not acknowledge my request, he just watched the progress of the line. His assistant, a suspiciously portly woman, sneered with disdain, and quipped sharply her reply, “if you scum would brush off your dishes, the food would not plug the drains. The crumbs must be brushed into the trash, if we rinsed them into an open drain field we would have a bacteria problem, she continued.

Bacteria problem? That statement puzzled me, what sort of bacteria problem could be cause by a few crumbs of soy, and algae crackers? I've got to learn to keep my mouth shut, I thought to myself, questioning the stewards is what got me put into behavior modification classes. It's not enough that we work 10 to 14 hours everyday, but I have to listen to Thomas spout the party line everyday at mealtime. I bet the steward will have him castigate me today, and Thomas will be more than willing to regurgitate Obama's Imperial decrees. I am already dreading his pontifications, I don't know which is harder to choke down, the Obama propaganda, or the soylent green.

Honestly, what do you think of this apocalyptic scenario? And do you think I’d make a good “party line” kind of guy, regurgitating “Obama's Imperial decrees”, castigating “students” of my “behavior modification classes” during their mealtimes? Or are you like me and think this stuff is just total comedy?

Note: It occurs to me that not everyone reading this will catch his movie tie-in. Soylent Green, made in the early 70’s was a futuristic dystopian film in which old people are voluntarily euthanasized, and their bodies are then processed into a food for the common people called soylent green. Hence you have the famous movie line by Charlton Heston, "Soylent Green is people!"

Obama’s speech in Cairo

It is well worth your time to watch.

Anti-abortion rhetoric and murder

Bagley says it best.

This time made it into the Salt Lake Tribune

My Letter to the Editor in the Sunday Edition of Salt Lake Tribune:

Trading tyrannies
As I read about the new Patrick Henry Caucus and its push to reclaim state rights ("Crowd cheers state rights," Tribune , May 21), I confess that I find the "liberty" they are preaching doesn't sound very liberating to me.
Trading in a federal tyranny for a state tyranny doesn't sound like a good trade, especially since the state's tyranny has proven itself to be less inclined to protect the rights of minorities.
Thomas Rasmussen
Eagle Mountain

Another 'letter to the editor' in my local Daily Herald

The Daily Herald put in another one of my letters. Another one of life’s little victories. :^)

Following Huntsman
Governor Huntsman is popular, I think, because he makes people feel included, even when they disagreed with him, and people can see how he represents them.
But Governor Herbert concerns me. I'm tired of politicians with polarizing ideologies that condemn those with other points of view, making them feel like they have been declared enemies of God. I hope Herbert will imitate Huntsman's understanding and pragmatism, and not be just another right-wing ideologue.
• Thomas Rasmussen, Eagle Mountain

Highlights from Obama’s speech at Notre Dame

I agree.

One of my ‘letters to the editor’ in the local paper today

Cool man! I am again a published author. :^)

The Daily Herald published my 'letter to the editor' regarding Rep. Chaffetz’s letter to president Obama.

Congressman is naive

It amazes me how naive Chaffetz is in his letter to President Obama. He makes Guantanamo detention center sound like a resort destination. Afghanis who might be reading this letter might actually be encouraged to go out and commit war crimes just so they can get a free one-way ticket to sunny Guantanamo Bay.
Thomas E. Rasmussen, Eagle Mountain

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Obama nuts and the rhetoric of violence

The things that people believe sometimes... just amazing! I'm speechless, so I'll just post a couple of videos that I've found, a little from Alan Keyes and a report from the Daily Show, and let you enjoy. No, wait, I do have something to say. It's true these guys have freedom of speech, and that's one of the things that makes this nation great, but... do they have the right to promote violence? Because that's what the rhetoric being used here is about - violence. I mean they're talking about Obama being "Hitler", or the "Anti-Christ", infanticide, he's an abomination, he's going to destroy the nation, civil war, he's illegitimate, a usurper of the presidency. This is the kind of rhetoric that makes mentally unstable people do bad things. Think about that guy, Jim Adkisson, who was just sentenced to life for going on a shooting rampage in a "liberal" church out in Tennessee last July, and read what he wrote just before he went on his killing spree (HT: crooksandliars). Think about it, this is disturbing stuff, with this kind of talk going round violence is just around the corner.

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Israel & Palestine: 'Is Peace Out Of Reach?'

CBS's 60 Minutes actually put together a really good segment the other day on some of the inner mechanics of the current Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Here's a link to the segment: Is Peace Out Of Reach?


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One part I'd like to highlight here is something Bob Simon points out:

The settlers now number 280,000, and as they keep moving in, their population keeps growing about five percent every year. But the 2.5 million Arabs have their strategy too: they're growing bigger families.

Demographers predict that within ten years Arabs will outnumber Jews in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Without a separate Palestinian state the Israelis would have three options, none of them good. They could try ethnic cleansing, drive the Palestinians out of the West Bank, or they could give the Palestinians the vote. That would be the democratic option but it would mean the end of the Jewish state. Or they could try apartheid - have the minority Israelis rule the majority Palestinians, but apartheid regimes don't have a very long life.

That's right, ultimately there are only three options:

1. Ethnic cleansing: it's something short of genocide, but it's still a 'crime against humanity'. It's going to cost a lot of Palestinians their lives, decimate the rest, and will cause major economic problems for them and the neighboring countries that already are having problems with Palestinian refugees. It was intolerable when Serbia tried to 'ethnically cleanse' Bosnia and Kosovo, and with Sudan in Darfur, but Israel...

2. Democratic option: I would think that this would be the option Americans would support the most. After all, we didn't support a separate white country in South Africa (with all the resources), and a separate country (with nothing but desert) for the blacks. We supported one country, whites and blacks together, one democracy, with a system set up to protect the now minority white population. Imagine, here in America, instead of finally electing our first black president we were to instead create separate countries for blacks and whites. The blacks would be stuck out in the desert somewhere... we'd give them the state of Nevada or something, and stick them in over populated refugees camps. But Las Vegas, with it's water basin, (as well as the whole rest of the country) would be kept as a walled off white enclave. This would be absolutely unacceptable in the United States, but with Israel...

3. Apartheid: This is what we have now. And Bob Simon is right "apartheid regimes don't have a very long life". This is not an option that can last for very long, before we have to face one of the other two.

Now this is the thing that gets me. I understand realpolitik. I understand we live in a sinful and fallen world, where power wins and justice is often just an illusion. Unfairness and oppression are a part of the fallen world we live in. But it is my conviction that Christians should stand above this. They should know better. But unfortunately, many of my fellow American Christians have no problem with apartheid in Israel. And what's even more sad - I doubt many American Christians would have any problem supporting Israel in the crime of 'ethnically cleansing' the Palestinians. It doesn't even bother their conscience.

Hold Israel to the same standards we do everyone else

I thought I’d post here the idea I posted on Obama's Change.gov site (now turned off). I doubt it had enough positive votes to make it into that Citizen's Briefing Book they were putting together.

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Hold Israel to the same standards we do everyone else

We should hold Israel to the same standards we do other nations. The favoritism we as a nation have shown Israel has blinded us to the injustice being done against the Palestinian people, and the disproportionate violence being done.

This favoritism shown to Israel needs to end, and needs to be replaced with a balanced perspective that calls a crime just what it is, a crime, regardless whether it was committed by Hamas, Israel, or some other power (even our own). If we don't do this, then no lasting peace can be obtained; because there is no real peace when one side is favored unjustly over another.

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Below is some of the discussion that my idea generated, which I put into a dialogue format. It's mostly ‘pro-Israel’ comments that I responded to. It allowed me to flesh out my idea a bit more in relation to the extreme 'pro-Israel' bias these commenters have:

[m:] Israel is held to a higher standard than the other nations. Just consider the opprobrium heaped upon it for decades by the UN, and the countries that comprise that body, who have no human rights and are oppressive dictatorships.

And let us not forget that the blockade of Gaza is the only reason that worse weapons are not in the hands of Hamas, an organization dedicated to the elimination of Israel.

Do you not understand that Hamas will not negotiate anything with Israel? It is not interested in peaceful coexistence or a two state solution. It doesn't matter if Israel was the size of a postage stamp, which it is. It is the enemy and must be destroyed. Try living with that.

[Didymus:] Does the word massacre mean anything to you? Because that’s what Israel is doing to Gaza. I mean if you use your overwhelming military superiority to kill over a 1000 people, with no end to the killing in sight, just because rockets have killed 7 people over the last three years, that's what is called a massacre. And if Obama turns a blind eye to this massacre he'll have no peace there for certain.

[M:] Please read the history books. Israelis have always been held to a higher standard. And they have lived up to it. What nation would tolerate their citizens bombed daily day after day and not act? Can you imagine how many more Israelis would have been killed if they didn't have shelters? When a little Palestinian kid is given a gun and told to shoot at Israelis, he's no longer just an innocent child, he is enemy. Where in the world do you see this other than in Palestine? You talk about massacre? The Palestinians would kill every Jew with their hand if they were allowed. Open your eyes and see the reality of this brilliant Israeli nation. They have built life in the desert. They love life and respect others. What have the Palestinians done? For how many years are they going to blame Israel for their misery?

[Didymus:] You must be smoking some good stuff there man. There's like this propaganda haze just kind of hanging around here after you showed up. Strong stuff.

All kidding aside... Let me ask you this, how many Palestinian dead will it take before you think Israel will be safe? Obviously it's already over 1000. Since the Palestinians are not growing in their appreciation for your "brilliant Israeli nation" as Israel has blockaded, bombed them, etc., how about 10,000, is that enough? Maybe 100,000? A million? Or maybe just kill them all, since as you say they seem to only want to "kill every Jew with their hand if they were allowed".

Of course I don't think Israel is out to kill all that many Palestinians, but your comment, [M], contains the logic that leads to genocide.

[E:] For eight years Israeli citizens living in the south of Israel suffered daily bombardment from the Palestinian terror organizations in the Gaza area. When Israel removed all Jewish people from the Gaza Strip two years ago, Hamas violently rose to power and, armed by Iran and Syria, turned the cities of the Israeli south into a war zone. There were no statements about war crimes, disproportionate force, suffering civilians emanating from the peace lovers around the world because after all the victims were Jews. There were no reporters writing heartrending reports about families that lost blood and property from these bombardments. In general, the world, as it is its wont for many centuries, was quite indifferent to Jewish suffering. But when Israel responded over the last two weeks to attempt to prevent the continuing bombardment then the world woke up.

The Human Rights Commissioner (a misnomer if there ever was one) for the United Nations, speaks of international law and war crimes. But she speaks only of war crimes as regarding the Israeli military. Hamas and the Palestinians are never mentioned in this type of context. They can do no wrong but the Jews can never do any right. A rocket on the Israeli town of Sderot is understandable and somehow justified. A tank shell against a house that houses Hamas terrorists is never justified.

Hamas cynically exploits civilian populations, its own as much as Israel's. Ambulances end up as means of smuggling weapons. Hospitals are command centers for firing rockets. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the civilians of Gaza are fired upon by Hamas mortars and Israel is blamed for the “humanitarian crisis.”

None of this is emphasized in the news reports of the world media if it is reported at all. Hearing lectures on morality from a world that tolerates piracy in Somalia, mass murder in Congo and Darfur, dictatorships from Libya to Tunisia understandably make little impression on Israel.

Cynicism when practiced for far too long reaches its own limits. It is unlikely that Israel will place great trust in the United Nations or in any of the other current mediators and peace lovers who are narrowly focused only on their struggles as though all of the world’s problems and misfortunes stem from this small country.

Israel is the canary in the mine. They are fighting the world’s battle in Gaza. Terrorism left unanswered only strengthens itself and spreads. The world knows this to be true. But its ingrained cynicism and its historic anti-Jewish attitude blinds itself not to follow its head but it's cynical heart.

[Didymus:] Hamas violently rose to power... Ahh, no, they were democratically elected to power, the violence part came later in a dispute with Fatah, which merely split the Palestinian Authority.

aaah... why both with the rest of your comment. It's just the same extremist pro-Israeli blather. 'Israel is so good, they never hurt anyone. Their bombs only kill terrorists. (They even wear these cute little white hats)'. While the Palestinians are always just 'pure unadulterated evil, even their kids are evil, all they dream and think of all day long is killing Jews and how they can be even more evil'. The Israelis never want war; it's always just the Palestinians who for some odd reason want to be slaughtered in mass.

Whatever dude.

[JFF:] It doesn't matter if 1 or 1,000 people have died in Israel as the result of Hamas rockets. It is TERRORISM and it affects the lives of people that live in Israel - even if they do not get killed or injured by the rockets. So Israel DID have the right to defend herself from these attacks to stop the TERROR caused by Hamas. If you want to get upset, get upset that Hamas uses women and children as human shields instead of getting the civilians out of the area.

[Didymus:] Defending yourself is one thing, massacre is another. You're justifying a massacre and calling it good... that's sick man.

[mo:] Isn't this genocide? "The Palestinians would kill every Jew with their hand if they were allowed” This is Hamas's stated goal. Are you blocking your ability to think logically? That's sick dude.

[Didymus:] You asked, Isn't this genocide? "The Palestinians would kill every Jew with their hand if they were allowed"

No, it isn't. For two reasons: First, it isn't true that every Palestinian wants to kill every Jew in Israel. That's propaganda talk, working to vilify Palestinians. Second, hating someone and wishing they were dead isn't genocide, actually killing a million people is. Palestinians don't even have the capacity to genocide the Israelis, but the Israelis are right now actively massacring Palestinians.

You asked, Are you blocking your ability to think logically?

You should probably go look in the mirror.

[E:] Yes, Gazan’s are unfortunate, but not because of Israel. Their own Hamas leadership has brought them into harms way. They voted for Hamas to get away from the corrupt Palestinian Authority only to get stuck with hard line radicals.

[Didymus:] That's right, blame the victims. When someone gets shot, it’s not the shooters fault, it's the victims fault for being in the way of the bullet. If people would just be smart enough to not stand in the way of people trying to kill them there would be less people shot.

Way to go man.

[hpw:] [FP] is 100% right. The rest of the world, particularly the Arab world & Europe, holds Israel to a ridiculously unfair double-standard. We should continue to support Israel 100%. They are working as hard as possible to minimize civilian casualties (not made very easy by the way Hamas purposefully uses Palestinian civilians as human shields -- Hamas actually exerts great effort to make sure that Palestinian civilians will die in crossfire, because it's part of their sick, twisted P.R. war), while Hamas's rockets are launched with the intent of killing as many Israeli civilians as possible. There are far far fewer Israeli casualties because Israel is good at protecting her own citizens, and because Hamas actively desires that Palestinian civilians die to make Israel look bad.

You far-leftists that look at this situation and decide that Israel must be demonic and trying to "murder" Palestinians are completely delusional. Either Hamas is playing you for a bunch of suckers, or you just hate Jews. Or some combination of the two.

[Didymus:] Your ignorance and propaganda fueled comment is embarrassing to read.

Just because we (and if we're 'far-leftists', you're an 'extreme fascist') don't give carte blanche to Israel to do whatever it wants in this conflict doesn't mean we support Hamas, or hate Jewish people. It means, as I mentioned above, that we think justice should be applied in a balanced and equitable way to create a real peace, and not just a huge pile of Palestinian bodies, which you might think of as "peace".

[M:] I suppose using your simplistic backward logic, to create balance the Israelis would have to start shooting rockets randomly into Gaza, which is exactly what Hamas has been doing to Israel. I wonder how the world would react to that. The Palestinians broke the ceasefire. Now they are paying a price for it. They shoot rockets randomly every which way they can. If they could, they would fire farther and stronger. They have said so themselves. Israel is going after Hamas. If they are hiding among civilians, then Hamas is to blame for their death. I am positive that not all Palestinians are supporters of Hamas. It is sad to see any human life lost. But make no mistake about it, the blame falls on Hamas and on people such as yourself who give credence to such a terrorist group by denying Israel their right to self-defense. I don't think you are a far-leftist. I just think that you have chosen to ignore the facts.

[Didymus:] I could correct some of your "facts", but since I don't agree with or support Hamas's nor Israel’s reasons for shooting at each other, I won't bother.

You said, it is sad to see any human life lost.

But you obviously don't think it's all that sad since you apparently have no problem with all the 'collateral damage' that is going on. And now you're even blaming me for their deaths... Wow!

This is the favoritism that I'm talking about above: you're totally blind to any sin Israel does, and you’re totally blind to the value Palestinians have. You paint with broad propaganda brush strokes: 'Israel good, Palestinians and Hamas bad', and you can't see you're painting the whole conflict into a corner that only leads to a bloodbath.

[ds:] Israel is a sovereign nation that is defending itself. It is using brutal and deadly force to do so, but Israel has shown tremendous restraint in trying to deal with terrorism against its people who have a legal right to be where they are.

Let me also clarify that Israel's fight is against Hamas - the terrorist organization that currently controls Gaza - and not the Palestinians - the people who live in Gaza. It is unfortunate for the Palestinians that they have elected representatives of a terrorist organization to positions of power and leadership in their country. I believe that is why so many Palestinians have been killed and why Israel has not spared them in the late 2008 - early 2009 military operations into Gaza.

If Hamas had not sent rockets into Israel then Israel would not have been pushed to respond in this way. Furthermore, it is Israel - always Israel - who wants peace and who makes the first move toward peace in negotiations. Israel and the Palestinians are equally victims here of the terrorist activities of Hamas

[Didymus:] Tell you what... look at it this way, if you saw some guy walk up to me and just punch me hard in the gut for no reason at all, and then I got up I pulled out this shiny 9mm Glock (a nice piece) and blew that guys brains out like an aerosol can, would you say I was justified in doing that? Well, he did punch him; he has the right to defend himself. If I then shot his wife and one of his kids right after that, would I still be justified in my violent response? Well, I mean come on, the guy who punched him did it for no reason at all, what would you expect. What if, after I wasted this guy’s whole family, I was to shoot their pet dog as well, would I still be justified? Well, maybe that's going a little too far, I like dogs.

Your reasoning here does not compute. It's a disproportionate response. Defending yourself is one thing, carrying out a massacre is altogether another.

[ch:] The people in the Middle East and world need to stop supporting the terrorist (hammas, hummus, whatever etc.), and start supporting a real dialogue between the people of that area and Israel. Every time they want Israel to stop defending itself. Gaza is not a crowded area (that is the reason they give for the terrorism), look it up. The Palestinians who lived in the area moved because of their hatred of the Jews not because anyone told them they have to leave. If you leave on your own, tough! If they do not want to live in peace with Israel, let Israel wipe them out!

[Didymus:] Thank you [ch] for being so blunt ("If they do not want to live in peace with Israel, let Israel wipe them out!") your support for this merciless massacre is noted.

[R:] HAMAS = Hezbollah = Al Qaeda = Islamic Jihad = Hatred and Intolerance and genocide training = 9/11 = Mumbai = London Bus Bombings = Spain Train Bombing = Terrorism by radicals who hate anyone who is not radical = scary stuff....

Its all the same scary ideology. Wake up. Study this creepy stuff on the internet. Look up multiple sources. Its all the same ideology. Radical Islam. The Palestinian people need a change in leadership. They need to enter this century and move into the future. Good-bye Hamas, hello peace.

[Didymus:] The Gazans know who is shooting at them, it isn't Hamas. They know it's the Israelis who are shooting at them. It's because they are being massacred by the Israelis that Hamas is not only not going to go away, but is now even more popular amongst the Gazans themselves today (and no amount of propaganda will make that sad fact go away).

[D:] Disproportionate response is a term of art used by those who want to protest a just and legal response to violent attack. As a veteran I can assure you that there is no such thing. When attacking a well established defense one must use a minimum of 20:1 odds to have a chance of victory. The calls for proportional response call for Israel to set up roadside bombs, kidnap members of Hamas, have riflemen firing indiscriminately at cars on the roads while firing rockets and mortars at homes and schools.

Israel's military is conducting themselves professionally and with great restraint against a group of terrorists who have made a practice of using civilians, hospitals, mosques and other non-combatants for cover.

[Didymus:] Disproportionate response is a war crime. A "victory" obtained through a disproportionate response is no victory at all. Through a disproportionate response one only becomes the animal one hates. There are some things that need to be worth more than "victory".

[R:] The majority seems to believe Israel should stop bombing. Given that Israel would like to survive as a nation and Hamas has been sending rockets into Israel for the past seven years, what does the majority feel Israel should do? What should Hamas do?

[Didymus:] You asked, what does the majority feel Israel should do? What should Hamas do?

Both sides, Hamas and Israel, should stop shooting at each other - period. Both sides need to talk, and I mean talk, give and take, work at understanding, both need to make concessions to the other.

The rockets Hamas are launching into Israel are not a viable threat to Israel's existence. Thousands of rockets have been launched and a lot of grass has been killed, as well as, unfortunately, seven Israelis (murdered) over the past three years. But this does not justify massacre.

Think of it this way… if some one murders a family member of yours is it appropriate to not only kill that murderer, but to kill several members of his family as well? So if some guy murders your brother, and you go and kill that murderer, and his father, mother, his three year old son, his infant daughter, and you rape and torture his wife… is that an appropriate response, or would that be a little disproportionate?

We’ve been Obamanized!

I picked up the image from Obamicon.Me

Finally! The end is near!

Only a few more hours to go and the Bush administration will be out. Out, I tell you! And good riddance to them!

Cheers! Here’s to the end of an eight year long mistake. It's finally over.

Obama's Change... it's like cocaine, addictive

Dude, I've been playing around today with Obama's Change.gov site today, in particular its Citizen's Briefing Book. What can say about it... it's like cocaine, it's so addicting. You all should sign up.

And when you do, vote 'yes' on my proposals for Obama. Located here after you sign up, then comment and let me know who you are so I can vote on your ideas.

This is democracy at its best - pure entertainment and fun!

Bill Moyers says it so well

Found this over on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.com. From Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. His comments on our current politics of war, Israel's war in Gaza, and the ultimate ends of all this killing:

Well, it looks like Christmas is over…

… and it’s back to business as usual. Israel has apparently over reacted yet again in Gaza. Hay, what are a few air strikes on densely populated Gaza going to do? They’re just Palestinians, right? It’s not like they're people or something?

Sarcasm aside… maybe it’s the music of Arvo Pärt I’m listening to, or maybe not, but seeing the pictures of this attack on Gaza today, to read some of the responses… it saddens me.

My wife and daughter performed at church this morning

Maria and Maya signed Silent Night (with Rachel, who is the one who really knows sign language) for special Christmas church services this morning. Maria has been practicing for a couple of weeks now, and I think she did a really good job. My daughter on the other hand… well she’s two and kinda got distracted with… ah… everything. Overall, a great performance! (And this is the first time I’ve created a YouTube video… so bear with me.)

Latest news on Obama supporters

Here’s the latest news on what is happening with Obama supporters since the election (and I think this applies to anti-Obama extremists as well, although they are far fewer in number.)


Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Some pictures found today

I know that many McCain/Palin supporters have been real potty mouths lately, but wow… they are really taking this campaign down to the toilet. No, I mean really.


Now this guy has got the right idea: