Regarding Jonesville Church of God in upstate South Carolina that a few days ago caused a furor with it's vile church sign attempting to link presidential candidate Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden: today it's being reported that Pastor Roger Byrd chickened out and removed the message.And why did Byrd do this in the first place? In his own words..."His name is so close to Osama I feeling might be Islamic therefore he doesn't recognize Christ."Ummmm......
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Some very neat photos of American history
HBO's John Adams miniseries has left me still feeling both floored and haunted. If only everything else on television could be so powerful...Ever since Sunday night when the finale ran, my interest in real American history (as opposed to the fake pageantry of, say, the current election cycle) has been stoked. Not that it ever went away or anything, but I guess that after...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A church sign we'll never see in Jonesville, South Carolina...
Courtesy of Church Sign Generator. Credit for the idea goes to Ed Darrell who suggested it on Kevin Bussey's post about the Jonesboro Church of God, which has upset a lot of people with the ridiculous un-Christlike message on its church sign regarding Barack Obama.Jesus and Usama... yup, per the logic of Jonesville Church of God, that's certainly suspicio...
Theophysical conundrum: Time, sin, and the universe
Here's something that I've been wondering about for awhile now (actually going on three years). Maybe it's time to let others ponder it too...We're told in Genesis 5:1 that "When Adam had lived 130 years..." (as the New International Version words it) that he gave birth to his son Seth. This is the first time in scripture that we are told that a person had lived a certain number of years. A few verses later it says that Adam lived 930 years, and...
Today was EARTH Day?!
I thought it was NERF Day!No wonder people kept staring at me when I was bouncing that ball everywhere I went...
Tonight we watched LICENSE TO WED
Although technically it was last night, since I'm writing this past 1 in the morning (am working on a few video projects before hitting the sack), but you know...Anyways, Lisa had License to Wed sent to us via Netflix, and we spent part of the evening watching it. In spite of the harsh reviews this movie has received, I found it to be hysterically funny... and hitting the...
Monday, April 21, 2008
South Carolina church's sign shows un-Christlike attitude toward Obama
Could somebody please tell me where there is a scriptural mandate for what the Jonesville Church of God in upstate South Carolina is doing with their sign?From the story at WYFF in Greenville's website...Small Church's Obama Sign Causes Big ControversyPOSTED: 4:20 pm EDT April 21, 2008UPDATED: 10:18 pm EDT April 21, 2008JONESVILLE, S.C. -- The sign in front of a small church...
We are sooooo screwed
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain using WWE Pro Wrestling to pimp themselves.America really is turning into that movie Idiocracy, isn't it?What a contrast. Last night we watched the finale of HBO's John Adams, which conveyed the virtue and nobility of the Founding Fathers as beautifully as any production that possibly comes to mind. And less than 24 hours later, we see what has become of the fruits of their labors and sacrifice: three...
Sunday, April 20, 2008
"Peacefield": A magnificent conclusion to HBO's JOHN ADAMS
There wasn't a dry eye in the house.That was the most perfect ending for a television miniseries that I've seen since Lonesome Dove. And easily one of the best finales for anything ever produced for the medium.All day long, HBO had a marathon going from start to finish of John Adams. Lisa and I watched Part 6, "Unnecessary War", and then segued right into the finale "Peacefield". The previous chapter ended with the image of Adams, alone and seemingly...
New DOCTOR WHO this week voyages to the "Planet of the Ood"
"The file is irrelevant, sir. Have a nice day.""Now that's what I call a spaceship. You've got a box and he's got a Ferrari!""We're so not married. Never ever.""D'oh!""Who do you think made your clothes?""I spent all that time looking for you Doctor, because I thought it was so wonderful out here. I want to go home.""It's a revolution.""Please have a drink, sir.""Being...
The photo that may scare you from ever again buying Chinese-made products
Every politician, corporate executive, and management-type in America who believes that globalism is "a good thing" and that there's nothing wrong with outsourcing our jobs to China, had better take a damned good hard long look at this photograph...This is what passes as a high-grade pharmaceutical plant in the village of Xinwangzhuang, in the Juangsu Province of China. The...
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Lost Infocom games unearthed
Journalist and programmer Andy Baio's discovery of an old backup hard drive used by legendary computer game publisher Infocom has yielded, among other things, some games that were publicly announced but never saw the light of day. The most notable so far is Milliways, the sequel to the game based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.And if you go to the link you can even...
Friday, April 18, 2008
Bush Administration defends NAFTA, declares "There's nothing broken."
If nothing else has convinced any among my fellow citizens who beyond all reason yet hold to an opinion but that the government of George W. Bush is completely and hopelessly insane, then perhaps this will persuade them otherwise. It's about the disastrous North American Free Trade Agreement. From the Associated Press story...The White House on Friday vigorously defended the 14-year-old free-trade agreement among the United States, Mexico and Canada...
Gasoline prices in Reidsville, North Carolina today
Averaging about $3.39 a gallon. Up about 10-15 cents in just a few days' time. And $4.45 has been spotted in at least two places around town. I had to pay a bit more than $50 to fill up my Toyota Camry.While gassing-up at a convenience store on Scales Street I had a spirited conversation with one guy and his mom, about the high gas prices. We all agreed: we are being led by "lunatics and madmen" who probably can never remember the last time they...
DC rolling out Gears of War comic this fall
WRAL is reporting that Cary-based Epic Games and DC Comics have announced plans to publish a Gears of War comic book/graphic novel this fall, in the lead-up to the release of Gears of War 2. The story is to be set after the conclusion of Epic's 2006 mega-selling video game, which saw main character Marcus Fenix giving humanity a dire-needed victory over the Locust Horde.A few days ago I wrote that I'd finished playing the game and how much I enjoyed...
No joke: THIS is what Storm Shadow and Baroness will look like in G.I. JOE
Words fail...There are many more pics of the G.I. Joe actors in their costumes over at What Would Tyler Durden Do, including additional pics of Rachel Nichols as Scarlett, Ray Park as Snake-Eyes, and also Dennis Quaid as Hawk... who looks like a cross between Solid Snake and General Bernard Montgomery.I haven't seen that many tight butts and rubber nipples in a movie since...
More American jobs moving overseas
A few days ago RF Micro announced it would relocate much of its work from its Greensboro, North Carolina plant to China. 80 local jobs will be lost at the microchip plant.And yesterday Dan River, a textiles plant that has been in operation for 126 years in Danville, Virginia, announced it would be closing down. It was a little over a year ago that Dan River was bought by a company based in India.About time to post on this blog a video of James...
