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I originally had much more to say about this, but I’m going to dispense with the flowery rhetoric and cut to the heart of the matter…

The so-called “evangelical conservative Christians” had damned well better look in a mirror if they want to see who is most responsible for Barack Obama winning the race for President on Tuesday.

And now there is no reason to be angry, and no rationale for “blaming God” for Obama’s victory, as I have seen too many Christians seriously doing. God had nothing to do with Obama winning. If anything, He let the people of America have what they wanted… and He absolutely played fair with many of those who profess Him as Lord.

“Christian conservatives” paved the way to Obama’s historic win because they sold out their values for sake of worldly power.

People like James Dobson and the Focus on the Family crowd: ...

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Nikola Tosic is an Internet consultant and artist who maintains a rather lively blog. He asked me for an interview and I was glad to oblige! In the process he wound up picking my brain about some things that I found I had never taken the opportunity to discuss on my own blog. Nikola described me as “weird yet eloquent”… and that’s probably the best description anyone’s ever had for me 😛

Here’s a teaser (in Nikola’s lowercase style)…

q: i am not convinced that video and internet are so dominant in your philosophy. i think you are exploring these mediums only by accident while you try to distribute a message. as they serve this purpose now in future you might expand into more different media. what is the essence of the message that you wish people to hear form you? how would you sum up your message?

the long

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…we still woke up. The sun rose again. There was a new morning. Life did go on.

In fact, it couldn’t sincerely be said that much of anything changed at all.

This country, this world even, is not made by the grace of a single man or woman. An individual can render it grievous harm however.

But in the end, America – and every other country for that matter – is the result of the diligence of her entire people. And I tend to believe she is only as good as the lengths her people will go to admit that they are not wise enough to govern this land with mere human reasoning.

Acknowledging that much is the beginning of the enlightenment that the Founders prayed we might have. We’ve lost sight of that, and that has to be said regardless of what “party” we might belong to.

I’m going ...

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Okay, this blows my mind completely. Because for two years now I have heard overwhelming praise for this commercial that I created for my run for Rockingham County Board of Education in 2006. The comments that people have shared most often? That this is a “positive” and even “upbeat” political ad. And that’s what I love hearing the most about it: that it doesn’t attack anyone. Heck, I don’t make negative ads, as a personal policy.

Here it is if you haven’t seen it already…

So then this afternoon someone passes along this blog entry from the Denver Post newspaper in September that lists “some of the most infamous examples” of negative campaign ads.

The first one listed is Lyndon Johnson’s diabolical “Daisy Girl” ad.

Then they name George Bush Sr.’s “Willie Horton” anti-Dukakis ad from 1988.

Next on their hit list is Mike Huckabee’s ad from earlier ...

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And just as I said that I would do a few days ago, I cast a write-in vote for Chuck Baldwin for President of the United States…

There were a few others that I voted for too, but I’m keeping that information to myself.

There was a surprisingly low turnout at the poll that I went to today. There’s been light rain since this morning. Two years ago when I ran for Board of Education, there was a heavy, steady drizzle and the polls were packed! But I’ve also heard that there was gobs of early voting this year: far more than there had been in previous elections.

So once again, I’ve done my civic duty by casting an informed and enlightened – as best I can muster anyway – ballot....

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To whom it may concern:

The very next “robocall” that comes into this house, I will go out, find the candidate who authorized it, and have him/her hung from the nearest telephone poll by his/her circular reproductive units. With piano wire.

This notice is being made regardless of party affiliation.

You have been duly warned.

Thank you.

EDIT 3:14 p.m. EST: I should elaborate that this only comes after I received four such automated calls from political campaigns within a span of five minutes. So yeah, I’m feeling more than a little honked-off right now…...

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We do not need any more elected officials who believe that God is telling them to change the world.

What we need and cannot get enough of are elected officials who are letting God change them instead.

(And if more common folk would be willing to let God control them instead of trying to control the world for God, this would be a much happier place anyway…)...

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I’m not going to even begin to attempt to recap everything that’s taken place over almost two years now regarding Ron Price, the Rockingham County Board of Education member who stole all those campaign signs on the night before the 2006 election. Hit the above link if you want to know what’s been going on.

I will say though, however belatedly, that very many people shared with me how ridiculous and even foolish it was when Price endorsed EVERY incumbent in this year’s Board of Education election, including those who are going to be running against each other in the same district race.

Anyway, back to the issue at hand, which a lot of folks have been e-mailing me about…

This past Friday, Price used his blog to launch a scathing attack on Richard Moore, local bookstore owner and candidate for Rockingham County Board of Commissioners, who ...

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Today U.S. House member Ron Paul, who has been a candidate in this year’s presidential election, called on voters to end the “charade” of the two party system and look to traditionally third parties for leadership, citing that there was no fundamental difference between Democrat candidate Barack Obama and Republican contestant John MCcain. Paul also announced that he had refused to endorse McCain, a fellow Republican.

From the CNN story…

Instead, Paul will give his seal of approval to four candidates: Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney, Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, independent candidate Ralph Nader and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin.

Paul said he’s supporting the third-party candidates because the two major parties and media had “colluded” to avoid discussing issues and falsely presenting the difference between McCain and Obama as real.

“I’ve come to the conclusion, after having spent many years in politics, is that our presidential elections

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