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Maybe I am a prude or maybe I just think this was out of place or something… but I can honestly say this wasn’t the type of article I expected to see on the Chrisitanity Today website (founded by Billy Graham way back in 1956)… not that it’s wrong or anything… but it did catch me off guard. Actually, the content of the article is just fine… just the title is "eye-catching." On my blog reader it was between an article on a new church and "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory!" I mean, what were they thinking?

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Call me crazy, but this guy who has confessed to the Jon Benet Ramsey murder from a decade ago, I don’t think he did it. There are some simple inaccuracies in what he is saying that make me feel like he’s just a crazy guy after some attention. Here’s the case file over at The Smoking Gun.

It’s just my hunch, I’ve been wrong before. I still think the parents did it.

If you haven’t seen this yet in it’s worth it. This is the full version, worth every second.

We woke up this morning to reports of some good news. Not that anything serious happened, but that anti-terrorism police in London had broken up a major terror plot to blow up planes between the UK and US.

Apparently, the threat level is as high as it gets with flights between the two countries. When Dave wakes up, I am sure he’ll be very suprised. I have to admit… if I were him and I had to fly home in a few weeks… I’d be pretty nervous.

I think the whole world is keeping an eye on this Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I have to be honest as say that I don’t know who is right and wrong. Hundreds of people are dying, thousands have been injured, and nothing but anger has come to light.

I can see how Israel seems to be overreacting to everything. An enemy does something small and Israel responds with thunder. But I can also see how Palestinians are not being reasonable in the least. It’s just a mess.

Than this happened yesterday. How sad.

I saw this quote in the Romeo Observer, "Cikota said he has only been able to find about 60 kids in Macomb County who have accounts on MySpace.com"

I guarantee that if you gave me 30 minutes I could find 60 myspace accounts at Romeo Middle School. This guy is an "expert?" Give me a break.

For several months now it’s been known that LaShish ownership has been accused of some shady stuff. There is a news report out today that suggests that they may also be connected to terrorist funding.

Does that mean it shouldn’t be my favorite Detroit area place to eat? If so… that stinks because I really like LaShish. I doubt that things are as described in the news story, so I’m not worried about our annual flaming tower dinner on June 24th.

The naked gay guy finally found out he had to obey some rules. Richard Hatch, winner of the first Survivor, got sent to prison for 51 months for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million winnings. Oops. [Here are the gory details]

OK, so Patrick Kennedy (son of Ted Kennedy) was involved in an accident on Thursday night.

At 2:45 AM the disoriented Rhode Island democrat was speeding through a construction zone, clipped something which caused him to swerve. So a police officer tailed him and popped the lights on… to which the lawmaker promptly didn’t pull over and continued driving until he ran head on into a barrier.

It gets better. The reporting officer describes this scene as he approached the representative’s 1997 green Ford Mustang: "Observed that D-1’s [the driver] eyes were red and watery, speech was slightly slurred, and upon exiting his vehicle, his balance was unsure. D-1 also report to R.O. [reporting officer] that he was "headed to the capital to make a vote." [Yes, at 2:45 AM!] Read the rest at the Smoking Gun

Of course, he being a Kennedy in Washington… nothing will happen to him. Instead of giving a field sobriety test the officer just took the representative home. But, as his website declares "Congressman Kennedy is a dedicated supporter of our law enforcement and firefighter communities." Apparently "equal justice under the law" doesn’t apply here. Anyone else in the country with those circumstances would have been field tested and probably spent the night in jail.

I think they should remove this guy immediately until a proper investigation can be done. How can a lawmaker look like a law dodging lawbreaker? Oh well… at least his son didn’t get anyone killed.

I’ve been thinking a bit today about the immigration rallies that "brought America to it’s knees" yesterday. Well, about 1 million people marched on the subject and the world continued to rotate on it’s axis and the United States was still in business at the end of the day. But anyway.

Here is some of what was behind the "victory" yesterday.

— The House of Representatives passed a bill in December, mainly
with Republican votes, focusing on tightening the border with Mexico
and making felons of illegal immigrants and punishing those who employ
or help them. The House bill also would build a 698-mile wall along
parts of the 2,000-mile Mexican border.

— The Senate is at an
impasse on a plan to overhaul immigration laws that would create a
temporary worker program, as proposed by President George W. Bush, and
open the way for more than 7 million illegal immigrants to become U.S.
citizens. Critics denounce the measure as amnesty that would lead to
even more illegal immigration.

— Bush’s proposal for a temporary
worker program has put him at odds with many in his own Republican
Party. Bush insists it is a legal way to fill the jobs that Americans
are unwilling to do, a position supported by business. Labor groups are
wary of a guest worker program that does not provide a path to
permanent residence saying it would create an underclass of workers. [Rueters]

I just support what congress and the president are trying to do. We should be encouraging legal immigration reform. We should close our borders to undocumented workers. Companies who hire undocumented immigrants should lose their ability to do business in the United States. We should stop punishing people who are trying to legally enter our country because of those who come without invitation.

We’ve all heard the arguments in favor of amnesty and things like that. But what if that steps on the foundations of our country? Equal opportunity and justice for all?