Category: news item
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The McLane Bailout Plan
I’ve listened to all of the ideas. The $700 billion bailout is just over the top stupid. While the housing market is screwed up, bailing out bad businesses isn’t the right way to do it. Why not just let all of those people in crappy deals refinance in FHA fixed rate mortgages? Seems like offering…
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Lifeway, you need to change your mind
Let’s speak some truth here. This just isn’t right. I hope that they stop treating this magazine as if it were porn… hidden under the counter. What is this 1927? What do you think? Did this story shock you or do you think the magazine is inappropriate? HT to Mark
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Quick Note to Investors
The sky isn’t falling. As all of that money pours out of Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other financials today… just be reminded of one thing. That money is leaving one place and going somewhere else. As you know, there’s a bull market somewhere. It’s not like all of those investors are taking…
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Take that James Dobson!
Tired of judges being attacked, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has created a video game to teach children how the justice system works. “In recent years I’ve become increasingly concerned about vitriolic attacks by some members of Congress, some members of state legislatures and various private interest groups … on judges,” O’Connor…
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What do you do with a dead moose?
Last night I got hooked on a Discovery Channel show called The Alaska Experiment. I found it fascinating that they could take a few people from all over the lower 48 and they would not only survive in the wild of Alaska, some of them did quite well. Then this morning Kristen sent me a…
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Figure Skating vs. Ice Hockey
In nearby Plymouth, Michigan the local government is discriminating against figure skating. That is, according to some angry moms. The story is that the local government has decided that since hockey pays 300% what figure skating pays for ice time, they are creating more time for ice hockey. [news story] A couple of thoughts. (Feel…
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Happy Birthday Megan
It’s hard to believe but my oldest child turns 7 today. Six was a good year to her. She has finished most of first grade. She is learning like crazy. She just got baptized. She has a lot of friends. She is in love with Webkinz. Megan loves animals, especially her cat Lovely. While Lovely…
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What is Billy Ray Thinking?
Like a Nascar race we’ve all watched Hannah Montana and asked the same question: Will this girl be able to survive the weight of pressure she’ll face? Will her Christian upbringing be enough to keep her out of the tabloids? Will her famous daddy help her avoid doing something really, really stupid? Or will she…
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“My Dad is Pretty Beast-Like”
When Allen Kieta’s dog wouldn’t stop barking he knew something was wrong. So Allen, armed with a phone, went to check out his house he knew something was seriously wrong. This is scary for anyone. But put yourself in Allen’s shoes… he’s blind! The intruder knew Allen was blind but the intruder didn’t know that…
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Shout to the Lord on AI
I missed this, but there is plenty of talk about it today on blogs. During American Idol last night the cast sang Darlene Zschech’s classic modern worship song, Shout to the Lord. (The song has it’s own Wikipedia page, you know it’s big!) Here’s the video for those who missed it.