Homeland Security Threat Monitor

Okay, I admit, this is a totally silly and pointless piece of software. If you live so much in a box that you don't read, watch, or listen to any news at least once every couple of days, perhaps this application will help keep you in touch with reality. If you do try to keep up with world events, you will probably hear about a significant terrorism threat through some other means before this program gets around to letting you know about it. This program is just for fun, despite its serious theme.

And that quote is from the author. Still nice to keep track of things for us compute bound people.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Censure for Iraq in leaked Blix report

"It is only by the middle of January and thereafter that Iraq has taken a number of steps, which have the potential of resulting either in the presentation for destruction of stocks or items that are proscribed or the presentation of relevant evidence solving long-standing unresolved disarmament issues".

Are we playing hide and seek or are we responsible adults. Iraq, you want us to trust you, show us you are trustworthy. It is a case of put up or shut up.

KOTV - The News On Six - The future of KFC restaurants in NE Oklahoma If they want to know what happened it is summed up in one word - service. I can say that most of the frachise owners did not have an idea of that word but understood two others.. bottom line. Trouble is, not having good service will not help the bottom line at all. They should take a look at the Jenks, OK store for good service.

FOXNews.com

Children of military parents across Maine are being harassed in school, in some cases by teachers who claim the little ones' mothers and fathers are wrong to fight for their country, according to families' complaints.

I do not care if you are for or against the war. If this is true, THIS IS WRONG!

CNN.com - Ted Kennedy's grand design - Feb. 27, 2003

Kennedy tells his younger associates that Bush's application of an ideological litmus test constitutes the "worst" judicial nomination process he has seen in 40 years of service.

Well so much for bi-partsian support. I hope these liberals understand that bi-patsian does not mean you support us and we support us.

CNN.com - 'Mister Rogers' dies at age 74 - Feb. 27, 2003

"I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television -- or video games or newspapers or any mass media -- I believe that we are the servants of this nation," Rogers said.

Though I am not of an age that watched Mr. Rogers, my children have, and much like Barney, he was made fun of because of his need to communicate to children on their level. Mr. Rogers, I hope when I get to heaven, God let's me be your neighbor. May God bless your family in this dificult time.

United Press International: Faith: Happy clapping on the Hill

And what seemed to be the consensus? That Bush planned a "war against God." Eskidjian earned applause when she stated, "No nation is entitled to prosecute vengeance." So now we know how the WCC folks in Geneva feel about the upcoming conflict's intent -- vengeance. That's it! And of course we also know that God says in the Old Testament, "Vengeance is mine." (Deuteronomy 32:35).
To be fair to Kock, de Clermont and some of the others, they did mention that Saddam Hussein was not a nice guy. But they wanted to know: Why not leave it to the United Nations to take his lethal toys away from him? Said de Clermont, "The U.N. is capable of disarming Iraq." Alas, de Clermont failed to address the underlying question why this has not been accomplished in the last 12 years.

An interesting read that I might post to Christdot if I was still posting there. So I post here and invite you to read and comment on. Is "vengence mine says the Lord", or does God expect us to take care of it and how do we know President Bush did not hear from him??

Making green from the Monster / Red Sox seek green

The Boston Red Sox, those devoted preservers of tradition and history (just ask them), will begin selling seats atop the Green Monster Saturday -- the equivalent, you would think, of carving a couple of luxury suites out of Teddy Roosevelt's teeth on Mount Rushmore.

Having grown up looking at the green monster on many ocassions, I shudder at what they are doing to my stadium. But then again it is not my stadium. I can remember the way it was in my memories.

KOTV - The News On Six Northeast Oklahomans come to the aid of 'Good Samaritan'

Jim Rice with Abertson Towing "I watched the guy in the interview and my heart went out to him." Abertson Towing says it doesn't want to see people stopping to help each other in times of need. "We don't want Mr. Jones to have any more duress. We don't want him to take off work to fight this ticket, so, we're going to pay it for him and thank him for stopping and helping this lady."

A tow company wanting to pay the ticket of a guy who was taking business from him. Think I might call Abertson Towing if I need a tow sometime.

[WorldNetDaily: Worldwide prayer urged on 03-03-03] It cannot hurt to do prayer at this time as they are asking (at 3:33 PM, though 3:33 AM would be a greater sacrfice for most). But I always thought the Bible said that we were to 'pray without ceasing'.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spirit. 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

[Senator Slams Reality Show as 'Bigotry for Bucks' ] I already noted my objection to this show. Now I glad to see they are having problems with it. It was one thing to make a situation comedy out of a family that way. It is another to exploit a real life couple. Let me put it this way, reality television is not reality. It is degrading to the people who do it. Why don't we take a black family from an urban ghetto, or a hispanic family from there area. Why, because it would be concidered wrong. How come we can do this with poor white folks?

KOTV - The News On Six

A Good Samaritan, who was pulling people out of the snow during Sunday's storm, got ticketed by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper.

Do something good and get a ticket. What is this world comming to! At least warn the guy if you say you warned him. The news is saying that people want to pay his ticket for him. I think the OHP is going to loose face on this one.

Notes from Church Service

Date:  2003-02-22

Church:  Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK

Time: 7:00 Service

Title: The Power of Agreement (Part 4)

Speaker: Pastor Willie George

Notes:

Amos 3:3  
Can two people walk together without
agreeing on the direction?


If you are a Christian you are a disciple.  You are bound by the
Word. 


 If a person is a thinker, he can get confused because he will
challange the Word when it does not make logical sense.  For that
reason, thinkers need to stay in the Word.  They need to agree
with what it says. 


If you are not honor bound to your word,  you will move to the
leat level of resistance.


Acts 15:1 
While Paul and Barnabas were at Antioch of
Syria, some men from Judea arrived and began to teach the Christians:
"Unless you keep the ancient Jewish custom of circumcision taught by
Moses, you cannot be saved."


As we see here, growth produces problems. 



 
2Paul and Barnabas, disagreeing with them, argued forcefully and at length. Finally, Paul and Barnabas were sent to Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent the delegates to
Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them – much to everyone's joy – that the Gentiles, too, were being converted. 4  When they arrived in Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas were welcomed by the whole
church, including the apostles and elders. They reported on what God had been doing through their ministry.
5  But then some of the men who had been Pharisees before their conversion stood up and declared that all Gentile converts must be circumcised and be required to follow the law of Moses.



These people were comming in and saying that the new Christians needed to obey the law of Moses before they could be Christians.  But what fixed the problem was commitment to the word.


6  So the apostles and church elders got together to decide this question.


You will never have agreement unless you get together on the Word.  Look what happened.


v. 7 Peter stood and addressed them...

v. 12  Barnabas and Paul told...

v. 13  James stood and said...

They all spoke about what God had done, and better yet, they got together and aggreded. 

Agreement at the top elimanates dificulties below

1 Corinthians 5:1-6 1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For
I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5
 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.


Paul got them all in agreement that this man was wrong, and that he needed to be turned over to Satan since he would not step out of the sin he was living in.  And it worked, when he got isolated, he got sick, and Paul says in 2 Corinthians that he asked forgivness to let him return to the church.  He asked for redemption, he got it.   Agreement can stop wickedness.

If people are in agreement, anything can be done

Genesis
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

God had to stop them, they could do it otherwise.  But they were doing it for the wrong purpose.  They wanted to be on equal with God.  No.  God stoped them from doing that. 

In any of our relationships we must learn to walk together, if it be our church, our job, but especially with our mate.

Joe Theisman Quotes - The Quotations Page

Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.
Joe Theisman, Former quarterback

Got to love it.

KOTV - The News On Six

Tulsa 8

Not a score, the amount of snow we had this week. John my class mate in Bartlesville had 12 inches. In Claremore, where Kevin and Jane, a couple of other classmates live they had 8 inches. Now as college students we get to stay home from school right!? Nope, we are on line through RSU Online. Our classes never get cannceled. SIGH.

KOTV - The News On Six Bank of Oklahoma to help Oklahoma schools Thanks BOK. Better than a lottery!

NJ.com: NewsFlash Hey, he said he will not disarm, we said we would o to war if he did not. Mr. President, with all due respect, it is time to put up or shut up (and if you read this blog Mr. President, please respond at in the Message forum).

Lovegate worm's got a hold on PCs: ZDNet Australia: News & Tech: Security New one folks, be careful whatr you open.