Ignorance gone to seed again

FOXNews.com - Cops: Mom Left Kids in Freezing Car While She Went Tanning - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News: "

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Sheboygan police arrested a woman after she allegedly left her two children in a freezing car for 20 minutes while she went tanning.
The 27-year-old woman was arrested after two people spotted the children, ages 23 months and 10 years, in the car, the police department said in a news release. The vehicle was locked but not running."
Officers responding to the scene Wednesday evening were approached by the children's parents. The father met the mother at the tanning salon and was arguing with her about why the children were in the car, police said.
The children were dressed warmly, but they had "goose bumps" from the cold, the release said. They did not require medical attention.
The temperature at the time was 12 degrees, with a wind chill index of about minus 2 degrees.
The woman could be charged Friday with two counts of misdemeanor child neglect, police said.

"She said she was going on vacation and felt that the tanning was a priority," Lt. Jeff Johnston said Friday.

The last line says it all. Why are people like this?!

Does anyone watch commercials and not see something bad anymore?

GM sticking with robot suicide ad criticized by group - Feb. 8, 2007:

"A suicide prevention group is calling on General Motors to pull an ad which shows an assembly line robot throwing itself off a bridge after making a mistake, but the automaker is sticking with the spot.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention issued a statement saying that the ad sends dangerous and insensitive messages, and it asked members of the public to write to the automaker and ask that the ad be pulled.

I predict, if this trend continues, that in the near future everyone will be offended by something in an ad and advertising will stop all together. First the snickers ad and now this. We are in a politically correct world gone mad.

If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

WorldNetDaily: Men jailed for being on public sidewalk:

"Two men who are members of Gideons International, the Christian organization that is famous for, among other ministries, placing Bibles in motels and giving them to children, have been arrested after trying to hand out Bibles on a public sidewalk in Florida, according to a law firm."

While the article goes on to state they were doing it outside a school, I know the Gideons well enough to know that they will not force it on anyone, that has never been that way. They were on a public sidewalk and were walking away when it happened. And when they chose to leave peacefully when asked, they were arrested. Seems like ignorance has gone to seed when it comes to law lately.

Nature

One of the neat things about working from the house is that I get to sit by the sliding glass door while I work and see nature in all its glory outside. Yesterday and today a squirrel wandered up to the glass and peered in at things. I grabbed the camera too late yesterday, and when he saw me today he wandered away real quick, but not before I got a cool shot of him... Not sure of what to name him, any suggestions?

My House

For those who wonder where I live, this map may help...

Christians are Pigs??? So say the Muslims

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | School edits controversial books:

"A Saudi-funded Islamic school says it is removing from text books controversial passages which allegedly brand other faiths as 'worthless'.

The head of the King Fahad Academy in west London said pupils had never been taught from the chapters in question but that they would be removed.

An ex-teacher claims pupils were taught from books which describe Jews as 'repugnant' and Christians as 'pigs'."

King Fahad Academy director Dr Sumaya Aluyusuf said the academy promoted "inter-culturalism and inter-faith awareness".

She admitted the textbooks - translated for BBC Two's Newsnight programme by two independent scholars - were kept at the school.

But the translations were "taken out of context" and had "lost some of their meaning", she said.

So a book that translates that other religions are worthless and calls Jews apes and Christians pigs (and we know that pigs are forbidden in Muslim society so it is an ultimate insult) was mistranslated. Now I do not claim to speak their language, but how many ways can you put together the words for 'Christian' 'are' and 'pigs' and not have it be an insult.

In these days the cry is for tolerance of the Muslim people as they are misunderstood. Seems like they are not helping their plea for tolerance when they call me a pig!

Good News

Son has reported in from Jakarta. He lives in western Jakarta and most of the flooding was in the eastern part. All is well, but it is slowing some of his movements.

PC v. MAC

This is the way the PC/MAC commercials should really be:



Sorry all you Mac folks who may be reading this.... if you can dish it out you have to take it as well.

What was she watching??

Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War - New York Times:

"No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago. But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s commercials."

I am not sure if I was watching the same game that this watcher was. Seems like some people will drag the war into anything. It is articles like this that mix things that do not belong together that really need to be stopped by the press if they want to maintain their objectivity.

Google Reader Users pay attention

Hack Attack: Getting good with Google Reader - Lifehacker

If you use Google reader a lot (and I do) here are a collection of shortcuts that can be done from the keyboard. Quite a few I knew about already, but there are some great nuggets in there. Enjoy.

Aquateen Revisited

FOXNews.com - Defendant Charged in Boston Marketing Stunt Scare Videotaped Police Response - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News:

"One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city and causing a terrorism scare videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the devices, but did not tell the officers the object was harmless.

Surveillance cameras caught 27-year-old Peter Berdovsky videotaping officers removing what they thought was a possible bomb last week."

I had been willing to cut the guys a little slack that they did not realize what they were doing was wrong. Unfortunately, if the facts are that he videotaped the police man disarming what he thought was a bomb and did nothing about it then throw the book at him (and maybe one of those light boards so he will have something to play with)!

Five Second Rule

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So this is how we got the five second rule. I always wondered.

For Those Who Do Not Beleve In ... God

River Church of the Mall of America Podcast
These are my notes from the Podcast. All scriptures are King James Version.

For Those Who Do Not Believe in... God (1st of 5 part series)
Chris Reinertson
March 12, 2006

God cannot be proved. He can not be put in a test tube and given a litmus test. There are evidences beyond a shadow of a doubt that He does exist. We will be like a jury and decide the evidence.

1. Who created the big bang? This is called the cosmological argument. What is the reason for the world? Any thing that has a beginning has to be caused by something. Something caused the world to be made, what was it? Many scientist believed that the universe was eternal. That is not the theory now. They believe now that there was a shower of photons causing and explosion. Photons are light.
   Gen 1:3
   (3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
   
2. BF engine evidence. BF = bacterial flagella. Bacteria have a motor, flagella, that can produce huge speeds at such an incredibly small size. Look at that, it seems that something intelligent created. This is tealogical evidence. If there is a design, there is something that created that design. Another example is the DNA that creates us. Such complicated design had to be created by an intelligent designer. This is not the way that nature produces things. Statistically this is a near impossibility.
   Psa 19:1-4
   (1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
   (2) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
   (3) There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
   (4) Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
   
3. That is not fair argument. We all have a moral compass in us that tells us right from wrong. If God does not exist we have social Darwinism. The rules get thrown out and anyone does what he or she wants. Survival of the ones that have the greater power. Why do we have that moral compass in us? This goes back through many civilizations.
   Gen 1:27 (27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
   
4. Humaness of Humans. Where does your personality come from? What makes us unique?
   Psa 139:13-14 (13) For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. (14) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
   We human beings have a deep down need to know there is a spiritual being out there. We seek God like hunger drives us to seek food. Who put that there?
   Ecc 3:11 (11) He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
5. True human forgiveness. Have you ever watched a person be hurt and be angry and then lovingly forgive them. This is the testimonial argument. When they seek God, they find Him in the person of Jesus Christ. There is a loving God who exist that forgives us. He changes peoples lives in a real way.

Your destiny depends on how you decide as a juror.
Psa 34:8 (8) O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Close Up on the Moon

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites

Ever wonder what the moon looks like close up. In playing with gUtil I found Google Moon. Pick one of the landing sites and then zoom down on it. It is fascinating what the moon looks like close up.

Prayer Request

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Jakarta floods death toll rises:

"At least 20 people have been killed and 340,000 made homeless by massive floods that have swept through the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Three days of torrential rain have caused rivers to burst their banks, sending muddy water up to 3m (10ft) deep into homes and businesses."

My son Gabe is in Indonesia. I have just heard about this and have not heard from him in a few days. Keep him, his wife and two sons in your prayers please. I will advise when I hear from him.