An Excellent Thought

"I hope that people will not pray for me to see as they do, but rather pray for me to see as God wants me to see, in the spirit. Pray that the works of God might be revealed in me not by suddenly giving me eyes that work, but by helping me understand, live, and share the vision." --Mike Calvo

Sums up perfectly my thoughts on blindness.

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Daft Bodies

Had this described to me and it sounds pretty cool.

See it here.

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Christian Environmentalism

Found this great sumation on the Biblical view on Environmentalism.

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Perals Before Swine

A great cartoon series.

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Bail Out Humor

Outstanding stuff.

The Bail Out on SNL

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Bailing Out From the Bail Out

"We the people of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice and insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity are getting sick and tired of always being asked to pay for the bad decisions and atrocious and possibly illegal behavior of others. We just became the owners of about a trillion dollars in bad debt in order to keep people in homes they couldn’t afford and Wall Street bankers in homes that only they can afford. (...) They told us we had to do the deal to save the economy. We did the deal. The economy is still tanking. Only now they have set a precedent that runs contrary to everything we have been taught about accepting consequences of bad behavior. Risk is a thing of the past. We have basically socialized the economy. No wonder the Dow plummets."

Full article: http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=OGE1ZjA4ZTE2MjQ4MzJlMGE4ZjkzNTMwMTRkMjA1YTA=

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More Economics

At ths risk of causing those few who read my Blog to fall over dead from bordom I here post a few more articles I think make extremely valid points about the economy in general and this current mess in particular. As anyone who knows me for more then a few days realizes I actually find this economics stuff, as well as political stuff, fun and enjoyable. That's right, I even listen to www.econtalk.org and its podcast. Find it most entertaining.

I believe that in this world the concept of economics has a profound impact on how we live our lives, and subsequently on what we do with them. Thus one's position on free trade, open free markets, and the moral implications of profits will have an impact through them on the world around them. Misinformation, or worse disinformation, on this important subject will harm not only this individual, but the entire world. Thus I believe my interest in this area is somewhat justified.

An Open Letter to Congress:
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5292

Penny wise Congress:
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5291

If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were free market institutions they could not have gotten away with their risky financial practices because no one would havebought their securities without the implicit assumption that the politicians would bail them out.
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5290

Better we shouldtake our short-term pain straight up and clean out the mistakes of our binge and then get back to the business of free markets without creating an uncheckedExecutive branch monstrosity trying to "save" those who profited most from the binge and harming innocent taxpayers in the process.
http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~shorwitz/open_letter.htm

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