Fallacies

It's interesting to read the letters to the editor. Many people state as fact things that are not fact at all. Sometimes they interpret principles to fit their own beliefs, disregarding anything that renders their interpretations erroneous.

For example, Mark Walz of Dallas says that psychologists all condemn "reparative therapy." That's just not true. Joseph Nicolosi is a psychologist, and he believes reparative therapy can work. Christopher H. Rosik is a clinical psychologist, and he sees a place for reparative therapy. I'm sure there must be others out there, for why would all the gays be raising such a big stink if these were the only two pointing out that homosexuality is wrong?

Then Mr. Walz says that we are sexual beings created in the image of God. I'm not sure where he's going with that, but I can assure Mr. Walz that God is not a homosexual! Walz then says that those who believe what God said are calling for others to "live their lives without love. To live without falling in love, securing a spouse or creating family." I don't know where that comes from. I don't have a problem with people getting married and having children. I do have a problem with perversion and calling evil good and good evil.

I Googled Mr. Walz, and discovered that he is the pastor of a Universalist Unitarian church. That's one of those where they teach that whatever you believe is the truth. Here's the quote from their website:

"Our congregation affirms and promotes the individual's search for truth and meaning. As a result, we are a theologically diverse group. We count among our members Buddhists, Humanists, Christians, Pagans, Wiccans, Jews, Taoists and Atheists as well as those whose journey is more eclectic."

More eclectic than humanists, wiccans, pagans and atheists? I'd sure hate to run into those folks! Mr. Walz ends his letter with "God help us all." On that we can agree, but I have a feeling that Mr. Walz's eclectic prayers don't get much higher than the ceiling.

"Comments cruel to gays." The Dallas Morning News; June 22, 2014; p. 2P.

Lo que es bueno para el ganso es bueno para los demás.

"When a Mexican, or any other citizen, crosses a border, let's say illegally, they are not committing a crime." ~ Mexican Public Affairs Minister Ariel Moutsatos-Morales.

Well then, Senor Moutsatos-Morales, perhaps you'll get Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi out of jail and send him back home. He had no intention of crossing the border, so if those who purposely do it aren't committing a crime, then certainly he didn't. 

The title of this post is just for you -- though I'm not sure I have the translation exactly right, I put it in Spanish for you. The way we say it here is, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." 

I knew it was coming.

First, they made businesses offer unpaid maternity leave to all employees. Now, as if he hasn't done enough to run the U.S. economy into the ground, Obama is working on requiring employers to provide paid maternity leave -- that applies not only to moms, but to dads, too.

So if a business happens to employe a couple who have a child together, they're going to have two employees out at the same time on paid leave. What do you think that will do to small businesses? Somebody will have to pay -- probably the customer through increased prices.

"Obama to talk of paid leave." The Dallas Morning News; June 22, 2014; p. 4A.

Is there a class for that?

Do you suppose low class people go to school to learn that hang-dog look they always have when one of them is killed in a gang shooting or drug deal or one of them is shot by the police or one of them is accused of rape or one of their friends is killed in a drunk driving accident? If you've seen any photos in the newspaper or on TV lately, you know what I'm talking about.

Take for example, Sir Young and his mama, pictured here. Sir and his mama are a prime exhibit of the classic hang-dog look. They'll be using this photo in Pitiful Looks 101. 

 

Evidently, mama taught Sir how to garner sympathy, but she forgot to teach poor young Sir that having sex with a girl against her will was rape, and that having sex with a 14-year-old girl with or without her consent is rape. Lucky for Sir, the look evidently worked on the judge. She gave him a very light sentence.

However, poor Sir has a reason for his sad old puppy dog eyes. He says he can't go anywhere, because everybody knows him and people recognize him. Excuse me if I doubt that -- Dallas is a big city, and Sir isn't nearly as important as he thinks he is. And he does get around enough to have impregnated his girlfriend. No explanation on how he plans to support the child without a job.

By the way, Sir isn't out of the woods yet. He has another sexual assault case pending against him, and it will be heard before a judge who might be able to see past his phony baloney expression.

I'm sure this post has offended more than one person, but you know it's the truth. However, I'm ready! Let the criticism begin!

"School rapist speaks out." The Dallas Morning News; June 19, 2014; p. 1B.

I have a better idea.

There's a movement afoot to take guns away from domestic abusers. One person testifying is Sarah Engle. She was shot by her boyfriend. She says she is living proof of how important it is to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. She says, "My ex had a history of being abusive and had active domestic restraining orders . . ." Perhaps if Sarah had gotten rid of the abuser at the first instance of abuse, he wouldn't have been around long enough to come after her with a gun -- or a knife -- or a baseball bat -- or his bare hands.

I've never been quite clear on this concept. If a man doesn't mind violating a restraining order and breaking the law to assault his spouse or girlfriend, why does anyone think he would mind breaking a law that says he can't have a gun?

I have a better idea -- let's increase and enforce the penalties for domestic abuse and put these animals in jail where they belong. I would think it would be a little difficult for them to get guns in jail, and certainly difficult for them to use them against their ex-wives/girlfriends.

"Get guns away from abusers, group pleads." The Dallas Morning News; June 19, 2014; p. 1B.

Well, now, isn't that special?

Do you remember Dana Carvey as the Church Lady on Saturday Night Live? Her signature line of sarcasm was, "Well, now, isn't that special?"

I couldn't help but think of that when I read that The Pesbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian in the church constitution.

Too bad it's not recognized as Christian in the Bible.

"Presbyterian assembly supports gay marriage." The Dallas Morning News; June 20, 2014; p. 4A.

Sometimes you just can't win.

Starbucks is not one of my favorite places. Their coffee is over-priced, and as for taste, I honestly would rather have a good old cup of Maxwell House. Plus I don't care for some of their political and moral stands.

That being said, sometimes you just can't win. Starbucks provides employees who work 240 hours in a quarter (about 20 hours a week) medical, dental, life and disability insurance. Sounds like a pretty good deal for some kid who just graduated from high school. And now they have a scholarship program to help supplement educations for those employees.

But Joshua Lane of North Dallas thinks that's not enough. He says, "I find it unusual how Starbucks would pay for its employees' college costs when it could have offered a higher wage that would improve employees' finances." Josh doesn't think a college education will "improve employees' finances"?

I guess Joshua has never heard the adage, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for today, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life." Besides all that, why is what Starbucks pays their employees any of Joshua's business?

"How about a salary boost instead?" The Dallas Morning News; June 19, 2014; p. 12A.

The Reverse of the Coin

Susan Lewis of Richardson has this pithy little letter to the editor about poor, overworked employees who are enslaved by their employers through fear and intimidation with no remuneration for their efforts.

She says, in part, "Management doubles the new employee's workload, without a thank you or pay raise. . .Fear is a powerful tool: fear of lost income, lost independence. . . Sales dip again. Manager adds more tasks to employee. Employee breaks. Now mistakes happen and employee can't keep up. Now employee receives write-ups, leading to the employee getting fired."

Here's the other side of the coin -- Employee calls in sick. Temp help must be brought in. Employee shows up unable to perform his job and expects to be paid doing half the work his job requires. Sales dip, employer cuts own salary to meet employee payroll without so much as a thank you from employee whose work is piling up due to excessive absences and tardiness. Customers come in door -- employee is outside on smoke break. Employee is written up for poor performance and badmouths employer on social media. Employee gets fired, and employer has to start the process all over again with a new trainee who doesn't even have enough pride to dress appropriately to apply for a job.

It's been my experience that employers need good employees, and when they get a good one, which is awfully rare these days, they won't cavalierly let him go.

"Fear the new employer tool." The Dallas Morning News; June 16, 2014; p. 10A.

It pays to read before you sign -- or vote.

The brilliant Dallas City Council has allowed the wily John Wiley Price to put one over on them. Price put forth a resolution for Juneteenth. In it, he calls for "monetary and substantial reparations" for African Americans -- never mind that there hasn't been a slave in Dallas for 150 years. I guess all the commissioners were afraid they'd be called racist if they voted against anything having to do with Juneteenth, so they passed the thing.

Now they're claiming ignorance. However, the resolution was read in open court in their presence. I say ignorance is no excuse.

"Officials unwittingly support reparations." The Dallas Morning News; June 18, 2014; p. 1B.

Is being tall a sin?

Mark Oristano of Dallas thinks being tall, non-Caucasian, and/or female is the equivalent of being queer. He says these people should be in therapy just as much as the queer should.

I don't know, Mark, but I think you're missing something here. Perhaps you'll quote me the scripture that says being tall is a sin. Or how about the one that says being female is an abomination? Can't find them? That's OK -- just show me the one that says being non-Caucasian is unseemly, and we'll call it even.

By the way -- I agree that therapy may not be the answer, but a great big dose of Jesus will surely do the trick.

"Other 'choices' to reconsider." The Dallas Morning News; June 18, 2014; p. 16A.

Encouraging Test Results! Well . . . maybe not.

Texas students are doing well on end-of-course algebra, biology and U.S. history tests. On the first try, 92% of students passed history. Algebra I garnered an 81% passing rate and biology boasted 91%.

But then I read the details. To pass the algebra and biology tests, a student need only answer 37% of the questions correctly. So all the 81% passing rate tells us is that 19% of the students couldn't even score 37 out of 100 on the test. For all we know, the rest of them scored less than 50%.

The kicker is that the students did much worse on the English tests. How sad!

"English exams trip up teens." The Dallas Morning News; June 5, 2014; p. 1A.

Living in the Lap of Luxury

Oak Cliff is celebrating. They just cut the ribbon on a $30 million public funded housing project that features a swimming pool with fountains and a lobby with lots of glass and chandeliers. There are 193 apartments and 14,000 square feet of commercial area. If we allocate $55 per square foot for the commercial area ($770,000 -- let's just round it off to $1 million), that means each apartment cost about $150,000.

I wonder how long it will be before the pool is algae covered and the fountains are broken? I wonder how long it will be before the chandeliers no longer work? I wonder how long it will be before all that glass is cracked or completely broken out of the frames? I wonder how long it will be before the retail space is boarded up?

As I've often said, it's not the ghetto that's the problem -- it's the people who live there.

"A complex built on hope." The Dallas Morning News; June 13, 2014; p. 1B.

Would you believe . . .?

"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt. We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education. You know, it was not easy." ~ Hillary Clinton.

How many of you really believe that? People who are "dead broke" don't "piece together resources for mortgages" (note the plural here). People who are "dead broke" don't send their children to fancy private schools (Sidwell Friends School) and to expensive universities (Stanford, Oxford, and Columbia).

Hillary, Bill, Barack, Michelle -- how do you know they're lying? Easy - their lips are moving.

More on Student Loans

Obama's new program for us to bail out people with student loans is a pig in a poke. Obama has requested $7.6 billion for the first year, but Education Secretary Arne Duncan says they don't know what the actual cost will be. "We'll figure that out on the back end," he said.

Think I'll try that one next time I want to buy a big luxury car and install a luxury swimming pool and landscaping at my house. The loan officer will ask how I intend to pay for these things. "We'll figure that out on the back end," I'll say. Hey -- if it's good enough for Obama, shouldn't it be good enough for me?

"Obama expands program offering student loan relief." The Dallas Morning News; June 10, 2014; p. 6A.

Best Argument Against Education I've Heard

I'm a big proponent of a well-rounded education for everyone; however, I've recently had to rethink my position.

"I'm only here because this country gave me a chance through education." ~ Barack Obama.

If Barack Obama is the result of education, we better take a long hard look at what we're teaching!

"Loan relief widens." The Dallas Morning News; June 10, 2014; p. 1A.

How many churches did you visit, Joyce?

Joyce King thinks racism is rampant in our society. She says not a day goes by that somebody doesn't remind her that she's black.

Joyce says she walked into a "white church" she had never visited before. She says she sat in front of a young white mother with several children. The woman was smiling. She says her whole demeanor changed "when I turned around to offer a friendly greeting. The woman did not say a word." I'm curious as to how Joyce knew the woman was smiling to begin with if she had her back to her.

I sort of doubt Joyce's anecdotal story, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and say she is telling the truth. I wonder how many "white churches" she had to visit before she got the desired reaction?

"On race issue, much work to do." The Dallas Morning News; June 7, 2014; p. 17A.

Poetic Justice

Bobby Lee Pearson lucked out on a technicality. Though most of them judged him guilty, the jury in his trial for burglary filled out the "Not guilty" form in error. The judge had no choice but to turn him loose.

Upon his release, Pearson high-tailed it to his sister's house to get his personal possessions. Pearson, who had a long criminal record, got into a fight with his sister's boyfriend. The boyfriend killed him and left his body in the street.

Sometimes, things just work themselves out.

"Freed by jury error; he's slain." The Dallas Morning News; June 13, 2014; p. 9A.

Make up your own mind.

United Methodists are trying to avoid a split over homosexuality. Some of the pastors are proposing "A Way Forward" -- that "churches and regional bodies [be given] the option to make up their own minds on such issues as affirming gay clergy and same sex marriage."

Does that mean that it doesn't matter what God said? Do we get to make up our own minds on adultery? How about incest? How about whether God really knows more than we do, or is He just an archaic being who doesn't understand how enlightened we've become? If you ask me, which they didn't, it sounds much more like "A Way to Hell" than "A Way Forward."

"Methodist pastors try to avoid split on gay issues." The Dallas Morning News; June 9, 2014; p. 6A.

One More Downside to Coddling Illegal Aliens

Federico Mendez-Hernandez, a native of Guatemala, was captured by the Border Patrol in May. They took him to an immigrant detention center where he began to exhibit symptoms such as excessive saliva, anxiety, insomnia, trouble swallowing , and a rapid heart rate. After exposing 742 people in four federal detention centers and two hospitals, they nailed down what was ailing Federico -- he had rabies. Three of the agents who had to fight with Federico when they caught him illegally crossing the border are now taking the rabies vaccine along with 20 other people in the exposed group. And what if there were actually 750 exposed, and they just don't know about the other eight?

Michelle Malkin reports that many of the children being illegally dumped by their parents into Texas and Arizona have tested positive for TB. And they're putting them on buses and planes carting them around. There's another epidemic in the making.

If that's not a case for immediately carting them all back across the border when they have no papers, I don't know what is.

"Human rabies case spurs quest." The Dallas Morning News; June 9, 2014; p. 3A.

Baloney!

Secretary of State John Kerry says, "Baloney!" to the suggestion that terrorists now have new incentives to kidnap Americans. Five top level Taliban for one fruitcake traitor is pretty good -- for the Taliban.

I wonder if the families of those brave soldiers who were reported killed trying to retrieve this traitor think it's baloney?

Kerry also says that the five terrorists we so freely handed over might, indeed, get back into the fight. But if they do, he says, "they also have the ability to get killed doing that." That's true -- we know we got Bin Laden -- after 10 years of hunting and sacrificed lives. And so what if these five plan and carry out another 9/11? According to Kerry's logic, we'll have the satisfaction of avenging 3,000 lives on just those five. To that, I say, "BALONEY!"

"Kerry defends Bergdahl swap." The Dallas Morning News; June 9, 2014; p. 1A.

Some Quotes and Observations on Trading Terrorists for Traitors

"The United States has always had a pretty sacred rule, and that is we don't leave our men or women in uniform behind." ~ Barack Obama

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Disclaimer: Unless they happen to be at the embassy in Benghazi.

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"Regardless of circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American prisoner back. Period." ~ Barack Obama

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Reminder: "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. Period."

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Disclaimer: Was Bergdahl a prisoner, or a traitorous collaborator with the enemy? The evidence seems to point to the latter.

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"Is there the possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us? Absolutely." ~ Barack Obama.

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Translation: These guys could very well mount an attack like 9/11, but my agenda is more important than the lives of Americans.

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"I wouldn't be doing it if I thought it would be contrary to American national security." ~ Barack Obama

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Lie: See first statement in this section on the likelihood of them mounting an attack. Both these statements cannot be true, because one directly contradicts the other.

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"He served the United States with honor and distinction." ~ Susan Rice.

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"The system is wrong. I am ashamed to be an american. And the title of US soldier is just the lie of fools." ~ Bowe Bergdahl

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"Sergeant Bergdahl wasn’t simply a hostage; he was an American prisoner of war captured on the battlefield.”  ~ Susan Rice

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Does this side of the story sound anything like Rice's version? Which do you believe?

 "Sources who had debriefed two former members of Bergdahl’s unit said Bergdahl left behind a note the night he left base in which he expressed disillusionment with the Army and being an American and suggested that he wanted to renounce his American citizenship and go find the Taliban." ~ Fox News Report

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“What I was referring to is the fact that this was a young man who volunteered to serve his country in uniform at a time of war. That in itself is a very honorable thing.” ~ Susan Rice

It goes without saying: The same is true of Nidal Hassan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/susan-rice-bowe-bergdahl-praise-107521.html#ixzz33xoPFhBs


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"To those criticizing the administration's handling of the return of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl: . . . please be brave enough to stand up and tell his parents that you would rather that Sgt. Bergdahl have remained in the hands of his captors because the administration didn't follow your rules." ~ Mac Hopkin, Frisco

 

Question to Mac: Would you be brave enough to stand up and tell the parents of those who lost their lives because of this man that it was worth it to try to "rescue" a traitor?

 

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"Follow your conscience." ~ Bob Bergdahl when his son told him that the title of U.S. soldier was the lie of fools.
 

Was Bob Bergdahl actually encouraging his son to place not only himself in danger, but also the 6-14 soldiers reported to have died looking for him and the ones who died in the strange coincidence of increased attacks immediately after Bergdahl went missing?

 

 



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Sure, I'd love to pay your debts!

Atif Mian and Amir Sufi say that holding people accountable for their student loans is unfair. They say that principal balances should be tied to the unemployment rate. They say, "Even when the job market plummets, student loans have the same principal balance and require the same interest payment. Debt does not adjust, even though the economic circumstances of the graduates have changed dramatically." They say this places an unfair burden on young Americans, and they are talking about forgiving approximately 60% of those loan balances.

Gee, it would be nice if all my debts were adjusted according to some arbitrary scale, too. Let's see, I could go buy a car, run up some credit card debt, maybe even build a swimming pool, knowing that if the numbers were right, I could get a large portion of my principal balances wiped out. But remember, somebody has to pay, and what's unfair is to expect me to pay a debt I didn't incur.

Let's face it -- a large portion of those student loans went to people who were going to school as a means of making a living while indulging in the partying lifestyle. I don't care to contribute to that.

"Making the case for student loan indexing." The Dallas Morning News; June 2, 2014; p. 13A.

What country is this?

The public notice announcing the run-off election for PJC regents was in the newspaper Monday. The heading on the notice was:

AVISO DE ELECCIONES para la SEGUNDA RONDA ELECTORAL

 

No English translation. I at first thought maybe this was just a required notice for Spanish speakers, but not so -- there was not another notice in the paper, and the rest of this notice had both Spanish and English.

 

What country is this, anyway?

There is a way . . .

Charlotte Coyle, one of our local pastors, I guess in an attempt to be accepting and politically correct, wrote a piece for the newspaper. I knew it was going to be a winner before I read even one word she had written. The newspaper head read, "No right way to believe." Sorry Ms. Coyle, but that's not what the Scripture says.

The Scripture says, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of death."

Samuel said, ". . . I will teach you the good and the right way."

Ezra said, "Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance."

Speaking of false prophets, Peter said they ". . .have forsaken the right way."

Ms. Coyle says that Christ's Church as a body will only function well when there is a wide range of differences. That's not exactly scriptural. The Bible says the church should be of one mind. The Apostle Paul used this phrase frequently -- just one example: "that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel." God never said everybody having a different doctrine was OK -- when He spoke of diversity, he was speaking of diversity of gifts.

Ms. Coyle says "there is no one right way to believe; there is no one right way to behave; there is no one right way to be a Christian." I beg to differ as did the Apostle John when he said, "He that believeth on Him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already." I beg to differ as did the Apostle Paul when he said, ". . . that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." I beg to differ as did the Lord Jesus when He said, "I am the way the truth and the life, and no man cometh unto the Father but by me."

I may not be a pastor and have the religious education that Ms. Coyle does, but I do know a little about what the Scripture says, and when someone says something that is contrary, God usually gives me a little nudge that makes me think, "That doesn't sound right." When we get those little nudges, we need to check it out and then speak out.

"No right way to believe." The Dallas Morning News; May 23, 2014; p. A5.

Economic Ruin

"Supposing I'm wrong or scientists are wrong -- 97 percent of them all wrong -- supposing they are. What's the worst that can happen?" ~Secretary of State John Kerry on benefits from limiting greenhouse gases even if climate change is not occurring.

I'd like to answer that question for the honorable Mr. Kerry. What's the worst that can happen? Economic meltdown when regulations force fossil fuel businesses out or cause their prices to rise so high we can't afford them.

Economic meltdown when we've run them out of business without having developed all those iffy things like wind farms (which erode the soil and could cause another Dust Bowl), electric cars (which nobody wants and which require a nuclear or fossil fuel source for charging the batteries), and solar panels (The White House recently installed enough solar panels to power six 50-watt bulbs for 20 hours each day if the sun is shining -- we don't know how much the panels and installation cost, because Obama won't tell us. He brags that the panels were American made and installed by American companies, but he won't say which ones. My translation of this is that the panels cost many times the money they will save, and Obama financial supporters have connections to the companies that manufactured and installed the panels.).

Economic meltdown when we can't transport food and other goods to the places where people need them. We can watch this country implode while the climate keeps doing what it's done for thousands of years. But we can pat ourselves on the back for not leaving a carbon footprint while we're doing it!

Does that answer your question, Mr. Kerry?

"Talking Points." The Dallas Morning News; May 25, 2014; p. 1P.

Who's missing?

Coverage for the National Day of Prayer in Collin County consisted of three photographs:

1. Y. L. Ling. Executive director for the central region of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation.
2. Davinder Singh of Richardson. I didn't know what he was, but he has a long beard and a turban and a Youtube video that's a little creepy. I googled the address on the banner behind him on the video, and it is Akaljot Gurdwara. A Gurdwara is a Sikh center of worship.
3. Dorayne Breedlove. Kook. You can read about what her beliefs are at her website -- it's something like "God is in everything and we are God and we will all be God." Here's a couple of direct quotes: "The manifest universe is the body of God, it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God." . . ."We believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete emancipation from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all."

Back to the title question -- who's missing from this National Day of Prayer coverage?

http://www.csldallas.org/index.php/about-us/what-we-believe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQg2hlHbNQ

"Playing and Praying." The Dallas Morning News; May 5, 2014; p. 3B.





 

Christophobic bigots allowed to spew hate speech.

John Netto is a Christophobic bigot. He is intolerant of views that differ from his own. He is currently spewing his hate speech at Utah Governor Gary Herbert.

What has Governor Herbert done that is so horrendous in Netto's warped view of the world? Herbert has said that he will uphold the laws of Utah as he swore to do when he took his oath of office. It just so happens that Netto doesn't like some of Utah's laws, and in his intolerant tirade he calls Herbert uneducated.

Netto is not just a Christophobic bigot, he is a lying ignorant Christophobic bigot. He said, "To suggest that allowing gay marriage is the foundation of anarchy, to us, is hate speech." Herbert never said that allowing gay marriage is the foundation to anarchy (though I believe it definitely ranks in the top three foundations of anarchy). Here is what Herbert actually said, "For elected officials, governors or attorney generals (sic), to pick and choose what laws [they] will enforce, I think, is a tragedy and is the next step to anarchy." And he is exactly right. Perhaps Netto is the one in need of some education, particularly in the area of vocabulary words such as "anarchy."

Stand strong, Governor Herbert -- there are still many of us out here who believe just like you do.

"Governor's remarks blasted." The Dallas Morning News; May 25, 2014; p. 12A.

Be sure to sign up before the deadline!

People will do anything to try to shock you or get their pictures and names in the paper. And our society condones the ridiculous foolishness. Did you know that there is a World Naked Bike Ride? It takes place in Portland, Oregon. This is from their website:

"The much anticipated 2014 Portland Naked Bike Ride (World Naked Bike Ride) released the starting point and details of the ride today. It will take place on June 7th starting at Normandale Park. The great weather last year brought more than 10,000 riders."

Here's an assurance that it's all OK -- "And don’t worry, riding naked in Portland is legal."

Can you imagine a city promoting such a thing? We are truly going to hell in a bike basket!

http://pdxpipeline.com/tag/portland-bike-events/
http://www.travelportland.com/article/cycling-events/