Archive for March, 2007
Saturday, March 31st, 2007
This Week’s Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (#73)
A 42-year-old “man” charged with statutory rape in Chattanooga, Tennessee has been discovered to be a woman.
The oversight was discovered in the shower room of the Hamilton County jail.
The prisoner, who goes by the legal name “Alexander David Cross”, was born “Elaine Ann Cross” and is identified a female on her birth certificate. Authorities [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in the Apocalypse by ME
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Caption This Friday
Well, like Karl Marx used to say, “Gott sei dank, heute ist freitag.”
Or something like that — I think I read it in one of his books but he may have been quoting Hegel.
My weekend is going to be filled with reading questions at a high school quiz bowl tournament on campus tomorrow and a [...]
17 Comments » - Posted in caption this by ME
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Vox Bloguli
A weekly round-up of what’s happening on a few of the other blogs I read:
On Growing Closer: The Jogger (parental guidance suggested).
Talking Points Memo: If you had a friend like President Bush, you would consider an intervention.
This Modern World: Demonstrates what that intervention would look like.
Slate.com: The President’s favorite historian. I can see why.
Radical Congruency: [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in vox bloguli by ME
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
The Searcy Police Log
Searcy, Arkansas is a town where “thousands live like millions wish they could.” Unfortunately, a few of our citizens occasionally have to make a police report. These are their stories.
Reports filed with the Searcy Police Department from March 11-12, 2007 include the following:
Theft of property; woman reported that unknown person(s) stole two bikes and a [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Searcy, crime by ME
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Starting World War III: It’s More Difficult Than You Think
As some of you know, I spent a lot of time flying around in a Navy P-3C Orion from 1977-1980.
My job was to look for Soviet submarines and (IMHO) I was pretty good at it. If you slept well during those years, you can thank me. Actually, you’ve already thanked me for it [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Cold War, Navy, Russians, submarines, travel by ME
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Kudos to Brett Keller
Brett Keller, one of my favorite students here at Harding University and a frequent commenter on this blog, has been named a 2007 Truman Scholar.
Each year, sixty-five Truman scholars are selected from among 585 candidates nominated by 280 colleges and universities. Typically, selection panels elect one Scholar from each state and one at-large Scholar [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in Harding, Harding University, academia, awards by ME
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Democrats Hate America
Exhibit A…
FoxNews reminds their viewers, who probably represent the last 30% of Americans who believe that the civil war in Iraq is worth more American blood, that Democrats like to legislate defeat.
Patriotism may be the last refuge of a scoundrel but FoxNews is as close second-to-last.
“We report, you… ah, never mind…”
ht: c&l
16 Comments » - Posted in Defeatocrats, Iraq, media by ME
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
The Myth of Redemptive Violence (Part II)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Paul to the Romans 12:2)
Christ calls us to be different – to transform ourselves [...]
42 Comments » - Posted in Walter Wink, non-violence, pacifism, people with issues by ME
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Swiftboat This
By a 218-212 vote on Friday, the House of Representives passed the U.S. Troops Readiness, Veterans’ Health and Iraq Accountability Act, which calls for the redeployment of US troops from Iraq by September 1, 2008.
The bill ties troop withdrawal provisions to more than $100 billion in emergency funds for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, [...]
44 Comments » - Posted in Iraq, congress, veterans by ME
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Alberto Gonzales Death Watch Contest Update
One week ago, I asked you to predict which one of these things was going to happen first:
Vanderbilt beats Georgetown in in men’s basketball (Vandy lost to Georgetown, 66-65, on Friday night)
My site meter reaches 162,000
UA men’s basketball coach Stan Heath leaves Arkansas
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigns
As of 10:52 am, Attorney General Gonzales was still [...]
