Middle America's Worldview

I created a new blog called Cool Movie Trailers.

It is simply that. A means for me to post the new movie releases and teasers. Check them out. Simply click the pic to view the videos.

Apparently I have been tagged. The rules are to post 10 facts about myself and tag 10 additional people. Sorry Anne, I don't really have 10 to tag. However, I will post my 10 facts.

1) I love spicy food.(Mexican, jalepenos, ect)
2) I hardly drink beer(twice this year), but when I do, it has to be a Corona extra (love those)
3) I have a short attention span. Once I fill my need to learn it, I move on.
4) I love technology, but miss the simple life (before computers).
5) I love to garden, but cnn only grow weeds.
6) I hate what PC (political correctness) has done to our culture.
7) I have been married to the same woman for nearly 12 years and I have never regretted it.
8) I have a tendency to analyze everyone.
9) I hated history as a kid, but now love it.
10) I hated country and western music as a kid, but now prefer it.

This should scare the hell out of you.

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that if she is elected president, she would make her husband a roaming ambassador to the world, using his skills to repair the nation's tattered image abroad.

"I can't think of a better cheerleader for America than Bill Clinton, can you?" the Democratic senator from New York asked a crowd jammed into a junior high school gymnasium. "He has said he would do anything I asked him to do. I would put him to work."

Read full article here

Talk about a cool weekend.

Friday night, I and my daughter went out camping together. It was a Dad's and Daughter's retreat. This was the first one for us. It was out in the sticks at a Church of all things, nearby a lake.

We put up the tent and went fishing for awhile. I have to admit, it made me twinge in missing the simple life. I enjoyed the brief time fishing with her. Since it was the first time I fished in years(literally), and her second time in her life, we really didn't have the proper equipment. However, it was still a treat.

We played games that night and really enjoyed our quality time alone. We crashed after 11 p.m. in the tent and was outta there before 5:30 a.m. After I finally fell asleep, I was awaken by a dumb dog barking in the camp at 4 a.m. (I checked the time). After laying there for an hour, I finally woke Britt up and we headed out. I didn't see anyone stirring that early. Oh well. It was a fabulous time and I look forward to doing it again.

Getting home that Saturday, showered and about 4-5 cups of coffee later, we met the other GirlScout mom's at the destination point. We drove all the way to Hot Springs, Arkansas to Magic Springs. It was a good time, although a bit too much sun.

We didn't make it back home till 10:30 p.m. Talk about exhausting. It was tiring, but worth it.

Sunday at Sunday School and home. I ran and grabbed 21 bags of Top Soil. My son and I did the heavy lifting.

Now we are heavily into a deep cleaning of the house. Yeah, busy and exhausting weekend, but a really cool one.

I found this surprising, but healthy for America.

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+ + Partial Birth Abortion Ban Update + +

Friday, April 20, 2007

After more than thirty-four years of Court-allowed abortion on demand—at any time, for any reason—the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld a ban on an abortion procedure.

Hallelujah!

In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that Congress’ 2003 ban on partial-birth abortion is constitutional, meaning that the gruesome procedure may no longer be practiced in the United States of America.

This is what he hoped and prayed for when we elected pro-life legislators, even when their early efforts to end this procedure were vetoed by the then-President. This is what we hoped and prayed for when we elected pro-life Americans who would nominate and confirm judicial nominees. This is what we hoped and prayed for when two new Supreme Court justices were added to the bench.

Today, those years of hoping and praying have borne the best kind of fruit—the protection of defenseless lives.

Three years ago, Dr. Kennedy praised Congress and the President for enacting the ban on partial-birth abortion. “Unborn children cannon speak,” he noted, “but Congress and the President have spoken on their behalf. In so doing they have fulfilled what Thomas Jefferson called the ‘first and only legitimate object of good government,’ which is, he said, ‘the care of human life and happiness.’”

Jefferson recognized that we are all endowed by our Creator with an inalienable right to life. That endowment comes when life begins—and, biologically speaking, there is no debate but that human life begins at fertilization. The Scriptures agree about the humanity of the unborn. “For you created my inmost being,” the Psalmist David proclaims. “You knit me together in my mother’s womb” (Psalm 139:13 NIV).

+ + Thank You + +

Thank you for joining with the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ in prayer. Thank you to the 196,422 of you whose petitions supporting the ban I delivered to the Court last November. Thank you to those of you who have supported this effort from its inception more than a decade ago. Today, your Wilberforcian tenacity in this battle is rewarded.

+ + From the Ruling + +

The ruling, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, and joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito, affirms that the government has “a legitimate and substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life.”

It states clearly that, “The law need not give abortion doctors unfettered choice in the course of their medical practice.”

It acknowledges the common sense reality that “some women come to regret their choice to abort the infant life they once created and sustained.”

You can read the opinion in its entirety by clicking here.

+ + Looking Ahead + +

The ruling is a token of the justness of our cause and our ultimate victory to come, as we continue to cry out for those being lead to destruction (Proverbs 31:8). This is the crack in the foundation of abortion on demand in America.

Savor the victory God has given!

Dr. Gary Cass
Executive Director
Center for Reclaiming America for Christ

+ + Coral Ridge Ministries Applauds High Court Partial-Birth Abortion Ruling:
http://www.coralridge.org/specialdocs/StatementSupremeCourtRuling04182007.htm

+ + Center Analysis: Supreme Court Upholds Partial-Birth Abortion Ban:
http://www.reclaimamerica.org/Pages/News/news.aspx?story=3201

+ + For all the latest:
www.reclaimamerica.org

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The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, established by Dr. D. James Kennedy, is an outreach of Coral Ridge Ministries to inform the American public and motivate Christians to defend and implement the biblical principles on which our country was founded. The Center, led by Executive Director Dr. Gary Cass, provides non-partisan, non-denominational information, training, and support to all those interested in impacting the culture and renewing the vision set forth by our Founding Fathers.

Questions? cfra@coralridge.org

I thought this was a interesting snippet regarding Pelosi.

Personally, I think it's dangerous for Pelosi to be going around 'speaking' to these other leaders on her own. It gives a message of a divided country. It's one thing to disagree with the leader, it's another to engage in communication with the enemies on your own.

Reading the snippet below, it appears she is not only engaging in talks on her own, but seriously miscommunicating. We have enough issues without someone trying to put a shine on their pin.

Does Pelosi have a right to negotiate over Israel’s land?
Can it be possible that Nancy Pelosi is agreeable to a meeting with the president of a terrorist-supporting and harboring state, and yet refuses to meet with the President of the United States?
Earlier this week, Ms. Pelosi declined to attend a meeting with President Bush at the White House to talk about funding for the war in Iraq.
One of the things Pelosi said while on her jaunt to Syria was, "There is no division on policy between us and President Bush -- be it on Israel, Palestine or Syria."
Pelosi has been chided over her "foolish shuttle diplomacy." She has also been taken to task for her claim that the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, requested that she act as a messenger to Bashar Assad with the pronouncement that "Israel was ready to engage in peace talks." Prime Minister Olmert’s spokesperson has since set the record straight – and corrected Ms. Pelosi.
According to Ms. Pelosi, Bashar Assad was prepared to "resume the peace process.”
The Washington Post reported that: "Ms. Pelosi not only misrepresented Israel's position but was virtually alone in failing to discern that Mr. Assad's words were propaganda."

Although, it was a quick weekend (didn't feel like much of one at all), it was still nice in respects of some things.

I left work early Friday afternoon and we drove to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where we attended a "Family Rulz" conference.

Lisa Whelchel and Dennis Swansburg were the guests speakers. I knew of Lisa but hadn't heard of Danny. I was impressed with both.

Friday evening was more of a introduction to the speakers, where as Saturday was the full conference.

Both spoke in 2 sessions that were broken up in a split session (Lisa for the women and Danny for the guys). This was nice, because it allowed everyone to hear both, yet have a special session for just the individual mom/dad.

During all this, the kids were entertained with a movie that Friday night and a magician that Saturday. Everyone enjoyed the conference.

We drove home after the conference, not arriving to Fort Smith till 4:30 p.m. It pretty much killed Saturday.

Sunday we went to church and back home to prepare for the week. I was excited to lead the mens Sunday school yesterday.

The mobile sensor tower caught my eye this morning.

Seems the Boeing company has devised a first SBInet Mobile Sensor Tower that will identify anyone coming across the borders. Their first test was a success in Fort Walton Beach Florida. "The tower houses cameras, radar, wireless data access points, communications and computer equipment, and a tower security system. When combined with Border Patrol agent vehicle modifications, the mobile sensor towers will provide surveillance data to the Common Operating Picture, a critical component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's comprehensive border security solution."

I think it's an interesting idea. However, to identify them and to push them back is two different things. Personally I think we also need to clean up the means to deport those we find.

The kids and I went to Cub Scouts last night. I have to say, I was most impressed with my kids demeanors and the way the behave, compared to the other kids.

Prior to last nights Cub Scout meeting, we have been working on our Cub Scout electives, tasks, ect. to get them signed off at the meeting. Alot of the extra electives are simple tasks, projects, ect.

I grew tired of having to turn the lights off in rooms with no kids. So I called both in last night before the meeting and we did the 'Conservation elective'. We learned how we as a family can save energy by turning off the lights, TV's ect. , especially when no-one is in the room using them. We also learned of water usage, not to leave the refrigerator door open, ect. I have to say, the only thing they are bad at is the lights left on in the bedrooms.

So now, every time I come across a light left on in a room, I go to the kids and simply state, "I am thinking of a word that starts with a C. It's a word that we learned about recently." It's funny to see the figurative light bulb come on and they run back to the rooms to turn out the lights.

What a weekend. I enjoyed Friday night with the kids. While Kel had some time out with her friends, the kids and I watched Meet the Robinsons at the theaters. It was a cute movie. We will most likely buy it when it hits the DVD market.

The remainder of the weekend was the pits. I had alot I wanted to get done, since it was an actual weekend we didn't have to run anywhere. But alas, it was not so.

The stomach virus hit our daughter first, then Kel, and finally me. Talk about sucking.
Needless to say, it wasn't fun. Fortunately, it hit during the weekend in respect of no losing any work time. I wouldn't want to wish it on anyone.

I slept most of the weekend, when I didn't have to get up every other hour. Last night, I actually slept all the way through. I crashed around 7 p.m. and woke up feeling alot better around 6:30 a.m.

This will be yet, another busy week. I have a board meeting tonight, cub scout Tuesday night, church Wednesday night, and we leave early Friday night for a conference in Arkansas. Never a dull moment.

This caught my eye today. Seems there is a boycott on "The View" out there for Rosie.

I have to be honest. I've only seen pieces of The View, maybe 5 times in the past year. My wife has a tendency to watch it, when she can. She then relates to me some of the antics that goes on.

I was sent a email today regarding a boycott of the products funding The View with a request to not only ban, inform, the companies of the products, but to also inform The View your doing so. I recall this same action occurring for NBC's show "The book of Daniel". I commented on that incident here.

Anyway, it seems a new rise against Rosie on the website Stop Rosie.com, featuring their online petition.

I knew some people didn't like her bully'ing and rudeness, but seems this movement is beginning to pick up some steam.

Michelle Malkin has come into it to help identify the sponsors.



The video is 2 minutes and 41 seconds long.


I think initially, ABC was using Rosie's attitude and demeanor as a means to attract audience. Rosie's bout with Trump enabled The View with many more viewers during the tyrade. However, this same woman, may also be their demise. As more of the population take part of hitting the sponsors and ABC's money belt, their mind will probably change.

Contact ABC

Sponsors of ABC’s “The View”

* All Detergent
* BAM Power Cleaner
* Best Foods Mayonnaise
* Bush’s Baked Beans
* Claritin-D
* Clorox
* Cottonelle Toilet Tissue
* Crest Whitening Rinse
* Disney
* Dove Ice Cream
* Excedrin
* Head & Shoulders Shampoo
* Honey Bunches of Oats
* Humira
* I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
* Janome Sewing Machines
* Loestrin 24
* M&M’s
* Marshall’s
* Miracle-Gro
* Pepto Bismol
* Pier 1 Imports
* Pillsbury Toaster Strudel
* Reach One Ultimate Clean Toothbrush
* Scrubbing Bubbles
* Sears
* Singulair (Merck - none found)
* Stainmaster Carpet
* Stanley Steemer - Editor’s Note: A Stanley Steemer representative has contacted GOPUSA to say that they are currently in the process of removing their commercials from “The View”.
* T.J. Maxx
* Tide Laundry Detergent
* Vaseline Intensive Rescue Body Lotion
* Woolite
* Zyrtec (Pfizer)

Please check out Falling Panda for their great efforts in pushing this boycott forward.

I heard about this going on in Europe on the way home today. The news on the radio was reporting the Church of England actually thinking of removing the cross from their flag.

???? Say what?


Yes. According to the radio news, it seems the church doesn't want to 'offend' some by the cross. Seems it reminds some of the Crusades.

This seems strange when only last year the church criticized the preferential treatment of the Muslims.

As one said on the radio, "multiculturalism causes conflict". I am leaning to agree.

In our world of multi-culture, it would be logical to have disagreements. But to overlook the truth of history to appease one section of beliefs over another? True fallacy.

This new generation of kids will be mis (or non) informed of their history, all on the account of appeasement. Those that neglect history will only repeat it.

We are finally home. I am glad for it. We cleaned up the house and started laundry as soon as we hit the door. I made a run to town after we unloaded the car and made a list of basics (bread, milk, eggs, ect.)

Since we started driving from Nashville around 8 a.m. this morning and not arriving home till after 5 p.m., no-one felt like cooking. I grabbed some KFC on my errand to town.

One of the highlights for me was the Tennessee Museum. There were alot of Civil War artifacts there. I took around 195 pictures at the Museum alone (literally). I wasn't able to use flash, so some pic's were a little grainy.



Tomorrow is work again. I really dread looking at the business email since it's been 5 days (not counting the weekend).

Up early for our day at Nashville. We hit the Opry Mills last night. It was a nice mall. We also walked over to the Opry House and Opry museum. The Museum had already closed, but we were able to see where they were located for us tonight.

Since our Opry Land tickets hadn't arrived before we left, I called them yesterday. Our tickets should be ready for us at the Box Office tonight. I guess this will be a real test of Ticket Master.

Today our plan is to drive into downtown Nashville. We hope to eat at a Loveless Cafe for breakfast. It suppose to be the 'best' in this area.

We are also planning to split a little this day. Kel will drop me off at the Tennessee State Museum while she and the kids go to the Science Center. Although, I really don't like the idea of us splitting up, I am excited to see the Museum without feeling rushed.

We traveled down to Newport today. Hit the Aquarium first thing, once it opened. I was impressed. It was much bigger then I had expected. The kids had a blast, and I was glad for it. We also hit the mall in the same area on the levy. It wasn't big, but the food was good.

We also took the bus into Cincinnati, Ohio. I found a great deal.

The book is "Civil War - A complete Photographic History Nearly 4,000 images of the war". I purchased it for only 20 bucks. It was a booger to carry around Cincinnati. Id didn't care, I thought it was a great find and I know I will enjoy it.

The hotel room we are in, is also nice. We are located in Newport, Kentucky overlooking the Ohio River at Cincinnati.

Tomorrow we head to Nashville, Tennessee. We will travel through Louisville to get there. We are looking to hit Fort Knox on the way.