Archive for April, 2011
Rick Santorum Stands Out in New Hampshire With Focus on Our Founding Principles
I’m out in Manchester, NH this weekend. Last night I attended a dinner hosted by Americans for Prosperity. Today, I’m was at the We The People Forum at Southern New Hampshire University. Last night, five candidates spoke (Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Tim Pawlenty), today three spoke (Romney, Pawlenty and Bachmann). [...]
Iowa Energy are NBA D-League Champs
Congratulations to the Iowa Energy on their 2011 Championship! They won the Eastern Conference, held the best record in the league, had both player and coach of the year, and to top it off now have the title. It wasn’t easy as the Rio Grande Valley Vipers pushed the Energy to a decisive 3rd game [...]
New Hampshire Presidential Summit on Spending and Job Creation
I’m out in New Hampshire this weekend, and am attending an Americans for Prosperity event in Manchester, NH. They are having a dinner honoring the New Hampshire Conservative of the Year, Ovide Lamontagne. They then are having a presidential forum on jobs and spending. Speaking at this forum will be former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney [...]
Keep It Classy Donald Trump
I’ve been traveling today so just got into the loop on Donald Trump’s *classy* speech in Las Vegas. Very nice, I am sure this type of speech will play well with Iowa Republicans when he speaks at their Lincoln Dinner in June. We must have our daily regiment of F bombs. Nothing like having a [...]
Mike Gronstal to Blame If Late Term Abortion Ban Dies in Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) has said he will not personally intervene to move the late term abortion bill, House File 657 (formerly HF 5) out of the Senate Government Oversight Committee to the Senate floor. He said, “It is in committee. If it comes out of committee, we will make a [...]
The Greener Grass Conspiracy by Stephen Altrogge, a Review
Let’s face it, we are ungrateful and discontent people, and we still dare to call ourselves Christians. We needed a book like this one. In his book, The Greener Grass Conspiracy: Finding Contentment on Your Side of the Fence, Stephen Altrogge deals with the problem of discontentment in the life of the Christian. Discontentment, he [...]
Donald Trump Leads Latest National Poll and Other Signs Armageddon is Upon Us
Maybe the end of the world really is upon us. Why? Because Donald Trump leads in the latest National GOP Rasmussen Poll at 19%. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is in second place at 17% and Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is at 15%. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Former Speaker Newt Gingrich are [...]
How could a bunch of Hillbillies possibly buy a mansion like this?
How could a bunch of Hillbillies possibly buy a mansion like this? This was the opening punch line in the 1962 pilot episode of the situation comedy, The Beverly Hillbillies, but it could also be yet another pundit in 2011 suggesting Governor Mike Huckabee and his wife will not give up their new home in [...]
Iowa Right to Life/Operation Rescue Press Conference on Leroy Carhart and Late Term Abortion Ban
Jenifer Bowen of Iowa Right to Life and Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue will hold a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol at 1:00p (CST) to discuss status of the late term abortion ban. Update: Press conference completed, a recorded video has been provided below. We’ll update with a better quality HD video soon. [...]
Slave vs. Servant
I’m reading a the latest book by John MacArthur, Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ. He discusses how in English translations of the Bible, the Greek word doulos is often translated “servant” or “bondservant” when it should be rendered “slave.” He gives a couple of reasons why this has likely been done. [...]
