Archive for Politics
World AIDS Day
Today is Dec. 1, 2008. Two big events take place today.
The anniversary of Rosa Parks taking a stand, by taking a seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955, and World AIDS Day.
Two great movements/issues of our day — the civil rights movement and AIDS awareness/treatment/elimination.
I almost hate to compare the two movements (simply because [...]
Adult stem cells score
Shared this story from NPR on Facebook earlier this week.
Here’s what Christianity Today had to say…
Adult Stem Cells Score Again
A trachea engineered from bone marrow stem-cells makes ethical research more appealing.
Susan Wunderink
Claudia Castillo, whose lungs had been ravaged by tuberculosis, has a new trachea. She made it herself . . . sort of.
Doctors in Spain [...]
Sarah Palin Rap on SNL
Didn’t see this before. Guess we got bored or sleepy that week and missed it.
(HT: Evan Courtney)
On a related note - who are you hoping to recruit for the 2012 or 2016 election? With two year campaigns becoming the norm, now might be a good time to start thinking that way.
Nov. 4, 2008
Crazy times
I gave in and joined a couple discussion on Facebook over the weekend about faith and politics.
Several folks whom I consider good friends (and still do) made comments that basically said if you vote for any candidate that supports abortion, you need to really question your salvation and faith.
That really bothers me. But I [...]
Mos Def for president
(HT to Ariah Fine)
Let’s change the process
Chuck Baldwin for President
Still not convinced but I like this ad.
And this youtube one ::
I’m tired of being told who not to vote for. As the election day draws closer, the emails claiming “this puts the final nail in the coffin” “this is all the proof you need to not vote for…” continue to increase.
Wish someone would give [...]
Jesus for president
If Jesus ran for president - his opponents attack ad might look something like this…
(Btw didn’t like the John
McCain bit at the end but otherwise thought it was pretty spot on)
in other news (a repeat video I’m sure here)…
end poverty!
Today is Blog Action Day 08 - focused on ending poverty. I caught on to this a little late. Sorry about that. But if you’ve read my blog for any length of time I think you’ll know how frustrated I get to see people living in poverty.
I think you know it rattles me crazy when [...]
