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Are we sleeping?

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Yesterday a reader of my blog left a comment that made me realize I have been sleeping, especially as regards my eagerness to accept everything said during the Saddleback forum as truth.  Even though I appreciated Senator McCain’s apparent integrity, that has now come into question at least with one of his comments.  Remember the statement he made about Congress’ wasteful spending and how it spent $3 million of our taxdollars to study bear DNA?  He forgot to tell us that he did, in fact, vote for it! Just goes to show that the “trust…but verify” axiom applies not just … Continue reading Are we sleeping?

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Civil Rights of Faith-Based Organizations

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -First Amendment to the United States Constitution The blogger at Who’s Wrong Today disagreed with my earlier blog that asserted that faith-based organizations have the right to hire who they want.  This blogger writes: Do we really want to promote as a societal ideal that employers can hire whoever they want, for whatever reason they … Continue reading Civil Rights of Faith-Based Organizations

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A Conservative’s Reaction to the Values Forum

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For the first time in any election in my lifetime, I feel as if I have been given a glimpse into the two remaining candidates not as the media paints them, but as they are. Last night I watched the Saddleback Church’s forum and came away from the experience having a much better insight into the people behind the political personas. Of course, I’m sure both their answers were part-spin, part-truth. But because both candidates were given the same questions, we can truly compare apples to apples. And compare I did. I even took notes because I wanted to make … Continue reading A Conservative’s Reaction to the Values Forum

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Huckabee’s Last Stand…in Faith

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It’s almost spring in Texas! The grass is getting green around the edges of sidewalks and houses, trees and shrubs are beginning to bloom, and tulips are popping up all over the place. On Saturday the weather was so warm we needed sunscreen to be outdoors! But this is, after all, Texas, and that means that nothing is predictable about the weather. If you don’t like it, wait a minute. It’ll change. And that’s what happened to us last night. After a very warm weekend, Monday began with a boom as severe storms swept through the region, leaving behind downed … Continue reading Huckabee’s Last Stand…in Faith

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Why This Texan Voted for Huckabee, and others will too!

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The Texas and Ohio primaries are coming up this Tuesday. The Goliath News Media and conservative pundits have all but pushed Mike Huckabee aside in the face of Senator McCain’s accumulation of delegates and poll numbers. What they discount, however, is the rural vote. Huckabee took the south on Super Tuesday, primarily in rural areas. The big cities went for McCain (why, I don’t know), but the common-sense folks of rural America recognize something genuine, fresh, and new in Mike Huckabee. He is untainted by Washington politics. He does not have a Keating Five scandal in his past. He is … Continue reading Why This Texan Voted for Huckabee, and others will too!