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| The Unreasonable CommandmentsDredging through old blogs (I'm still not happy with my blogging, but I have said some things I'm happy about) I found this:
Ten "Unreasonable" Commandments
Give God credit for what he does
Don't make up your own gods
Don't claim "God said" if he didn't
Take a day off to rest and evaluate your priorities
Be grateful to your parents for giving you life
Don't murder each other
Don't betray each others' marriages
Don't steal each others' stuff
Don't lie in court
Don't scheme to get each others' homes, land, spouses or laborers.
What's controversial about that?
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| Why it was called "The Great Depression"
It is common for us to interchange "The Depression" with "The Great Depression", as if it were the only one, when we discuss the economic backlash of 1929 through 1939.
In its time, however, it was called "The GREAT Depression" for a very good reason - there had been many depressions before. The Industrial Age brought with it not just interchangeable factory parts but an economic co-dependency that was completely new. In biblical times, when famine hit a community, it was possible to travel by camel to where there was food. As we see now, a stockbroker sneezing in New York brings down the factories of Yonezawa.
So, why was the "Great Depression" "Great" rather than another blip on the economic scene?
Because, you see, the US Federal Government tried to FIX IT that time!
Great job, Uncle Sam. We'll let you handle this one, too!
Save me a place in the bread line!
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| Dance, Pastor, Dance!Dance, Pastor, Dance!
You can dance now, Reverend Cause nobody's watching You can be free to live The fishbowl is gone
Wade in the river Swim in the sea, Dance, Pastor, Dance Jesus is in charge now, Be free!
The weight of being Every Man Is lifted from your shoulders The only Cross you have to bear is the one you own.
Liberty, sweet Liberty, I'm not in charge no more! Looking to the One I Love I live for him alone.
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| This is not good:
Mr. White is generally positive about the new approach. “These are all fairly thoughtful carrots,” he says. “But it would not hurt to use the power of the US Treasury or the FDIC [Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.] to strongly encourage the servicers to participate.
From the Washington Post. Emphasis added.
Does that sound scary? Or is it me?
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| Time To Break Out the Thieves OilTime To Break Out the Thieves Oil!
2 Mice Carrying Plague Disappear From New Jersey Lab, FBI Says No Public Health RiskThe mice are dead... but there is something a bit eerie in knowing that mad scientists, with FDA oversight (?!) are fooling around with bubonic plague germs...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489595,00.html
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