Why am I having second thoughts? And I thought I had issues. 
Month: April 2007
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I believe this is the first fallout from the VTech shooting.
Conservative or Liberal? Here’s 10 things that they differ on.
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Hmmmmm, I wonder why this didn’t make a bigger news splash? VTech overshadowed it? But it happened a day after the Imus incident and was replayed a week or so afterwards. Maybe because they were not a national radio program and because we don’t have an Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. (Thankfully we don’t.) I’m still surprised that none of the women’s lib groups didn’t join in the slaughter of Imus.
The fallout has been interesting though, the comparison of hip-hop and rap music to what Imus said and how one is considered art and MUST be protected under the First Amendment. And then we know what happened to Imus. Double standard definitely. Even if Russell Simmons says there needs to be a cleanup of music; racism and derogatory comments will always be present. Pessimist viewpoint? Sure, but I grew up being mocked by the same minority major. Did they enjoy it when they were mocked by others? Not at all. I’m still standing by the double standard viewpoint.
And yes, what Imus said was wrong and hurtful but he should have been protected by the First Amendment. It was the right of CBS/NBC to fire him because he represents them and they don’t want that connection to those comments. However, no one has come out to say he should have been protected by the First Amendment. Oh well, he’ll just end up on XM/Sirus like Stern.
I’m still waiting for those changes to the Second Amendment as well.
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I knew it! Jack Bauer really traded the Russian chip not for Audrey but for 2 more years of Butterstick.
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Tired body means a tired mind and a tired spirit.
So much has been happening over the past few weeks it’s been increasingly hard to comment about them. Obviously, the Virginia Tech is the freshest in my mind. It’s a very tragic event that potentially could have been avoided. Our prayers are with the families of the victims, the assailants family and of those emotionally scared by this event. Though there is nothing we can do about the past it’s the future that I’m a tad bit worried about. I think this cartoon sums it up. (I’m sure that just offended a few people.) But consider how many decisions are made based upon emotion and haste. I fear more laws to protect the ignorant will pop-up leading this nation down a slippery slope. I think my co-worker sums it up the best:
Think the media will bother to question the possibility that, given he mentioned Columbine, their playing up that incident might have helped sow the seeds of this one? Or will they just let that remain a dirty little secret of their success, like violent movies and everything else in the comic?
On a related note, 230 people died in Iraq yesterday and 2 soldiers died earlier this week and nobody held a memorial or profiled the killers or lowered any flags to half-staff. Only people with social pathologies and their total aberrant, random acts of violence or public disgrace knocks American Idol out of the top of the ratings. then people get indignant and say that “something must be done. people must be held accountable,” and then we get back to solving the world’s problems by watching the most immoral sh* stream out of the tube/flat-panel as we eat and drink our way into type-II diabetes.CNN has two interesting commentaries about the idea of gun control. First by Tom Plate and the other by Ted Nugent. Plate’s commentary, to me, is more based upon emotion as opposed to Nugent which is more logical. Logic should win 99% of the time. Unfortunately, in this case I believe that 1% will and we’ll have more stupid stuff like this. All based upon emotion. Nothing on statistics or logics. Just like this. Thankfully, the people spoke and it never became a law. Then again how many people fell for the ban on dihydrogen monoxide?
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As cool as this would have been to win, that’s a lot of money and it doesn’t even include flights, lodging or food. It is Hawaii though.
It has been confirmed! My registration form to Botcon 2007 has been received! I’m finally going to a Transformers convention.
As weird as I’ve been about this I’m actually pretty hyped about going. From what I’ve heard, the Botcon dudes received some 600+ registration forms in under three days. That’s a lot of Transformer fans in one place. -
Yesterday, marked the first Good Friday service
held at the new CCC building. Thanks be
to God for those who labored and served God in preparing the church, the food
and service elements. It allowed an
evening of reflective meditation on Christ’s sacrifice and the hope that He’s
given us. It was during this meditation
that I kept on thinking about the phrase “Here I am.”I’ll honestly say I’m not that great at
remembering scripture or actual specifics of who, what or when but more so the
general idea and meanings of various passages.
That’s why I was a bit perplexed at remembering the specifics of the
story of a young Samuel (1 Samuel 3).Here I am.
Why was this phrase being replayed in my
head? Here I am. Was I saying it as a frightened child who
knows he’s done wrong in the eyes of his father and is trying to avoid
punishment? Here I am. Or was it like an attentive soldier sounding
off to his superior, ready to do the will and command of the one above
him? Here I am. Maybe it was in sheepish response to
something I was asked to do but it wasn’t done or was done in a halfhearted
fashion. Here I am. Or just maybe it wasn’t me saying it but it
was God responding to one lost in the darkness of this world, reaching
out and comforting those who seek Him? Here
I am.Like Samuel, I realized that this
was the proper response I needed to make: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” For all my faults, sins and failures You have given me hope, strength, grace, joy and love – here I am Lord, your servant is
listening and willing.
