food for thought

Please watch this...wow.

Barack Obama has recently fallen under scrutiny due to the notion that he is not a natural-born citizen of the US. His grandmother says that she was present in the hospital room in Kenya when Obama was born, which would make him ineligible to be president.

Since this information has come out, the governor of Hawaii has placed a seal on Barack Obama's birth certificate, so that no one but himself or his family can access it. The Kenyan government has also placed a seal upon any documents they possess regarding Obama. Strange, huh?

Please watch the video. Then read my thoughts below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOzFl-Gm_Kc

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SO. It's no secret that I am a McCain supporter. But I don't see how anyone could deny that this is S-H-A-D-Y. Yes, the lawyer in the video could be wrong. He admits that. But WHY is he, along with the Hawaiian and Kenyan governments, hiding information? To me, the simple fact that he is hiding information is enough to send up a ton of red flags. Not saying that all politicians are 100% honest 100% of the time, but if he had nothing to hide, why hide something that would be simply be put to rest by a simple showing of a document?

No matter how you choose to vote, PLEASE make sure you are informed before you make that decision. Please know exactly why you are voting for who you are voting for. I know we hear this a gazillion times a day, but this is the most important election in history. Something that important warrants more research than listening to a few other people's opinions here and there.

T-minus 7 days. Hold on to your butts...it's gonna be a rough week.

this just in...

**IN REFERENCE TO THE POST BELOW**

A friend whom I told about the story below found an article on the Fox news website that explained the girl made up the entire story.  It says she has a history of mental issues and is being charged with misdemeanor filing of a false report.

Here's the link: Fox News

While this story proved to be false, not only does it reinforce my statement that there are freaking nut jobs out there, but it does not take away from the point I was trying to make.  The media is still biased (funny how the only part of this story that was ever reported on was when it came up that she was crazy and made it up - a good 48 hours after the "incident" - now it looks very bad for McCain because she was a campaign volunteer and was obviously trying to pull a stunt to make Obama look bad).

Whatever.  November 5 can't come soon enough.

what's black, white and biased all over?

Last night driving to pick up my friend Terri for dinner, I heard a flash of breaking news story on the radio.  Almost no details were given, just a brief announcement that a very disturbing story had just come into their newsroom.  

The announcer said that a 20-year-old Charlotte woman was mugged and mutilated due to the fact that she had a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on her car.  Her attacker proceeded to carve the letter "B" into her forehead with a knife.  (assuming the "B" stood for "Barack")

That's all he said.  Then a lame commercial for a car dealership came on.  

And that's all I ever heard about this truly frightening story. No details, no explanation of why she was attacked, how they knew it was because of the bumper sticker, her current condition, nor the whereabouts of her attacker.  Just those brief couple of sentences was the only bit of information I got.  But it made a big impression.

So, I hopped on the internet when I could to Google the hell out of it.  I checked every local news station website I could find, including the radio station's site where I heard about the incident. NOTHING.  Not a word.  Anywhere.  You'd think with such a horrific and disturbing crime occurring in our back yard, it would be front page news.  WRONG.

I want to be clear about this.  I am in no way shape or form faulting Barack Obama for this.  Obviously, there are nut cases out there, both liberal and conservative.  (Crazy has no political affiliation.)  No one is responsible for the actions of some psycho except the psycho him (or her) self.  What I am pissed about is that this incident seems to have been swept under the rug. A girl was robbed and MUTILATED because she was exercising her right to free speech.  WHY in the world is this not on the front page of every news website?  (I have not had a chance to look at any of the physical papers, but if it's not on the website, I doubt it's in print.)  I hope and pray that I'm wrong, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this story is no where to be found because of the ridiculous bias of nearly all media outlets.  

I can't help but think that if this had nothing to do with a politics in this really intense time, that it would be a top story.  But it is no secret that 99% of all publications out there are very liberal.  This story looks very very bad for Obama (even though people should realize it has nothing to do with him).  So...if they are decidedly supporting him (whether they admit it or not) then why would they report on something that puts his name in a negative spotlight?

One thing that is a top story on a few websites I looked at:  Today, The New York Times officially offered their endorsement for Obama.  Honestly, I didn't even know they could DO that!  What happened to the idea that journalists are supposed to be objective and fair, presenting the news in an unbiased fashion?  And to think, the media is where the majority of voters get their information on the candidates and their views!  I have no problem with journalists and media executives having their personal political views, and if that's supporting Obama, that's fine.  But they have an obligation to be objective when giving information to the public.  So much for that.  No wonder so many people are confused.  No one is giving us straight facts - it's all slanted BS.

I apologize if this post seems...angry.  It's because I am.  But not at any of you :)

only 2 more days until....

GET EXCITED!!!!!

monument to procrastination

I would just like to point out that this post-it note, reminding myself to make a dentist appointment, has been on my computer monitor, right in front of my face...

...for a full calendar year. 

redonkulus.  

(side note: today, i finally made an appointment, thus i can finally remove the sticky note from my computer.  great success.)

it's the end of the world as we know it

Now, it's no secret that my absolute favoritest (yes, favoritest) book series on the whole planet is Harry Potter.  (I still cling to the hope that one day, J.K. Rowling will break down and write the 10-part continuation of the saga that I KNOW is sitting there in brilliant brain.)  But there is another series that has captured my imagination and heart that I'm not nearly as vocal about as I should be.  

The Left Behind series is amazing.  For Christians and non-Christians alike.  For those of you unfamiliar with the books, it is the fictional account of what things could be like when the not-so-fictional (if you are a Christian) Rapture occurs.  It follows 4 main characters who have been "left behind" after the rapture of all the world's Christians takes place.  They go through a lot in this 12-part series as they battle Satan's forces on earth (i.e. the Anti-christ and his minions) and become unapologetically strong Christian leaders in what is left of the world and society.  Pretty sweet, eh?

What I love about this book is how real they make the end times for the reader.  Revelation is famously vague and prophetic about how the world will end.  It reads more like a science fiction novel than a specific warning about the bad things to come.   Left Behind takes the notions laid out in Revelation and tells a story about how it could happen.  And they follow scripture very closely, so it's pretty accurate.  Obviously, it doesn't claim that this IS the way it will happen, but it does provoke your thinking about the signs the Bible lays out and how they might manifest themselves in real life.  And let me tell you, it's SCARY.  It really makes you want to be dern sure that you are going to heaven so that you can just skip over that whole armaggedon thing.  

I just think everyone should read it - even to just entertain the thoughts of a time when God will outwardly demonstrate his power and it will be impossible to deny his existence - it really is an eye-opener and makes you think.  As exciting as that is...it still makes me a little anxious. Especially how things are looking right now in the world...this whole thing may not be very far away.  I feel like we're on the brink.  I have that nagging restlessness that you feel when you know something big is about to happen, but you just don't know when exactly.  It makes you feel, well, unprepared.  Makes me second-guess myself and my standing with God.  Which is a good thing, because it helps to keep ourselves in check.    

So, PLEASE do yourself a favor and read the books.  I have most of them, so I can lend them to you if you don't have the money to buy them or you've lost/inadvertently destroyed your library card (those little lamenated paper cards NEVER seem to stay in one piece after a few months in your wallet).

peace be with you.