The Times, They Are A Changin'

Lately I've been worried that organizations like this one are slowly moving towards taking over the very systems that make our country work. I have to ask questions I don't want to ask of my reps. Luckily, I live in an area of the country where my rep. believes and acts the same way I do. But, is that enough to save the country from turning into the Banana Republic (or worse?) I fear we are turning into? If that question is a new one to you, consider this. We now have an FCC Diversity Czar. A czar is, if you don't know, is a special advisor to the President. These are people with a lot of power, and they didn't get it through the traditional method of going before the Senate to be granted a seat in the Presidential Cabinet. No, they were appointed by the President ,and him alone. So, anyway, this FCC Czar in place now is currently setting in motion a heavily crafted assault on AM radio. His plan is to charge broadcasters 100% of their operations budget to renew their license. To put that into perspective, imagine you're a small business owner and it's time to pay your rent, the owner says ok, I'l give it to you, but only if you pay me equal to 100% of your profit for the year. That would put you out of business in one fail swoop! So, the FCC says ok cough up the money for your license or else not only will you not get it, but it will go to an upstart Public radio station that will only give the point of view of the Progressive side, period. Very soon, unless we do something we lose our Freedom of Speech. This is what they want to do to our country. If you don't believe me, look up the guy, his name is Mark Lloyd. Also, check out this video before it's taken down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysqsa_TeLys

As always, pray for our great Republic and our leaders, stay vigilant, and don't be afraid.

Have Yard, Will Work.

For a little while there our house looked like no one was living in it. The yard was soooo terrible looking. So, today I resolved that problem. I cut the grass in both the front and back yard, pulled up a Sago Palm tree, and took the weed eater to all the edges of my house and trees.

It gave me time to think about life. How, when something is not looked after it just gets wild and crazy. People are like that, you know? When you're not keeping a sharp eye on the maintenance of your own soul, it can get a little hairy. And, let's face it, no one likes a hairy soul. Like I was saying, cutting my grass I re-learned that lesson. Plus having my iPod playing Mighty to Save helped too, I love that song. So, ok, now what to do with that lesson? I am going to make a better effort to read my Bible, and ask question about it. I am going to pray more often and listen even more often. I need to find books about subjects I want to know more about. On that note: we recently dropped our Netflix account so we could get an account over at ChristianAudio.com. It's a great website. You get credits, like 8 a month (they have other packages too) but you can download audio books, podcast, adventures in odyssey, and all sorts of other things. I am really looking forward to it.

Anyway, I am off till my next post.

Ciao!