Apparently a woman somehow was able to impale herself on the faucet in the tub. Now she survived, so I don't have to pull any punches about how bizzare this really is. I mean come on! I've seen a lot of faucets and they all seem to be pretty -uh- round-ish. I mean if I was to somehow body slam my tub faucet… pain, yes… bruising, sure… but IMPALED? -shrug-
10 Commandments Reviewed By Supreme Court
The supreme court has decided to hear cases about weither the 10 Commandments being posted in government buildings — such as the Supreme Court, itself — violates the "Establishment Clause" of the First Ammendment. Now we won't hear a ruling on this until summer, so here is a little food for thought in the interum: 1) The 10 Commandments are the foundation of the Mosaic Law (as in the law from Moses) which is the oldest law in written history. So one could certainly argue that the first law influenced in some part all laws to follow. Therefore, posting the 10 Commandments in courthouses makes sense from a law history point of view. 2) The posting of the 10 Commandments is a long American Tradition. Much like "under God" in the pledge or "In God We Trust" on our money, these postings are historical pieces of tradition in a country that was founded by people that were largely Judeo-Christian. (For more info on the influence of religion in early American documents: http://www.claytoncramer.com/UnderGod.html ) Now you may think our Country should be as slanted towards Judeo-Christian ideas as when we were founded or you may not. But you have to agree it's a little STRANGE that the Supreme Court will be deciding if it is consitutional to post the 10 Commandments in government buildings, while the said commandments are hanging on the wall behind them. Continue reading
Wise Sayings And Such
"Patience without limit, isn't patience at all." — skuban.
Whew!
Whew! We’ve been spending so much time getting the new site ready, we haven’t posted much in a while… sorry. More good stuff to follow.
Iraq Election Surprising Success
So as I troll for more and more news the only thing that can be said to sum up the election over in Iraq is SURPRISING success. It went SO WELL that event the those for it (even praying for it) are surprised. The general response was: "Uh, yeah it went… really well…" I even noticed the media tried raising the death toll by including the suicide bombers. 35 people were killed by 9 suicide bombers. Which is tradgic but its rediculous to have headlines that read 44 Die In Elections. And while any death is bad, lets put this in perspective: 8,000,000 people voted in long lines of people (often several people wide) and with guns, motars, and bombs strapped to their chests the terrorists were able to kill 35. That's 0.0004375%. In contrast, drunk drivers in the US killed 46.5 people during the same day. Another thing of note: the turnout for the election is estimated at 60%. At first glance this might not seem HUGE, but it is. It puts the Iraqi Election at historic levels for more stable democracies: WASHINGTON Jan 15, 2005 — Deep divisions over the war in Iraq and intense voter registration drives pushed the 2004 presidential election turnout to 60.7 percent, the highest level since 1968, the Center for the Study of the American Electorate said Friday. — ABC News And how many people were threatening your life at the polls this last election? OK other than P-Diddy.