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Okay...so we have a few hundrend billion dollars (this time around) on the basis that it might stimulate the economy, but nobody can really say for sure.

But conservatives are supposed to prove that borrowing from future generations won't work before opposing the spending package.

Shouldn't it be the job of those who want to spend the money to prove that it will work - before committing to trillions in national debt?

My son's car blew its clutch.  It will cost $600.00 to fix it...and it might work and it might not - it's a 22 year old ford that he paid $400 for.

It's his job to convince me that fixing the clutch will make the car drivable.

It's not my job to convince him that it won't work.

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will have me on track to make 26 pairs of socks in a year.  So far, I'm on track (4 pairs finished so far).  Handmade socks seem like a very nice gifts to give "somebody who has everything".

Meanwhile, spinning is challenging, but fun...so I think I want:

SILK FIBER FUN KIT: treat yourself to 9 types of silk and silk blend fibers: Tussah silk roving, dyed Tussah silk, cultivated silk cocoons, Bombyx silk slivers, 100% mixed silk fibers, throwsters waste, cultivated silk hankies, Tussah silk noil, and Bombyx silk caps. 100g total. Each kit is presented in a beautiful 7"x9"x2" handmade box produced by a family cottage industry in India. A great gitf!

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Q. How does President Obama avoid the accusation of putting earmarks into the budget?

A. Have his name edited off the earmark.

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Factcheck.org on Obama's speech

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John Samson (Reformation Theology) visits Mars Hill Church (Seattle)

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MommyLife:  Conservatives seeking divorce and settlement

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A review of "The Shack"

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Where religion meets politics

The Obama administration may rescind the "conscience rule"

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The Wall Street Journal on the Obama/Ayers connection (from 2008).

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Andrew Bolt on "the most sweeping ethics reform in history . . ."

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It occurred to me, as I was reading the first chapter of "Atlas Shrugged", that there is a similarity between the "John Galt" question and the current issue of people leaving the organized church.

I read about the railroad worker in chapter one, who was whistling "Halley's Fifth Concerto".

He didn't stop doing what he had been doing.  He was still writing, he had only left the system.

Many of the people leaving the church...they don't stop loving God.  They don't stop serving Him.

Many of them feel that it is the church that doesn't want them.  They might be too single, too divorced, too strong, too weak.  Too egalitarian, too complementarian.

They are not stopping doing what they are doing...they are only leaving the system.

I'm not saying that it's a good thing...it's not.

But I understand.

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here.

Interesting.  My city is getting millions of dollars for projects that have already been completed - school buildings that have been rebuilt - that we're paying extra millages for, raising our property taxes.

That must be what liberals mean by "tax relief" - putting our children into debt for projects that we're already paying for, already completed.

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Wake up to the sunlight
With your windows open
Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress
Use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want
But want what you have
And don't spend your life lookin' back

Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
You won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
Cuz it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

So go to the ballgames
And go to the ballet
And go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children
Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don't run from the truth
'Cause you can't get away
Just face it and you'll be okay

Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Let it all out
You won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

Oh wherever you are and wherever you've been
Now is the time to begin

So give to the needy
And pray for the grieving
E'en when you don't think that you can
'Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow man
Make peace with God and make peace with yourself
'Cause in the end there's nobody else

Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you live

It's how you live...

NO.IT.IS.NOT.

It is how Christ lived.

it's not who you knew...

YES.IT.IS.

I want to know Christ...and Him crucified.

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Fla. doctor loses license after botched abortion

The board on Friday found Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique in violation of Florida statutes by committing medical malpractice, delegating responsibility to unlicensed personnel, and failing to keep an accurate medical record.

It's not like the problem was that

(...) a live baby was delivered, but ended up dead in a cardboard box.

Oh no...the whole "live baby in a baggie" thing was not the problem.

I guess Florida doesn't have a version of the "Born Alive" bill...

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NYTimes finally acknowledges that anti-Prop. 8 mob is harassing traditional marriage supporters

(from Michele Malkin)

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John Kerry: You Know What's the Problem With Stimulus Tax Cuts? All That Freedom.

(From the Weekly Standard)

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$825 Billion, and Not One Job May Result

“Can you tell me Mr. Barthold, how many jobs will be created as a result of this legislation?” Camp asked.  Barthold replied, “In short, Mr. Camp, I can’t.”  Camp then pressed Barthold to clarify his position, “So we don’t have an estimate of the number of jobs this would create either private sector or public?  We don’t have any estimate of the economic effect that this legislation would have on our economy, whether it would create any growth in our economy at all?  We don’t have that data before the committee today?”  Barthold then nodded his head and shrugged.

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Democrats Look to Muzzle Conservative Radio

Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow says she wants hearings on “accountability” in radio, suggesting Democrats are eying a return of the Fairness Doctrine.

Here in Michigan, we pronounce "Stabenow" ..."stab you now"  - as in "in the back"

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I've been in a bit of a "blogging doldrum"...so here I am...getting caught up...

I noticed a couple of incoming links that (for whatever reason) didn't go to my inbox...sorry it took so long to notice.

“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

So I pick...

Ellen

Teresa

Lydia

Lori

Sam

Angela

Antique Mommy

Amanda

Thank you Elena!