Tom Plate argues that American’s should lay down our right to bear guns because people don’t kill people, guns do.
Ted Nugent argues that massacres happen in gun free zones while cataloguing all the massacres that have been stopped because Americans were armed.
I don’t like guns honestly, but going gun free makes no logical sense.
I saw this in the news today, but what really surprised me was the language the reporter used to describe a couple of abortion procedures. It’s rare to see a reporter use such candor:
The procedure at issue involves partially removing the fetus intact from a woman’s uterus, then crushing or cutting its skull to complete the abortion.Abortion opponents say the law will not reduce the number of abortions performed because an alternate method — dismembering the fetus in the uterus — is available and, indeed, much more common.
A question that this brings up is, “How can a non-living blob of cells have a skull, a heartbeat, and other body parts to dismember?” I’m trying to understand this position, but I am having trouble. It seems like an abuse of language to use “skull” in reference to something that is not alive.
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This is a fascinating look at technology today and in the future.
For some reason, I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw last week’s SNL Digital Short making fun of dramatic movie deaths. If it doesn’t make you hate Hollywood, you have no hope. I see the video has been pulled from most sites, probably because of this week’s happenings. I’m sure it will be up again soon.
John C. Wright has a great post about being a scientist today:
This is how the funding process works:
1. You determine what the latest ‘hot’ topic is (global warming, ceramic superconductivity, stealth technology).
2. You write your proposal to fund the work you’ve been doing for years in your area but you slant it towards the hot topic.
3. You almost “prove” that the above hot topic is effected in a way that is positive toward your research.
4. You write a follow-on proposal where you state that the really big break-through will occur in the next funding cycle.
5. Oh, and you try to partner with entities that always get government funding.
While we are mentioning global warming, I think I might add someone’s thoughts on the recently belated Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut is one of those guys that I read and just think, “Wow. I need to read more of him.” He was an insightful heathen.
Lately, Kyrie has shifted from my daughter to my wife. Whenever I used to leave for work, she would cry. She’s gotten over that. Now she waits at the door, gives me a kiss, says goodbye, and shuts the door. It’s very 1950’s.
I was in and out while Rachel was watching American Idol today, and I saw the judges make comments on Chris. At the end of the comments, Chris made a shout out to friends at VT. I think Simon thought that was an attempt to get votes after a lackluster performance, and he rolled his eyes. Later Simon went out of his way to, out of nowhere, make a comment about how all the judges were thinking about those at VT. Do you think a producer said something to him at a commercial break?
Teaching on a college campus, I feel pretty safe from an event like today. I mean, I guess a student can come kill me if he doesn’t like my grading, but the whole VT thing seems so random and senseless. Was there really any particular aim? Or was this a general desperation killing? I’ve always wondered how these people kill just a few people (or a small group) like they do. On a college campus, it would be easy to kill a hundred people in a large classroom. I thank God that it wasn’t worse than it was.
Killings like this go on around the world all the time. It’s common for this to take place in, say, Guatemala, where Mayan Indians are constantly massacred. We only hear about this massacre because it was here in America. We only care because they were Americans. I think we should care about Virginia Tech. But I think we should care about non-Americans that are massacred also. I wish I could believe that this will open our eyes to the other senseless killings around the world, but we are so self-absorbed that we think of this as an isolated event. If it’s not Americans being killed, we don’t care. This saddens me.
I hate that this will become a big political issue for gun control. I hate that they keep mentioning that he was an English major, not just because I teach English, but because I believe there is a specific reason they keep drawing attention to this. I am not sure which specific reason it is though; I can think of a few. The media just drives me nuts. I can’t imagine how his family feels. I think I would feel a bit exploited as a VT student. On the one hand, I would want the nation to understand my pain and grieve with me, as a nation should, but on the other hand, I wouldn’t want to be at the center of politics and money.
Dear prayer partners,
From a human perspective, I feel that the end is drawing near for me.
Yet, I still believe that God can work a Divine intervention and/or
give me and Joanne the “peace that passes all understanding.” Please
pray that I won’t linger in an unconscious state.
I also ask that you pray for peace for my wife, children and
grandchildren.
You are all in my heart and my thanks to each of you for your
faithfulness in prayers. We have felt them!
Peace and the Lord be with you,
Bob
We went to visit our friends Rachael & Jonathan (and Evelyn) in Texas this week! We had a blast. Here are some of my favorite pictures from our visit.
The Lord took home Andrew Hilleke last night. I knew Andrew for several years, and he was a character. Full of life. Intelligent. Funny. He is going to be missed by a lot of people. He went to be with the Lord on the Lord’s Day—the best one of all, Resurrection Sunday. It’s very fitting for a person that special.
We sit down here, and we are all enduring our struggles. Personally, I’m tired from overwork and lack of sleep. Like all of you, I’m still dealing with sin and pain. He’s resting with Jesus. When we deal with the loss of Andrew, we experience pain and hurt. He’s with Jesus. Let light perpetual shine upon him.
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