Random Thoughts 12/17/05

• There are two ways to view President Bush: He's either an honest man in a difficult situation getting little or no help, or he's a corrupt and reckless man that has played out his own nefarious agenda. Naturally about half of everybody was assuming the worst this week when they heard that the President was spying on Americans. Here is President Bush's reponse Saturday morning, you decide for yourself if this is part of his "evil plan."
• We're getting another good snowstorm; poor Tanner. We are going to have his party this evening, but now we're not sure anyone can make it.
• Shannon was having a pretty rough day yesterday and so we stayed in last night, missing the surprise birthday party of a good friend. I know it was the right decision for Shannon's health, but the party would have been more enjoyable. You see we decided to watch the War of the Worlds remake, which was probably not as good as the original movie version. WARNING: Spoilers below (highlight with your curser to read)

First of all the underground thing was a dumb idea. These huge machines were underground this whole time and we never noticed them? Why put them there in the first place? If the aliens had the ability to put them there a million years ago, why not just take over the planet then? It just doesn't make sense. Second, what was with the machines sucking human blood and then spraying it everywhere? Besides being ghastly, it didn't make a lot of sense. Were the people being used as fuel or food or something? And if they were, why did the aliens kill a billion people in the first few days? Isn't that destroying a their fuel source? Why wouldn't they be more careful about capturing or even farming humans if they need them for some reason. Hasn't Spielberg ever seen the sci-fi series V? At least that made some sense.

• Speaking of Tanner's birthday party, it's pretty telling when you say it begins during the second half of the Chiefs' game and people balk at that. Nice. Heaven forbid we interrupt a football game for Tanner! Grrrr…
• The snow is getting worse as I write this. I hope it doesn't dramatically affect worship tomorrow. We have some of our college kids who are home for Christmas and will be part of the worship team tomorrow. And after hearing them practice, I know nobody would want to miss it.
• If only every American had to take economics 101. Here are ten economic myths from 2005 that the mainstream media likes to promote. Some of these are common sense if people would just understand some basic principles of economics and some history.