Random Thoughts 8/20/08

• McCain is passing Obama in the polls; it looks like the Dems picked the wrong man for the job. And what does that mean for the Democrat Party if they can't win the presidency after eight years of President Bush? That party is seriously broken at the top.
• General Petraeus is being criticized for endorsing a religious book written by an Army Chaplain. A couple of notes here: 1) Anti-Christian nuts, who are always ready to pounce, seem to be the same crowd as the anti-win-in-Iraq crowd. Hmmm. 2) They want Petraeus removed and court martialed. Seriously? 3) The chaplain in question, Lt. Col. William McCoy, is formerly of the 10th Mountain Division and Ft. Leavenworth.
• Legendary combat reporter Michael Yon is in Afganistan to report on that forgotten theater of war. Yon will say some bold stuff, which is risky for a guy who is reader supported. But I've been reading his dispatches for years and he's proven right 99% of the time.
• It turns out the two country bumpkins in Georgia (our Georgia here in the US unfortunately) faked their Bigfoot discovery. It's shocking I know, but it turned out to be a rubber costume frozen in a freezer. They were hoping to sell pictures of the creature on the internet.
  
• We'll have a Men's Retreat at the church camp in November. November 7-8 is our weekend (a Friday evening through Saturday midday) and Jay-rod and I are in charge. Make plans to be there!
• The Democratic convention will feature such illuminating speakers as Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, John Kerry, Michelle Obama, Jesse Jackson, both Clintons, and the president of the AFL-CIO. Wow. Really? Wow.
• Election Trivia: Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the US Senate since 1932.
• Want to know what McCain and Obama think about abortion? Find out here and pass the info along. You could also listen to Obama give a speech to Planned Parenthood (try not to get ill listening to him belittle and laugh at killing babies). I highly recommend reading everything you can about the attempted genocide against black Americans at Obamanation.com.