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This is an interesting time in America. The great American idol of greed and success has stumbled. All of his worshippers are scattering in a panic wondering how their great, omniscient god could betray them in their time of need. All the priests of the economy are offering sage advice on CNBC and Fox News. “It’s the Democrats fault!” “No! It’s the Republican’s fault!” “Wait, that isn’t true! It’s rich white people!” On and on they go like the prophets of Baal dancing around a cold altar trying to coax fire from the sky.
We thought George W. would be our savior. Our king who would ride in on a white horse and rescue us from economic and moral damnation. 8 years later, we’re all disappointed. Disillusioned. A little hopeless.
What do you guys think of this? Aside from the fact that only a dimwit would pay $200 to eat a burger at Burger King, I think I have to agree with the “Save Darfur” guy at the end of the video.
I don’t think Americans should apologize for living in a prosperous nation. I don’t think we should apologize for enjoying that prosperity. However, I think this may be crossing the line. It’s a little hard for me to reconcile the idea of some rich guy eating a $200 cheeseburger in Burger King while little babies are starving to death in Sudan.
Call me a left wing liberal pinko commie if you want. I can stomach it. ;-)
Tell me what you think of this. I’m curious about your reactions.
[tags]burger king, expensive burger, poverty[/tags]
I use WordPress to power this blog. WordPress is an open-source blogging platform, and in my opinion, is the best at what it does. One of the things that makes it great is the community that helps develop and support it. Between the abundance of free themes and creative plugins, there really isn’t much it can’t do.
Every year the WordPress community takes a month to honor the creativity and brilliance of WP plugin authors. In support of the community, I thought I would list for you the plugins I use (and could not/would not live without).
There aren’t many uncontacted people groups left on the planet. One more has been discovered in Peru and some fascinating pictures have been captured from a fly-by.
Check out the pictures as well as the story at The Daily Mail.
Skin painted bright red, heads partially shaved, arrows drawn back in the longbows and aimed square at the aircraft buzzing overhead. The gesture is unmistakable: Stay Away.
Behind the two men stands another figure, possibly a woman, her stance also seemingly defiant. Her skin painted dark, nearly black.
The apparent aggression shown by these people is quite understandable. For they are members of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes, who live in the Envira region in the thick rainforest along the Brazilian-Peruvian frontier.
Thought never to have had any contact with the outside world, everything about these people is, and hopefully will remain, a mystery.
QUESTION: Should someone be sending the missionaries in or should we leave them alone?
[tags]unreached people groups, missions[/tags]
I’m a wallpaper junkie. My hard drive is full of these kinds of images that I rotate on my PC’s desktop. I suppose it’s because I spend so much time in front of a computer, I get bored easily. Also, I think the people who create these images and take these photos are true artists.
I thought I would share a few links with you to some amazing images.
