Child hood games. . .Tag you're it!!!

I feel special I got tagged by TWO people!!!! The lovely Carissa and my favorite Aunt Jolene!!!
So I don't normally do these things but hey why not!
Here are six unspectacular things about me:

1. I think that the color pink is over rated
2. I secretly want to run over people who walk in front of my car on campus
3. I enjoy taking pictures of myself with my digital camera.
4. I want to focus on International relations and possibly terrorism in Grad school
5. Cristie may be perfect but I'm still mom's favorite!
6. I'm a night owl that suffers from Insomnia.


Meme terms & conditions
1. link the person who tagged you
2. mention the rules on your blog
3. list 6 unspectacular things about you
4. tag 6 other bloggers

I tag Jerald, Ashley, Chandra, and Tyler, and I don't know enough people for this LOL.

Irritated

I'm the head R.A. in Royer Hall. I absolutely love my job. However one of my R.A.'s recently told someone that I don't "assert authority" I replied that I do I just do it in a nice way. Tonight I was dealing with a situation in the dorms that was going to require me to leave campus. The RA on duty asked if she needed to go and I said no please stay here you are on duty and public safety will call you not me should something happen that needs our attention. Ok she says then goes over my head to my boss and asks if she can go anyway. By the way this is the RA that says I don't assert authority. Anyway in one way it's a good thing because I can go to bed but in another way I'm just irritated that people do that to me. It's really frustrating to try and do my job when the people I work with wont take me seriously. Maybe I'm too nice? Anyway I'm done ranting now and I'm off to get a few hours of sleep.

A Candidate that has a heart. . .Bet you didn't see this on the News.

I was reading through my e-mails and I got the following from my sister. It is a transcript of a phone call between Rush Limbaugh and a caller on his radio show. I found it very touching and it proves to me once again that the McCain-Palin Ticket is the way to go this November.



Family with Down Syndrome Child Meets John McCain and Sarah Palin



September 9, 2008



BEGIN TRANSCRIPT (from Rush Limbaugh Show)
RUSH: Kurt in Pittsburgh, hello, sir. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, and how about the Steelers defense?
CALLER: How about those Steelers, huh?
RUSH: How about that?
CALLER: Hey, listen, Rush, longtime listener, first-time caller, one of those Bible, family, gun clingers from western Pennsylvania.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: And I wanted to share a story with you. A week ago last Saturday we went to the Palin-McCain rally in Washington, Pennsylvania, was the day after he announced her, and we have a five-year-old daughter with Down syndrome, and we made a sign that said: 'We Love Kids with Down Syndrome.' So when they pulled in in their bus the sign did catch their, McCain and Palin and the rest of their family, it caught their eye, we could tell, they gave us a thumbs-up from the bus, so we were all excited just by that --
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. Who gave you the thumbs up, McCain and Palin?
CALLER: McCain, Palin, Cindy McCain, we could see them from the bus. We were in a position where we had eye contact with them --
RUSH: Oh, cool!
CALLER: My wife was holding our daughter.
RUSH: Very, very, very cool.
CALLER: It was really cool, Rush. I was like, 'Wow, that's awesome,' because I love Governor Palin and so I thought that's really neat. So then we moved around as the bus was getting ready to pull out, we kind of positioned ourselves so we could just wave them on and a Secret Service agent came up to us and said, 'Hey, can you come with us?' I was like, 'Do we have a choice?'
RUSH: (laughing) You shouldn't have worried. It's not the Clinton administration.
CALLER: Right. So we accompanied them up the hill, we went right to the bus, where it was, and Governor Palin, Senator McCain, Cindy, Todd Palin, they're all standing there. We're in this inner circle with just us and them, and the Secret Service agent, and they came right up to us and thanked us for coming out, said they loved our sign, and Governor Palin immediately said, 'May I hold your daughter?' and our daughter Chloe, who's five, went right to her, and I have some pictures I'd love to send you maybe when I'm done here, but Governor Palin was hugging Chloe, and then her little daughter brought their baby Trig who has Down syndrome from the bus, he was napping, and Chloe went right over and kissed him on the cheek, and my son Nolan who's nine, he thanked her.
RUSH: This is amazing.
CALLER: I will send you all the stuff, Senator McCain was talking to my son, and we thanked him for his service, and he asked my son if he wanted to see the bus, and we were hanging out and it was very surreal. I felt like we could have had a pizza and a beer with them, they were so warm.
RUSH: You know what? I want to put you on hold. I want Snerdley to give you our super-secret, known-only-to-three-people here, e-mail address.
CALLER: I will send you everything, Rush.
RUSH: And then could you send us these pictures? Would you mind if we put them on the website?
CALLER: I would be honored, and my main thing is they are warm, kind, genuine people, and they represent the best of this country.
RUSH: That's right. And when you send these pictures, make sure you identify them. I mean, we'll know Palin and McCain, of course. Identify yourselves.
CALLER: I will, I will identify everybody in the picture, Rush, and God bless you for being a beacon of hope and truth in this country.
RUSH: Oh, no, no. It's nothing, it's nothing. You're doing the Lord's work.
CALLER: Well, we're very blessed and I want people to know what a blessing it is to have a child with Down syndrome. These kids, they're angels.
RUSH: That's the thing. There's always good to be found in everything that happens. It may be a while before it reveals itself.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: Right, and when she hugged my daughter I said, here's the difference, this candidate embraces life and all its limitless possibilities.
RUSH: All right.
CALLER: That's what she is.
RUSH: Terrific, okay, I gotta run here, but I'm going to put you on hold.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush.
RUSH: Thank you, Kurt. I really appreciate it.
END TRANSCRIPT








Here are the pictures included with the e-mail

NOTE: There appears to be a typo in the transcript that had a few people doubting the legitimacy of this story. However the following link is the actual story run on the Rush Limbaugh website. In the story are links to local stories that ran about this as well.

A few things. . .

First of all everyone needs to link this blog. Paper Tutor It looks like an awesome idea from my friend Chandra!

Secondly If you live in Monticello come join us in Royer Hall at UAM on Friday night for our Debate Watch Party! We will be watching the first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama!

Ok I'm done now.

Two posts in one day!! Sorry I have to share this with you.

So I was playing around with my computer and I discovered a very awesome feature of Windows Live Messenger!!! You can add a chat window to your blog with it!! Now anytime you read my blog you can look over to the right of the post and find out if I am online or not. If I am say hi!!! (I'm online allll the time lol). You don't even have to have a messenger account to chat with me. It takes a second to begin a conversation. You have to do the whole type the letters you see in this box thing. Then it will ask for an ID don't worry about that just click send anonymous message at the bottom of the list. Then You will have the option of putting in your name. Please do this that way I know who I'm talking to!!! Unless of course you want to be mysterious then by all means dont put your name!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway I just thought that was a really cool feature have fun with it!

A majority = 50 + 1 !!!!!!

So I keep hearing everyone talk about how much farther ahead Obama is in the presidential race and I dont get it! To win the presidency you need a simple majority. A smiple majority is always equal to 50% plus one more vote. Just a note for all of you who think that Obama is soooo far ahead of McCain. Only twice in all the VALID (Gallop or Rasmusssen) polling done between the two candidates has Obama managed to reach 50% and NEVER has he topped 50% ! So I say to the democrats don't count your chickens before they hatch!!!

Why protest the post?

As I was browsing blogs today I came across a good friends blog. She had linked to a website called Protest the Post. I understand the feelings of anger that many Christians are going through I just wish that people would realize that because we are in America with all our freedoms of speech, religion, and the PRESS we need to realize that things are going to be said and done that we don't like! It's one of the downsides to having so many freedoms!!! I posted a comment on the blog of Protest the post in which I reminded them that we aren't gauranteed freedom from being made fun of. Well here. . .I'll just paste a copy of my comment into this post.

Bryan I appreciate what you are trying do. You are practicing your constitutional right to protest something. It's in the bill of rights we like to call it freedom of speech. I myself am a pentecostal Christian so I found the part about Gov. Palin to be distasteful. The part that repulsed me was the fact that they put a curse word into the mouth of God. HOWEVER something that we often forget is that the same first ammendment that grants us freedom of speech also grants us freedom of the press. As ugly as it may seem the washington post had every right to post the cartoon.

Also in your blog you state the Washington post wouldn't run the cartoon about the muslims. However in that you are incorrect. I read the story in the link that you provided and here is a direct quote from that story.

"The installment did not appear in the Post's print version, but it ran on WashingtonPost.com and Salon.com. The same will hold true for the upcoming Sept. 2 strip, which is a continuation of the plotline."

It ran just like the one about governor Palin ran.

There are really no laws against poking fun at anothers religion unfortunately. The first amendment simply states that Congress shall make no law to probit the free exercise of religion nor can they establish an official national religion.

Again I myself found the cartoon offensive. I just think that Christians need to grow some thick skin and perhaps turn the other cheek.


And that was my incredibly long comment to Protestthepost.com As I stated above our "freedom of religion" doesn't grant us protection from being ridiculed or made fun of. All the bill of rights is, is a limiter on the power of Congress not other people!

Americans have this view that the Bill of Rights protects them from other people when really it doesn't. It's all about power and limiting the power of the federal government. The Constitution wasn't written because the founding fathers thought Americans were just so darn special. . .It was written to prevent certain things from happening. It was founded on the basic principle that the central government shouldn't be all powerful. It was written in such a way to prevent one person or faction getting from too much power. That is all the constitution is about is power. It wasn't that the founding fathers thought that God wanted us to have these basic rights and freedoms because we are such an incredibly awesome country it was a means to dole out power and that my friends is all politics is. Politics under one definition is the process of deciding who gets what, when and how. The majority of the power went to the states not the federal government and the people felt that a bill of rights was needed to further limit the federal or central government.

My whole point is this: How can we scream and holler about our right to religious freedom and then protest the fact that the washington post is simply practicing thier constitutional freedoms? As my title asks: Why protest the post? Protest abortions or the death penalty or even a presidential candidate but not someone who is practicing their constitutional rights.

Anyway that is my humble opinion and I can certainly understand anyone who wishes to protest what the Washington Post has done.

Devils Advocate

I am a debater at heart. I love to sit down and discuss a topic by looking at both sides. Lately I've found myself playing the "devils advocate" more often than not. That for me means I am arguing for a cause that I may not actually support. For instance Barack Obama. Everyone knows how much I can't stand him but yet I'll often argue some of his beliefs as being valid. I do it for many reasons. One I think it's a lot of fun! Two I think in order to fully understand something you must look at it from all sides and positions. You can't simply say I don't support this person or that issue without knowing why. If you know why it might possibly be a good thing you're argument for it being a bad thing will be much stronger. The reverse can also be true. I simply want you to know that over the next month I may be playing devils advocate on many political and religious issues but please don't' take that as my viewpoint on the issues. I think that it is so important to look at something from all sides and not be too closed minded about things. So anyway that is my explanation for the posts that will follow.

Love you guys!!!

College Professors are of the devil!!!!!

Dr. Craig Greathouse a poliical Scientist that formerly taught at UAM had a T-shirt that said something like this.

Knowledge is Power. Power Corrupts. Study Hard. BE EVIL!!!

That ladies and gentlemen is the basic belief of ANY political science professor!

I'm taking Arkansas state Government with Chris Wright this semester. He's a pretty great professor however today I have decided that HE is the root of all evil. In class last week he announces a test and ALL of us say please dont do multiple choice we all HATE multiple choice tests. As odd as it sounds we would all much rather write a paragraph answer than to fill in a little bubble and HOPE we picked the right one. So he tells us to bring a scantron AND a blue book and we'll have kind of a mixed test. Ok I can live with that. So we walk into class today with our blue books and scantrons all ready to take this test and wow him with our writing and critical thinking capabilities and what does he do?? He hands us a stinking ALLL multiple choice exam! Needless to say we all threw daggers at him with our eyes as we filled in our little bubbles.

NOT ENOUGH TIME AGH!!!!!!

I HATE it when I don't have time to blog it makes me sad!!!! I have a few minutes so I want to talk about somethings. First of all I'm sure you have all seen the horrible cartoon put out by the washington post that put a curse word in the mouth of God. Yes folks I am appalled by this!!!! The fact that they made fun of speaking in tongues honestly doesn't bug me all that much because people often poke fun at things they dont understand. The political scientist side of me says it shouldn't bother me however the apostolic tongue talker wants to get upset!!!! The debator in me wants to play devils advocate for just a moment though. This cartoon should make us stop and think. I've heard so many people gripe that they wouldn't have gotten away with such a cartoon about any other religion! It's discrimination!!! I hear all these things but then I ask myself is that really true?? How many jokes are there out there about the Baptists and the Mormons and the Muslims (especially the Muslims). Yes I am outraged that they disrespected God in such a way HOWEVER this is America folks and as much as we may not like the religions of other people it is their right to practice that religion. It is our duty as Apostolics to share the gosple truth with others but is NOT our right the squash the basic American right of freedom of religion. Ever since this cartoon came out and I felt the sting of having my beliefs poked at I have been very careful about the kind of jokes that I make. The flip side of that is this while it is my right to practice my belief I have to be ready to take a little criticism. Do I believe there is only one way to heaven YES!!! Do I believe that you MUST be baptized in Jesus name and receive the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues to go to heaven YES!!! I also realize though that not everyone shares my beliefs and I dont need to get all bent out of shape just because someone laughed at the fact that I wear a skirt and speak in tongues. Basic rights 101: WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!! It is my basic right to stand up and say that I believe there is one God and Jesus is his name. However it is the right of the Muslim in America to stand up and say I serve Allah. Do I have to like it? NOOO Do I have to believe it? NOOOO However as an AMERICAN CITIZEN I do have to realize that it is his right to believe that. We are BLESSED to live in America where we have this right to choose our religous beliefs. Even though we have separation of church and state it's still ok for us to elect Christian leaders with strong moral values. I am in a class right now where we are learning about Europe. In Europe the idea of separation of church and state is even stronger than it is in America. The idea of a contemporary christian song making it's way into popular mainstream music is unheard of!! Not because they hate God or Christianity but because they think that your choice to be a Christian or to be religous should be personal and you shouldnt express it in government or mainstream media. In America we are encouraged to share our beliefs!!!! Instead of getting bent out of shape because someone made fun of our ways get over it and thank God that you live in this blessed country!!!!!!

Ok so that's me playing devils advocate to those of you who became outraged over the cartoon. Am I upset about it? Well yeah but not because it's making fun of pentecostals; people have been doing that for ages. I'm upset over the disrespect for God. Anyway my basic point is this: Do unto others as you would have them do to you! The next time you as a Pentecostal go to make a joke about the Mormans or the Baptists or whatever religion, remember how outraged you became because someone made fun of you speaking in tongues! The same goes for those of you who aren't pentecostal and may want to poke fun at someone who is.

Touching Campaign Ad

In case you didn't know this I support and always have supported the war in Iraq. By going over there we are upholding the basic values and principles of freedom and democracy. It wasn't about oil it wasn't about Bush being an idiot or anything like that. I found this video on Youtube and I found it very moving. Barack Obama called the war in Iraq a mistake. This young man tells him why it's not a mistake.

I'll have to just paste the link because it wont let me embed this one for some reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8

Just an update

Hey guys!!!!! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. . you know how it goes with school and all. Things are going really good. I'm loving most of my classes and I'm shooting for a 4.0 this semester. I have several things I want to write about in the near future but I'm beat at the moment. I just wanted to take the time to say hey and I'm still alive!!!

I love you guys