Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Breaking News
So, I've been thinking a lot lately. It wasn't on purpose.
My latest dilemma is this: should I write to Malia Obama and recommend the pink version of the Kodak EasyShare or not? As showed in the New York Times, she was using grape at the inauguration. Read the scoop here. I mean, would she think that's too presuming? I already wrote them and suggested that they get a poodle, and just forget the whole allergy thing. I ordered the Malia and Sasha dolls the other day. I can't wait until they arrive. I totally dig the J. Crew coats both girls wore to the inauguration. However, I totally cannot believe that Mrs. Obama would have the audacity to wear olive green gloves and shoes with a light yellow dress-- and the neckline to that dress! It was like a cocktail party dress, and her coat was way to heavy and bulky. You can see it here, but you might not want to. Moving on. In order to join this mad Obama dash, I also bought Obama earrings, posters, and necklaces so that I can contribute to this whole Obama-nation (pronounced abomination). I have one request for the media: can you please cover the Obamas more? I mean, I don't have their whole wardrobes memorized yet. I can't remember if Michelle's Steve Madden shoes are brown or white! Help!
We can make a difference
Hope
My latest dilemma is this: should I write to Malia Obama and recommend the pink version of the Kodak EasyShare or not? As showed in the New York Times, she was using grape at the inauguration. Read the scoop here. I mean, would she think that's too presuming? I already wrote them and suggested that they get a poodle, and just forget the whole allergy thing. I ordered the Malia and Sasha dolls the other day. I can't wait until they arrive. I totally dig the J. Crew coats both girls wore to the inauguration. However, I totally cannot believe that Mrs. Obama would have the audacity to wear olive green gloves and shoes with a light yellow dress-- and the neckline to that dress! It was like a cocktail party dress, and her coat was way to heavy and bulky. You can see it here, but you might not want to. Moving on. In order to join this mad Obama dash, I also bought Obama earrings, posters, and necklaces so that I can contribute to this whole Obama-nation (pronounced abomination). I have one request for the media: can you please cover the Obamas more? I mean, I don't have their whole wardrobes memorized yet. I can't remember if Michelle's Steve Madden shoes are brown or white! Help!
We can make a difference
Hope
March for Life? What March?
The media bias is killing me. They report the inauguration for days, using the phrase, "making history" every other sentence, but ignore the huge March for Life that happened yesterday. I agree the inaugurtion deserved every bit of press it got--it was making history, and it was an impressive event--a very happy one for the majority of America. However, yesterday, when around 300,000 people crowded the National Mall protesting abortion, the media hardly sent their photographers. The few stories there are about it downplay the event, saying "scores" of anti-abortionists marched. I had to DIG through major newspapers to find a story about it, when this should have been on the front page.
Every year at this annual March for Life, the president is invited to address the crowd. Last year, President Bush said he was proud to be standing among them, and that, "even the most vulnerable member of the human family is a child of God. You’re here because you know that all life deserves to be protected.”
Quite opposite, Obama wouldn't even come. He thought it would be too insulting to reverse the Mexico City policy with all those pro-lifers outside his office, so he waited until the next day. he's repealing the policy as I type, and now, when our country is trillions of dollars in debt, and in a tragic economy, federal money will help support international family planning organizations that provide abortions. So, in response to the hundreds of thousands of voices outside his office, and knoweldge of 3000 silent voices being aborted each day, he basically promoted abortion by helping it to be done internationally.
I'm so glad we have a president who listens to us, and is already following through in his promise to uphold the Constitution, by entitling everybody life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Sorry for the sarcasm, I can't help it here!!!)
We can make a difference.
Faith
Every year at this annual March for Life, the president is invited to address the crowd. Last year, President Bush said he was proud to be standing among them, and that, "even the most vulnerable member of the human family is a child of God. You’re here because you know that all life deserves to be protected.”
Quite opposite, Obama wouldn't even come. He thought it would be too insulting to reverse the Mexico City policy with all those pro-lifers outside his office, so he waited until the next day. he's repealing the policy as I type, and now, when our country is trillions of dollars in debt, and in a tragic economy, federal money will help support international family planning organizations that provide abortions. So, in response to the hundreds of thousands of voices outside his office, and knoweldge of 3000 silent voices being aborted each day, he basically promoted abortion by helping it to be done internationally.
I'm so glad we have a president who listens to us, and is already following through in his promise to uphold the Constitution, by entitling everybody life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Sorry for the sarcasm, I can't help it here!!!)
We can make a difference.
Faith
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Agape
I have been reading a few of Martin Luther King's speeches (per Hope's recommendation). One of the topics he brings up regularly is the meaning of love. There are three words in the Greek language for love. There is eros, which is a sort of romantic love. There is philia, a sort of reciprocal love between personal friends, very valuable and vital. But when talking about loving those who oppose you and seek to defeat you, we are not talking about eros or philia. "It would be nonsense to urge men to love their oppressors in an affectionate sense."
The Greek language has a third word for love, and that is agape. It is understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. You love them not because they are likable, not because they do things that attract us, but because God loves them. Here we love the person who does the evil deed while hating the deed that the person does. We see many people doing evil things these days, or things we do not agree with. We do not have to love what they are doing, but we must love them.
Martin Luther King Jr. said agape stands at the center of the movement he was trying to carry. Loving others because God loves them is what we must do in the movement we are trying to accomplish. Whatever your goal or mission, love others. If for no other reason than that God loves them.
We can make a difference.
Faith
The Greek language has a third word for love, and that is agape. It is understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. You love them not because they are likable, not because they do things that attract us, but because God loves them. Here we love the person who does the evil deed while hating the deed that the person does. We see many people doing evil things these days, or things we do not agree with. We do not have to love what they are doing, but we must love them.
Martin Luther King Jr. said agape stands at the center of the movement he was trying to carry. Loving others because God loves them is what we must do in the movement we are trying to accomplish. Whatever your goal or mission, love others. If for no other reason than that God loves them.
We can make a difference.
Faith
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This is an excerpt from the official United Nations Website:
On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act, the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories."
You can read it here
The only reason this declaration hasn't solved the world's problems is because of enforcement. Since we live in the United States of America, which is one of the most educated countries, everyone should know and agree with the Declaration of Human Rights-- right? So, since everyone knows about this declaration, given that it was taught in schools like it was supposed to, everyone lives and abides by it--right? Wrong.
Diverting your attention for a moment, let me bring something else to the light. A quick Google search brings evidence that a pregnant women is considered as two people. I found insurance companies, applications, and even an Iranian article. Thus, many people believe that a pregnant woman counts as two persons. However, many people of the same people also believe life doesn't start until birth. So, a pregnant women is two people, but only one of them is alive, so when you kill the weaker one, that doesn't count, but if you kill the stronger one, it counts as two people.That makes total sense.
For the sake of this argument, let's assume life starts at conception, and unborn children are persons needing protection from the law just like us.
Article 5 of the Declaration says:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6:
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Article 25(2) says:
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection
Finally, Article 30:
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
Obama's first act as president will be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (read it here). I especially like this part, as it strikes as somewhat ironic.
The United States was founded on the principles of individual liberty, personal privacy, and equality.
It isn't the Declaration of rights for everyone except America, or except Obama, or except people wanting to escape the consequences of their choices. It's Universal.
We can make a difference
Hope
On 10 December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act, the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories."
You can read it here
The only reason this declaration hasn't solved the world's problems is because of enforcement. Since we live in the United States of America, which is one of the most educated countries, everyone should know and agree with the Declaration of Human Rights-- right? So, since everyone knows about this declaration, given that it was taught in schools like it was supposed to, everyone lives and abides by it--right? Wrong.
Diverting your attention for a moment, let me bring something else to the light. A quick Google search brings evidence that a pregnant women is considered as two people. I found insurance companies, applications, and even an Iranian article. Thus, many people believe that a pregnant woman counts as two persons. However, many people of the same people also believe life doesn't start until birth. So, a pregnant women is two people, but only one of them is alive, so when you kill the weaker one, that doesn't count, but if you kill the stronger one, it counts as two people.That makes total sense.
For the sake of this argument, let's assume life starts at conception, and unborn children are persons needing protection from the law just like us.
Article 5 of the Declaration says:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6:
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law
Article 25(2) says:
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection
Finally, Article 30:
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
Obama's first act as president will be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (read it here). I especially like this part, as it strikes as somewhat ironic.
The United States was founded on the principles of individual liberty, personal privacy, and equality.
It isn't the Declaration of rights for everyone except America, or except Obama, or except people wanting to escape the consequences of their choices. It's Universal.
We can make a difference
Hope
Friday, January 9, 2009
Obama Video
Yes, this is an issue that bothers me a lot. I mean, if Obama is OK, then let's just hire some genius from China with an IQ of 200 to come be president and build robots to do all the hard work. Sound reasonable--right?
On to taxes. Wall Street Journal said it better than I every could:
Tax Plan Is Really A Welfare Plan
This Video is from one of my favorite political sites: neverfindout.org
Need I say more?
We can make a difference.
Hope
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A Brand New Year
Although I don't think it is happening, it is my little hope that some one who is not a member of the Church reads this blog and sees what we believe. Initially, we were not going to make it at all obvious of our religious convictions, but it got too hard! However, if someone out there on the world wide web is reading this, please click the link below, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint's new website for youth. The gospel is true. What else DOES matter?!
Also, you can listen to the widget to the right------> How cool is that?!
We can make a difference.
Faith
Also, you can listen to the widget to the right------> How cool is that?!
We can make a difference.
Faith
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