Archive for October 6th, 2007
For Your Listening Pleasure—And Mine
October 6th, 2007
Gospel music is my favorite genre of music. I love Lynda Randle because she has such a beautiful voice, and because her key is one I can sing.
Listen to this beautiful song of praise, “I’m Free”:
When my mother died I wanted “Peace, Be Still” as sung by Candy Hemphill Christmas to be played at her funeral.
Since I was in Maine, and had only the video version of the song I called my neighbor, who is a gospel singer, to ask if he had it on CD or tape. He didn’t, but he called Candy’s father who offered to FedEx it to me so I could use it.
As it turned out my cousins had a recording studio and were able to transfer this song, that means so very much to me, to tape.
It comforted my heart and I hope it does yours too.
May God bless you and may you have a wonderful beginning to your weekend.
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Prayer Request
October 6th, 2007
kimsch from Musing Minds is asking for prayers for her sister and family.
Her sister’s father-in-law lost his brother to cancer a few weeks ago and he was unable to visit him at the hospital because his wife was also in the hospital with cancer. The wife (kimsch’s sister’s mother-in-law) passed away from cancer on Thursday.
Please go to this link and express your condolences so kimsch can pass them on to the family.
Al Gore on Iraq in 1992
October 6th, 2007
Sounds different today, but is it because he learned something different or because the party line is different now? BTW, he’s running for VP here and criticizing the first President Bush.
Hat Tip: The Anchoress via Instapundit. <):)
Will the Iowa Primary Be a Slam Dunk for Hillary?
October 6th, 2007
Apparently Terry McAuliffe has spoken. Hillary is the winner!
Some Democrats get a kick out of Terry’s rah-rah roadshow for Hillary, which he has performed for voters in Iowa and other states in recent months. And some Democrats are decidedly turned off by his exuberance and confidence, especially those who aren’t too keen on Mrs. Clinton themselves.
Indeed, Mr. McAuliffe seriously alienated two Iowa Democrats during a drop-by at the Glenn Restaurant in Manchester, Iowa, on Wednesday. One of the Democrats, though, is a county precinct captain for Barack Obama, and another one is leaning pretty seriously toward Mr. Obama — and neither like Mrs. Clinton.
Their lack of neutrality aside, their description of some of Mr. McAuliffe’s remarks was intriguing. According to the two women — Pam Vislisel and Emma Edgington — Mr. McAuliffe argued:
Mrs. Clinton had the Democratic nomination almost sewn up;If the election were held now, Mrs. Clinton would win Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and enough other states to win more than 350 Electoral College votes;
Mrs. Clinton was virtually moving to Iowa during the next three months to work her tail off to win the state’s first-in-the-nation nominating caucuses in January;
The Democratic nomination fight would be over after the Super-Duper Tuesday primaries on Feb. 5.
That’s it, everyone else fold up their tent and go home.
Whatever happened to humility or coutesy shown to your opponents. For that matter, how about common decency? If Mr. McAuliffe indeed said these things, it has been replaced by arrogance and no regard for not only the other candidates but for those who will be voting in the primaries.
“I’m just getting a little tired of hearing — and I hear it on the news, too — that the election is in the bag, she’s going to win, she’s the only one, it’s over,†said Ms. Vislisel, the Obama precinct captain, who said she attended the McAuliffe event because she was curious about the Clinton campaign.
“I don’t think he should be coming into Iowa and talking about she’s going to win all these states,†added Ms. Edgington, who is torn between Mr. Obama and former Senator John Edwards. “It just seemed arrogant.â€
Of course, Mr. McAuliffe could not be reached for comment.
Mr. McAuliffe was traveling and not reachable for comment. His spokesperson referred questions to Howard Wolfson, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, who knows Mr. McAuliffe well and works with him.
I do not hear any other campaign on either side claiming victory in October of 2007. It will be a hard fall should it not materialize.
The Congresswoman doth protest too much
October 6th, 2007
Imagine for a moment that this was a Republican Congressperson. There at a minimum would be cries for apologies to this reporter.
While the Congresswoman had no business putting her hands on this woman, I am sure it will be played as no big deal if it is pursued which I doubt it will be.
Isn’t it sad when journalists have to “ambush” elected officials to secure information which pertains to taxpayer money.
It has come to the point that these people are so insulated by the walls of the House and Senate that there is absolutely no access unless they choose to allow it. Why can’t they just answer a simple question? Silly me, I always thought they were there in our best interest.
When Hatred Fills the Heart
October 6th, 2007
Are these people filled with that much hatred or are they simply “preaching to the choir?
Either way, I pity them.
