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George Tiller was murdered Sunday. Mr. Tiller performed late-term abortions and was sought for justice by many pro-life groups. Unfortunately, someone took justice into their own hands and ended Mr. Tiller's life as he performed his duties as usher in his own church.

I don't understand the thinking of his church, or him ... for that matter ... nor do I understand the person who thought it would be okay to enter his church and shoot him down.

Also in the news ...

A stupid girl hired a even stupider man to beat her up and kill her unborn child. It seems her stupid boyfriend told her he was going to break up with her if she did not "get rid" of the baby. So, she decided that her stupid boyfriend was more important than her unborn child.

What is beyond ignorant about this case is that while the girl was charged with first-degree felony criminal solicitation to commit murder and the man was charged with second-degree felony attempted homicide ... people murder babies in the womb every single day and it is legal.

I can't wait to hear what the defense is going to come up with.

Sometimes when I read stories on Fibromyalgia, I picture the author holding a daisy and picking off the petals. Real. Not Real. Real. Not Real. It can get really frustrating. Especially since the author is someone who does not have Fibromyalgia and therefore has no clue what Fibromyalgia patients go through. Like .... Matthew Perrone who wrote the article AP IMPACT: Drugmakers' push boosts 'murky' ailment.

Frankly, I don't care that drugmakers are pushing their meds for Fibromyalgia. They do it for everything else. Commercials these days are a mixture of products with new medications being the most common. I see ads for everything from how to enhance your sex life (Viagra) to bladder control (Enablex) to how to fight bone loss (Boniva). You can't watch TV without seeing these ads.

What I do care about is that the author of this article didn't bother to do his research and painted Fibromyalgia patients as nothing more than poor, fat women who need psychiatric help instead of patients who suffer from a multitude of symptoms ... debilitating pain just being one of them.

I differ from many of my Christian friends in that I believe gay couples should have legal partnerships. I am all for them having inheritance rights, being able to make medical decisions for their loved ones, having legal protections should their relationship end, etc. I have taken some flack for it through the years, but I have never seen any reason for society to deny homosexuals these basic requests. I think they should have all the protections and benefits of heterosexual marriage ... I just don't agree with them calling it "marriage."

Well, one of the arguments a lot of Christians have had against "gay marriage" has always been that eventually the government would try to force churches to marry homosexuals. I have always thought that was the most ridiculous thing ever. That would be like me trying to force a mosque to marry me with a rabbi officiating. I am not Jewish. I am not a follower of Islam. Why would I expect either to even want to have anything to do with my relationship when I don't keep the tenets of their faith? It would be absurd.

An article in The New York Times states ...

Barack Obama has selected the Rev. Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor and author of "The Purpose Driven Life," to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, a role that positions Mr. Warren to succeed Billy Graham as the nation's pre-eminent minister and reflects the generational changes in the evangelical Christian movement. (emphasis mine)

I have nothing against Rick Warren. I don't always agree with him and sometimes he says things that make me go, "huh?" But, I don't in any way shape or form believe that Rick Warren could even begin to fill Billy Graham's shoes or ever impact the world for Christ the way Billy Graham has. Nothing against him ... I just don't believe he is of the same caliber by any stretch of the imagination.

Addendum: Tony Miano, of The Lawman Chronicles, has a post regarding Rick Warren. I am not going to say anymore and give it away. Go read it for yourself. All I will say is that it left me speechless.

Let's say that I decide to write an article on Islam and what it advocates (or does not advocate). I go to a store and I purchase the Quran. But, instead of taking time to read it and study it, I decide to grab bits and pieces of it to write my article. People who have never read the Quran might buy my assertions and think my article rocks. People who have read and studied the Quran will know that I am a fraud and a fool.

Same with Lisa Miller and her Newsweek article ... except she used the Bible.

eHarmony has given in and will now hook up gay people. I find this wrong on so many levels. The fact that anyone would sue eHarmony because they do not provide services to them is stupid. It is not like eHarmony is the only dating site on the net. There are many such sites specifically for homosexuals ... and some of those sites do not provide services to heterosexuals ... but you don't hear them crying.

I agree whole-heartedly with the following ...

This case is akin to a meat-eater suing a vegetarian restaurant for not offering him a rib-eye, or a female patient suing a vasectomy doctor for not providing her hysterectomy services.

Honestly ... I think I would have fought it or even shut my business down. If I make pants for girls and they don't fit boys ... but boys want the pants I make ... no one is going to force me to make pants for them too. It is ridiculous. Next thing you know ... someone is going to sue the Girl Scouts because they don't accept boys into their organization. It won't matter that there is a Boy Scouts. That won't be the point. The point will be forcing oneself onto others regardless of how ignorant it makes you look.

These people have lost their collective minds ...

ATF disrupts skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday.

You know, the flyers the "aryan nation" got to passing out about Obama were bad enough. Now they want to kill some black people too. But, killing them isn't enough. No ... they want to decapitate a few of them as well. And, the cherry on top .... kill Obama or die trying.

But, we don't breed stupidity and hate in America ... nooooooo. Not us.

Oil prices go through the roof. People can't afford to drive like they did before. People stop driving as much. Oil prices fall. Gas becomes more affordable after costing an arm and a leg for some time. So, what happens? OPEC cuts production to try and drive prices back up because ... you know ... they have to make boocoo bucks or they ain't happy. It isn't working though.

Economic crunch has families still holding tight to their money. Christmas is coming and a lot of people don't know what they are going to do. Local programs are getting cut like crazy ... including programs that help with Christmas. Food banks are struggling. People are living without heat. Utilities prices are still too high for many.

I am just waiting for it to be Bill Clinton's fault. It always is. :)

In Nepal, they have declared that a three year old little girl is their new living goddess. They say she is the incarnation of the Hindu diety Taleju and they decided this by having the child spend the night alone in a room among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear.

Read that again ... the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear. How would they know if she was afraid if she was alone? And, who in the world would leave a three year old baby in a room with dead animal heads?

Not only did she have to go through all that, but they also removed the child from her parents. Now she lives in a temple and will remain there until she starts her period. At that time, she will no longer be a "goddess" anymore and will be returned to her family where the chance of her growing up and getting married are slim because they believe that men who marry former "goddesses" will die at a young age.

And, the horrible cycle will start over again. Once the "goddess" is removed from the temple, they will name a new baby to be their goddess, put her in a room full of dead animal heads and take her away from her family.