One of the albums I feature on this site is the eponymous Outpouring, from the Community of the Cross. I noticed that another song from this group is performed by "the old guy" on this YouTube Video The vocals aren't the best, but the guitar work is fine. Long songs were Outpouring's specialty.
The Hope for the Christian in the Life to Come
From Pope Benedict XVI: "The first attitude [for Christians]," he said, "is the certainty that Jesus has risen, is with the Father, and because of that, is with us forever. […] Because of this, we are secure and free of fear. This was an essential effect of Christian preaching. Fear of spirits and gods was …
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One Step Closer to British Leyland, American Style
Evidently someone out there is reading my musings on this subject, as evidenced by this: A key House Democrat is writing legislation that would send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered auto industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority …
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The Link Between Roadside Crosses and Safety
The secularists will absolutely, positively, hate this, but... A road-safety expert at the University of Calgary has released a study on how roadside memorials - the clusters of flowers, crosses, and photos that mark sudden tragic death in accidents - affect traffic. Richard Tay set up fake memorials at four intersections with red-light cameras in …
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A Mutt Like Me, Let’s Bring Back British Leyland, and Obama’s Top/Bottom Coalition
At Barack Obama's first "presidential" press conference, he said the following: We have two criteria that have to be reconciled. One is that Malia is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic. There are a number of breeds that are hypoallergenic. On the other hand, our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but, …
Give Berlusconi a Break on the “Suntan” Remark: A Reminiscence from Kensington Temple
It seems that our media never stops on finding ways of griping about people: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, under fire at home for describing U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as "suntanned," said on Friday he saw no need to apologize. At a news conference, Berlusconi was brusque with an American journalist who suggested he should …
Let’s Hope al-Qaeda Organises a Union, Too
Now that Barack Obama has won, the TSA airport screeners hope their desire for a trade union that can strike is realised: Representatives of the American Federation of Government Employees and National Treasury Employees Union said that their top priority under the Obama administration will be to ensure collective bargaining rights for federal airport screeners. …
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The Party’s Over: A Post-Election Reflection
With Barack Obama's victory and the Democrats' concomitant advances in the Congress, some reflections and anticipations are in order. I will concentrate on two aspects: the Republican Party and Evangelical Christianity. Republican Party It's fair to say that the Republican Party is history as a national party in the U.S. Oh, it's true that it …
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Starbucks’ Free Election Day Coffee: It Was a Great Idea, But…
Starbucks is in trouble after their offer to furnish free coffee for voting on Election Day: Prior to Monday afternoon, Starbucks was promoting an ad that said anyone who says enters a Starbucks on Election Day and says that they voted would get a free cup of tall coffee. Election officials for the state of …
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Voting: The Two-Edged Sword
These pithy quotes, from Black Swan Trading: “Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.” ‐‐ Ambrose Bierce “Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose …
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