Words of Truth

Barack Obama is a Christian, says the Associated Press (and him):

“What I found during the course of this work was, one, that ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they come together and find common ground,” he told the congregation. “The other thing I discovered was that values of honesty, hard work, empathy, compassion were values that were spoken about in church …. I realized that Scripture and the words of God fit into the values I was raised in.”

What I find interesting about this statement is that Obama became a Christian because it agreed with the things he already believed, not because it was true. It’s like he’s saying, “Yeah, I’m a Christian because I found out that Christians believe what I have always believed, so it works for me.” I’m sure someone out there could say this more succinctly but here goes:

God is supposed to change us, not help us recognize that we don’t need to be changed. The Bible teaches repentance. The Bible doesn’t teach that you’re ok just the way you are.

I also find it interesting that he says “Scripture AND the words of God” (emphasis mine). Last I checked, Scripture IS the Word of God, not something in addition to the words of God. This just emphasizes for me that he isn’t a believer. The Bible doesn’t say, “Be ye honest, hard working, empathetic, and compassionate, for I am…..those things.” It says “Be ye HOLY for I am Holy.” This in addition to many other things reinforces my stand that I don’t want this man in office.

I watched the Colts vs Ravens game last night. Why is it that every time they play, we have to have the same old hash brought out about how Bob Irsay (the owner of the Colts) stole the team away in the dark of night from the city of Baltimore?

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, read
here and here.

Seems to me that, no matter why Irsay was thinking about moving his team, he was the owner of a multi-million dollar business that the city of Baltimore was about to seize by eminent domain. I’d get out of Dodge in a hurry too!

So as I was watching the game last night, I noted that the scoreboard in Baltimore said that “INDY” was playing the “RAVENS”. Why? Why didn’t it read “COLTS VS RAVENS”? Or “INDY VS BALTIMORE”? You would think that after a quarter of a century, the city of Baltimore could let it go. Bitterness is not becoming. It just makes you ugly.

In 1984 those fans had a right to be upset. Irsay had his reasons to do what he did, but as a sports fan, I can also understand that it must have hurt. I can understand carrying a grudge for five or ten years (or as long as the Baltimore fans saw players who were “Baltimore Colts” playing in Indianapolis), but twenty four years??? Come on. Enough is enough.

that was then, this is now.

Certainly now, if for no other reason, Baltimore has no right to grouse about having their team “stolen” since eleven years later they “stole” the Cleveland Browns. That’s like an adulterer upset that he caught someone sleeping with his wife.

What will it take for the fans in Baltimore to let go and embrace their own team? Because by continuing to be bitter, they are in effect saying, “We want our team back!”. Baltimore fans, Look at it this way: Irsay divorced you and remarried someone else. You hurt for a while, but then you got remarried, and you are now both happily married.

So let it go and let’s just play football!

Joke for the day:

A man runs into a saloon, smacks his hand on the bar and says to the bartender, “Quick! Give me a beer before the trouble starts!” The bartender quickly gives the man a beer, and he sucks it down.

He then says, “Give me another beer before the trouble starts!” The bartender gives the man another beer, and this one goes down just as quickly. “More beer, trouble’s coming!” the man insists. While drinking his third beer, the guy sitting next to him asks, “When’s the trouble going to start?”. The drinker says, “As soon as the bartender figures out that I don’t have any money!”

A variation of this joke has the drinker as a man who comes home from work, sits in front of the TV and demands beers “before the trouble starts”. The bartender is played by the man’s wife, who increasingly gets irritated at his demands for beer, until she finally explodes and starts yelling at him. At this point, the man says something like, “oh well, it started already.”

Ok, I know it’s traditional and all for the Cubs to choke, but IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHOKE WHILE THE FOOD IS STILL IN YOUR MOUTH???? OH MY GOODNESS did they STINK!

What was that all about? Our three best hitters: Soriano, Ramirez, and Lee had a total of 27 at bats. How many home runs did they get in the three game series? ZERO. How many hits in that 27 at bats? FOUR. A stinking .148 batting average. No wonder we lost.

I am still a Cubs fan. I will always be a Cubs fan. But sometimes it is tough to support a team that loses every year. Ask Rex Grossman if consistency by itself is a good thing. You need consistency AND excellence.

Well, at least there’s the Colts, right?