Monthly Archives: April 2012
Happy Tax Freedom Day!
Coincidentally Tax Freedom Day 2012 arrives on the very same day our taxes are due this year. Whoope-dee-do! And of course it comes four days later than last year thanks to higher federal income and corporate tax collections. The … Continue reading
Founding Wisdom [Flouted by the Foolish]
“A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin
Feds appear hellbent on killing “the Town Too Tough To Die”
In the wake of the Monument Fire last summer, the town of Tombstone, Arizona has been facing a critical water shortage. But impervious to appeals, the U.S. Forest Service in their relentless drive to restrict access to public lands, … Continue reading
Saturday Shorts (Sunday version) – 4-14-12
Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention: Rasmussen Reports: 77% Believe Jesus Rose From the Dead ~ Oddly enough most of us don’t live as if … Continue reading
Japan: Sadness… and Salvation
Aokigahara, a forest located at the base of Mount Fuji is considered the most haunted place in all of Japan. That may very well be the case. Because it also has the dubious distinction of being the world’s second most … Continue reading
No Story: Invalid Color Combination
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the mainstream media and race-baiting pundits to get all worked up over this story: Phoenix: Claiming self defense, a black man shoots a mentally disabled Hispanic man who was walking his dog. Now, the … Continue reading
Centers of Higher Nihilism
If you need further proof that America’s colleges and universities have become bastions of vacuity, check out the latest course offerings at Portland State University; Revolutionary Marxism: Theory and Practice, Art Within Activism and Exploring Buffy the Vampire Slayer 😯 … Continue reading
Fallen from Pride… Landing in Grace
“Pride always means enmity — it is enmity. And not only enmity between man and man, but enmity to God.” ~ C.S. Lewis ~ Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship and Breakpoint has been in the news recently – since … Continue reading
The Empty Tomb
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain…And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:14 … Continue reading
Saturday Shorts – 4-7-12
Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention: Brazil Stiffs Obama on Oil Deal, Exposing President’s Incompetence ~ Brazil, whose offshore deposits of oil were sought by … Continue reading
Enjoying Some Ice Time in Amsterdam
Oh look! Man-made global climate change caused the canals in Amsterdam to freeze solid this winter for the first time in 15 years: Kind of breaks that old hockey schtick in two.
Today is Maundy Thursday
Ever wonder what “maundy” meant? I did. Here’s the scoop ~ From The Point, BreakPoint’s* blog: In the church calendar, the Thursday before Easter is Maundy Thursday. It’s set aside to remember the Last Supper Jesus shared with his disciples. … Continue reading
