The great debate is on the bloomberg channel. Is anyone watching live?
Who was a zero and who was a hero?
The Adventures of Dewey the Cat Continue……….
Bedtime is always a tad hectic in our household. “Mom, I am NOT tired, everybody else I know gets to stay up much later” and then little sis chimes in, “Yeah, I agree with what Eli says”. Exhausted audible sigh as I respond, trying to dig deep for that much needed patience that is so elusive at days end “well, guys, here is the deal, in this house, bedtime is 8:00, and I am not really too concerned about what other kids do or don’t do”. “Now, lets brush teeth, and get jammies on so we can have snuggle time, I will be back in five minutes, so get cookin’ “.
Walking into my bedroom to enlist “dads” help, I notice Dewey, frozen, almost as if in mid stride, staring at something. My eyes follow the direction of his body……….
“What the (expletive that begins with F) is THAT in our shower? Honey, you BETTER be playing a joke on me!” I loudly exclaim.
My husband walks over, his eyes now following in the same direction where Dewey AND I are intently focused, and, ever so calmly replies “yeah, I’m not playin’ a joke on you, that’s a real snake.”
“You go occupy the kids while I take care of the snake” he says. Well, that sounded like a fair trade to me! He comes back up the stairs less then ten minutes later, empty handed. Whew! Crisis resolved, my husband, the snake handler.
Dewey on the other hand, did not seem so relieved. For the next hour, he sat vigil on the bed, staring intently at every movement he saw OR thought he saw.
I gave him lots kisses and cuddles, but he was shaking for the longest time, and never, ever, in all my years of being a cat owner, have I ever seen a cat TUCK his tail between his legs. Dewey wants to be brave, wants to be the house protector, but maybe he will just have to settle for cat sleuth.
Disclaimer: This picture is a re-enactment with a fake snake from the toy box. No snakes were harmed in this story, my husband carried the snake out by its neck and released it into the back yard.
Joe Scarborough says Jeffress threw Jesus under the bus
From Joe Scarborough in Politico:
“Judge not that ye be not judged”; so said Jesus. But don’t try telling that to Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress.
Jeffress, a prominent Texas preacher and Rick Perry supporter, created a firestorm at last weekend’s Values Voters Summit by omnipotently declaring that cult member Mitt Romney was headed straight for hell.
Isn’t that special?
I have always been fascinated by mere mortals who arrogantly ignore Jesus’s teachings to make declarations about the salvation of other men’s souls.
By assuming the Almighty’s role, Jeffress has embraced the proud tradition of Christian stalwarts like Jimmy Swaggart, Ted Haggard and the PTL Club’s Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.
Modern American politics as practiced by Jeffress and his ilk require that Jesus Christ be thrown under the bus with great regularity by the very same people who claim His name.
For these modern day Pharisees, a president who declares Jesus Christ as his personal lord and savior is to be doubted if he is from the wrong political party.
“I came to know Jesus Christ for myself and embrace him as my lord and savior,” Barack Obama declared at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast.
And when the president explained how he got through his most difficult years, Obama bluntly proclaimed, “My Christian faith has been my sustaining force.”
And yet the same pastor who declared Mitt Romney unfit for office called the defeat of this president “a spiritual imperative.”
