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“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”  John 14:27

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Side note: I wonder how the Ducks will try to blame Boise State for this one….

From the Yahoo article:

If the report turns out to be accurate, it would represent an epic political victory for Republicans and underscore just how seriously the American people’s demand for increased development of American energy sources shook Democrats’ expectations for the fall elections.

Well said indeed.

When people, or companies, do something right this day and age it seems only right to point it out. So goes our story with Sprint.

A couple months ago we noticed an exorbitantly high ring tone charge on our monthly bill. Not thinking much of it at the time, we paid the bill and moved on. Sometimes it really isn’t worth squabbling over a few dollars. When the same charge showed up again this last month, we called.

Let me preface the story by saying my two year old daughter loves to play with mom and dad’s cell phones. I can’t tell you how many times we have caught her with the phone after dialing someone unintentionally and hearing the poor soul on the other end of the line, “Hello? Hello? Anyone there?”.

Anyway, apparently one of the times she was playing “phone” she got on to the internet and subscribed us to a ring tone monthly plan.

So we called customer service to make sure the subscription had stopped (admittedly after taking advantage of a few ring tone downloads, he he). What happened next is the point of this post.

“Yep, it looks like the ring tone service was canceled successfully. Anything else I can help you with?”

“Nope all good now.”

“By the way, I think you’re paying too much.”

“Excuse me?” Yeah, right, anyone would think to them self here. What’s the catch?

“I think we can save you money and get you some more minutes.”

The service rep would then go on to explain a different plan with all the same benefits and features, had more minutes and didn’t charge us for a text-messaging plan. All told the changes will be saving us about $30 bucks a month.

And the best part? I didn’t even need to renew my contract. I can’t think of a lot of companies out there that will make it a point to tell you when you are overpaying for your service.

Major kudos to Sprint. Job well done guys, especially in this economy.

Alright McCain, it’s your turn. Are you going to stab us in the back one more time or are you going to give us something, anything to rally around?

At this point McCain does not have my vote. Unless there is a solid anti-abortion, anti-amnesty, anti-NAU candidate on the ticket, the amount of compromise would just be too great. A threshold I am just not willing to cross. I am tired of liberty being replaced by benefits.

So will McCain make it a referendum vote?

I doubt it, but with numerous polls showing people would still overwhelmingly pick Bush over McCain or Obama, one would have to find a way to capture some of the silent supporters of President Bush.

That is, of course, unless McCain is willing to go a much, much more bolder route (and certainly get my vote as well). But, alas, I doubt that would ever happen.

Let us disect this politcal frog, shall we?

Guilliani- too liberal

Jeb Bush- let Terry Shavo die, but would force the issue

Romney- let gay marriage thugs force themselves on Mass.

Jindal- too unknown

Huckabee- solid choice, but would overshadow McCain

Condi Rice- doesn’t want the job

Karl Rove- I would love it, would cause liberals to blow a gasket. But won’t happen…

Paul- perfect.

I do not buy for a second the notion that because McCain is a Republican he has got the Evangelical and conservative votes in the bag. The line in the sand has been crossed for many voters, and unless McCain gives us some sort of signal that he is at least willing to help get the party back on track, he may find himself without 10-20% of the normal Republican party base support come election day.

Excuse me, I need to yell, *ahem*:

MCCAIN- IF YOU SELECT JOE LIEBERMAN, A PRO-ABORTION LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AS YOUR VICE-PRESIDENTAL PICK, THIS VOTER, THIS FAMIlY WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU.

/end tiraid

Barack’s Muslim childhood, from WorldNetDaily

Barack’s continued association with Islamic politics, from Atlas Shrugs

This story comes to us from Newsbusters.

More proof of Barack’s questionable and dubious claims to “love America” (even though his Pastor Rev. Wright asks God to “damn” America). Add this with his apparent ties to terrorism and hiding his Islamic faith and one must ask: Is Barack trying to dupe us? What is his real goal for America once he gets elected?

Why will he not wear a American flag lapel pin? 

Why does he not place his hand over his heart during the pledge?

Why is he running for President of America if his religion teaches him that we are evil?

Why will he not address his Muslim upbringing and, more recently, publishing a book with Jihad in the title?

Why was he referring to us as, “Citizens of the world”? Does this suggest we have an obligation to “humanity” over our national security?

Why was he the only member of the Illinois Senate to vote against a bill outlawing “after-birth abortion”? 

This DNC upside-down flag flap is just another in a long string of incidents that makes us question B. Hussein’s true character. This man is “The Messiah”, the Messiah of the New World Order that is. He views America with disdain, as this exchange with a nine year old girl demonstrates. He is not running to be a representation of the constitutional limitations placed on government, he is running to force-feed environmental fascism down our throats. Only then, when America has surrendered to world opinion, will America be worthy of respect and admiration in Barack’s eyes.

After all, we know for a fact that Barack supports the North American Union.

This man makes me sick.

With all the attention on China for the Olympics, its a great time to point out the utter lack of basic civil and human rights, such as the freedom to worship. 

But, then again, if the New World Order has its way, very soon we will all be living in conditions similar to China.

More on China’s intentional and deliberate crackdown on Christians before the Olympics, here.

Let me start this post out with a caveat: I am not anti-profit, In fact it’s a man’s right to grow a business for his own gain, irrespective of good will toward others. I do not think we ‘owe’ anyone anything else by the mere fact of our existence. Ayn Rand’s, “Atlas Shrugged” is a pinnacle of my economic and tax beliefs.

But, and you all knew this was coming, I couldn’t help but seethe with rage at a headline on CNN this morning:

Exxon Posts Record $11.68 Billion Profit

And then on Drudge:

Shell Reports 33% Rise In Profit (that would be $11.56 Billion, btw…)

Eni and Repsol also have gotten profits in the billions.

So let me ask this, do you really think that supply and demand created a market for $4 a gallon gas? I find that extremely hard to believe, almost incredulous, that at a time when roughly 5-7% of the mortgages in the United States are in default, at a time when personal consumer debt has never been higher, at a time when inflation is affecting food costs beyond most families’ ability to control the budget, that a market would be created for over consumption of fuel.

So, pardon my french, but what the hell is going on here?

Two more headlines to consider:

CNN.com: Oil Demand Drops, But Don’t Expect Crude Prices To Fall

And then, probably the most important headline of all of them in today’s post:

USAToday.com: Devaluation Of Dollar Influences Oil Price

In other words, our nation’s debt is causing our domestic inflation because our dollar can purchase less goods in the global market. Makes you just feel all peachy-keen wonderful about our nation borrowing money from China to pay for the war in Iraq, the economic stimulus and most recently the federal mortgage bailout bill. Shoring up the strength of our domestic economy, not trade from foreign nations, is the only way we can get our of this mess. Until then, enjoy paying $4 for gas and $5 for a loaf of bread.

I figure we can all could use some good laughter before the dark times hit. So, without further adu:

www.theonion.com

failblog.org

More as I think to add them…