Christian Carnival CCLIV
I could call this the “Day After Trying to Recover From What Might Have Been a Minor Flu Edition,” but I won’t. Christmas Season and Flu Season accompany each other every year, like Hansel and Gretel, or Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. I had just enough aches and pains to baby myself to prevent a flu… heck, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Christian Carnival CCXLIV
Image via Wikipedia It’s National Bailout Day, seeing as how our illustrious US Congress has allocated $700 billion for Wall Street bankers. As Christians, I think we probably could put $700 billion to better use, don’t you? But I got to thinking that our lives are not ours, we have been purchased at a cost. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 10 so far )Christian Carnival CCXXVIII
This week, Chasing the Wind is honored to host the 228th edition of the Christian Carnival, a collection of this week’s best Christian blogging. This week is Father’s Day – so let us remember this week that it is our Father in heaven that gives us Life in Him! Would you like to participate in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Market Influences
Today’s a good example of why I invest mechanically. I don’t read news resports to see whether the market is going up or down, I just stay invested because over the long haul the market goes up. The daily fluctuations, no matter how hard I try to understand them, only make sense if you are [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sneaky Texas Legislature and Taxes
So, if the state has collected too much money, maybe as high as $10 billion, do you think those sneaky dogs in Austin ought to – a) refund the money because citizens are complaining about property taxes, or b) tax businesses too! Yeehaw! If you answered (b), you can be a Texas legislator, too! Those [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Immigration Reform on Hold
I’m glad, the US Senate was rushing this through to give us a watered-down feel-good bill that would change nothing. What would the bill do to illegal aliens? – If they were here illegally, they would be in trouble. – Perhaps they would be given a misdemeanor. – Then they would be made US citizens. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 12 so far )No Longer Giving Bush the Benefit of the Doubt
I have to admit that after nearly 5 years of being a Bush supporter, I’m having trouble recently continuing to support him. Until 9/11, I though Bush was mostly ineffectual, stymied by the Democrats whenever he tried to accomplish anything. Bush was still a far better choice than Al “Mr. Internet” Gore, though. 9/11 changed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Economy Today
Two news stories today make it clear how the economy is fairing today. First, the economy is in the doldrums. Consumers aren’t spending, businesses are losing money, the world is coming to an end: NEW YORK (Reuters) – Discount retailer Dollar General Corp. on Wednesday posted an unexpected profit fall with customers hurt by high [...]
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