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Liveblogging (for a while) Superbowl XLIV

SAINTS WIN!!!! WHO DAT SAY THEY GONNA BEAT THEM SAINTS?????!!!!!!

615p (ish) Carrie Underwood does an EXCELLENT job singing the National Anthem

628p - Saints call heads for the toss and win, elect to receive the kick (or whatever it's called - I'm not a sports fan, so...)(keep that in mind, 'cause I know I'm going to make TONS of terminology mistakes!)

631p - stopped at the 23yl

[updates under the fold]

Liveblogging (for a while) Superbowl XLIV

615p (ish) Carrie Underwood does an EXCELLENT job singing the National Anthem

628p - Saints call heads for the toss and win, elect to receive the kick (or whatever it's called - I'm not a sports fan, so...)(keep that in mind, 'cause I know I'm going to make TONS of terminology mistakes!)

631p - stopped at the 23yl

[updates under the fold]

REPENT!!!! Oh, by God's mercy and grace... Repent!

Folks, we Christians in the United States (and I do include myself) are selfish, complacent and unfeeling.

We live in the richest nation on earth - resources, opportunities, finances, families - and yet, although America is the most generous nation on earth, the Christian Church has not stepped up to the plate and given to God's work proportionately to the blessings He has HEAPED upon us.

I am convicted and shamed by my own selfishness and concern for the future. I need to be slapped in the face with God's promises to provide for the needs of His children and His promise to pour out blessing to faithful givers. He does not promise financial blessings, but rather to bless the influence and grace of our inheritance in Heaven.What a treasure could be waiting for us, if we only open wide our hands and give back to God that which is already His!

Yes, for some, He will add blessing upon blessing financially - because He has found faithful servants (or is testing the servants whom He has blessed with financial assets) who will still put His Kingdom before their own needs. God is searching for men and women to bless richly so they can bless others according to His provision in their lives.

Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church spent 30+ hours in Haiti after the earthquake. I ask you to please watch the whole video... And then do what God lays on your heart.

We in America have been given riches beyond measure. The poverty line in Haiti is roughly $1300.00 a year, and 80% of the population can't even make that...

As Christians, we have no percentage guideline for giving to the Church in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the end of the earth." Folks, for us, Jerusalem is our home, Judea is our community/state, Samaria is our nation... And the "end of the earth" is all our brothers and sisters in Christ who need our help to spread the wonderful Gospel of Salvation.

Do you earn $10,000? Can you offer $10 - at least???? Do you earn $60k? Can you give $500? Do you earn whatever, and realizing the blessings God has given you - just by being born to this prosperous and blessed country!! - you realize you need to give back to His Kingdom by loving, supporting and encouraging your brothers and sisters in a far country?

Please watch the whole video... and then give all that you possibly can to rebuild, uplift and encourage the Church in Haiti and all her people.

Obama's "fiscal responsibility" schtick gets PWNED!

During the president’s town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, he discussed the need to curb spending during tough economic times. “When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” the president said. “You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”

via hotair.com

Between the title of the linked post and it's first sentence... All I can say is...

'NUFF SAID!!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Abstinence-only programs might work, study says - washingtonpost.com

Students were randomly assigned to go through one of the following: an eight-hour curriculum that encouraged them to delay having sex; an eight-hour program focused on teaching safe sex; an eight- or 12-hour program that did both; or an eight-hour program focused on teaching them other ways to be healthy, such as eating well and exercising. The abstinence-only portion involved a series of sessions in which instructors talked to students in small groups about their views about abstinence and their knowledge of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. They also conducted role-playing exercises and brainstorming sessions designed to correct misconceptions about sex and sexually transmitted diseases, encourage abstinence and offer ways to resist pressure to have sex.

Over the next two years, about 33 percent of the students who went through the abstinence program started having sex, compared with about 52 percent who were taught only safe sex. About 42 percent of the students who went through the comprehensive program started having sex, and about 47 percent of those who learned about other ways to be healthy did.

via www.washingtonpost.com

Got this link via the Instapundit, who got it from Dan Reihl.

Interesting numbers in these two paragraphs, though. The kids who were taught "safe sex" were MORE likely than any of the groups to have sex.

Seems to me like that would be mild support, at least, for the hypothesis that safe sex programs actually encourage kids to be sexually active...

FOXNews.com - Murtha in ICU Following 'Complications' From Surgery

Rep. John Murtha has been admitted to an intensive care unit at a Virginia hospital after experiencing "complications" from gall bladder surgery a week ago. 

A Murtha spokesman told Fox News that Murtha underwent a scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gall bladder, after he was hospitalized in December suffering a gall bladder infection.

via www.foxnews.com

Am I going to wish him dead, like the loony lefties did with Rush and so many other conservative figures when they were ill?

Nope.

But I do hope it's serious enough for him to resign from the House and stay home to enjoy his family.

Just sayin'.

Are the States finally pushing to revive the Tenth Amendment?

Lawmakers in 34 states have filed or proposed amendments to their state constitutions or statutes rejecting health insurance mandates, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council, a nonprofit group that promotes limited government that is helping coordinate the efforts. Many of those proposals are targeted for the November ballot, assuring that health care remains a hot topic as hundreds of federal and state lawmakers face re-election.

Legislative committees in Idaho and Virginia endorsed their measures this past week. Supporters held a rally at the Pennsylvania Capitol. And hearings on the proposed constitutional amendments were held in Georgia and Missouri. The Missouri hearing drew overflow crowds the day after Obama urged federal lawmakers during his State of the Union address to keep pressing to pass a health care bill. The Nebraska Legislature plans a hearing on a measure this coming week.

via news.yahoo.com

If so, that's a GOOD thing: the Federal government has become more and more like the camel whose nose pushed into the tent.

D.C. has become more and more intrusive into the lives of citizens and private business, taking away more and more of our freedoms "for our own good." It's disgusting!

Well, it's a snow day...

... and if I'm smart, I'll spend some time taking pictures.

More likely, though, I think I'll be figuring out how to make sure I can get OUT of my driveway tomorrow without the use of a tractor tow.

My Beloved Husband returned home from a business trip yesterday, and got stuck at the end of our lane. It took a bit of pushing, shoving, pulling and sheer determination to get his truck up to the house! At one point (admittedly only briefly), I thought we'd have to leave it there over night. At any rate, he said that the main roads were pretty clear, but our little county roads were still fairly snowy and icy. Last night's low got to about 12°F, and so everything is VERY icy this morning. Definitely not good driving weather.

However, this afternoon's high should be up to 44°F, we should have enough melt to open things up.

I'm glad I did my shopping on Friday - but I'd better be able to drive out tomorrow so I can get to work!

"Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."

Mr. Obama's self-regard, and his reading of his mandate, overwhelmed all restraint. The age-old American balance between a relatively small government and a larger role for the agencies of civil society was suddenly turned on its head. Speed was of the essence to the Obama team and its allies, the powerful barons in Congress. Better ram down sweeping social programs—a big liberal agenda before the people stirred to life again.

Progressives pressed for a draconian attack on the workings of our health care, and on the broader balance between the state and the marketplace. The economic stimulus, ObamaCare, the large deficits, the bailout package for the automobile industry—these, and so much more, were nothing short of a fundamental assault on the givens of the American social compact.

And then there was the hubris of the man at the helm: He was everywhere, and pronounced on matters large and small. This was political death by the teleprompter.

via online.wsj.com

Oh, yes- I think there's a BIG fall in Obama's future...

(kittipurrs to the Big Blog Daddy)

Miss Virginia wins the Miss America title

Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron won the 2010 Miss America title Saturday night after strutting in a skintight yellow dress, belting Beyonce's "Listen" from "Dreamgirls" and telling kids they should get outside more often.

Cameron, 22, won a $50,000 scholarship and the crown in Las Vegas after a pageant that started with 53 contestants. She outlasted her opponents in swimsuit, evening gown, talent and interview competitions.

via www.foxnews.com

Well, of course... She's a Virginian! ;-)

Congratulations to Miss Cameron!

(And, yeah, the only reason I took note of it was because she's from Virginia - I mean, who really watches Miss America these days anyway?)