26 April 2008
Weekend Chat - 04/26/08
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: What's News .
DEPRESSION IS MERELY ANGER WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM.
Let’s keep our chin up no matter what life brings. It’s easier to see the sun.
10 Comments so far...
Joy Bischoff Says:
26 April 2008 at 2:01 am.
My friend, Jerry Hurst, sent this to me. I’ve read it before but since being involved in this site, it hit me a lot harder. It is the only hope for America. We need the Lord back in America. Not by force, but not forced out either.
UNITED STATES MAP - Short But Good!
A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little
girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the United States looked Like.
Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the
map of the country. Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to Shelby and
said, ‘Go into the other room and see if you can put this together. This
will show you our whole country today.’
After a few minutes, Shelby returned and handed him the map, correctly
fitted and taped together. The father was surprised and asked how she had
finished so quickly. ‘Oh,’ she said,’on the other side of the paper is a
picture of Jesus. When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged, then our
country just came together.’
Cameron Says:
26 April 2008 at 9:55 am.
Democrats favored in electoral map
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall — either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton — and has Republican John McCain playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift.
A downtrodden economy, the war in Iraq and a public call for change have created an Electoral College outlook and a political environment filled with extraordinary opportunity for the Democrats and enormous challenge for the GOP nominee-in-waiting.
Both parties count on victory in dozens of states that long have voted their way. The competition to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win is expected to play out primarily in 14 states. All but one saw the greatest action in 2004. The exception is Virginia, a longtime Republican stronghold where Democrats have made inroads.
Eight of the states went for President Bush four years ago, including the crown jewels Ohio and Florida. Six, including big-prize Pennsylvania, voted for Democrat John Kerry. In the battlegrounds, far more electoral votes, 97, are up for grabs for Democrats than the 69 available for McCain to go after. Twice as many of the closest states — decided by 2 or fewer percentage points — voted Republican in 2004; they include New Mexico and Iowa, which the GOP won by 1 point.
Both sides argue that their candidates can expand the playing field by making more states competitive than in previous elections. But they likely will only spend time and money to test that theory once they feel confident about higher priority states.
“This is going to be a tough campaign. I have no illusions how hard we have to work to win,” McCain says, a sobering assessment of a Republican’s chances when most voters say the country is on the wrong track under a GOP president.
Conversely, Democrats exude confidence that Nov. 4 will break their way — even as they continue their nomination slugfest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270
Cameron Says:
26 April 2008 at 10:30 am.
Our community at IGWT is on both sides of this issue. I can see both sides (I think) and it will be a hard call but I lean towards finding solutions other than open warfare. I hope it is true what the last sentence says and they will try to find a different solution.
U.S. Weighing Readiness for Military Action Against Iran
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 26, 2008; A07
The nation’s top military officer said yesterday that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” as one of several options against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said a conflict with Iran would be “extremely stressing” but not impossible for U.S. forces, pointing to reserve capabilities in the Navy and Air Force.
“It would be a mistake to think that we are out of combat capability,” he said at a Pentagon news conference. Speaking of Iran’s intentions, Mullen said: “They prefer to see a weak Iraq neighbor. . . . They have expressed long-term goals to be the regional power.”
Mullen made clear that he prefers a diplomatic solution and does not expect imminent action. “I have no expectations that we’re going to get into a conflict with Iran in the immediate future,” he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042501480_pf.html
Concerned American Says:
26 April 2008 at 6:48 pm.
Keep noticing the ratcheted up rhetoric now that we have changed generals. Bush wants to go into Iran before leaving office because he doesn’t think the next president will have the balls to do it, either literally or metaphorically.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3822830.ece
Britons kidnapped in Iraq are ‘held by Iran’
Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq almost a year ago are being held inside Iran by Revolutionary Guards, according to two separate sources in the Middle East and London.
The hostages were handed over to the Revolutionary Guards by their Iraqi kidnappers last November, the sources believe. One of the sources said they were being held in the western Iranian city of Hamadan.
If confirmed, the involvement of Revolutionary Guards would be seen as evidence that senior figures in the Iranian government had backed the decision to hold them in the country.
However, British officials said that while there had been rumours that the five were in Iran, they had seen no evidence to support the idea.
Sid Says:
26 April 2008 at 8:20 pm.
It we attacked Iran there would be absolute chaos. The draft would come back, there would be outright famine for so many reasons. The price of oil would skyrocket, it would be WWIII, the whole world except for Israel and a few factions in England would blame us and the consequences would be so disastrous I can hardly bear to think about it.
Hawk Says:
26 April 2008 at 8:35 pm.
We don’t know that all those things would happen. The other side of the coin is the Extremists continue to get trained and supplied by Iran and the trouble spreads to all the Middle East. Worst case scenario - we all wake up Muslims in a few years.
Benjamin Says:
26 April 2008 at 9:29 pm.
Joy, I loved that story about the girl and the map of the US. That is so totally the answer to everything.
Hawk, it’s true we don’t know for sure those things would happen that Sid wrote but through the process of reasoning, we can be fairly certain they would. I think we should trust in Heavenly Father to protect us while trying every other avenue other than aggression. Just my opinion.
Matt Says:
26 April 2008 at 11:01 pm.
Pretty unusual activity for Nevada. The Bischoffs live in that state so I thought I’d copy this.
Reno urged to prepare for worse as earthquakes continue
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada’s largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors.
More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest quake around Reno since one measuring 5.1 in 1953, said researchers at the seismological laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The latest quake swept store shelves clean, cracked walls in homes and dislodged rocks on hillsides, but there were no reports of injuries or widespread major damage.
Seismologists said the recent activity is unusual because the quakes started out small and continue to build in strength. The normal pattern is for a main quake followed by smaller aftershocks.
Matt Says:
26 April 2008 at 11:04 pm.
Good for President Bush. He seems to be loosening up lately. I’m glad he can poke fun at himself. He sure is a nice guy even if I don’t agree with all his politics.
Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON - President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner.
“Senator McCain’s not here,” Bush said of GOP nominee-in-waiting John McCain. “He probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. You know, he’s not alone. Jenna’s moving out too.”
Bush then referred to scandals that have dogged the campaigns of the two remaining Democratic candidates, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, in explaining their absence: “Hillary Clinton couldn’t get in because of sniper fire and Senator Obama’s at church.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_correspondents
Matt Says:
26 April 2008 at 11:05 pm.
Sharpton is a loose cannon. I hope he doesn’t let this get out of control.
Sharpton vows to ‘close this city’ after officer acquittals
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.
“We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realize that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians,” Sharpton told an overflow crowd of several hundred people at his National Action Network office in the historically black Manhattan neighborhood. “This city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell.”
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