Monday, July 17, 2006
Hot Summer Summit In Russia
Heated memories of cold war! Forty years of my 56 years was lived in the midst of the cold war. I remember having Civil defense bomb alerts in school, having to take Communism as a requirement to graduate from High School, and living with Kruchev's temper tantrums at the United Nations, when he took...
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Sunday, July 16, 2006
Will History Repeat Itself -- Remember 1973?
The Yom Kimpur War between Israel and the Arabs. Because of the war Opec cut off our oil supply. This time it was not so much the price of gasoline, as it availablity. I was living in Florida at the time, and you bought gas on even or odd days based upon the last number on your tag. Some days you...
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
Hot Summer Summit In Russia
Heated memories of cold war! Forty years of my 56 years was lived in the midst of the cold war. I remember having Civil defense bomb alerts in school, having to take Communism as a requirement to graduate from High School, and living with Kruchev's temper tantrums at the United Nations, when he took...
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No Matter Where or When It Is, War Is Personal!
Roger and Floyd both served in WWII. I pastored them in Panama City, Florida. Both were serving in Italy, and were shot and seriously wounded within a few days of each other.. Both survived and returned to the states, settled in Panama City, Florida. Roger was our church organist, and Floyd played...
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Sober Reflections On Open War Weekend!
WAR IS MORE THAN A VIDEO GAME! The War on Terror at home and in foreign lands, Is beginning to have results that are sadly the same -- Please let us not forget, That War is more than a video game! America's world leadership and power -- Yes, she must work hard to reclaim; But let us consider hard...
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USA/Israel - The Gift of Land
Robert Frost wrote a beauiful poem for JFK's inaugral, which speaks to both the land given to America, and the land given to Israel. ~ The Gift Outright ~ The land was ours before we were the land's. She was our land more than a hundred years Before we were her people. She was ours In Massachusetts,...
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Friday, July 14, 2006
Oil Prices At Record High - Don't Panic
There is always cow manure! According to CNN Headline News a group of research college students at Western Washington University have created an alternative fuel for your car call biomethane. Where does biomethane come from -- cow manure. One cow's daily gift of manure can be used to help a hybrid...
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No Matter Where It Is, War Is Personal!
Roger and Floyd both served in WWII. I pastored them in Panama City, Florida. Both were serving in Italy, and were shot and seriously wounded within a few days of each other.. Both survived and returned to the states, settled in Panama City, Florida. Roger was our church organist, and Floyd played...
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
WAR IS MORE THAN A VIDEO GAME!
The War on Terror at home and in foreign lands, Is beginning to have results that are sadly the same -- Please let us not forget, That War is more than a video game! America's world leadership and power -- Yes, she must work hard to reclaim; But let us consider hard the fact That War is more than a...
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MC56's Prayer For The Middle East
They that weep on a distant shore... Bother me daily, Yet more and more! What can I do, What can I say, To whom do I turn as the violence Increases day by day. O God, I pray that the bloodshed will end, So They that weep, Might call you their friend. Awaken us all Who so comfortably sleep, Give us...
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