For unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given : and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor , The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,…
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Please Explain This To Me
A convicted rapist sentenced to three life terms plus 51 years in prison has been arrested in Sacramento County for a parole violation, four years after his release. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said 47-year-old Lloyd Edwards was detained Thursday during a parole compliance check by the office’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force Team.…
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Folks, the short version is this: the phrase “seven years” is never mentioned in the New Testament. Not ever. Never once. But somehow, it’s a doctrine in the minds of most modern evangelicals. Ditto for lots of other proclaimed doctrines. Amongst these are: A rebuilt temple in Jerusalem—never mentioned in the New Testament. Jesus said…
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Last night, the Thursday night Bible study was yet another doozie. Folks, this group is so hung up on Premillennial Dispensationalism that it’s disgusting. First, they know that I disagree with them on eschatology; therefore, lots of prayers were offered that the Holy Spirit reveal the Truth to them by fiat. Intense study of the…
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Is the Republican Party, a grassroots organization or a top-down one? This essay is a brief look at the current direction of California’s GOP. I once had a college professor—who was also an elected official—say that “the chief job of a politician is to get re-elected.” Those in power not only want to stay in…
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High tech jobs going out of state as this vacant Intel facility near Sacramento illustrates.
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No, really. By sending all the job opportunities to other countries he is not only diminishing the superiority of America and making us a socialist country but he is solving the immigration problem without bothering to secure our borders. In fact he is making us into such an unattractive place that soon our own people…
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This week, Barry Obama was claiming mission accomplished. From his perspective, we are out of that unpopular war in Iraq. Since when is unilateral surrender and retreat considered victory? Jerry Ford made a similar claim when I was in elementary school. Millions died or were enslaved as a result this retreat of America military power.…
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KOVR TV in Sacramento ran a story about the State of California and their taxpayer funded eugenics program. According to the story, tens of thousands of people were involuntarily sterilized between 1909 and 1964. http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/11/10/the-life-penalty-sterilizing-california/ Of particular interest to me was this portion of the segment: The state issued a resolution (Senate Resolution No. 20)…
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Attached are a few photos of the Occupy Sacramento protest. This group is conveniently located across from my employer so I get to see them in action. The way this protest works is that a handful of people arrive each morning and set-up their operation. In the early afternoon, a trickle of people begins to…
