Hello, World.  I haven't commented on here in years.  I've been busy.  TheBruceLog is my YouTube channel that hasn't been posted to for a long time, either.  So both of these will be updated with a bunch of nonsense shortly.

Bl-ah.

I just thought of trying to make some money online through those, YouTube and this blog, but if nobody is interested in what I have to say, then I probably won't.  So we'll see what happens.

There are some things that have changed over the years, so there will be some changes to certain favorite websites, music, and stuff.  Drudgereport is out.  BlazeTv is in.  Mark Levin is in.

My daughter is a mom three times.  The kids are 8 year old girl, 6 year old boy, and 8 month old boy.  (Ho boy.)  My wife, Mary, the kids, and my sister-in-law are going to the Oregon coast this weekend for a little vacation.  Seaside.  It's supposed to be rainy and cold, which is beautiful because that is the way it always is on the Oregon coast, and the Oregon coast is beautiful.

I'm retired now, from Boeing.  I was a functional test lead on the 777X working factory travelers.  That's jobs, tests, that didn't get done in the factory and had to be done outside.  That was a lot, so we were busy.  I was pretty good at the 3D modeling programs, email, wiring, etcetera.  Now I'm not good at anything.

I was running sound at my church, but I retired from that, too.  Crawling around on my hands and knees running microphone cable was hurting my knees, and I fell twice.  At 67 years old, that's not good.  May the Lord show me what he wants me to do now, because I feel useless.

That's the report for today.  Now, to change all the favorite stuff.  

Bye.

Bruce

Revisit of my blog

Hello.  I was having a conversation yesterday with my beloved son-in-law, Markus Bosch, and realized I need to update this post.  I can't do it all right now, but let me say our daughter is married to Markus Bosch.  Details are to come. 
While looking for this blog of mine I found out my Aunt Betty died.  Here is her obit:
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Betty-Codling&lc=1577&pid=144955044&mid=4359452.
There are many pictures of her and my cousins, all of which I haven't seen in maybe 35 years.  There is also a picture of my grandfather, Robert Codling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqow8zyLklo&feature=related

Shut off player to listen to this.

 

 

 

Team Leader

I’m having a “Team Leader” interview tomorrow.  I’ve had so many; I don’t know why I’m doing another.  But I have to try.  I think just the preparing and the trying itself is good, and I will grow with the effort.  May the Lord bless my efforts, if they are in His will. 

 

 

Electro-Comp 400

 

 

 

 

 

Thinking

Dear Fans, all three of you, me, myself, and I,

Sorry I haven’t written anything for a while.  As you know I just can’t think of anything.  Maybe you, my general public, can think of a topic.  Like will Romney beat everyone and become the new President of the United States (POTUS).  Or will Ron Paul come roaring up from behind and win it all.  Or maybe you would prefer a different method of selecting our politicians, like North Korea. 

 

I’d like to write a song.  So, I’m reading a book on song writing.  I’m learning a lot of trivia about music.  I’m already pretty good with music trivia.  Ever heard of Subonic “Silver Apples of the Moon”?  Early electronic music.

 

I really enjoy electronic music.  I took a class in electronic music creation in college.  I worked on an Electro-Comp 400 and a reel to reel tape deck making loops.  I still have the tapes I made but I don’t have a tape deck to listen to them.  I haven’t listened to them in 40 years.  Hope I can some day.

 

Gotta go.  I try to post more often.

 

Christian Vs. Muslim

I don't believe our president is Muslim, but I'm not sure he is Christian, either. Has he made a public profession of faith, like what it says in Romans 10: 8-10? You can tell by his deeds according to James 2:14-26. Just because someone is born in a certain place, like America, doesn't mean he is a Christian. It's what comes out of the mouth that shows what is inside.

Opinion: Jean-Michel Cousteau on Gulf Oil Spill -- 'Do No Harm' Must Become Policy - AOL News

I agree that we need an alternative to off shore drilling, but putting up giant wind mills everywhere costs too much and is not attractive. Let's drill on land.

http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-jean-michel-cousteau-on-gulf-oil-spill-do-no-harm-must-become-policy/19484713?sms_ss=email

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Wedding dress for sale.  $499

Free teeth cleaning

Do I need to pay my VAT tax before I get my free teeth cleaning?

Music musings

I downloaded onto my phone some music. A couple of weeks ago it was Captain Beyond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXz-UIaauqQ
Last night I downloaded Spirit's The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6VKwhQz7VY

I think they have a similar sound, as far as I remember as I haven't listened to the Spirit album yet.

Paul Ryan

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/221269&start=29165&end=29446

The list

Is your representative on this list? Remember in November.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml

Party of Death

Health care for everybody! Free abortions for all babies! Step right up, step right up and stick your hand in San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi's grab bag for goodies. They just HAD to get this thing passed, no matter what. It's good for the country. There was plenty of time to read the 2000+ page document from Thursday to Sunday. We all know what's in it anyway. Yes, abortions and goodies for every American!...
Now, let's see the list of who voted for it. Starting with Bart Stupak. And Washington's Second district Rick Larson. I'm looking for the list. As soon as I find it I'll post it.

This web site is under a spam attack.

Every day a boat load of spam is being posted to this site. I have changed the pass word several times. I will have to shut it is down if I can't stop it.

Vote for John Koster

John Koster for Representative 2nd District Washington!

http://www.kosterforcongress.com/
Vote out Rick Larsen! Stop the spending!

D. Bruce Lapham, Jr.
"Shall not perish"

Seattle radio

Since KVI fired Kirby Wilber, who had the 5-9am slot, I quit listening to KVI. Which is sad, because I listened to KVI since 1989. I remember a lot of hosts being fired from there that I liked, from Mike Seigal, Doug Glant, Mike Reagan, Micheal Medved, and Rush Limbaugh, to name a few. And although Rush is a national host, the others were local, some went on to be national. Now KVI has only national shows, nothing local. I don't know if it's Fisher Broadcasting or FoxNews or what but when they got rid of Kirby for no reason, that was the last straw. So I quit. Now in the morning I listen to Washington Times Radio and David Boze on KTTH. David Boze is the only local conservative talk show host in Western Washington, unless you count Christian radio on KGNW or KCIS. I do listen to them to, when there is a preacher I like on there.
I listen to talk on the internet a lot now. My favorites are:
http://www.albertmohler.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/radio/index.html

D. Bruce Lapham, Jr.
"Shall not perish"

The Christmas story begins before the creation of the world.

Albert Mohler:
So, where does the Christmas story begin? In the Gospel of John we read: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made." [John 1:1-3]
The prologue to John's Gospel points to creation and to Christ, the divine Logos, as the agent of creation. Yet, with language drawn directly from Genesis, John begins his gospel "in the beginning."
http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/12/21/where-does-the-story-of-christmas-begin/

Mom

Yesterday was the day my mom died thirty years ago, Jenny, my sister reminded me. I miss my mom, although I don't remember her well. I don't have any recordings of her. My dad's voice is still fresh in my head, so I remember him more. Mom was a great woman, but I didn't appreciate her enough then. I do now. Some day I will see her and talk to her and listen to her.
I have more pictures of her and I will post them from time to time. For now I need to post some pictures of my brother and his artwork, then I need to post some of my dad's photography. Mom's art was her singing and unfortunatly I can't post her voice, but she had a beautiful voice. She was the soloist at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.
Life is funny. I'm going to be singing in church for Christmas. I'm not any soloist, however.
Talk to you later.

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Easter---Dad made these banners at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

What is Easter to you? Who is Jesus?

The health plan

If the single payer, government run health care gets enacted we will be on that system. The politicians in power now are saying that you will be fined for not buying the new government insurance. Lets say if the government health care passes; business will scratch its chin and say, we think we can save $$$ by having everyone switch to the new "free" plan. The Unions, who supports the politicians in power whole-heartedly, will go along with it. Contracts come and go. The Unions will ask for maybe some compensation but it will never equal, never compensate what we have now. It will in effect become the biggest take-away we've ever had, and the Unions will have endorsed it.

Musings

I missed Mute Math http://mutemath.com/ in Seattle on my birthday, October 5th. Oh, well. I need to work on the budget. They need to come back to Stocker's Farm in Snohomish where I saw them at Freedom Fest http://www.freedomfest.org/. I was right up against the stage. I didn't go Oct 5 in Seattle mostly because I couldn't get anyone to go with me, couldn't afford it, and, heck, I'm 54 now. It seems silly for a fat gnome like me to be bouncing up and down in a mosh pit.
Our fearless leader has received the Nobel Peace Prize for ?? What? I nominate George W. Bush for toppling Saddam Hussein, and Ronald Reagan for toppling the Soviet Union. The only other presidents to get it were Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. Hey, what about Harry Truman who ended World War II? Any of these "prizes" are useless pieces of brass. The prizes that are truly worthy are those earned on the battlefield by real hero's in uniform.
So what it really means is another institution falls to the left which now uses the prize as a weapon of demagogery. You get to where you throw your hand up and say "Who cares?" It's just the left congradulating the left for being leftists. I bet Jenniene Garofelo gets an award for calling anybody who critesizes the knuckleheads, that's right I said knuckleheads, in Oslo racist. Hey, Jenny, guess what? You're a racist!
I don't believe in race. It is a red herring. It is just an excuse to hate people who don't look like you. But, nobody looks alike. God created one race, the human race. Mankind created black, white, yellow, red. I am my brothers keeper no matter what he looks like.
If you think about it those that believe in the ideas of race are racist by definition.
In any case those folks in Oslo have cheapened a once wonderful thing. They should have waited 4 years. They might even change their minds. Let's see how Afganistan goes.

D. Bruce Lapham, Jr.
"Shall not perish"

Another Chapter in the Culture of Death

http://www.albertmohler.com/2009/09/18/will-babies-with-down-syndrome-just-disappear/
Our culture: Madness!

Mom

This is my mom, Thelma C. Lapham. The picture was taken by who knows behind my geat grandma Cody's house, next door to Grandma and Grandpa's house on Hollywood Heights Rd. Caseyville, Illinois. That's my brother Brian she's holding up, there. I'll work on posting more.

Mute Math

Just watched Mute Math on YouTube (The Late Show), "Typical". Best band
in the world!

backward world

What a backward world we live in. Cher's daughter wants to be a boy. A
friend of mine wants to be a girl. Suicide is called "death with
dignity". Our president apologises for our past to our enemies, even
bowing to them. "Tell me where is sanity!"--Ten Years After

Happy Birthday Mom, Thelma Codling Lapham

Today is my mom's birthday. She died when she was only 49 from cancer.
I was wild back then and didn't help out much. I don't remember her as
much as I remember Dad, but I miss her. She was a great singer at
Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. I will post some
pictures as soon as I can. I wish I had a recording of her voice. She
is singing in the Eternal Choir at the foot of Jesus the Christ.

Two discussions from Albert Mohler on previous topic

http://albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=1065

http://albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=468

Harry Potter, DaVinci Code, Isaac Asimov

Just had a good conversation with a great friend of mine. It brought up
a question. Is it OK for a Christian to read and enjoy stories about
sorcery, or ficitonalized stories of Jesus? If my faith is strong would
God approve of my enjoying such stories as The DaVinci Code? Harry
Potter? Well, what about Star Wars?
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against
those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner
in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the
alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.
Revelation 21:8
" But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and
immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part
will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
second death."
But, I would not be practicing sorcery, I'd just be reading about it and
reveling in the excitement of the story. Is it a sin to enjoy sin
vicariously?
If I read pornography but don't actually cheat on my wife, is that a
sin? Is that the same thing?

David Letterman

David Letterman is a punk.  Shame on him!  And if you watch his show and get enjoyment out his stupidity your an idiot!

George Washington's Farewell Address

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity,
religion and morality are indispensible results....And let us with
caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without
religion."

Liberty and Tyranny

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word many mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name - liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names - liberty and tyranny.
On the back book cover of Mark R. Levin's new book "Liberty and Tyranny", which I just bought today.

Albert Mohler's top 5

Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, John
Calvin, Jonathan Edwards
Good reading!

Godless government

A Godless government creates a Godless society, which creates Chaos. We
are close to Chaos now.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/08/obamas-prayer-snub-bring
s-reproach/

Surrender Monkeys

> Well, if this doesn't show the state of collapse in France (and
> growing throughout Europe)....
>
> http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023508.php
>
> Read Mark Styen or Bruce Bawer.
>

Torn Meniscus

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I have a torn meniscus. It's in the knee. My knee has been hurting
something fierce since January. I go to the orthopedic surgeon
tomorrow, and maybe have surgery on it. I hope so soon. Then I'll have
a couple weeks off. I'll be able to hang out with Mary every day, play
guitar, listen to talk radio! :o :| :) When it is all over, I'll be
able, actually be required to work out. I hope the picture turned out.

War-murder and torture, or methods of war?

If President Obama's administration procecutes Prsident Bush's
administration for "torture", could Obama's admin. be procecuted for
murder for shooting pirates?

Easter---Dad made these banners at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

What is Easter to you?  Who is Jesus?

We are in trouble

We are in so much trouble. Our president is so weak and as such puts a
weak face on America. So our enemies look at us as wolves look at smart
alec sheep with the shepard asleep. North Korea launched a missile at
us while the photographers are taking pictures of the Celebrity-in-chief
and the misses and the "jounalists" are clucking, "Don't they look
snappy!" Now the defense secretary is scaling back the military like
Carter did (IRAN), and like Clinton did (IRAQ). You know, when Carter
did that in the 70's my dad was laid off for a couple of years. In the
90's during the Clinton admin. I didn't get laid off, but a lot of my
friends did...Now here we are again. But we're all breathlessly
awaiting the new U2 tour.

Happy B-Day Sweet Pea!

Yesterday was our daughter's 20th birthday. I took the day off and her
mother, Melanie and I went out to b-fass at IHOP. :P Our beautiful
daughter is not a teenager any more! Happy Birthday Melanie Lynn
Hoeglund!

USSA

Our march to socialism:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR200903
2302830_pf.html

Dad's birthday

Dad's birthday was yesterday.  Happy birthday, Dad.  Dear Jesus, take care of Dad till I get there, and take care of me, too.

Brother B

It's my brother's birthday today. Happy birthday Little B! I am having
a fabulous colored pencil sketch of his framed. When I get it I will
take a picture of it and post it here.

Dark Days

Now that we have a take-over of the government, the politicians in charge changing everything they can think of. The huge programs, the whimpy republicans, becoming friends with our enemies such as Hugo Chavez, the Soviets...oops I mean the Russians, the Persians...oops I mean the Iranian government, the homosexuals in the same barracks in boot camp, the high taxes paying for big Washington, DC parties are all mind boggling. The most disturbing, however is abortion. For those of you who are Christian, do you not read the Bible? Do you not care what God has done, creating life? For you who are not Christian, do you not care about human rights? Everytime I drive by Planned Parenthood I get sick. Please, pleae, pleae read Albert Mohler's ongoing articles about this awful subject, "What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?" :
http://www.albertmohler.com/blog.php

Dad (David Bruce Lapham)

David Bruce Lapham 1923-2008

David Bruce Lapham 1923-2008 The Great Scoutmaster
I love you Dad! I'll see you when I get there, too!

I will post pictures as soon as I find them.

Things so far

These has been a hard couple of years. Besides our debt
problems, we had some unmentionable family problems. Then, Mary's
illness took a lot out of us, physically and emotionally. After she got
better (she still experiences pain in her abdomen) we started to have
serious disagreements with folks in our church of 17 years. We left
that church. There is much pain in our hearts about it. And the whole
issue is unmentionable, too. So, we just have to stuff it, keep it
inside and not tell anyone, just Mary and I keep it to ourselves.
Then our daughter got married to a great guy from a great
family. Since we only had just Melanie, Mary and I are "empty-nesters".
So we are happy yet sad.
Now my dad is dying. And I am trying to balance job, family,
money, and actually weather.
I guess I am asking for prayer. I'm already talking to God. If
you talk to him, too, for me it'll help.
Dad is in Mt. Carmel East in Columbus, Ohio with a deteriorating
heart. He had a blood clot in his leg and carved it all up in 3
operations, which means he was on anestesia for a while which made his
heart worse. It is already only 25% functioning.
I'll try to write more often.

"Shall not perish"

Things are happening!

November 29th is right around the corner. That is the day Melanie will change her name to Hoeglund. The planning is moving at break neck speed.
My creditors are falling in line. Did we get a bonus? Oh, yeah, we got a bonus. But the giant sucking machine is vacuuming the bonus right out of my wallet. It's just paying for the stuff that didn't get paid while I was parading around with a stupid strike sign next to the county morgue. (I actually did strike duty next to the morgue in the middle of the night, 4am to 8am.)
I switched from Verizon to Comcast because it was cheaper. I am going to try to add a video of U2 to the video section here, to the left.
Work on the 787 is ... well I'm not supposed to talk to the press, so I have nothing to say, at least that the press has already said. AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhh!
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As J. Vernon McGee says: May the Lord richly bless you!

Just writing

I just felt the need to write.  I am on the 25 day of the strike.  http://www.iam751.org/  That's my union's web site.  http://www.boeing.com/2008negotiations/  That's my company's website.  The two are acting like gigantic children fighting in a playground.  I wish they could just meet in the middle and we could go back to work.  This should have been done months and months ago.  We go through this every three years and it is tiresome.  I can't wait to retire.  The sooner the better. 

 

I don't think I support the bailout, but I am not that good with economics to know what to do.  I guess there really isn't anything I can do anyway.  The markets should have been able to work it out, but the government and the liberals have so messed it up with regulation that who knows.  When I hear some of these buffoons in Wash. D.C. talk I want to scream.  Voting Republican doesn't always do the trick, you know.  There are a lot of liberals or moderates in the Republican party, too.  (I can't stand moderates.  Can't tell where they are coming from.) 

 

Our daughter's wedding is approaching, and not rapidly.  It is difficult what with being on strike and all, all being not having a lot of money even before the strike.  When the strike is over I will work as much overtime as I can, probably through the Christmas holidays.

 

I am done reading "Prince Caspian".  A few more books and I'll be done with the Chronicles Of Narnia.  The set is for children.  I am expecting C. S. Lewis' other works to be more mature.  I have started in the past Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, but I never got through them. 

 

Have you ever seen Dr. Zchivago.  I rented it from Netflicks.  So, I am half way through it; the movie is over three hours long. 

 

Sorry I am such a terrible writer.  I started reading a book on writing, so maybe I will improve.  In the meantime, blah, blah, blah.

Sorry. I haven't posted for a while.

Dearest Blog,

I haven't written for a while.  Mainly because I hate to write.  I get antsy and want to go do something more constructive, like play my guitar or my synthesizer in the garage.

I am reading.  The Chronicles of Narnia at this reading.  I am on Prince Caspian.  I decided to read as much C. S. Lewis as I can stand.  Before this I read John LeCarre' The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.  That was after reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. 

Hey, I know how to stir things up a bit and get some replies!  How about that Sarah Palin?  She is right on!  (Now, no despicable comments from the left, OK?  This is a family blog.)  I sure hope the nation opens its collective eyes and turns to the right this election.  If the country doesn't, it will be a different place in a couple of years.  The Chinese are already drilling of our coastline.  And I read today that the Russians have sent a warship to the Caribbean.  Theodore Roosevelt would never have put up with that.  Marriage.  Abortion.  Immigration.  National security.  None of it will be the same.  May the Lord bless this election.

Boeing strike

I am on strike now. And I am looking for temporary employment. I can't wait to retire. What a way to run a business. Both the union (click on the link for updates) and the company are pathetic. I guess I am , too, since I am in both. I haven't picketed yet.

It is amazing to me that people think we are greedy. You know I think I wrote a similar post the last time we were on strike, or maybe this is just dejavue. (Grab temples and shake back and forth screaming "AAAH!" like Capt. Kirk.) Building an airplane from scratch (almost, as in 787) is not anything like any other career. Would you tell your doctor he earns too much because he just pokes at people all day. How about Oprah Winfrew? What does she do but gab all day on TV? And does T. Bone Pickens work 60 hours a week? How about the CEO of Boeing: how hard a job is that? Boeing Management makes a lot of stupid decisions every day! I could do better than that, and believe me I've tried! I just want a good wage reflecting my 26 years in aviation and a 4 year degree. And some guarentee that the company isn't going to send my job overseas. It's good for me to keep my job here, but it is good for business because the suppliers that are being used have extremely poor quality, and we are reworking their products anyway.

The USSR

The Dictator
The USSR has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin. How long has it been since the USSR invaded a sovereign nation. Do you think the lefty's will complain about him invading another country? No, because they are aligned with communism and its repression.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080810/D92FMO4O0.html

And who will be able to cope with the new twin military machines of Communist China and the new USSR? Obama or McCain? I think the answer is obvious.

Vote Life

The "death with dignity" measure is going to be on the ballot this
November in Washington State. We live in a dying culture, the "Culture
Of Death". It reminds me of the scene in the book One Flew Over The
CooCoo's Nest. It's not in the movie. Chief Broom wakes up in the
middle of the night to see his floor being lowered like an elevator to
reveal a factory. A conveyor moves a hook to hover over the patient
next to him, and lifts the patient out of his bed to be hauled off to an
unknown disposal. This goes on all night removing patients that are
sick all around Chief Broom. Then the floor raises back up to normal.
He wakes up the next morning and all the beds are freshly made without
the patients. In the future, (or maybe even now) we will have to sign a statement to
be admitted to any hospital or nursing facility, that if we go to a
certain level of dependency (determined by the facility), the facility
will have the right to terminate life, kind of like an abortion.
And abortion. Ah, yes. There are millions of little extra embryos,
that if grown would become fetus's (it's just tissue), then children,
then teenagers, then adults, like Terry Shivo. Hopefully nothing
happens. If I get hurt and hit my head, I might have to go to the
hospital. I might be able to hear you but I just can't talk right now.
I hope I don't fall asleep. I don't remember signing a waiver. I guess
it doesn't matter.

Real life. It's weirder than science fiction.

Don't forget to vote. And vote right.

Congratulations' to Melanie and Jonathan

To my many fans world-wide: Greetings! A hearty "Hip-Hoorah!" for our daughter Melanie Lynn Lapham and her fiancé Jonathan Daniel Hoeglund! The date is November 29, 2008. Our little family will grow somewhat. We met with the other parents Dan and Ruthanne on the 4th of July at the celebration in Legion Park in Everett, Washington. May God bless them with all the happiness in the world! I give them my full blessing! I will post pictures when I get home as I am blogging remotely from in front of the first 787 in the world.

marriage

So at 5:01pm a couple of guys got "married" and became "full citizens"
of California. What about at 5:02, what kind of individuals can't be
"full citizens". What other group besides homosexuals won't be able to
become full citizens until they are allowed to get married. Use your
imagination. Then ask how far should the logic go. What is not taboo.
Who should never get married. And why not?

What happens when?

What happens when all the Rock And Roll bands are dead? The Beatles?
Almost! The Rolling Stones? Getting' there. Van Halen? Genesis?
Yes? The Who?...
What kind of music will there be?.. Doesn't seem like anybody is poised
to take over. So, what will be listened to in the future? TechnoRap?
Rocountry (country and rock in a weird mix. Country isn't country
anymore. See Hank Snow, Patsy Cline)? Britney Spears? AAARGH!
There are no record albums anymore. There are no album covers. There
are almost no CD's anymore. Music is now just released directly to the
internet. It's all so hollow, pointless, isn't it? Jazz is like
sitting in an elevator all day. Gone are Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald.

D. Bruce Lapham, Jr.
787 Quality-Functional Test

Guantanimo

How is it the Supreme Court is able to tell the Bush administration how
to conduct war? Doesn't that violate the separation of powers in the
Constitution? If the SC is able to declare such things as the prisoners
of war housed in Guantanimo should have the same rights as Americans and
that Guantanimo is part of the United States, why couldn't they start
declaring such things in Iraq? What about the way the spies are
conducting things across the globe?

It is interesting the Supreme Court isn't making big declarations about
the behavior of the folks in the UN!

Day after D-Day

Right now I am reading "The Honourable Schoolboy" by John Le
Carre'. I started renting "Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy" from
Netflicks. When it got too deep in the movie I decided to get the book
to follow along. So I ended up reading the book and watching the video
at the same time. Then I rented Smiley's People, and got that book,
and read and watched them at the same time. After, I looked for other
books by John LeCarre' and discovered that "The Honourable Schoolboy"
was a story in between the two. I got the book, but Netflicks doesn't
seem to have a movie of it.
After I get done with "The Honourable Schoolboy" I'll read
"The Spy Who Came In From The Cold". I'm sure there is a movie that
will go with it.

Saw a sign of the side of a dealership, "I'm starting to
wonder if it would be so bad to have 4 years without a president." Just
mentioning it.

Got Jesus yet?

Took a big pay cut at work recently. So I put getting a truck
on hold.

Just added U2 "Beautiful Day". The live versions on YouTube are great.
I want to find which I like the best.

Hello world! Just wanted to post something. I haven't for a while.
I'm at work now and it is a rather stressful day. But with the Lord's
help I'll get through it.
I am constantly trying to update the music, so it's not like I haven't
done anything with the blog. But I got a call from my second cousin
Kyle and he said if I done keep it up people will get bored with it and
not look at it. So I'll try to be more current.

Wells Cathedral Clock

The picture above:
The famous Wells clock was probably in place by 1390. Bishop Ralph Erghum, who had previously been Bishop of Salisbury and had installed a clock there in 1386, seems to have brought his clockmaker with him to Wells. The Wells clock is unique because it still has its original medieval face, depicting a pre Copernican universe with the earth at its centre. When the clock strikes every quarter, jousting knights rush round above the clock and the Quarter Jack bangs the quarter hours with his heels. An outside clock opposite Vicars' Hall, placed there just over seventy years after is connected with the inside mechanism.
http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/history/presentbuilding/theclock.shtml

Guitar and song playing

I am working on learning a couple of Jars of Clay songs. The range of the lead singer is closer to mine than, say Newsboys. I am working on Love Song For A Savior. I have just recently discovered "Nashville Tuning" which JOC uses, and makes some of their chords easier. It's EABEBe. But I looked it up on the Internet and Nashville tuning is a lot more involved than that, putting on 12 string strings. I'll just stick to this bit of alternate tuning and tune it back when I'm done. All that fancy tuning is fine when you own about 100 guitars, but when you're just me you do what you can the go to work the next day. I'll post some pics of my guitars.

Ohio State Football-No. 1

Go OSU! Beat LSU! Shut off the first music player and scroll down toward the bottom of the second music player. I have some OSU Marching band songs there!

Who is Jesus?

Jesus is God. He said so. John 8: 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am." What could be plainer? He said He was God in so many different ways. So that means The Almighty Lord of the Universe stepped down from all his majesty and power to be come a helpless little baby, so He could be like one of us. What better way for God to get to know us, and us Him, than to be one of us? To prove He was God He performed many miracles. The best one was for Him to die and then be raised from the dead. So He has a right to say that (John 14: 6) "I am ^(A)the way, and ^(B)the truth, and ^(C)the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."
And so this is Christmas. What have you done about the Christ child, born to bring you second life? Don't let this Christmas slip by without accepting the free gift of eternal life, held out to you as a parent holds out a Christmas gift to his child. Jesus is the greatest gift of all.

Strike in Hollywood

I say, more power to the writers in Hollywood! Stay on strike for a loooong time. Maybe the garbage TV shows will go off the air. Desparate Housewives? Sex In The City? David Letterman? Mindless drivel! Your not on strike to improve the quality of TV shows, that's for sure.

Evil

This goes along with the hell topic. Read Dr. Mohler's blog. It's about evil. Evil exists. Don't poke your head in the ground and ignore it or you might find your head still there when evil visits you.

Hell

Todays subject in Sunday School class was Hell. Did you know Hell was topic that Christ talked about alot? I know a man who says he can't wait to go to Hell because he says that there will be a big party there and he wants to be there. I suppose he doesn't know it will be difficult to party there because it is very dark there. And hot, yet cold, like a fever. It will be full of all the things he hates. Everyone there will hate him. He will be tormented forever, and will be on fire. He can't stand his district representative, so I imagine she'll be right there with him. Matthew 13:42: They will through them into the fire and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. That doesn't sound like a party.
Dear reader, be aware. There is a hell. It is an awful place. It is where you are going unless you know Jesus. The Bible says it, Jesus says it. That's the way it is. Now, What are you going to do about it?

Music musings

A few grim musical milestones, folks that I really like their music:
Rich Mullins died 10 years ago September 19, 1997.
Jaco Pastorius died 20 years ago September 21, 1987.
Joe Zawinul died about a month ago September 11, 2007.

Feb 16, 2007 Iraq vote-A Letter To My Representative

Mr. Larsen,
The people that have voted to oppose the troop increase have made a grave mistake. You are one of them. You do not understand the nature of true, intense, teeth gritting evil. That is what we are fighting over there. It is radical Islam, like a swarm of insane bees, each member willing to die for their god, Allah. If we pull out of Iraq, which this is the first step, they will smell blood. They will know we are weak and unwilling to fight for what is right. They already think that because of Viet Nam, where the left in America fought and protested in the streets for Communism, until we pulled out of there and abandoned the South Vietnamese. Communism quickly swept across all of southern Asia and millions were exterminated under Pol Pot and the communist Vietnamese Government.

Now radical Islam is the dragon waiting for America to cave in and abandon Iraq so it can sweep across the Middle East, because it is poised to do so. Then it will have a choking grip on the worlds oil supply. Notice radial Islam breathing down our necks in Venezuela. Evil will join evil. Gone is Teddy Roosevelt! Gone is Franklin Roosevelt! Gone is Harry Truman! Gone is Winston Churchill! Gone is Ronald Reagan!

If America won’t stand up to evil, who will? I see a dark day coming when America is no longer a superpower, and a new, evil empire takes over the world. And there you are voting on some stupid measure that tells the world we don’t have any stomach for fighting evil. God help America!

Bruce Lapham

Beauty Cannot Be Tamed

Beauty cannot be tamed, if it is a wild beauty. When you walk through a forest, you can see the trees growing in every direction, the thickets full of hidden life, secreted away from the human eye but not from the ear. The sun pours down through the trees with such intensity one could never think to cage it. The rains come whenever they see fit, bringing life to every living thing in its path. This is such a beauty that cannot be tamed.

Even if you clear away the trees, the thickets, chase away those who call the forest their home, you never quite succeed in quenching ALL life. The ground still breathes as a forest, no matter if there are houses now resting upon it. The trees still grow, quietly planning and plotting to take back what was once theirs, and still is. The thickets grow in hiding; someday they'll burst throw the metro chaos and join the trees in their revolution. The sun still comes, the rain still drenches, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the voices of the life that made the forest so sacred.

Yet humans can never understand this untamable beauty. We believe that we can rule the world if we so wish, that the universe is our playground. What are we, though, compared to the wonders of the Milky Way, or the amazing act of a doe giving birth to her fawn? We cannot compare ourselves to the sacred acts of nature, or our intelligence to that of the animals. In contrast, humans are self-destructive, uncaring, with no remorse of their hate. But it's not just the hating, the fighting, the loss of life we see on the news every waking hour that sets us apart from nature. It's the wear and tear of the human heart, the pain of losing a loved one, or failing at a goal you hoped to accomplish. Nature knows no failure - only the will and perseverance to survive in a world gone mad. Between the two, which would you rather be a part of: the chaos and noise, or the quiet peacefulness? This you shall only find in nature, and only if you care.

Do not destroy the precious beauty God gave to us. For one, you can never destroy that which creates life, and two, this wild, wild beauty can never be tamed.

Melanie Lapham Jan 17, 2007

Christmas

7And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
8In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.
9And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.
10But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;
11for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
12"This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
13And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14"Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased."
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In The Beginning.

Genesis timeline:
Overview:
CREATION TO THE FLOOD
In the beginning was the Word (Jesus). He existed before He created. (John 1:1)
God created the Heavens (This He created first.)
God created the Earth
These refer to space, as in width, height, depth. Time was created later.
Genesis timeline:Overview:CREATION TO THE FLOODIn the beginning was the Word. He existed before He created. (John 1:1) God created the Heavens (This He created first.)God created the Earth These refer to space, as in width, height, depth. Time was created later.At first, time did not exist. Therefore, in eternity past:
• the Earth was formless, void, dark
• yet the Spirit of the Lord hovered over the Earth
• He created light and separated the light from the darkness. Notice it does not say He created darkness. That is because darkness is not a thing to behold; it is the absence of light, just as evil is the absence of God.
Timeline Begins:
God called the light “day” and the darkness “night”. Thusly time began, the first day.
Creation, including 7 days. Created Man and Woman on the sixth day.
The Fall. Adam and Eve sin and God evicts them from Eden.
Cain kills his brother Able and the Lord curses Cain.
Seth, brother of Cain and Able was born.
The family of Man grew. In those days they lived a long time. Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
FLOOD TO ABRAHAM
Noah was born
ABRAHAM TO JOSEPH
JOSEPH IN EGYPT
DEATH OF JOSEPH

Here come the Liberals

May the Lord save the United States! Since the big win for the Democrats, you're now going to see what barely restrained liberalism will do. Sell you big pickup trucks and Escalades now while you can still get a good price. Hold on to your wallet and kids. No Nativity scenes this "holiday season" (Christmas). You thought the Republicans were spending too much? How do you spell illegal alien amnesty?

News Flash: A storm swept through election day which changed the course of a river in Washington State. The river took a distinct turn to the Left.


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da vinci code-A Big Lie

Read the Bible. That is the truth. The da vinci code is in the Fiction section. It is a lie.
Be deceived at your perile!
http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses2/glimpses190.shtml

Iraq-getting closer to victory

We are getting closer to victory in Iraq. Of course the main stream media are not reporting it, but bloggers are:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006943.php

The Afghan Christian

I appreciate the Western World raising an outcry over this poor man who became a Christian 15 years ago. I hope all you Christians out there are praying for him. However, this stuff happens all the time. All Christians in the Western World need to be praying for the Persecuted Church http://persecution.com/ and raising an outcry over the horrendous treatment of Christians in the Islamic world. A story in the Voice of the Martyrs magazine tells of a man who had his arm chopped off by two men, had a picture of him, for speaking about Jesus. Please go to their web site mentioned above and pray specifically for those in China, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, and other countries. You can not imagine. Pray for them. They are part of the same Church as we are.

Brian Cody Lapham-my brother

Brian was born today, February 20, 1957. He died when he was 40 in 1997, from an anuerism bursting in his heart. He would be 49 years old now. I love and miss my brother. We were close yet far apart.

I will write more about him later.

Iran

From the Islamic Republic News Agency, Jan 21, 2006:
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday night that the culture ingrained in pure Islam can only be spread and promoted through kindness and benevolence.
President Ahmadinejad remarks were made during a meeting with Syrian elite Shiites and members of Damascus charity organizations.
"Today, humanity thirsts for the culture ingrained in pure Islam.
Muslims and Shiites, in particular, shoulder a heavy responsibility of promoting this culture," he said.
He, morover, said that irreproachable conduct would be the best way to introduce and promote Islamic culture, saying, "Kindness and service to people are two major pillars of conduct beyond reproach."

Nice guy? Okay, same day, same news service:

"President Ahmadinejad said Friday Palestine is the center of the final stages of the battle between Islam and arrogance, saying the Palestinian Intifada is progressing.
The plots hatched by enemies against Palestine should not be overlooked even for a moment, Ahmadinejad noted in a meeting with leaders of the Palestinian resistance movements in Damascus, Syria.
Ahmadinejad arrived in Damascus on Thursday upon the official invitation of his Syrian counterpart -- President Bashar al-Assad.
He spoke of the importance of the Palestinian cause and stressed the cause will not come be materialized if occupiers continue to occupy even a tiny part of Palestine's territories.
He stressed that unity, coordination and sympathy among resistance groups for the Palestinian cause is the only guarantee for Palestine's liberation.
The Islamic Republic of Iran supports the Palestinian cause of statehood and liberation of Islamic territories from occupiers, he added.
Elsewhere, he noted that one of the reasons westerners were lined up against Iran's undeniable right to gain peaceful nuclear technology was because of Iran's uncompromising support for Palestine.
The visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Syria is considered another gesture of political support to Damascus and the Islamic resistance, said Hamas political leader Khaled Mishaal.
The Hamas official extended his thanks to the Iranian president for his firm stance on the Palestinian issue, saying the resistance group, Hamas, considers resistance the only way to resolve the Palestinians' rights and success of their avowed goals."

Note. The "occupiers" are the Jewish people. In other words, they want to destroy Isreal. All I did was copy and paste. Nice guy?

Christmas Day

It's Christmas Day and all is quiet. Or maybe it's noisy where you are. What a consumer fest. Or feast. What is it all about? Who came up with this "Christmas" thing, anyway? Why have it? It costs a lot of money.

In order to have a personal relationship with us, His Creation, God came to this planet as one of us. The Almighty God, Creator of all that there is, shed His diety, His glory, His Godliness, like a royal robe, and took on humanity, like an old coat in a second hand store. He was born as a vulnerable baby in a nasty environment to humble parents, one natural, one adopted. He lived with His creation as a man like any other. He claimed to be who He was, God, and so was murdered by those who did not understand. But, He allowed Himself to be murdered. The God of the Universe could have climbed down and zapped all who stood there and jeered. But, hung there until the life from His battered body left. There, on that cross, He paid for all our sins, and we have plenty. He paid for all everywhere and for all time. That's a lot. Then, to prove all He said about His being God, He rose up alive from the dead. No other has done what Christ did. To be with Him we must receive the free gift of Christmas. This is what Christmas is all about. "For God so loved the World that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him will not die forever, but will live forever!" John 3:16.
Open up the free gift from God, today, and start living forever today!

http://christiananswers.net/christmas/home.html

Christmas

AAAhh! Christmas! Jesus the King of the Universe is born of Mary in a very lowly place in a nasty place now known as Isreal. It was probably a warm day. I am sure that neither Mary nor Joseph understood what was happening. Most of the world even now do not understand what what happened when Jesus was born.
God has a plan for the world, of which you are a part of, so therefore God has a wonderful plan for your life. But, the bad stuff you do, sin, keeps you apart from God, and keeps you from realizing His plan. And, without God in your life you can never know the true meaning of Christmas. Now, that little baby, Jesus, is God's only provision for the sin in you life. He is the bridge across that gulf of sin. See John 3, Jesus' conversation with Nicodemous. But, it is not enough to just know this. You must receive Jesus as your savior. You need to accept it as truth, just like you believe the chair you are sitting on is going to hold you up. Or that the earth isn't going to suddenly open up and swallow you. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Then you will truly enjoy Christmas in all its true meaning!

Torture

You know, we can produce the tortured bodies from the Iraqi Hussein regime, yet some wish that we had left him in power. Now those same on the left cannot produce bodies tortured by the Bush administration, yet they want to boot him out of power. Where is the logic?

Bush told the truth

Look, everyone (George Tenant, Hans Blix, the intellegence agencies of France, Germany, Russia, China, Isreal) agreed at the time that Iraq had weapons. Iraq acted like they had them by breaking the UN resolutions for 12 years. There are dead Kurd bodies that were gassed by the Iraqies. Did they gas them or not? The Hussein regime, it is widely agreed, was one of the most evil dictatorship, and as such acted like any other totalitarian regime. So, it only makes sense that He was searching for the most evil weapons, just like Hitler was.
By the way, just GOOGLE this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=clinton+iraq+1998

A New Facism

Remind you of Germany in the late 1930's?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4384264.stm

US/Chinese relations-What if?

Just read a story about Secretary Rumsfeld that sparked a thought in my head
http://www.americasnewspaper.com/top.shtml
What if relations with China warmed to a level that we were allies. Oh, what a powerful alliance that could be.

Conservatism, Rush style, my style

Rush is right, as always. Click on link below for an article in the Wall Street Journal.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=110007417

Politics of New Orleans Shameful

See what the politicians did? Or didn't do.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050901/D8CBNMA88.html
So much for disaster preparedness. Just like the tsunami disaster. Are there really Third World Nations? Aren't we all just Nations Of The World.
Where will disaster strike next. Will we survive? The Pacific Northwest and valcanoes? Los Angeles and earthquakes?
Are you ready?
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God Bless New Orleans

My problems are so petty compared to the folks in New Orleans. May the Lord have mercy on the Big Easy.
See http://michellemalkin.com/ for news and contributions.
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A Bomb

I noticed an article today about the anniversary of Hiroshima. I also noticed no mention of the Baatan March, atrocities in China, no mention whatsoever of the reason for the A Bomb. No mention of Islamic terrorists with nuclear material, by the way. Just that the US is bad and we need to get rid of our nukes. Like ostriches with their head in the sand yelling into the dirt!

Conservatism

My conservative opinions stem directly from my faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and are independant of who is in office and what is their party.
That said, as a conservative I believe that abortion for ANY reason is murder. Don't tell me that what if the baby's head is the size of a watermellon and it should be aborted so it doesn't kill the woman because that is ridiculous. Besides a c-section can be done to save both. This has been done.
By the same token, it is also murder to commit suicide. The Lord does not allow for any exceptions. That means even if an individual has terminal cancer he or she should not ask for assistance in commiting suicide, and it would be wrong to offer such. My mother had terminal cancer. I saw her writhing in pain even with morphine, but the thought never even entered any of our heads in our family to do anything to her, and she never asked.
Murder is a sin.
So, is defending my country by killing people who hate us and want us all to die as the radical muslims do murder? No. Was Jesus a pacifist? No. An example is when he went into the temple and overturned the merchants tables. Jesus went so far as to ensure that the disciples were armed with swords, ancient weapons of self defense and war. Luke 22:36-38 says:
"And He said to them, 'But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one. For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, 'And he was numbered with transgressors'; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.' They said, 'Lord, look, here are two swords.' And He said to them, 'It is enough.'" Therefore, defending ourselves, individually and collectively, is right. So, was Harry Truman right when he dropped the bomb? There is new evidence that he knew that Japan was not going to ever back down. To spare many, on both sides, he had to make the hared decision. (In response to David's comment on a previous post, Japan itself is not evil, because Japan is just a political entity and was in WWII not evil as such. But at the time its rulers were. And those in the population of Japan who endorsed such evil, or even who just idly stood by, full knowing what has happening in Japan, or the soldiers participating in the Bataan Death March, or who raped and pillaged in China were evil. Same as in Germany. Much of the population knew what was going on with the slaughter of the Jews and chose to do nothing. That is evil. But not all in Japan and Germany just did nothing, but few did. That is why they had to be stopped.)
Back to the domestic front. A good consevative advocates for a government that governs in accordance with the Constitution, and governs as little as possible so that the private sector does those things which big government believes only it can do. So, charities, such as churches, feed the poor, houses and clothes them. The private sector is much more efficient at these things.

Do you want to know God?

Hey! What's up? You're at this page for a reason, so let me ask you a question. Do you know for sure where you are going when you die? You are going to die you know. You are not indestructible. Do you know when you are going to die? It could be any moment. As you are driving down the freeway look at all the frenzy around you. It could involve you in a very negative way at any time. So where are you going when it's all over? If you say "I'm going to Heaven!" why do you think so? Is it all the good deeds that you have done throughout your life? Or that you just haven't done anything really bad? Well, I have some really bad news for you. You can't possibly do anything to merit being in Heaven. But, there is hope! Jesus said "You must be born again!"
So how do you do this? ...First of all, blow the dust off your Bible and crack it open....Start thinking about this: You are a sinner and your sin keeps you separated from God, because he is perfect and doesn't like sin. Read Romans 3:23 It says"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
What is sin? It is disobeying God. It is that which separates us from Him. And we are all guilty; the Pope, George Bush, John Kerry, your mom, the mailman, your neighbor ...and you. Everyone has bad thoughts. Many people cuss, hit each other, get drunk, and hate others. Don't believe you sin? E-mail me; we need to talk.
Let's say you accept the fact that you sin. "So what? Every one does it. Not everyone is going to Hell." Well, now, what does the Bible say about that. Turn to Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." What does the first part of that sentence say? Wages is something you receive, so for sin you receive death, which means Hell, eternal death. That means separation from God forever and eternal torment. But, the second half of that sentence offers hope! And, it says there is a free gift involved. That means you don't have to work for it. Who paid for this free gift, and what is the gift? Jesus The Messiah paid for it with his life and Eternal Life is the gift.
...But to receive a gift you have to reach out and grab it. God is reaching out his hand. All you have to do is grab it.

Torture? Excuse me?

Recently found this blog from NPR radio in Seattle. As you know NPR is liberal, sucking off the taxpayer nipple. The blog is from a show called "Open Source" (not "Open Sores"). It is an internet interactive show in that you can post commentsbefore during and after the show goes on. When I first listened it was about the so-called Downing street memo. Most of the comments were anti-Bush, causing my temp to rise so I wrote:
"I am glad the press wasn’t anti-Roosevelt or Anti-Truman, both Democrats, during WWII to second guess whether or not they had an “exit strategy” or a “plan for the peace”. Do you honestly think that they just sat by and thought nothing of Hitler at the time? No, they were thinking, as was the rest of the country, “What are we going to do if we have to go to war with Germany or Japan?” You folks on the left don’t understand Evil or what to do about it. “If you leave it alone long enough maybe it’ll go away.” But it doesn’t. Evil is relentless and must be confronted headon without hesitation or it will destroy you. Wake up!"...more to follow, am reading and replying to new comments on that blog.

Jane Fonda, Christian?

Just read story in http://drudgereport.com/ about Jane Fonda. She is impressed with George Bush. Good! Me too. Seems those that don't like him just squaack back the stuff they read in the Seattle Post-Intel. or late night KIRO radio, but they don't have a clue about him.
Now Ms. Fonda says that she is a Christian but that she believes "it's metaphor, written by people a long time after Christ died. And interpreted by specific groups." It's not metaphor, it's reality. From http://christiananswers.net/home.html:
Objective scholarship upholds the New TestamentGospels bear internal marks of historical integrityText of New Testament is firmly established
Since it is from the New Testament that we gain our primary knowledge of Jesus, it is fitting to ask whether this literature is sound and historically accurate. Critics often describe the Gospels as pious legend, having no historical competence, and designed only for propaganda purposes. But while it is acknowledged that the Gospels are not biography in the strict sense according to 20th century definitions,[1] the following facts give immense weight to the historical accuracy of the New Testament.
OBJECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP UPHOLDS THE NEW TESTAMENT
Archaeologists studying ancient civilizations by uncovering ruins and examining artifacts, are with increasing success confirming the accuracy of the Biblical texts. Sir William Ramsey's vindication of Luke's writings is a classic example.[2] The findings of archaeology have in fact reversed the opinions of a number of former skeptics. Among these is the scholar Dr. William F. Albright, who writes:
"The excessive skepticism shown toward the Bible [by certain schools of thought] has been progressively discredited. Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of numerous details."[3]

The definition of a Christian is a follower of Christ and how can you be a follower of Christ if you only believe that he is a metaphor? If he is only a metaphor and not 100% real than he does not exist, only in mens minds. But, if he does exist, as I believe, then he is who he said he was, the one who is the only God as described in the Bible and is thonly One worthy to be praised. To follow Him is to be a Christian.
Galations 1: 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
10Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Send me a post

May 5, 2005 Have you posted my blog yet?
I found a new blog to visit, it is Albert Mohler's blog http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/mohler/ Check it out.

Just got back from Ohio to visit my dad. He is doing better, although he has some swelling in his feet. He and I are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, even though we are both Christians. If you are wondering how can a person be Christian and a liberal at the same time, it is possible. I'm sure he wonders the same about me, that how can you be a Republican and be a Christian. Well, ask me.
What about you, Dear Reader? How do you feel about Christianity, consevatism, liberalism. Visit my blog and post a note....

People With A Purpose

People With A Purpose is a youth ministry of First Baptist Church of Marysville Washington http://fbcmarysville.org/ involving puppets, mime, and drama. http://pwap.org/ . We are going to Omak, Wa. this year.

Watch out for "happy slapping"-its ultraviolence

Watch out for "happy slapping". http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1470161,00.html It is nothing but the beginnings of ultraviolence. Have you ever seen the movie Clockwork Orange, about a gang of thugs that go around beating up people for no reason. Happy slapping, started in England, is where kids with video phones go up to other kids at school and hit them in the face while recprding the assult on their phone. Not just at school, either, but also people waiting at cash machines, or parks. Watch out.

The Lapham Family

The Lapham Family

The new Pope

The Pope is just a man. Romans 3:23 say "All have sinned. All fall short of the glory of God."
To have an entire religion based on Peter is crazy. Peter was a ner-do-well. Bold though. I love Peter, but he was a sinner too. During this whole time with the Pope where is the mention of Christ? He is the only one worthy to be praised.
Don't get me wrong. The old pope was a great man. So was Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, Margret Thatcher (who actually is a woman), Augastine, Martin Luther. Even Mary was a sinner. I've heard that Catholics believe she did not sin. Is that true, my catholic bretheren? But that's not Biblical: We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6. That HIM is Jesus. Jesus alone.
I'm not bashing. Just trying to get a conversation going. Wadya think?

The Culture of Death

The Grim Reaper seems to be King in this world. You have abortion on demand, teenage kids dressing up in all black wandering through their schools shooting at and killing anyone that moves, millions in Africa sitting in the dirt dying, and just recently, beheadings in Iraq. Now Terri Schivo has been murdered by an entire society, with her husband, the appeals court in Florida, the Democrats (not all), the Supreme Court of the United States, the police all struggling to kill Mrs. Schivo as fast as, or as slow as, they could. If you are not careful, someone is going to come along and kill you, too, and nobody will care, except Jesus. He cares. He knows about the culture of death. He's been there.

Iraqi election

May God bless the Iraqi elections and may the selfish insurgents meet the real Satan. What a culture. The world is witnessing a giant culture change in the Middle East and that is why there is so much violence. The culture of 12 plus centuries of hatred and violence, since the beginning of Islam, is coming to a screaming end. The election is not the end, it is the beginning of the end of the repressive culture of Islam.

Hey, Mr. Blair! How about the world join us?

Mr. Blair says he thinks that we should join the world so that the world will go along with the kind of things that we want to do in the world. How about the world join us? It has been for quite some time, actually. Who in this world has a better idea about anything, like Democracy, free elections, justice, lack of tyranny?