Friday, July 3

Random

I picked up an "In-N-Out Utah" t-shirt at Utah's only In-N-Out Burger tonight. Is there no end to the coolness factor of this road trip?
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The thing that bothers me the most about Sarah Palin's resignation is that it might send the message that you can badger a politician out of office. The media and the opposition has been merciless -- taking pot-shots at her family rather than dealing with issues. ~ link
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Coming soon to the Roman Catholic Church (probably!) -- St John Henry Newman ~ link
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Mark Labberton is leaving First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley to teach preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary. ~ link
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Flanders wants out because "Belgium is too heterogeneous. There is too much diversity and too many different views..." Will the EU nations all eventually unravel creating a union of city or regional states (shifting more power to the EU itself because the members are all smaller and weaker)? ~ link
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"...is it possible to be proud of one’s country without being ethocentristic; can one humbly acknowledge our weaknesses without tearing down who we are as a people?" ~ link

1 comment:

Different Cloth said...

I think Palin is attempting a "right move at the right time" strategy. Somehow I think it will create a better retrospective than McCain's abandonment of campaigning to address the economy. We'll see...