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Tonight I went to Amazon and ordered a book in an attempt to do a better job managing my dedicated server. While I was there I got to looking through my wish list and realized that some of the books on that list were put there back in July 2002! That’s kind of sad. So, rather than asking me what I want for Christmas this year, those of you who want to buy me a gift can just buy me a book off my Amazon Wishlist.

This post is just me ranting about a few things that are really starting to get under my skin in relation to the state of politics here in the USA.

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1. Every since G.W. Bush first ran for office the media and the liberals have delighted in calling him names and claiming that he just wasn’t mentally competent enough to be President. But, President George W. Bush is the very first President to hold a Masters Degree in Business Administration. Even better, his MBA is from Harvard Business School, where postgraduate management training was invented in the early part of the last century.^[1] So, if President Bush has an MBA, why do the liberals claim he’s stupid? Because he’s not a great public speaker. And this brings me to gripe #2.
2. Since when has public speaking been the main skill that we demand in a president? Every Obama supporter that I’ve spoken with mentions his speaking ability as a reason they like him. And on the flip side, Sarah Palin is already catching flack from the liberals because she isn’t a great public speaker. I’m sorry, but this is ridiculous! I couldn’t care less if the President or Vice-President can give a good speech. I care if they can run the country! But we’re told by the media and the liberals that Bush can’t run the country because he’s not a good speaker and Obama will be great at it since he is a good speaker. I’m sorry, but this is total crap and I’m ashamed that the American people are buying into it.
3. And would someone please explain to me why it’s okay for Obama to have absolutely no executive experience, but yet Palin is the one being called inexperienced? And furthermore, why do the media and liberals continue to compare Obama and Palin? Is Palin running for President? Where’s Biden?
4. Oh, that’s right, Biden’s not doing much media since it has become obvious that he’s no Obama when it comes to public speaking. But, there’s no out cry that he’s short on intelligence. No, when you stump a liberal it’s because the reporter was asking the ‘ugly’ questions. But when you stump a conservative it’s because they’re stupid. Yeah, that makes since. People are still pitching fits because Palin didn’t know what the Bush Doctrine was. Heck, Biden doesn’t even know what his own campaign platform is._[2] And no, Senator Biden, I’m not joking
5. And, in closing, when did being a Bible believing American become a bad thing? I’ve seen more snide remarks about Evangelical Christians in this election cycle than ever before. And, quite frankly, I’m sick of it. I’m tired of comments about how Christians are ‘the easily manipulated, highly impressionable, Bible-beating masses._[3]‘ If we’re so easily manipulated why is it that most of us are refusing to follow Obama with that same wide eyed, ‘he’s the one’ expression all the liberals have?I’m also sick of people who choose to believe in evolution, regardless of the facts, slamming my belief in creation as having no scientific value. Those who claim that because Sarah Palin doesn’t believe in the theory of evolution that she is ’someone who completely dismisses evolution in favor of blindly accepting the baseless, fact less notion of creation, despite indisputable evidence to the contrary, obviously has little use or respect for the fundamentals of science’_[3] show their own ignorance and inability to look at scientific data and draw their own conclusions and rather choose to blindly follow the masses. But that does pretty much describe the current Democratic party.

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I feel better now after getting that off my chest, how about you? No? Maybe you should go write a rant on your blog. It’s therapeutic I tell ya.

[1] http://www.americanthinker.com/2004/02/gwb_hbs_mba.html
[2] http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/23/biden-turns-on-the-gaffe-machine.aspx
[3] http://www.seoaly.com/sarah-palin-embarrassingly-unapologetic-ignorance/

I’ve only attempted a few poems my entire life, but the following was rolling around in my head this morning as I was praying so I felt I needed to share it. Hope you like it.

Here I stand looking at my map,
wondering what else lies ahead.
The treasure I seek is a closeness to my spouse
that has long since vanished.
My map is nothing more than inconsistencies and suspicions,
lies that must be untangled.
The dangers that I face are painful and many,
secret sins that have killed many marriages.
And though I’m already wounded from this fight,
and I fear and wonder how many other enemies lie ahead,
I must continue onward in my quest for this priceless treasure.
My heart tells me that I must be close,
My mind warns me that there could be more secrets lying in wait.
I bend my knee in prayer, ‘God give me strength’ and must continue on.

So I leave this note for those who must walk a similar road.
Only those who walk in love will ever make it to the end.
Many times you will be tempted to give up, to retreat.
The enemy of doubt will attack repeatedly.
But if you press on and continue the journey,
you too will find the joy of a marriage with no secrets.
My parting thought I leave to you is this:
no matter how painful it gets,
remember that God is on your side
and if you fix you gaze on Him
rather than the problems you face,
You will find the treasure that you seek.
It’s only a matter of time.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have hung around Helena-West Helena a bit longer. I really do miss being a police officer and I miss some of the people there. But recent events have reminded me of why I left in the first place, political chaos. As reported by the AP, Crime-ridden Arkansas town expands 24-hour curfew. Yep, the city counsel has voted unanimously to impose a city-wide curfew (seems more like martial law to me).

This is nuts! And, with great sadness I have to actually agree with a ACLU lawyer. There’s no way I feel this can be legal. And I really feel bad for the officers. They’re in a situation where they either lose their job or do something they’ll probably get sued over.

And to think, a couple years ago the citizens of the towns of Helena and West Helena thought it was a good idea to merge the cities. Yeah, I miss law enforcement, but I definitely don’t miss The Nation of Phillips County, Arkansas.

Well, actually my company is. Effective today, Blue Phoenix Consulting, LLC is a MySQL Enterprise Ready Partner. Even got a listing on their site and everything. I know, it probably sounds lame to most of ya, but this is huge from where I’m standing. It’s one more thing I can point at to add validity to my company. It’s one more step in my march toward global conquest!!