Feb 27 2010
McDonald’s Fail
Anybody hungry for some Mickey D’s chicken tenders?
Dec 09 2009
John Daly is slimmed down and fired up for Hollywood - Devil Ball Golf - Golf Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Way to go, John Daly. I hardly even recognize him….
John Daly is slimmed down and fired up for Hollywood - Devil Ball Golf - Golf Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Nov 02 2009
Peace by the sword
Winning a war that rights a wrong and creates peace brings honor. Losing a war because you buckled to politics brings shame and allows injustice to propagate. There is a fundamental difference in the way that people view the word “peace”.
Even if we agree that the word “peace” means the absence of conflict, there has to be an understanding of how the peace exists. Because humanity does not live in a vacuum, there will always be evil men contending for power, whether they live in a democracy, oligarchy, republic, communist state, socialist society, or complete anarchy. We are all born with a desire to conquer. For some it never transcends the joy of completing a check list, for others it is to be the best at a video game, but for many it is to be a conqueror of other people.
When words fail to head off the power grab by power-hungry men and women, the sword is the only thing that will ever stop them. Clinton understood that wide-spread ethnic cleansing was occurring in Yugoslavia and had the guts to use the sword.
Citizens of our country today enjoy the right to speak, the right to criticize the government, and mostly the right to live a life of peace….because our ancestors have used the sword. The world today would be different had the US not intervened in WWII, for instance.
So the fundamental question I have for those that oppose any war or any bloodshed is this…When is it right to use the sword?
The U.S. is the greatest society in the history of the world, because of our virtues: justice, liberty, freedom, equality, and our power. Our economic, dare I say capitalist system, has enabled us to develop technology and military power that has allowed us to, “speak softly and carry a big stick”, according to the famous policy of Teddy Roosevelt.
This world we live in at this moment in time is peaceful and in order, because the US has had the resources and the fortitude to maintain order, even if that was merely keeping other superpowers in check, i.e. China and Russia. Anything that we do to diminish this power, whether real or perceived, dilutes peace in this world by empowering evil men with evil motives to conquer the world and take away the freedoms that we all value so much.
My hope and prayer is that this administration and future administrations views peace through a lens that is clear and bright and not one that is rose-colored.
Former President Clinton unveils statue in Kosovo - Yahoo! News
Oct 30 2009
The pumpkin dance
Courtesy of KXVO news station in Omaha, NE. I appreciate the station trying to mix it up a bit. I would truly turn into the news more often if they did bits like this.
Oct 21 2009
Atheism: Frustrated Intellectuals
I respect agnosticism (there might be a God, there might not be), purely from it’s transparency, even though I completely disagree with it. But atheism (there is no God) is a completely different animal. I am going to purely “reason” for a moment, because that is what atheists require me to do, rather than to interject my faith. Here are just a few problems I have with atheism from a reasoning perspective:
1) If no one knew that the earth was a globe until 4th century Greece, how can one possibly state, “There is no God?” That would require certainty and a type of faith that all the facts of the universe are discovered and understood. Again, at least agnostics are, in a way, “open-minded”. They might say, “I don’t know if there is a God or isn’t. I just don’t see proof.” In the meantime, an atheist is passionately stating, “There is no God”. Do they know that they are aligning themselves, historically, with groups that are often more closed to reason?
2) How does one succeed in proving there is no God, and what is the reward if successful? If you believe many quantum physicists, there are additional universes which exist in parallel to our own, such as hypothesized by famous cosmologist Carl Sagan. Personally, I don’t know how it all works, but I know that the bible states that there are battles fought in an unseen world which is not visible to us, as stated in the bible, Daniel 10:13. I’m willing to take a stand on the following ground: I don’t know how he did it, but I believe he did it. The “how” will be revealed in time. And let’s just say that we proved that God did not exist, what is the result of that discovery? For an atheist, they feel that this proof already exists, and they are consequently left with a meaningless life. If not, they haven’t carried the argument far enough. Let me speak directly to an atheist,
“You are alone and your life is meaningless. Your are merely a bag of meat and you are in the process of dying. Nothing you enjoy lasts, and you will not be remembered within a hair’s breadth of your death. Every good thing you do is meaningless and every bad thing someone does to you is not wrong. We are masses of flesh that have evolved painfully and unfortunately to a place of self-awareness. There is no wrong and no right, only what the current majority of human organisms have determined are the current set of rules. Love is not real. It is merely a chemical and biological mechanism incubated through millions of years of evolution that causes the hive to protect itself, procreate, and propigate the species.”
This is a horrifying scenario to contemplate. IF there is no God, there is no meaning, there is no right and wrong, and there is no love. The reward for coming to this realization is that you feel alone in the universe, cut off from others, worthless, and that your life has no meaning, so why even try? No wonder there are so many angry atheists, i.e. Bill Maher. I, Kevin Hail, would be a pillaging, angry, hateful deviant if I were living in a construct like this.
3) If you are an atheist, you are one of two things and usually a combo of both, intellectually curious and frustrated. One of my friends claimed to be an atheist in high school. He is a quasi-agnostic/deist now. In retrospect, he was frustrated because he deeply and truly wanted to know the mysteries of the universe and felt that a God that couldn’t be seen or made visible must be playing games with him, so it was just easier for him to say that this God didn’t exist.
I believe that most atheists are frustrated intellectuals who have chickened out from trying to find God. They look at many of the world religions and see no truth (Hinduism, Islam, and most self-proclaimed Christians). If I were in a burning house and someone rushed to me and said that they could get me out and they took me into another room that was filled with fire and said that they had rescued me, I would say that I’m a better man. I may be burning up but at least I’m not delusional about having been rescued. There’s some solace in that, right?
This is where Christianity enters. As a follower of Jesus Christ, I take him at his word in John 14:6 that he is the only way to Heaven. I believe that there is a God that exists and that I am his creation. If I believe that the Holy Bible is his word to mankind, then I accept his words to me that my life has meaning in him and that those around me in the “body of Christ” are important to me, not just pieces of flesh walking around. In other words, I have a spirit, and am not just an evolved animal.
Let me leave it like this. What if Christians are right about God and their path to him? Let me speak to you as if you are a Christian:
“You are loved. Your life has meaning. You were created specially by the God that created the universe and all of it’s mysteries, seen and unseen. You will not be abandoned. Everything you’ve done to harm someone else has already been forgiven and merely requires your asking God for forgiveness. And every thing that has been done to you has been reconciled and justice has been served, even though you can’t see it yet. You will live forever and the life you live now is the worst your eternal life will ever be. It will only get better, much better. In heaven, you will never cry, feel sorrow or pain. The greatest moments of joy, passion, and satisfaction you have experienced in your life to now will pale in comparison to what you will experience in eternity. Love is real and it is freely and unendingly given to you by God and your brothers and sisters in Christ, for all eternity.”
In the end, it isn’t about reason, and thank goodness for that, because we are pretty limited in our ability to reason. It’s about faith. Are you willing to risk that God is real and that the bible is actually his word and that Jesus is actually the only way to Heaven as he says? Or do you want to hedge your bets and cover your bases because you haven’t been able to figure everything out about God with your dust speck of a mind? I’d take door number 1.
Oh yeah, and here’s this stupid article about a group of atheists trying to enlighten the rest of us:
Jul 27 2009
Top 5 Funniest Fake Facebook Pages
I came across this compilation on Mashable.com of the top 5 funniest Facebook pages.
Jul 24 2009
20 Gadgets That Innovate Ordinary Things
If this isn’t the coolest invention, I don’t know what is. A toothbrush that directs a jetstream of water for you to rinse with. In fact, there are a lot of things on this page that I’m seriously considering whipping out the credit card to purchase. follow the link below for more.
StumbleUpon WebToolbar - 20 Gadgets That Innovate Ordinary Things
Jul 17 2009
If Apple.com were up in 1983
Jun 30 2009
You think you have a nice studio?
The ultimate studio for stock photography. I marvel at the genius of this setup….
Jun 29 2009
What Michael Jackson Did on His Last Day - Yahoo! News
It’s fascinating to hear that Michael was totally on his game at 50 years old. It would have been great to see him perform. Makes me sad.
Jun 27 2009
Jackson 5 Salute to Vocal Groups
I really enjoyed watching this bit of history and reflecting on MJ’s career.
Jun 25 2009
6-Legged Deer Attacked By Dog
Forget the dog part of this. A 6-legged deer?!?!? Oh, deer! Somehow this story reminded me of that old Saturday Night Live commercial..3 Legged Jeans. A leggedy, leggedy, leg…
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