Surviving the Circus of Life

I always wanted to believe that doctors actually cared about people's health, and now my faith has been restored. Dr. Aaron Carroll of the Indiana University School of Medicine recently conducted a survey regarding universal health care and found that more than half of today's doctors are in favor of it. "As doctors, we find that our patients suffer because of increasing deductibles, co-payments, and restrictions on patient care," said Dr. Ronald Ackermann, who worked on the study with Carroll. "More and more, physicians are turning to national health insurance as a solution to this problem." I still do not understand why so many conservatives oppose this option. Those who can afford to pay for private health insurance would not be affected, so what's the problem? Now that doctors are speaking out, maybe politicians will pay attention. The Indiana survey found that 83 percent of psychiatrists, 69 percent of emergency medicine specialists, 65 percent of p

Fifty years ago Easter Sunday, the peace symbol made its debut. Contrary to what many, especially Christians believe, the peace symbol was never intended to be considered an upside down cross or a sign of satan. Apparently those rumors were started by the Birch society and spread quickly, unfortunately. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's a myth. The story of the peace sign began in the spring of 1958 when peace activists, clergy and Quakers in Great Britain organized a rally to draw attention to the testing and stockpiling of nuclear weapons by some of the world's most powerful countries. Gerald Holtom, a textile designer and commercial artist from Twickenham, suggested the demonstrators carry posters and banners with a simple visual symbol he had designed. He created the symbol by combining the semaphore letters N and D, for nuclear disarmament. On April 4, 1958, 5,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square to show support for the Ban the Bomb movement, then walked the

There once was a place created for a family that was beautiful to behold. The people were inately good, without thoughts of selfishness, greed, or other uncomely traits. As time went by, another group entered the beautiful place who were selfish, hungry for power and rebellious. Mostly they were jealous of the joy of these people and wanted them to be as miserable as they were. You see, they had once lived in a place just as beautiful to behold, but they decided they wanted to create their own world. Their leader was one of the Creators most magnificent creations. His own beauty and perfection led him to sacrifice goodness for ego. He wanted to be adored. Once he and his followers left their beautiful home to try to create another more specatcular world that they could control, they were banned from beauty forever. Misery loves company. They proceeded to seduce the naive good natured righteous people and eventually succeeded. Once these people chose the other way of living, little did

Incendiary remarks - fiery rhetoric Both phrases have the same meaning, but I have been fascinated by the sudden onslaught of the phrase "incendiary remarks" by journalists around the world regarding Jeremiah Wright's speeches from the pulpit. Notice I call them speeches and not sermons. The only thing his speeches have in common with sermons is the fact that they are or were delivered from behind the pulpit which is located at the altar of the Church, where sermons are normally delivered that serve to encourage, enlighten and every other good adjective you can think of. Word study - Although I have rarely heard the word used to describe a person, it is an appropriate use of the word, according to the second definition... 2. a person who excites factions, quarrels, or sedition : agitator The word incendiary has also been used to describe the remarks of Imus, remarks we would all like to forget. Cynthia Tucker, an editorial writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a

Not too sure why protestors would choose to block the entrance to the IRS offices in Washington, DC, but they got arrested. Seems like people would be protesting the IRS if they are positioned at the IRS building. All that logic aside, I don't understand the logic of protesting the war at any location. Protesting the war translates to me that you don't care about the hundreds of thousands of lives that have been saved because we took Sadam Hussein down. Protesting the war means that you have no compassion for the thousands of young girls who were ripped from their homes to satisfy the sexual fantasies of Sadam's sons and their armies. Protesting the war meas that you don't think we need to make our presence known in order to deter additional radical terrorists groups from even thinking about attacking us on our own soil. Protesting the war tells me that you are ignorant, living in a fairy tale world that doesn't understand the evil that lurks beyond our shores.

Obama's speech was just unbelievable. How could you compare your relationship with a pastor who has radical views supposedly unlike your own, to your tolerance of your beloved grandmother's views? I have walked out of a few church services in my time when the pastor abused the authority of the pulpit. The authority of the pulpit is to build up the body of believers, teach them the word of God and bring the good news to the congregation in a manner that enhances their life. The pulpit is NOT the place for radical personal opinions to be taught to sheep who will follow anyone, nor is it the place for hatred, cursing or anything other than what is mentioned above. Any pastor who is performing such self serving tyrades is not a man called by God to pastor a church, or if he is, he is grossly misusing his calling and will be brought to light eventually. Such is the case with Wright. Unfortunately, or fortunately, the light is also shining on Obama and his true beliefs. An intellige

I Timothy 6:10 (Bible) says... "For the love of money is the root of all evil." However, I would say to you that the love of money is not the only vice that is propelling this generation to possibly go down in history as one of the most vile and disgusting generations of American history. Could it be that the love of sex is now the root of all evil? Unfortunately, the secret sexual lives of people holding prominent postions in government is fast becoming the most disgusting and aberrant abuse of power. These secret lives are becoming public knowledge now, and I fear that there are many more scandals to surface before this nation, especially mainstream America, begins to scream our outrage and let them know that we are disgusted by their actions and refuse to accept this behavior as status quo. It matters. Yes it does. If you cannot govern your own body, how can you govern a body of people? What kind of mind can rationally take the risks that these people have taken with thei

Poor Mr. Fox, Mr. George Fox that is, who is now known for renting motel rooms with hookers, and formerly Gov. Spitzer's friend. I say formerly because it appears that the good governor was using his name (George Fox) to reserve motel rooms where he was meeting with his very expensive prostitute. And another "great" politician bites the dust... Mr. Spitzer was elected in a landslide in 2006, capitalizing on his popularity he won as the “Sheriff of Wall Street” during eight years as attorney general. With a reputation for personal probity and independence, he pledged to bring higher ethical standards to the statehouse. The more good you do, the more evil tries to embrace you. Beware, even democrats can fall prey. Sad that his legacy will just be one of another hypocrite because his true character was one of just rising to the top of his game and not the integrity he falsely showed to the public. hypocrite - a person who feigns some desirable or publicly

No doubt you've heard a lot about the law of attraction and all those wonderful things they claim you can do with your mind. However, I don't think they tell you how to actually do it. Well, there is a secret here for you. You first need to know how to program your brain to attract the things you need and desire. Silva Life System has been around for many years and is widely acclaimed for helping people learn how to reprogram their thinking. You've heard the expression, "garbage in, garbage out." There is a way to stop filling your brain with garbage. The answer is the Silva life System developed more than 50 years ago that teaches you to take the wheel of your life and drive it. Click here to find out for yourself how the law of attraction really works. Enjoy! Technorati tags: law of attraction mind power

Even if you don't listen to the Rush Limbaugh show, you are surely aware that he has been spewing out irrational comments regarding John McCain and his not being republican enough. Funny, he did the exact same thing to Arnold Schwarzenegger in March of 2007. Apparently, Rush and his ultra-conservative cronies are republicans first and foremost, or maybe they're wealthy republicans first, and American citizens second, and then Christians third. As for the mainstream America, if anybody cares, we are Americans first and foremost. So, with McCain having an 82% Republican status according to some group who actually measures these things, Rush cannot wholeheartedly endorse him or he would be going against his own beliefs. Hogwash. Is anyone else tired of Rush's garbage on McCain and Clinton? He even spouts off that half of America hates Hillary. Really? I guess they might if they are ignorant enough to buy into Rush's propaganda against her. If she is such a criminal, why w

So tired of reading about the many exaggerated accounts of McCain's temper. We all know he has a temper, but so far, I haven't seen him angry about anything that wouldn't make me angry also. Latest media frenzy - McCain loses cool with NY Times reporter who questions him about Kerry asking him to consider becoming his VP candidate during the LAST election. I believe they use the term " reporter " loosely. IRRELEVANT ISSUE. You call this journalism? Who cares about Kerry? Aren't there enough "current" issues to ask about? As an independent, I haven't decided yet but some of the media and other people are just looking for ways to crucify a totally understandable act of indignation towards a naive or just plain ignorant journalist who is wasting, yes, wasting a candidate's valuable time on a totally irrelevant issue. Technorati tags: McCain temper

Once upon a time, Hitler indeed, was a Catholic. Now for the rest of the story... According to the Catholic League for religious and civil rights, Hitler persecuted the Catholic Church and was automatically excommunicated in 1931—two years before he assumed power—when he acted as best man at Joseph Goebbel’s Protestant wedding. Hitler even bragged about his separation from the Church. As for doing nothing about the Holocaust, Sir Martin Gilbert reminds us that Goebbels denounced Pope Pius XII for his 1942 Christmas message criticizing the Nazis (the New York Times lauded the pope for doing so in an editorial for two years in a row). Much to Hagee’s chagrin, Gilbert also says that Pius XII saved three quarters of the Jews in Rome, and that more Jews were saved proportionately in Catholic countries than Protestant countries. Indeed, Israeli diplomat Pinchas Lapide credited the Catholic Church with saving 860,000 Jews. No religion can match that. Full story... “Senator Obama has repudiate

What exactly is a bigot? Can a person be a bigot regarding just one group of people, yet devotedly supportive of another group, both of which are not of their ancestry? YES. From the 15th century on Old French bigot meant "an excessively devoted or hypocritical person." Bigot is first recorded in English in 1598 with the sense "a superstitious hypocrite." read more on the meanings of bigot, here... I have listened to John Hagee for many years, not devotedly, and not to learn, but to try to understand how he seems so far off course, yet continues to seemingly be blessed and prosper. Unfortunately, I have drawn no meaningful conclusions. A prophet or pastor cannot tell us things that the Bible has specifically said we are not to know. Hagee's continuous teachings on the end times is a perfect example of what not to do. That aside, even if the most awful antichrist does happen to be a Catholic, that in no way diminishes the Catholic faith, the Vatican