Wheelchair Holster

Posted by Robin on September 22nd, 2008

It appears that these holsters were originally designed for motorcycles but have been modified for wheelchairs. Several variations of the mounting of the holster are displayed on the manufacturer’s website.
(http://www.sandssalesco.com)
(New York Transit Police, August 27, 2008)

Why I am not in Politics!

Posted by Robin on September 8th, 2008

Everyone will miss-speak from time to time but Barrack Hussein Obama’s error in this Sunday talk show interview would sink most politicians. We will see how invested the mainstream media is in his candidacy when and if the persistent issue of Obama’s ties to his fathers’ faith is explored in depth.

Chapter 22 London Baptist Confession of 1689

Posted by Robin on August 30th, 2008

here is an interesting excerpt from the 1689, Chapter 22 “Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day” paragraphs 7 & 8:

7._____ As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God’s appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto him, which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord’s day: and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished.
( Exodus 20:8; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10 )

8._____ The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations, but are also taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.
( Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 13:15-22; Matthew 12:1-13 )

VP Sarah Palin

Posted by Robin on August 30th, 2008

What more can you want:

  • Married twenty years
  • Mother of 5 (the last one was born while in office)
  • Pro-life
  • Governor
  • NRA member and hunter
  • Wants to drill anywhere there is oil — including ANWR

and here is some more info from an email, titled “McCain’s Dangerous Choice” I got from Moveon.org (with my remarks in parenthesis):

  • She was elected Alaska’s governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience. (actively governing a state gives more experience than being a ‘community organizer’ and being elected a do-nothing senator)
  • Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. (yeah! In the case of rape or incest tell me again what the unborn child did to qualify for capital punishment? How about we execute the rapist and find a good home for the baby … huh?)
  • She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. (problem with that?)
  • Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools. (give children a rounded education - they can handle the truth unlike some with anti-God agendas)
  • She’s doesn’t think humans are the cause of climate change. (duh!)
  • She’s solidly in line with John McCain’s “Big Oil first” energy policy. She’s pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won’t be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska. (how about Palin for president w/McCain for VP)

Fun? Worship?

Posted by Robin on August 30th, 2008

Pastor Bill Moore has some insightful things to say about Sunday Morning Worship over at Carolina Commentary …

“… I believe that churches which are built on fun and relationships are part of the reason Christianity is deemed irrelevant by all too many in our culture.

Frankly, if I want to have fun, I’d rather go play a round of golf. If I want to be entertained with music, I’ll listen to my iPod or go to a concert. If I want to build relationships, Kynette and I will invite someone for dinner. I do not go to church on Sunday mornings for fun or entertainment or to build relationships; I go to worship God with fellow believers.”

read the rest of his article here

Believer’s Death

Posted by Robin on August 2nd, 2008

As a believer’s life is very different from an unbeliever’s life, so also a believer’s death is very different from an unbeliever’s death. The unbeliever prefers Heaven over Hell; the believer prefers Heaven over this earth. The unbeliever prefers Heaven only over Hell because he cannot imagine anything more blessed than this life. The believer prefers Heaven over earth, because the believer cannot imagine anything more blessed than life with God. - Unknown Source

There is a great deal of difference between the desires of Heaven in a sanctified man and in an unsanctified one. The believer prizes Heaven above earth, and had rather be with God than here, though death stands in the way and may possibly have harder thoughts from him. But for the ungodly, there is nothing that seems more desirable than this world, and therefore he only chooses Heaven over Hell, but not over earth; and therefore shall not have it upon such a choice - Richard Baxter

read more at My Times are in Your Hand

When he prophesies, it’s in pirate

Posted by Robin on July 29th, 2008

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Sam Brobst took a “Learning Your Spiritual Gift” course at Full Life Center, a charismatic church, and felt the Lord leading him to prophesy during meetings. But when Brobst opened his mouth the first time, he and others were surprised by what came out: pirate speak.
“We were in the middle of worship, when this voice rings out, ‘Yar! Hear the word of the Lord — the Lord of the mighty seas!’” says one witness. “It was straight out of a Disneyland ride.”
Brobst says he can’t help it: when the Spirit moves upon him, he clamps one eye shut and his voice becomes gravelly and menacing. On a recent Sunday, he prophesied, “Avast ye, mateys! Hear the word from our Cap’n: No fear have ye of storms and scallywags, says ye? Argh! But I be seein’ your true hearts. For I see below quarterdecks, says I. Ye be tremblin’ in the face of scurvy dogs. But pay them no heed. For I be preparin’ to pour down plenty o’ booty upon ye. So be of cheer, me hearties! Ye be loved of the Cap’n.”
The people of the church by now are accustomed to it, though first-time visitors often giggle.
“It doesn’t even sound like pirate to me anymore,” says one regular attendee. “My mind translates it.”
Others say it’s preferable to past prophetic styles they have witnessed.
“One woman would wail her prophecies,” says longtime member Darlene Bright. “Another man would thunder in a deep voice like he was trying to impress us. All in all, I prefer pirate.” •

it a joke! go to Lark News for more …

1906 Dime

Posted by Robin on July 28th, 2008

When I was working my way through flight training I worked in a drugstore in Key Largo, FL. Occasionally I noticed rare coins like this one in the change drawer. With permission I exchanged my money for these coins … though they are worn and have little collector value they are real silver. I have a number of silver dollars as well as a few buffalo nickels …

for the school teachers

Posted by Robin on July 26th, 2008

Many of my school teacher friends start back to work Monday … here is a quote to warm your hearts:

Our youth now loves luxuries. They have bad manners, contempt for authority. They show disrespect for elders and they love to chatter instead of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants, of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room.
They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

(Socrates, 425 BC).

why the gun is civilization

Posted by Robin on July 24th, 2008

A really well written argument for armed citizens … from the Munchkin Wrangler

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.

In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.

continue to read here