Saturday, November 6, 2010

Domestic Violence

Dallas, TX (AP) - A seven year old boy was at the center of a Dallas County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree reasonably possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Dallas Cowboys football team, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Today’s daily reflection…


Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

I want your honest opinion...

Which isn't very often...

So tell me, Bilal Iqbal wants to be my friend on Facebook, do I confirm him or ignore him?

I'm beginning to wonder how many people want to put a Jihad on my arse...

Today’s daily reflection…


I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Best CPR instructional video I've seen
Makes me want to go out and perform CPR



h/t McGillicutty

You might be Muslim if...

You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor.

You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.

You have more wives than teeth.

You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean.

You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.

You can't think of anyone you haven't declared Jihad against.

You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.

You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.

You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four.

Your cousin is president of the United States.

You find this offensive or racist.

My loyalty to HP has changed...


Up until I watched this video, I
was an avidly loyal HP customer.
Piss on em...



h/t WW

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The coolest iphone app(s) EVER!

Okay, so a buddy of mine tells me that his kid's computers get the internet from his iphone as a "wifi hotspot". Knowing this person as I do, (i.e. knows their sh!t) I followed instructions and downloaded a program that allowed me to "jailbreak" my phone. Jailbreak is the term used to break away from Apple's complete control over their operating system and the apps and content of my iphone.

Of course, being the anal investigator/questioner I am, I spent several hours researching the subject and its creator before embarking on this new adventure. And what an adventure it is.

Not only is my iphone now a wifi hotspot where ever it is located, I have a whole new supply of bada$$ apps available. One of my favs being the app that allows me to email a voicemail to whomever I choose.

You now have just enough information to make you dangerous, but if you feel the need to perform due dilligence, here's a good place to start. If you would like more discussion on the subject, get in line and take a number with me at denneycrane@yahoo.com

you're most welcome,

DC

Monday, November 1, 2010

Alcohol more lethal
than heroin or cocaine?!?!?

Why am I not surprised?

LONDON -- Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study.

British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole.

Researchers analyzed how addictive a drug is and how it harms the human body, in addition to other criteria like environmental damage caused by the drug, its role in breaking up families and its economic costs, such as health care, social services, and prison.

Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, or crystal meth, were the most lethal to individuals. When considering their wider social effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin and crack cocaine. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower.

Feel free to read more at the Washington Post where I COPIED AND PASTED it to MY blog.

It starts with a thought...

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Samuel Johnson

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Easier said than done...


Submission to God

It's not all about me

The Scripture has a great deal to say about being in submission to the "higher powers." This has reference to the establishment principles that God has ordained in our world—the government and the leaders, in whatever capacity, that God has placed in authority over us on this earth. Passages that teach this principle are Romans 13:1-7; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 2:13-14; and Titus 3:1. The principle is that being in obedience to the authority over us, whatever that authority is, will bring a temporal blessing in real time here and now and, for the believer, reward later. The highest authority is God, and He delegates authority to others; so, in order submit to God, we submit to the authority He has placed over us. You will notice that there are no caveats that distinguish between good or bad authority or even just or unjust authority. We are just to humble ourselves and obey as "unto the Lord."

We are also told to submit ourselves to God (James 4:7). In Ephesians we read the wife is to submit to her husband as unto the Lord and the husband is to "love" his wife (Ephesians 5:22-25). The Apostle Peter writes, “Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble’” (1 Peter 5:5). The theme here is one of humility. One cannot submit to God without humility. Obedience requires us to humble ourselves to surrender to the authority of another, and we are told that God resists pride—the opposite of humility—and the arrogance that fosters that pride.

Therefore, having a humble and submissive heart is a choice we make. That means as born-again believers we daily make a choice to submit ourselves to God for the work that the Holy Spirit does in us to "conform us to the image of Christ." God will use the situations of our lives to bring us the opportunity to submit to Him (Romans 8:28-29). The believer then accepts His grace and provision to walk in the Spirit and not after the manner of the old nature. That work is accomplished by choosing to apply ourselves to the Word of God and to learning about the provisions that God has made for us in Christ Jesus. From the moment we are born again, we have all the provisions we need, in Christ, to become a mature believer, but we have to make the choice to learn about those provisions through study of the Word and to apply those provisions to our daily walk.

We have to choose to submit to God for the process of learning in order to grow spiritually. It is a process begun at salvation and ongoing with each and every choice that we make to submit ourselves to God. This process will continue until the Lord comes again or He calls us home. The wonderful thing about this is that, as the Apostle Paul so aptly states, "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord" (1 Corinthians 3:18).

God does not require us to submit because He is a tyrant, but because He is a loving Father and He knows what is best for us. The blessings and peace that we gain from humbly surrendering and submitting ourselves to Him daily are a gift of grace that nothing in this world can compare to.

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