Problem with the Post Office

In case you have not heard the Post Office is in a bit of financial situation.  In fact according to Jack Potter, Postmaster General, it will be broke by next year this time.  There a lot of reasons for this, and this article gives a great example of one of them.  Click on the title above and see just how insane some of the rules are that the Post Office has to work under.

Let me add another thought, in the conversations about the Post Office everyone wants someone else to make sacrifices.  I have no problem with that, in the 18 months I have gone to only getting a day off every other week and taking a $1800 pay cut.  Now it is time for others, the upper management, congress, and the public, to make sacrifices as well. 

Song Of The Month- Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Not really bluegrass but I like the idea of sitting out in the field playing the banjo. Enjoy.

How Clear Is Your Gospel Presentation?

I have been talking with over the last few months, the struggle is am I really saved?  At one point he believed, but then got caught up in somethings that pulled him away from the church and living a Christian life.  Which brings us to the last few months, he has looked at how maybe he was never saved, or maybe lost his salvation.  We finally got to a point where he nailed this down, but today he came back with can it be that easy.  Grace is just that a free gift, and when presented correctly it can cause some to wonder is it this easy, or will it not allow people to sin.  Click on the title above and ask yourself how clear is your gospel presentation.

The People Have Spoken, So Accept It

Allow me to go political for a few moments.  I tend to like people that will not take no for answer, but enough is enough.  Over the past couple years we have seen politicians who seem to think this country will not survive without them in office.  Two years ago Republican Wayne Gilchrest was beaten in the primaries and not only did it take him forever, and I am not sure he has yet, to concede. He then endorsed a Democrat in the General Election.  Who can forget Arlen Specter switching parties, why because he would not be reelected as a Republican.  He was not elected as a Democrat either. 

Charlie Crist was asked in a debate if he would become an independent candidate if he did not get the Republican nomination, his reply I am a Republican.  Until he did not get the Republican nomination, now he is an independent candidate.  Lisa Murkowski did not get the nomination in Alaska, so she is beginning a write in candidacy.  Karl Rove and Charles Krauthammer said it was all about getting 51 Republican votes in the Senate, until Christine O'Donnell won in Delaware, now it is all about keeping her out.  The list goes on and on.

There is the old adage that says power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  These people all struggle with letting go of that power, and understanding that the people have spoken.  To disagree with them is to be wrong in their eyes, and that is a problem. Basically they are looking at the voters and saying you are stupid and don't know what you are doing. For so long they have asked conservative Republicans to hold their nose and pull the lever for the Republican candidate for the sake of the party, even if they did not hold to conservative values.  Now when it comes time for them to do the same, it is unthinkable.  It is time for the Republican leadership to come out of the ivory tower and realize things have changed. The people have spoken and either they will get on board or be left behind.

One last thought for Mr Rove and Mr Kauthammer, it is not Lisa O'Donnell who will ruin the chances for Republicans gaining control of the Senate, it is you and the others who have taken it upon themselves to criticize her worse than the Democrats ever will.  Get off your high horse and become of what is going on or keep quiet and get out of the way.  Thank you for indulging this little rant.

Song of the Month - Salty Dog Blues

Newest song I am working on is Salty Dog Blues, which is also song of the month.  Enjoy.

The Judge's Logic

A few weeks ago a judge in California declared that the voter decision that marriage is between a man and a woman is unconstitutional.  This will continue to until it is decided by the Supreme Court.  The part of his ruling that jumped out to me: “The evidence shows conclusively that moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex couples,” Walker wrote. “Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians. The evidence shows conclusively that Proposition 8 enacts, without reason, a private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior to opposite-sex couples.”  Do others not see the problem with this, “Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians."

Many will take exception, maybe even be offended by the following statement, mankind's moral disapproval finds its foundation in God.  Other wise how do we come to realization that murder, rape, or stealing is wrong.  If God did not establish a moral code, how did we know any of these and others crimes are actually crimes.  You say murder is wrong, why because you say so, according to this judge your moral disapproval alone is not enough.  You would next say well the law says it is wrong.  Somewhere someone said, based on moral disapproval alone, that murder is wrong.  Then it seems that a bunch of people agreed and it became law, but according to this judge that would have to be struck down.

Now you say, the Judge said it is unconstitutional, but what is the constitution?  It is a document that was put together by guys sitting around making decisions based on moral disapproval or moral approval alone.  As your argument continues you would say well I am sure that they worked from other laws that they were familiar with, which again had been established by people making based on moral disapproval and moral approval alone.  Using this Judge's decision we could theoretically wipe out every law that has ever been established.

The reasoning for this judge's decision is not just wrong it is scary. There are alot of people out that would like to remove moral disapporval on many topics, not just same sex marriage but everything from drugs to adult / child sex. The only thing holding them at bay is our moral disapproval.


What this Judge and many other will never admit, our laws are in fact established from the very one who gave us the foundation for all laws.  When God gave Moses the 10 commandments, He laid the foundation that many nations have worked from as they formed their code of law.  Most of us possess that moral approval and disapproval in our own subconscious.  There is just that still small voice in us that says that is wrong, whether it is murder, theft, and the list goes on.  I thank God for our moral diapproval, and my prayer for our nation is that moral disapproval will never go away.

Song of The Month: Fox On The Run

Heard this played by The Mountian String Band at Dollywood, knew then it would be the song this month.  This version is done by The Country Gentlemen.  Enjoy.