God's Foreign Policy

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — As Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon for a second week last July, the Rev. John Hagee of San Antonio arrived in Washington with 3,500 evangelicals for the first annual conference of his newly founded organization, Christians United For Israel.

...He called the conflict “a battle between good and evil” and said support for Israel was “God’s foreign policy.”

...Many conservative Christians say they believe that the president’s support for Israel fulfills a biblical injunction to protect the Jewish state, which some of them think will play a pivotal role in the second coming.

-- David D. Kirkpatrick for The NY Times

It is almost enough for me to rethink my partiality for Israel. Of course, this evangelical hard-on for Israel is not exactly news, but it is something to see it so spelled out like that this morning. I need coffee, but I guess a coke and cinnamon rolls will do, bleh.

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God's Foreign Policy

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — As Israeli bombs fell on Lebanon for a second week last July, the Rev. John Hagee of San Antonio arrived in Washington with 3,500 evangelicals for the first annual conference of his newly founded organization, Christians United For Israel.

...He called the conflict “a battle between good and evil” and said support for Israel was “God’s foreign policy.”

...Many conservative Christians say they believe that the president’s support for Israel fulfills a biblical injunction to protect the Jewish state, which some of them think will play a pivotal role in the second coming.

-- David D. Kirkpatrick for The NY Times

It is almost enough for me to rethink my partiality for Israel. Of course, this evangelical hard-on for Israel is not exactly news, but it is something to see it so spelled out like that this morning. I need coffee, but I guess a coke and cinnamon rolls will do, bleh.

xXx

Still No IE7

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Monk sees Yahoo offering a link for people to download IE7. Monk's brow furrows in frustration. He never has gotten that promised update from Microsoft that would automatically give him IE7. It has been two weeks.

He has not gotten any Windows updates since that promise. Monk was left wondering if his new hard drive might have botched things, but he vaguely remembers getting automatic updates since getting the hard drive. Maybe it is a long rotation. Pop has not gotten it either.

I hope Microsoft has not changed its mind. I do not think Monk will work up the nerve to download it himself, especially with that promise hanging in the air.

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Still No IE7

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Monk sees Yahoo offering a link for people to download IE7. Monk's brow furrows in frustration. He never has gotten that promised update from Microsoft that would automatically give him IE7. It has been two weeks.

He has not gotten any Windows updates since that promise. Monk was left wondering if his new hard drive might have botched things, but he vaguely remembers getting automatic updates since getting the hard drive. Maybe it is a long rotation. Pop has not gotten it either.

I hope Microsoft has not changed its mind. I do not think Monk will work up the nerve to download it himself, especially with that promise hanging in the air.

xXx

No More Pornographic Chest?

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It looks like Univision has done something about Jackie Guerrido's pornographic chest, if she has not done it herself. Whenever she is wearing a promising top, she is now also wearing a diminishing black sweater-vest dealie. It just about makes it pointless to tune in for her now, but for the faint hope that they will stop that.

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And there is the thought whether Monk's journal is to blame for this.

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No More Pornographic Chest?

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It looks like Univision has done something about Jackie Guerrido's pornographic chest, if she has not done it herself. Whenever she is wearing a promising top, she is now also wearing a diminishing black sweater-vest dealie. It just about makes it pointless to tune in for her now, but for the faint hope that they will stop that.

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And there is the thought whether Monk's journal is to blame for this.

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That Cockroach

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I haven't seen that cockroach in a long time.

Monk was getting his cinnamon rolls in the kitchen, when he thought he saw something streak across the counter in his peripheral vision. He was thinking 'cockroach' but he was not even sure if it was anything more than a quirk of his nerves. But he then saw the cockroach, just before it crawled into a cupboard, to crawl all over our cooking pans.

I guess it is a good thing that we got that spray-gun insecticide with the last groceries. We definitely need to spray an application of that around the house... one day soon, sometime.

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That Cockroach

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I haven't seen that cockroach in a long time.

Monk was getting his cinnamon rolls in the kitchen, when he thought he saw something streak across the counter in his peripheral vision. He was thinking 'cockroach' but he was not even sure if it was anything more than a quirk of his nerves. But he then saw the cockroach, just before it crawled into a cupboard, to crawl all over our cooking pans.

I guess it is a good thing that we got that spray-gun insecticide with the last groceries. We definitely need to spray an application of that around the house... one day soon, sometime.

xXx

Internet Addicts Anonymous?

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The American Psychiatric Association may consider listing Internet addiction in the next edition of its diagnostic manual.

-- January W. Payne for The Washington Post

What poppycock! I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's an alternative lifestyle choice, sheesh! I think Jonathan Bishop, a very smart researcher of internet communities, has it about right:

“The Internet is an environment,” he said. “You can't be addicted to the environment.”

At least I know I don't have a problem. That's silly! Of course, I don't. I'm fine - now fuck off already!

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Internet Addicts Anonymous?

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The American Psychiatric Association may consider listing Internet addiction in the next edition of its diagnostic manual.

-- January W. Payne for The Washington Post

What poppycock! I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's an alternative lifestyle choice, sheesh! I think Jonathan Bishop, a very smart researcher of internet communities, has it about right:

“The Internet is an environment,” he said. “You can't be addicted to the environment.”

At least I know I don't have a problem. That's silly! Of course, I don't. I'm fine - now fuck off already!

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