I got this on Facebook from my son-in-law and my son. It’s about “wing suits” and is related to base jumping. If you haven’t seen it, prepare to feel your heart race. If you are an adrenaline junkie, here’s your fix. Watch it in full screen. (Parents, I think the “s” word is said in the background once.)
January 8, 2009
January 7, 2009
Trophy
Every Wednesday I meet at the local Waffle House with some guys for discipleship and encouragement. My first meeting is at 5:00 AM and we are always the first, if not only, customers for a while so I was surprised to see a girl parked in the spot right where I normally park. She looked kind of agitated, or even distraught, speaking on the phone, looking around the inside of her car, holding her face in her hands, back to the phone.
Just as I got parked and making up my mind as to whether to tap on her window or not, her car alarm started complete with headlights and horn. Then she’s out of the car, no shoes, looking around and not finding what it is she’s looking for. When I asked, “Hey, do you need some help?” she responded that she had lost her car keys. Perhaps they are in the restaurant, I asked, but she had not been in the restaurant.
Just then the cook came out for a smoke; he’s a guy we talk to weekly and have ministered to some as well. He affirmed that she had not been in the restaurant, so I’m like, “How do you lose your keys inside the car while you’re sitting in the car?”
Epiphany.
There was an unopened 12 pack in the passenger floorboard as she told of going out partying last night, passing out and winding up in her car in the Waffle House parking lot. She didn’t know where she left her keys, who brought her to the car or much else. Turns out she spent the wee hours at a bar near NB, so I went over there to see if her keys were in the parking lot; they weren’t. (We now figure her friend locked her in the car and took her keys for her own protection.)
Just before I left I told the cook to give her some coffee and I would pay for it when I came back for my “second shift.” He was cool with it.
At 7:00 I took one of my gathered group, Tean Phillips (who’s also our drummer), and sat with her just behind our other guys. We talked to her for about a half-hour about her life, choices, decisions and where, exactly, God was playing into her life. She committed to attend our Celebrate Recovery ministry tomorrow night (and called the leader while we were at the table). Another one of our ladies picked her up from Waffle House, took her home to get the spare keys and brought her back to her car. She told me that she really did want to stop drinking, so I asked if I could have the 12 pack in her car; she said “yes.” It’s the trophy of grace pictured above. Our pastoral team is debating communion right now ;^)
If you get a chance, pray for her. People in need are all around us. Sometimes it’s subtle and sometimes it hits us in the face. I’m glad to be in a church where multiple people are willing to get involved in one person’s life on the spur of the moment because they realize that a young girl, five sheets to the wind is not the enemy-she’s a victim of the enemy and she needs the Savior.
December 24, 2008
A Christmas Story
Twenty five years ago tonight was, for much of the US, the coldest night of the 20th century. Single digits and howling winds, even in the south, made for a night of chill factors not seen before or since. I remember seeing a picture in the newspaper a couple of days later of a fire up north where the water from the fire trucks froze on the side of the building as it was aflame. Real cold.
That night is especially memorable for me since it was my last Christmas before getting married the following February. We spent Christmas at my paternal grandmother’s house with my aunts, uncles and cousins who were all living in Clanton, Alabama.
At the time, my uncle (who owned and sold any number of businesses in the area) was running a small twin theater in the corner of what is now known as a strip mall. I think it was called the “Clanton Twin Cinemas.” The movie that has since been called, “The It’s a Wonderful Life of an alternate universe,” A Christmas Story, had just been released. My uncle decided to treat his kids and all the cousins (including me) to a free viewing on Christmas eve. Unfortunately, the heat was not working in the theater on the coldest day in any of our lives.
So there we were, bundled up as if we were still outside watching at a drive in, laughing our guts out. When Ralphie finally shot himself in the eye, my cousin’s then boyfriend laughed so hard I thought he’d freeze his tonsils. It was a great night and I’ve loved the movie ever since.
Any crazy Christmas memories out there? Have a great Christmas, one and all.
December 16, 2008
What do you believe about the end times?
For the sixteen people who still read this blog, I’d like to know your biblical understanding about last things. Do you hold a recognized position (pre, mid, post trib, pre, post, or aaaaaaah mil)? Do you hold a less well known position (idealism, preterism)? Are you a prophetic goulash?
As briefly as possible state why you hold the position that you do. If you have changed positions indicate what was the major factor in your positional change.
Readysetgo.
December 5, 2008
Why Alabama fans should not be theologians
From yesterday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Sam Atkins’ 11-year-old son Jake has never seen Alabama beat Auburn. His dad grudgingly agreed to take him to this year’s Iron Bowl after skipping the previous two-“we haven’t even been competitive,” he lamented.
That six-game losing streak to the Tigers is a distant memory now as Alabama has re-emerged as a national powerhouse.
“I compare it to being saved,” said Atkins, who played tackle on Bill Curry’s Alabama teams in the late ’80s. “I feel like a major weight has been lifted off my shoulders.” [emphasis mine]
Either this guy’s salvation is woefully inadequate or his college football holds a questionable place in his priority list. Of course this is the issue for most Alabama fans that I know.
Lovingly dedicated to C. B. Scott, Kevin Bussey, Adam Feldman and my sister. [David Phillips added by request.]
December 4, 2008
Georgia pastor found murdered
Baptist youth pastor, Frank Harris, Jr. was found murdered around 4:00 am on Monday morning in the small north Georgia town of Cleveland. On Sunday evening, he had phoned his wife to inform her that he was giving a ride to a “some stranded folks,” apparently somewhere along GA 129. A 29 year old woman and a 20 year old man are facing felony murder charges, while the man is also charged with armed robbery. Harris leaves behind a wife, Tami, and three teen aged children.
(From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution or from Access North Georgia)
Cards or other encouragement can be sent to:
The Harris Family
c/o Pendergrass Baptist Church
105 Church Street
Pendergrass, GA 30567
November 29, 2008
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Movie review and analysis
Mark Herman’s amazing Holocaust movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is now in wide release. Drop whatever you are doing and go see it. This is a powerful, emotional film.
The story is introduced with boys playing in the streets, running as if they themselves are airplanes as boys often do. From these familiar beginnings we are taken, through the experiences of 8 year old Bruno, son of an SS guard turned Commandant of a death camp, to “the countryside.” The father, Ralf, has shielded his family from the deepest horrors of the Final Solution so that even his wife, Elsa, believes him to only be a soldier standing for “the Fatherland.”
After the family arrives in the country Bruno spies the camp from his bedroom window mistaking it for a farm. His observations relating to this “farm” are honest and completely believable as coming from an eight year old: “Why do the farmers wear pajamas?” as he mistakes the camp uniforms for sleepwear. “Why can’t I play with the children?” since he is bored. And to the prisoner helping in his own kitchen, “Why did you quit being a doctor to be a potato peeler?” Knowing what we know about the Holocaust, each of his questions has a raw power.
The focal point of the movie is the unlikely friendship between Bruno and an 8 year old Jewish boy, Shmuel, a prisoner in the camp. (The movie does not strive for absolute historical accuracy; most kids under 15 were killed upon their arrival.) While exploring one day, the young German boy happens upon the camp’s barbed, electrified fence finding the young Shmuel sitting forlornly behind a pile of concrete. Shmuel is not aware of all that goes on at the camp (for instance, he believes the ovens to be burning old clothes), but Bruno has absolutely no frame of reference for it anyway. He understands everything only from his own experiences. This friendship leads to several scenes of almost indescribable agony, one of which brought gasps from virtually all in the theater and the other brought tears to many including me. When you grasp what is about to happen at the end, it’s all you can do to stay and finish the movie. The scene between the two boys in which Bruno is informed by Shmuel that he cannot come to his house and play is as poignant as any ever filmed. Bruno simply does not comprehend that his friend is in a prison and asks him, “What did you do?” Shmuel replies, “I’m a Jew.” The silence that follows that exchange is punctuated by the looks of incomprehension on the face of the young German and resignation on the face of the young Jew. It is far more powerful than any additional lines of dialogue.
The final, gut wrenching scene features Elsa frantically searching for her son and weeping uncontrollably when she begins to realize what has happened. I could not help but think of all the Jewish mothers, grandmothers, wives and sisters who also wept for their lost loved ones. I also could not help but think that if one life was important, all lives were and if none were important, then neither was that of a cute German kid.
Do not go expecting a docu-drama or emphasis on the historical aspects of the Holocaust or Germany in the 1930’s. Very little is given. Knowledge of the historical events are assumed. This movie is an exploration of the emotional impact of what was famously called “the banality of evil” as witnessed through the eyes of a child.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is rated PG-13 for thematic material concerning the Holocaust. There is some violence, but most is off screen. There are no swear words, nudity or sexuality, but this movie would be difficult for kids younger than middle school. The movie features British and American actors who speak English. It takes a little getting used to, but, IMO, is better than a bunch of faked German accents.
November 25, 2008
The Church as Missionary: A Global Networking Dialogue
The Church as Missionary: A Global Networking Dialogue
January 12, 13, 2009-St. Louis, MO
The world is changing. Actually, it has already changed several times over in the past decade or two. Technology and globalization are creating quantum change instead of the linear progression of generations past. But, when it comes to the local church and mission, things plod along as they have for decades. Many churches still primarily engage in mission through sending their dollars off to a denominational agency or parachurch ministry while their own people remain passive in the task that God has given them. With the world nearing 7 billion people, the rise of the indigenous Church of the global South, and America emerging as one of the greatest mission fields in the world, we believe that the local church has a more vital role to play now than ever before in proclaiming and living out the gospel, both globally and locally. It seems, though, that few churches really step into the purpose of God in this area. What if local churches networked together to pray and find out where God was working, share opportunities and best practices, and encourage one another along in their God-given task? What if the Church became the missionary, instead of farming out our calling to others? What if we partnered together to directly engage in global missions and domestic church planting?
Some of us believe that this is possible. We believe that God is igniting the local church to step to the forefront of His work in the world. Each local church has gifts, talents, vision, and people who are already engaged in the world around them. Each Christian and church has a God-given purpose to fulfill. What if a network formed that encouraged each participating church in the task of impacting the world globally and locally by maximizing what is already happening the lives of the people in our churches? If churches in the network partnered together to share vision, people, and resources to impact lostness, couldn’t we do far more together as the engaged people of God to transform the world, than we could separately? We’d love to join with some other folks who are thinking about the same things.
On January 12-13 in St. Louis, MO, a group of pastors, leaders, and thinkers, will come together to engage in guided discussion regarding the possibility of networking to specifically engage in global and local mission by putting the local church on the forefront of the task God has given us: discipling nations. Some of us are Southern Baptists. We have our own missions agencies and cooperative giving program. This is not meant to take away from that, but we recognize that just sending money to denominational agencies and passively waiting for them to initiate work will do little to fulfill the Great Commission. Local churches must be engaged in the task in a more direct way. We’re thinking that we would be more effective at that if we partnered with others.
We are specifically inviting you to join a few dozen leaders to engage with this concept and see if God is wanting to link some folks together to help one another become more effective. This is not about starting an organization or collecting money-the last thing we need is more bureaucracy. If this goes well, the local church will be at the forefront and the network will exist in the shadows. We don’t have a name for what we are wanting to do. We might just call it, “that missional thing.” But, we believe that God is up to something and if we can help one another engage the world more effectively, then we will have accomplished our task.
This is not a standard conference or seminar where a lineup of speakers download terabytes of information to process later. Discussion initiators will be brief and on point leading to dialogues directly related to network building. Real value will be added to your ministry objectives and church mission as a result of your participation.
If this resonates with your heart, plan to be in St. Louis so that together we can help one another move our churches to the front line of Kingdom work in this world!
For more information, please leave your email address in the comment section (use this format: name[at]provider[dot]com to avoid spambots). You will be contacted in short order.
Grace and Peace,
Marty Duren, Lead Pastor
New Bethany Baptist Church
Buford, GA
Alan Cross, Pastor
Gateway Baptist Church
Montgomery, AL
November 10, 2008
Remembering Kristallnacht
Crystal Night. The Night of Broken Glass.
October 1938 saw the forced deportation of thousands of German Jews to the Polish border where some were allowed immigration but many waited. All were uprooted from their homes and dispossessed, many traveled penniless. This deportation was an inevitable result of the cumulative 90 discriminatory, anti-Jewish laws passed in Germany from 1933 to 1935.
Living in Paris was the seventeen year old son of two of the displaced, Herschel Grynszpan. From his sister, who was with their parents, he had received a post card telling him of their plight and asking for any money he could spare. The family had lived in Hanover for twenty seven years. After receiving the post card, Grynszpan purchased a newspaper where he read in graphic detail of the deportations from Germany. On Monday, November 7, he took a loaded pistol to the German embassy where, “in the name of 12,000 persecuted Jews,” he shot Ernst vom Rath, fatally wounding him.
Not wanting to miss a golden opportunity to further their warped agenda, during the night and morning of November 9 and 10, 1938 (seventy years ago today), Nazi goons all over Germany set fire to more than 200 Jewish synagogues and smashed the windows of 7,500 of Jewish owned stores and businesses. One writer called it,
the crowning moment in the wild domestic terror that Germans perpetrated upon Jews.
In villages, towns and cities across Germany, Jewish residents were awakened to the sounds of shattering glass and beaten flesh. Around 100 were killed and some 30,000 taken to concentration camps. A picture from the day shows German citizens lining a street while Nazi policemen march Jewish men toward a transport to Dachau. A Bible twisting sign held in the crowd reads, “Exodus of the Jews.”
It bears remembering that Hitler did not come into power by a coup, but by the will of the people of Germany. Runaway inflation, national shame and the loathed Treaty of Versailles primed the country to listen to the pseudo psychological babblings of the mustachioed madman. The primary motivation that prepared ordinary Germans to accept the leadership of a man who was obviously either crazy, demon possessed or both was not reason; what Hitler believed did not make sense and was against any real science. It was not based on history; Jews had been in Germany, and Europe, for generations. It was not based on parasitism; Jews contributed greatly to the German economy, being hardworking business people.
It was based on fear. German nationalistic pride was in shambles. The German economy was suffering from runaway inflation. The German military forces were supposed to be severely curtailed and military aircraft non-existent. The German people lived in fear of the future and into the leadership void stepped Adolph Hitler, who was welcomed with open arms and admired with open hearts.
About a month ago, we had the opportunity to go to a nearby town and hear a presentation by Holocaust survivor, Eugen Shoenfeld, retired professor from Georgia State University and author of My Reconstructed Life. He recounted his story from the age of 17 when he boarded a crowded train car with scores of other Jews where they rode four days with virtually no food and only a bucket for a toilet. Upon finally arriving at the destination, they began disembarking into two lines at the heads of which stood a man in a leather jacket who was motioning some people to the right and others to the left.
The place was Auschwitz.
The man was Dr. Joseph Mengele.
Many of Schoenfeld’s family were unwittingly condemned on the spot, while he and other family members joined the hundreds of Jews already in laborious, sickening captivity. Schoenfeld lived until he and the remaining survivors were liberated by American soldiers. The irony of being freed by American Lt. Schwartz was not lost on the young man.
Following the story of his life, the retired professor reminded us of the emotion that drove virtually an entire country to support Hitler: fear. He reminded us that fear causes otherwise rational people to do completely irrational things. At that moment in our country, we were just in the beginning of the economic meltdown from the mortgage crisis. Wall Street was in a panic and it seemed that decision after decision was being made as a result of fear, whether a hastily conceived bailout or 401(k) owners selling out stocks and moving into cash. Fear is not a link to wisdom or patience.
Fear, no matter what the “boogie man” behind it, causes people to willingly, and often eagerly, sell their future for a “mess of pottage.” It happens over and over again in our world. Fear of one government causes submission to a war lord. Fear of liberalism causes conservatives to make bad decisions. Fear of another terrorist attack, well, interpret events as you will. Fear war and you vote for Barack Obama. Fear Barack Obama and you vote for anyone else. Regardless of who is president, we can never allow fear to lead us to willingly give up our basic rights. Once given, they are rarely returned. Just ask the Germans. Wearing the cloak of fear, the Reichstag gave unfettered authority to Hitler, making themselves puppets in his dictatorship.
Leadership is forged in time of crisis to be sure, but the hammer of the molding is never fear. Life leadership has to be from faith, wisdom and boldness, never from fear, uncertainty and weakness. If there are any citizens that live free from fear and exhibit the patience to evaluate circumstances based on the truths of God, it ought to be His people. Let it be so.
November 4, 2008
Live blogging the election returns…for fun
10:40 pm
It’s almost a done deal. Going to bed.
10:05 pm
TX GOP senator retains his seat, Dem in Montana also in IA. GOP replacement senator, Roger Wicker of MS wins the election and keeps the Dems from gaining a filibuster proof majority, if things stand.
Shot goes to Hume with Bill Kristol in the background with his nose stuck eight inches deep in some paperwork. Looks funny.
McCain campaign says, “There doesn’t appear to be any path” to victory. Losing NM and IA seems to have been the icing on the cake. They don’t believe that any republican could have survived the “credit tsunami.” If you towed the party line, then I agree whole heartedly, but if you bucked the party line, the candidate would have stood a chance.
10:00 pm
Got an email, purportedly from a Christian leader asking me to pray for one candidate, but not the other one. I guess we only pray for the ones we like, not like God commands, “all those in authority.”
Looks like Obama is closing in states where McCain was leading and maintaining in the states where he was already leading. Mecklinburg County (Charlotte), NC is going to Obama bigger than it went for Kerry in ’04.
EVs- Obama 207, McCain 129 (Fox calls McCain for TX, though neither candidate made a single trip there).
Obama- IA
McCain- UT
9:48
Fox panel reiterates that this is a “protest election.” Not voting for or against Obama, but voting against Bush and identifying McCain with him.
Listening to the exit polls, it sounds like, “McCain would be a better president, that’s why we’re voting for Obama.” This is a weird country.
9:35
A few thoughts on the electoral college that strange animal by which we elect the president. According to Wikipedia:
Some nations with complex regional electorates elect a head of state by means of an electoral college rather than a direct popular election. The United States is the only current example of an indirectly elected executive president, with an electoral college made up of electors representing the 50 states and one federal district. Each state has a number of electors equal to its total Congressional representation (in both houses), with the non-state District of Columbia receiving three electors and other non-state territories having no electors. The electors generally cast their votes for the winner of the popular vote in their respective states, but are not required by law to do so.
I really don’t have a problem with it and, frankly, it may not be as fairly proportioned as it could be if it is to be based on actual population. It does seem that the electoral college should be more representative of the popular vote, though that strange animal “winning the electoral college while losing the popular vote” is so rare as to be an endangered species.
A Fox reporter just said, “John McCain has made 2,000 visits to Pennsylvania in the past few months.” Busy guy!
9:25 pm
If the numbers stand, McCain is in trouble. It didn’t help him that he brought Dick Cheney out on the campaign trail this week. How utterly stupid.
Senate seats are Dems up 4.
9:20 pm
A friend of mine is happy that Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer is now Former.
Hume is enamored with the touch giant screen thing. Karl Rove things thinks that McCain has to win everything and still cannot win, unless he turns a state from the last election. Fox has called OH for Obama.
National vote total is Obama up about 70,000 or so on Politico.
9:13 pm
Fox dropped 17 votes from the Obama column without comment yet; now at 163.
9:02 pm
Dems pick up 1 in the House.
EVs- Obama 180, McCain 81 (as called by Fox)
Obama- WI, NM, MN, NY, RI, MI
McCain- ND, KY, WY
Lots of yucking it up over some mistake. Brit Hume still looks like a hound dog, but I like him.
8:58 pm
WPE- Within Precinct Error. When there is a differential, Fox hesitates to make a call. In VA, Obama is 10.8% higher in exit polls than in actual votes. This means that Obama supporters are willing to participate in the exit polls more often than McCain supporters leading to skewed results.
Popular vote is 50-50.
County by county voting in Indiana shows a few more counties going Democratic this time than in the last two elections.
Lots of talk today about Obama governing from the center, much like Clinton did. The reality is that Clinton had to deal with Republican houses of congress–Obama will not. Is American a center-right country or a center-left country? We shall see.
Obama leads early in Ohio, McCain in North Dakota and Texas.
8:50 pm
EVs- Obama 103, McCain 69
FL loses a house Republican seat and keeps a seat.
Some reports of voter fraud, but few documented. Things in most places seem to be going smoothly.
8:38
NBC called GA for McCain just now. Their map looks awful.
8:26
Obama just picked up 1 EV?? What is that, Guam?!
“Well, Pa…” Reporter on Fox looks like Opie Taylor.
Still early reports have Obama blowing out NC, but still trailing in VA and IN. Dems pick up 3 senate seats. Fox wants to call PA for Obama without any precincts actually being counted, but refusing to do so. Perhaps they are learning a little. Apparently there was as much as an eleven point discrepancy between the exit polls and the actual numbers in some places.
NH loses a Republican–Sununu loses to Jeanne Shaheen. Smith, anyone? Sununu apparently fought against Bush on many counts, but loses anyway. Net pickup of 3 seats. Dems need 6 of 7 remaining.
8:20 pm
Fox reporting Mitch McConnell, who ran on a “pro-earmark” platform has been re-elected in Kentucky. 200 year old Elizabeth Dole is projected to lose her NC senate seat in a landslide. Another example of Republicans not getting it when they attacked Kay Hagan for supporting atheism, she the Presbyterian Sunday School teacher. Smaaaaart.
Obama picks up another 4 EVs (NH apparently). Democrats pick up 2 senate seats, but have to win all the rest (I think) to reach 60. For the first time in 50 years, Republicans will have lost double digit seats in the House in consecutive elections. Hume makes an interesting point: Democrats have control of both houses of congress, congress has a sorry approval rating and yet Americans are sending more Democrats to congress. Dislike of Bush anyone?
Buffalo leads Miami 14-3. Ooops, that’s ESPN. They are red and blue however.
8:05 pm
Brit Hume just called their studio “the strategery room.” Timothy says, “He’s been watching SNL.”
“I just have to right on the screen. Look, I can make a circle. I can make a slash.” Geez.
Maine still at 2 votes to one. Apparently there is a blizzard of epic proportions keeping people from the polls there. Or a hail storm. Or they don’t know how to count. Fox now calls it for Obama; might as well.
EVs just went Obama 77 to McCain 39.
MA, MD, IL, DC, CO, ME, NJ, DE- Obama
OK- McCain (CNN adds TN for McCain)
And Tulsa is voting on just how to spend their local option sales tax money.
Joe Biden wins seventh term in DE while running for VP with Obama. Biden now passes necessary threshold to stay in office for up to five years after he dies.
Time for a short break.
7:55 pm
Fox has a guy in West Palm who looks like Kato Kaelin. That guy never goes away.
Barack Obama has a monster outdoor “victory party” planned for Grant Park in Chicago. Perfect weather and huge crowd.
Fox has called South Carolina for McCain, while trailing in the popular vote.
Obama up 54% in the popular vote nationally. Fox analyst favors Marlo Thomas.
Bob Barr has a few votes in Dade County FL, where Obama is reporting at 60%.
Some analyst thinks we need to have the polls open for an entire weekend, AFTER we’ve had more than a month to early vote. I really don’t get that. I voted 2 1/2 weeks ago and didn’t wait. Because of early voting, the wait today has lessened dramatically in many areas. My daughter and son-in-law in PA walked in and voted with no wait (after work).
These guys are having waaaaay to much fun with these touch screen TVs. I imagine John Madden, “Boom, Obama needs Gary, Indiana. Look, McCain needs West Virginia….that guy, that guy has mud on his ballot.”
7:45 pm
Random thought: At about 2:30 today, more than 900 people had voted at New Bethany, a local voting precinct. More than 2,100 had early voted from the same precinct. In our county, around 40% of voters cast an early ballot.
cnn.com still has virtually all states too close to call and precious few precincts reporting. McCain’s lead in VA seems to be increasing, while Obama’s in FL seems to be increasing.
Late deciders seem to be breaking to McCain. “White people with little education” (why don’t they just say “rednecks”) also seem to be breaking to McCain. Are those one and the same?
A Fox News reporter just said, “In two thousand oh four…” Interesting phrasing.
7:35 pm
The Republicans ran a guy for governor in West Virginia who looks like Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from Revenge of the Sith. He lost; should have used his light saber.
Obama just took the lead in the popular vote for the first time tonight. McCain up 13-3 in EVs.
7:29 pm
Apparently it took Barack Obama 15 minutes to vote. Beth says it was because he was looking for the “Present” button.
My wife is fixated on that Murtha character from PA. She is calling his a lot of names right now. Four in the last minute. I don’t think she likes him.
McCain up in Indiana with 12% counted. They are saying it is the northwest corner that will turn it to Obama.
7:25 pm
It really is something that Georgia is too close to call. Georgia has not gone for a democratic presidential candidate since Carter, our favored hometown son. For there to be anything close only goes to show how much President Bush has damaged, not rallied, the republican base. If McCain loses Georgia, it will be a foreboding sign indeed.
7:18 pm
There is a holographic reporter on CNN: “Help me Wolf Blitzer. You’re my only hope!” No lie.
7:16 pm
So apparently, Maine only has three residents. And Obama won 2 votes to 1.
My daughter woke up this morning wondering who won the election.
7:12 pm
Until I get tired or fall asleep.
Politico is calling two senate races with no votes reporting. Good call guys.
Currently McCain leads 8-3 in EVs. We’ll see how long that lasts.
The family is watching Fox because it is what is on. They think that the former gov Mark Warner has won. They mention the fact that he is a millionaire as if that means anything.
Georgia senate race: Zaxby Chambliss is probably going to lose because he supported the big bailout and because there is a Libertarian (incorrectly identified as an “Independent” by Fox) who is going to siphon some of his votes. However, this is a runoff situation if no one garners at least 50% plus one vote [thanks, Charlie].
