The Foray

Please!!! Tell Me It's Not Come to This in Washington, D.C.!

This is NOT good! (here) How long can a nation survive doing stuff like this? It's truly sad.

What's becoming of the United States of America?

Greg 

Hopeful Signs from President-Elect Obama

As I've written previously, I have some serious concerns about the presidency of Barack Obama. However, as a Christian, I am committed to praying sincerely and faithfully for him as he leads our country (1 Timothy 2:1-3; 1 Peter 2:13-17), and to wanting only the best for him.

(From experience, I know how challenging it is trying to lead a local church; I can't comprehend trying to lead an entire nation!)

I came across two articles this morning that made me think (and from unlikely sources, at least as far as I'm concerned) -- one from Cynthia Tucker writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; the other from an interview Obama did with MTV News.

Article #1: Tucker, editor of the opinion section of the AJC (and someone I can't recall EVER agreeing with until now), believes the Obamas may be able to serve as positive role models of marriage in the black community. As she writes,

"Wed 16 years in October, the Obamas conceived their two daughters, Malia 10, and Sasha 7, after the wedding. While that kind of traditional couplehood is losing popularity in every corner of the country, it has all but disappeared in black America, where more than 70 percent of children are born outside of marriage."

She goes on to say that president-elect Obama can "present his family as an alternative -- a very attractive alternative. Who knows? The new, new thing could be marriage." 

Interesting! I confess I hadn't thought of this angle.

Article #2: In the MTV News interview, Obama was asked what he thought about "anti-sagging-pants ordinances" (When I was in grade-school, we actually had such an "ordinance." The principal was often seen carrying it through the halls; it was called a paddle. ).

Here is his response:

"I think a law about wearing sagging pants is a waste of time. We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, getting health care, dealing with the war in Iraq. Any public official who is worrying about sagging pants probably needs to spend some time focusing on real problems out there."

"Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You're walking by your mother, your grandmother, and your underwear is showing ... What's wrong with that? Come on. There are some issues that we face that you don't have to pass a law [against], but that doesn't mean folks can't have some sense and some respect for other people. And, you know, some people might not want to see your underwear -- I'm one of them."

Obama went on to say that employers who ban sagging pants or provocative clothing in the workplace are well within their rights.

As I see it, some hopeful signs from president-elect Obama.

Greg

Couldn't Resist!

 

And I couldn't make the picture fit ... but you get the idea!

In Anticipation of the Presidential Debate Starting in About Ten Minutes

I was just thinking how I wish I could draw. I really do! 

I've always thought it must be such fun being able to draw whatever zanny (or serious) thing that pops into your mind. 

Me? I can't draw a stick man. For some reason, everything I attempt appears ... how shall I put it? ... "flat," one-dimensional, and displeasing to the eye. 

Gail Rankin on the other hand? WOW! She can draw anything, as every Dinner and Dessert Theatre we've ever had has demonstrated!

As for the magazine cover, I don't know why I find it so funny. Maybe it's the look on McCain's face, his skin rippling in the wind and his tie blown upon his shoulder. Or maybe it's Palin in a dress and high heels with her now famous hairstyle, peddling furiously with that hockey-mom grit!

Greg

PS By the way, it's an interesting question!