Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Rediculous

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/18/chrisrockmom.discrimin.ap/index.html
The above link to CNN is the story of Chris Rock's mom, Rose, and her "discrimination" from Cracker Barrel.
Rose plans to sue Cracker Barrel because she was seated and then ignored for half an hour. The reason she was ignored? Well whatever reason could there be but that she's black? Give me a break....How does being ignored at a busy resturaunt cause you to automatically assume you're being racially discriminated? If being ignored for 30 minutes by your waitor at Cracker Barrel is your only basis, then I should go ahead and plan to sue myself for the countless time it's happened to me there. Cracker Barrel's a busy resturaunt. You almost ALWAYS have to wait 30-45 minutes to even be seated. (Their biscuits and hashbrown casserole are worth the wait, btw).
(Rose, be sure to make a point in arguing they named Cracker Barrel what they did because they only wanted to serve 'crackers'.)

Monday, October 09, 2006

Vote _____ for Governor!

Why can't we find a Christian poilitician who knows what they're doing and stand for Biblical ideals? Is it really that impossible? In my opinion, Rick Perry hasn't done such a great job in his years of "governship" but he's the only candidate I back on moral issues. Democratic candidate Chris Bell made the most sense in the Governor Debate last night and I agree with a lot of it, but I strongly oppose his moral views. I agree with Chris Bell on:ImmigrationBell supports the use of National Guard troops along the US-Mexico border. He also supports the McCain-Kennedy bill that would provide a so-called "pathway" to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants already in the country, provided they had jobs, learned English, paid fines and met certain other requirements. EducationBell is dedicated to increasing spending for the Texas public education system. He wants to focus on acquiring and retaining quality teachers, stopping textbook censorship, and taking the focus away from standardized tests like TAKS. He wants to create a bipartisan committee on public education and give school districts more local control. Finally, he wants to make Texas higher education affordable. He wants to end the tuition deregulation put in place by Rick Perry, which caused a 23% average increase in tuition at Texas state schools. He also wants to give public universities the state funding they need to remain competitive and to help students by making textbooks tax free. And his stand against Trans-Texas CorridorA toll road (the Trans-Texas corridor) as proposed would consume 1.5 million acres (6000 km²) of farmland and 150 square miles of privately owned property. Bell plans to put an immediate stop to the project and open it up to public debate.But all of that good is not worth the unborn babies killed in the process of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (of which he is for). I'm fully for Stem Cell Research, but not at the cost of unborn babes when we can be using umbilical cords to receive stem cells needed for research without the disposal of a child.Bell is also a lifelong proponent of gay rights. Bell also supports civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, and is against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.So what are we as christians to do?