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The title link, and this one, highlight fundamental issues facing our newly elected "president."
Is he or isn't he?
He certainly hasn't demonstrated much of the "openess" and "transparency" that he campaigned for. I guess "openess" and "transparency" are the schlobs in fly-over-country. You know, like you and me. It's certainly not for the Obama-messiah and his minions.
Obama "has absolutely refused to provide to the American public his original birth certificate, as well as other documents which may prove or disprove his eligibility," Easterling wrote. "In fact, he has fought every attempt made by concerned citizens in their effort to force him to do so."
I am continually astonished at both the arrogance and incompetance of this administration. The Presidency of the United States is not a job to be learned on-the-go.
God Bless Ya'll !
I kike Brigid's way of thinking about life, guns, kids and guns, and most every thing else.
I know many of my readers are married. I would think that more than a few of you have older daughters. But how many of you have had "that talk" with them. You know the one. The one about carrying concealed?
Read her whole post. In fact, make up some of her recipes. I'll be happy to provide the taste testing service. Just send your efforts to . . . . . .
;>)
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The referenced blog by Xavier is kinda hard to read. It's sad, truly sad, that these people possessed guns.
Please note I didn't write that they were "allowed" to possess guns. With Liberty comes responsibility. On that note, they failed. For the male in the story, his failing is obvious. For the female "victim" her failing is just as serious though perhaps not so obvious.
For she chose to associate with an "Idiot with a Gun".
My heart goes out to the surviving family. Perhaps they failed these two individuals. Perhaps these two were not taught the Rules of the Gun - or the Rules of Life - PERIOD. Perhaps these two just didn't "get the memo", were out to lunch or skipped that class. Nevertheless, lives are changed forever by irresponsibility.
We'll re-visit the Rules of the Gun right now (courtesy of Xavier).
PLEASE!1. All firearms are always loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4. Be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
GoDaddy, go! Christians exit over Super Bowl ad
'I know they're trying to make sales, ...that kind of content is not going to fly'
GoDaddy's famously risque Super Bowl ads always pull lots of eyeballs, but the company's latest spots may have resulted in a little too much attention of the wrong kind.
Entrepreneur Brian Harrell, who manages hosting services for dozens of Christian churches and faith-based organizations and uses GoDaddy to host over 160 domains, says he's pulled several of his clients off of GoDaddy's servers after receiving numerous complaints about the company's racy ads that aired during Sunday's game.
"I know they're trying to make sales, but that kind of content is not going to fly in the Christian community," he says.
During Sunday's Super Bowl telecast, the domain registrar and hosting company ran two sexually suggestive ads featuring auto racer Danica Patrick -- one featuring Patrick and a few busty models tossing around double-entendres about their breast size, and another featuring Patrick stripping down and stepping into a shower.
In the hours after the game ended, Harrell says he began receiving complaints from his Christian clients, who demanded their hosting and e-mail services be moved to a different provider.
And the calls kept coming. By Tuesday, Harrell says he has orders to move 20 of his clients' domains off of GoDaddy's hosting service and another 40 off of its web-based e-mail service. He anticipates more calls as word spreads across the Christian community.
GoDaddy has developed a great deal of notoriety for its Super Bowl advertising. The company has ads rejected by broadcasters multiple times for being too racy, and even had one of its ads pulled mid-game before it aired. The company also makes non-sexually suggestive ads for NASCAR and other televised sports with larger Christian fanbases.
In addition to working with churches and faith-based organizations, Harrell runs a sales portal for the wedding and event planning industry at alltimefavorites.com. He has been a GoDaddy customer for almost ten years, so he's more than familiar with the company's sexually charged ads. But after seeing Danicka Patrick showering and nearly showing off her bare breasts, he decided to put his foot down.
"They have to be careful. I think they definitely crossed the line in this case," he says.
Harrell also sent a strongly-worded e-mail to the company, which he provided to Wired.com:
We have clients leaving GoDaddy e-mail and servers due to your non-Christian advertising and exploitation of females in your advertising.
We currently have over 160 domains with you.
Please re-think how your morals and values are looking to the public. It seems that the GoDaddy President seems like a bit of a sex addict or pervert.
I'm assuming you will just respond in "corporate speak" that "I'm sorry you feel that way. It was not our intention to offend (translation to blah blah blah) and we will take your comments under advisement (meaning we will delete your email shortly as we really don't give a crap about morals and Christians, only sales, no really, we don't give a crap.)
I have been in marketing for over 25 years and you really should PRINT this and bring this to your management meeting and read it word-for-word (what really will happen? You will bring it up at the meeting maybe, and everyone will laugh like crazy but inside they know this is a disease that will keep eating at the foundation of GoDaddy until someday it does some serious damage - or when you ALL have to be judged for your sins when you die)
Sincerely,Brian Harrell
The company responded with a boilerplate letter, which reads in part:
Although we wish your opinion of our commercials was a favorable one, please know your feedback is highly valued. At GoDaddy.com, we strongly believe that the freedom to express one's opinions is one of the defining factors that makes the United States a great nation.When Harrell contacted us our first thought was, Christians are using GoDaddy.com for hosting? Haven't they seen the ads?
Harrell, who is a Christian himself, says he's no stranger to the ads or to the suggestive nature of advertising in general. But the ads are costing him business, and he feels it's time the company owns up to what he calls its "immoral and irresponsible" public image.
But what impact will it make on the world's largest registrar of domains? GoDaddy creates its ads in-house, and it does so on the cheap. The spots are incredibly lucrative. According to The Arizona Republic, the Scotsdale, Arizona company's hometown paper, GoDaddy's ads last Sunday resulted in a flood of new customers -- a 110 percent increase over the number of orders it received after the 2008 Super Bowl.
The ads were hugely popular. TiVo says GoDaddy's "Enchanced" ad (the one showing women joking about their breast size) was the game's most-viewed spot. The Associated Press speculates it's because the ad aired during the final moments of the tense game, but it's also the fourth-most-watched ad at Hulu.com's Super Bowl ads microsite. GoDaddy's other ad, featuring Patrick in the shower, ranked at #15 according to Hulu. The "Shower" spot ran during the game's first half.
Even though GoDaddy may think he's small potatoes, Harrell is going to continue his campaign.
He plans to expand his business this year by adding between 1,000 and 2,000 churches to his online directory, and he's not about to recommend GoDaddy's services to any of them.
"(GoDaddy is) going to lose customers like us and every other church we come in contact with," he says.Like the man said: "(GoDaddy is) going to lose customers like us and every other church we come in contact with". GoDaddy has lost our business, too. We have recommended to our clients that they, too, move their accounts to somewhere else.
We're tired of the emarassment
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We've been kinda busy around here for the last few weeks. Today's posts are from earlier this month when things were hectic. Enjoy and, perhaps, learn something.
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It may be that I'm getting sentimental in my "old" age. Sloppy. Maybe the mind is going. The bod' is long gone. Some say it never was! :>) What you see is not what hinders me.
When I read Mike's "An Evening Visit" I felt cold. Inside.
I've never been a physically active individual. Oh, I've hunted, traveled, hiked a bit, worked on cars a bit and so on. Back when I was a kid. You know, before I was 40. Nowadays a sword, a physical, hand-to-hand weapon, is very unattractive for me to use. There are better tools to be had. So far.
Perhaps the time for the physical sword of the "Visit" is not yet upon us. Maybe we are still in the time of the sword of words and non-violent resistance and politics and opinion. Maybe.
I believe we are still in that time. I hope we are. I hope we can stay there for a long time. Not for my sake. For the sake of my children and their children.
Will you take up the sword as well?
Having said all that, maybe we are near the time of the real thing. With the Democrats seemingly in complete control of this nation, I can not call it a republic much longer, we are threatened with the complete loss of our freedom.
In such times, it is hard for me to remember that we are sustained not by might, not by power, but by the Word of the Lord.
Who will stand with Him? For our children's sake.
God Bless Ya'll !
Gene the Aggie From Houston, Texas
