Woo Hoo! Sarah Palin for VP!

What a great choice! Of course the liberals are whining about her experience, saying "She was just a mayor for a town of 9000" - typical liberal lies. But in case they are that brain dead, watching CNN, MSNBC etc, then "EARTH to MOONBATS, she is the GOVERNOR of Alaska". Idiots...

And by the way, I thought the moonbats didn't want someone with a lot of Washington experience. I thought that was why they chose Osama Obama, or whatever his name is.

The Fetus Nebula

They should post this one every January 22nd....

W5

They should post this one on Valentine's Day!

NGC1232

Why did God put us here?

We were watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" the other night, and the little girl poses the question "Why did God put us here?" Raymond couldn't answer it, and I haven't watched the rest of the show (side-tracked)so I can't tell you what the final outcome was.

But it reminded me of the 3 BIG questions Charles Colson talks about in "How now shall we live?":

1. Where did we come from and who are we?
2. What has gone wrong with the world? (or, why is there evil?)
3. What is the source of our salvation? (or, what can we do to fix it?)

All religions and philosophies attempt to answer these questions, for example a communist would say:

1. Collection of matter
2. Capitalism
3. Communism (in spite of the fact it always fails)

Marx

"Then I will wander godlike and victorious
Through the ruins of the world
And, giving my words an active force,
I will feel equal to the creator."

~ Karl Marx, from the poem "Human Pride"

Hmmm, sounds like it could have been called "Communism" instead....

Francis Schaeffer on the Environment

Francis Schaeffer is probably my favorite theologian, followed by GK Chesterton, CS Lewis and Malcolm Muggeridge. I like what Schaeffer has said about the environment. I found an interesting website on apologetics here. Here's an excerpt:

"Creation is not equal with God nor is it an extension of God, but “created things have an existence in themselves. They are really there.” As such nature has value in itself since God made it."

"Because God created all things and treats them with integrity, so should we. This is not pantheism, but rather a way of honoring the creator. Thus, as a human, I recognize that I am more valuable than an ant, but the ant is a fellow creature, both of us made by the same God. I have the right to kill him, but only under certain conditions. Schaeffer explains, “We have the right to rid our houses of ants; but what we have no right to do is to forget to honor the ant as God made it, out in the place where God made the ant to be. When we meet the ant on the sidewalk, we step over him.”

Io's Surface

Freecycle.org

This is a pretty interesting website if you have something to give away, or have something you're looking for: http://www.freecycle.org

No more yellow pages

Does anyone use the phone book anymore? I don't. If you don't, you can go here and ask to be removed from their list: Yellowpagesgoesgreen.org

Dichloroacetate

My sister-in-law has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. So, I was strolling around the web and happened upon a new treatment using dichloroacetate in Canada which is getting excellent results. Medicor has been using it for a while now.

Naturally I continued my exploration to see where it could be procured in the USA. That's when I discovered that the FDA has banned it in the US... It has been used for years to treat “congenital lactic acidosis”, and consequently can not be patented. In other words, the drug companies can not make money off it.

So, I checked the FDA website to see why they've banned it, but couldn't find it listed anywhere. It's like they never have even heard of it, let alone banned it. How weird is that?

It can be bought online and shipped to Canada, Italy and Russia for those who are interested. I also read (not verified) that it is actually manufactured in the US. You just can't buy it here.

Cat's Eye Nebula

Paper Mache Troll

How cool is this! Troll