I was on my annual girls trip this weekend and let me tell you, there was a TON of junk available 24-7. When we are together, we know how to eat. Two of the gals are in the restaurant business and they know their food. So I have to be very mindful. I didn't do the late night rally's burger run, I went to the quick shop and got water instead.
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In all the coverage I viewed and read seven years ago, God was very absent from the overall picture (except Allah), and there was certainly no Jesus. Even the minister who prayed at the Shanksville, Pa. memorial service with President Bush uttered a politically correct prayer and left Jesus out.
While athletes took center stage at much of the televised Olympic coverage, the Olympic hostesses faced some of the stiffest competition behind the scenes. Finding the right Olympic hostesses was fairly comparable to choosing the Rockettes in their prime, except China's population tops the U.S. by over a billion people.
Today is the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Although polls show Americans are less fearful of another terrorist attack now than at any time since that fateful day, the threat remains extremely high--in fact, much higher and more complex than most Americans dare comprehend. A new study conducted for the Pentagon by a group called Forecasting International lays it out in chilling detail:
There are lots of opinions as to whether we're winning the war against Islamic terrorists, which President Bush has dubbed as the more politically palatable but inaccurate "war on terror."
Most people remember where they were on September 11, 2001. I was sitting at my computer at home when my son shouted, "Dad, you need to come see this."
Window International Network is launching "Praying Through The Window 9: Global Terrorism & World Religions in the month-long 10/40 Window" intercession initiave, which will launch on October 1, 2007. The purpose of this annual prayer event is to see the religious walls of oppression in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia be brought down so that the Gospel can be preached to all who will hear.
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Today I received the sad news that the teenaged son of a good friend died last night. He and some "buddies" decided it would be fun to experiment with heroin. Just once.
Talk about political hardball. The Obama campaign thinks its more like lowball.