Friday, October 24, 2008

Some places I go

I thought I would pause to invite you to a few other places, some blogs, forums, web sites I visit frequently.

Dale Kimberly is a preacher in Payson, Arizona. The more I read of his writings the more I think "I could have said that!" Except he does a much better job. Visit his blog at http://onedaysoon.blog.com/ or visit the church web site at http://www.paysonchurchofchrist.com/

Old Dad is how Scott Gamel is often referred to. In the early days of CompuServe bulletin boards and UseNet newsgroups, he was "Theo Logix." Eventually, Scott decided that name was cheesy and cumbersome, so he set out to find a new one. When his wife got pregnant with their first child, they were a little bit older than the other first time parents in childbirth classes. Scott was known as the "old dad", and it kind of stuck. Visit his blog at http://fiercegrace.wordpress.com/

One of the problems doing this is I get side-tracked so easily. I've been 2 hours so far writing this! I decided maybe while I was doing this I should update my cheat sheet. Yeah, now I have to stop and explain that.

WAY back when, when I first got started in sales, I started a notebook with a page for each contact. I was dealing with farmers, so I would enter name, address, directions, wife and kids names, dog's name (very important!), kind of tractor they had, etc. It made me look good to quickly review all that before pulling into a place I hadn't been in 6 months.

I started a similar thing with the online forums I am on. I have one for NewAgTalk, Community of Faith, etc. The biggest trouble is keeping them current. So I am doing that while doing this.

I wanted to put a link to Mic's blog, but it appears his addesss has been hijacked. When I click it I get a couple seconds of his blog then a page of links that ... well, I don't think a preacher would prefer them. Cautiously try http://micmarshall.blogspot.com/

Brian has a blog at http://viewfrompleasanthill.wordpress.com/ It's one of those you read and go "Oh .. I don't think I could handle all that" For instance on Oct 3 he wrote"On August 29. I had another stroke, which has kept me down since. In the interim, my wife has been diagnosed with a tumor on her eye , which wil be removed and biopsied on October 6"

Bob Warren has a blog at http://insipidgarbage.wordpress.com/ Oh, and he posted a link to his friend Norm's blog at http://remarkablycalm.wordpress.com Well worth the read.

Well, I've blown 2 hours on this and still not near done. Here are couple forums I frequent:

http://talk.newagtalk.com This is a farm forum, one of the biggest going. Supported entirely by donations, no advertising, no corporate sponsorship, no graphics. If Mike SE IL, or Flatlander, or Chris SE IL, or bmac, or BobTN or any of several folks seem familiar ... probably a good reason.

I am on the Community of Faith Forums ( http://christiansonly.proboards77.com ) a lot. You can be too ... eventually. It is a limited access forum. If you don't register you don't post.

Of course, there is the church web site. www.wucc.us

And I'm on the Tribune Star forums frequently http://community.cnhi.com/groupee/forums/a/cfrm/f/7371021 It's probably the most diverse of any I post on.

Well, that is plenty for now. I still have to go clean up my cheat sheets a little.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Why I can't vote for Mr Obama

As many of you know, I've been struggling with this election. I am not comfortable with either Presidential candidate. I got this email, and after looking at what Snopes.com says about it, it appears legitimate. It says what I am feeling better than my own words do.

Huntley Brown is a concert pianist, a man of God and a black man. I was unfamiliar with him until I received this, so I did a search on him. Very interesting man, extremely talented musician. Go to his web site http://www.huntleybrown.com/ and view the video. I have seen some fantastic pianists, but never anyone who could play a piano like this man!

Snopes asked Mr. Brown if the email was indeed legitimate. In his response he said it was, and made this comment:

"I have problems with both candidates, but the differences I have with Senator Mccain are pale in comparison with the ones I have with Senator Obama"

That pretty much sums up my feelings. This election I feel it is a choice between not so good and not any better.

Why I Can't Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown

Dear Friends, A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it's worth repeating...

First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.

Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads I follow. I can't dictate the terms He does because He is the leader.

I can't vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that's who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won't be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.

In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.

We need to follow Martin Luther King's words, don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I don't know Obama so all I can go off is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)

To beat Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.

There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted No on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. There is a reason he voted No on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted No on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.

Let's take a look at the practice he wanted to continue

The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:

A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.

God help him. There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.

Think about this: You can't give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.

There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.

Obama tells us he has good judgment but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright's sermons. I wonder why now?

Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 - 20 "Go and make disciples of all nations." This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc. The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?

Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a ...

1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.

Would you support a President who went to a church like that?

Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama's former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.

This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.

A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if itʼs a white church or a black church it's still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.

Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.

Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?

So what does all this mean for the nation?

In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing - judgment.

Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 "Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."

Then God says

1 Samuel 1:18 " When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles." 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king."

Here is what we know for sure.

God is not schizophrenic

He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God.

Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.

For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this. I know I can look the other way because of the economy.

I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama's positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.

Since we know someone's value system has to be placed on the nation,

1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation.

2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?

Blessings, Huntley Brown

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Pass the Alka Seltzer

I keep telling myself Romans 8:28 still works. Maybe this fuzzy chart ( from http://quotes.ino.com/chart/?s=CBOT_S.X08&v=d1 ) will help explain.


September 24 beans were just over $12 on the CBOT. (Local cash price the 24th was $11.21) This afternoon they closed at $9.21 (The local elevator would not offer a cash price this afternoon. Can't blame them, since beans closed down 70 cents) {EDIT: The local cash price Tuesday morning was $8.75. That is a drop of $2.46 per bushel.} Down over $2 in 10 days. To put that in perspective, let's say I have 500 acres of beans averaging 50 bu/a (I like numbers I can do in my head). That would be a loss of income potential of $50,000 in 10 days. So there is no need to wonder why I am up doing this at midnight instead of sleeping. I'm not worried, Romans 8:28 still works (God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God) but I do get bothered a bit at times.

Let's think about something else. Back in March I took some photos of the old garage at the Prust place. Mill Creek is undercutting the building and there is not a whole lot that can be done. Here is one looking at the west side from the north


Looking at it from the south end of the building it looked like this

We were over there last week and the west wall had caved off. I decided it was a safety hazard and bumped it a time or two with the loader. Not hard, just a couple bumps. Here is a view from the north side looking along the west wall again taken September 30


I guess I should have asked the landowner first, but it looked like too much of a liability to leave. Some one could have been walking around inside looking at it when the thing gave way. Here is a view from the front. See how the roof is just hanging off on mid-air?


Oh well, I should try and get some sleep. It could be worse. Here is a photo I was sent by email last year.

Takes talent.



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