a quote

The God of Heaven may be omnipotent in his dealings with sin in the next life,

but the God of the Government prefers to handle sinful matters in this life.

I found this quote terribly amusing

(which is, of itself, an interesting turn of phrase)

Altho the here-after is ours for the imagining or defined by our belief system;

The here-and-now is quite well defined, immediate and enforced daily.

unacceptable

22,113 Total U.S. Casualties

2,602 Dead

19,511 Wounded

we should not be in Iraq

we have lost too much

a quote from Aristotle brought this home to me today

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"It is not enough to win a war,

it is more important to organize the peace."

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we are doing neither

bring our soldiers home

information source:
http://icasualties.org/oif_a/CasualtyTrends.htm

mantis

vacations & rain

vacations are a good thing
they give you time to get your head back on

rain is faling on the desert...
lots & lots of rain

the storms are amazing to watch as they roll over the land

sometimes there is a rainbow that travels with the storm
sometimes they just hang out alone on the edges

the floods are also rolling over the desert
washing out & over roads

it would be a good day to stay in & read
but work calls

so off we go

maybe on the way home I can raise my face to the rain to catch some of it's cleansing for my soul