Quote du jour

"What we know not, teach us.
What we have not, give us.
What we are not, make us."

-a pastor's prayer

A Modest Prayer Request

That's ridiculous- probably explains why you're such a mediocre loser yourself

— Gipper's gravespin (@ReaganiteGOPer) September 10, 2018

I used to be friends with the "Reaganite Republican" (Now the Reaganite Independent). He even asked me to guest post over at his blog while he vacationed. I don't think about him too much, these days. Occasionally he has commented on my Twitter feed. Usually along the lines of "Get off my lawn!"

I stopped linking to him on the sidebar when he, IMHO, started to "lose it". I had to search for it today to see if his blog was current. (It is) I typically promote the Quote du juor over on Twitter and GAB. The above tweet was the response I got from today's quote.

In my typical mediocre loser fashion, I'd like you to take a moment today, if you are the praying sort, to say a little prayer for James. He seems to me to be very bitter and angry. I did not believe him to be one to spew gratuitous insults, but here we are.

I don't agree with all my friends. Lord knows I don't agree with all my relatives, but I don't gratuitously insult them just because they disagree with me. But, then, I AM a mediocre loser! What do I know?? : )

Mediocre loser that I am, I mistakenly thought he was referring to a Krauthammer quote, when it was actually Anthony Hopkins. My bad!

Update: Faced by making the embarrassing mistake of thinking the Anthony Hopkins quote was mine, dropping a couple of "F" bombs and blaming me and my "dipsh*t" friends for 'taking the nation over the cliff', (I'm going from memory here, since his quotes have been swallowed by a memory hole.)
he responded not by acknowledging his errors, potty mouth or bad attitude, but a tacit acknowledgement that he had no rational response to anything I said.

My responses were nothing but soft answers, blessings and Bible* quotes - nothing offensive or insulting, and... he blocked me! Pity. He used to be a rational conservative.

*  "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh"

What the Democrat Nominee in 2016 Hasn't Got...

Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

A Post Inaugural Invocation

I'm going to do something I virtually never do and that is to repost something I've written earlier. I may post links to earlier stuff, but I very seldom repost anything in its entirety. But, after my open letter to John Boehner, someone took me to task for not similarly encouraging Obama. So here, in its entirety, is my post from Dec. 20, 2008. Feel free to compare what we asked for him with what he has exhibited to date.

I don't normally discuss religion in the context of blogging, but there has been a small tempest in a teapot over Obama's selection of Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church to give the invocation at next month's inaugural events.
Aside from the hypocrisy of pouring vitriol on Pastor Rick because of his views on "gay marriage" while simultaneously excusing Obama who holding the identical view, invited him, I wanted to address the twits who think that criticism of Obama is somehow equivalent to the rabid moonbats' Bush Derangement Syndrome, or that conservatives have something against Obama based solely on his race or skin color, with a pre -inaugural invocation. And since Proverbs 21:1 tells us:

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

I would invite Christians throughout the world to pray this with me, asking God to grant to Obama the very same things that we wanted for President Bush, or any US President:

Almighty God, We ask your blessing upon the next President of the United States.
Give him wisdom beyond his years.
Give him the courage to do what is right and not merely that which is expedient.
Grant that he might always speak the truth without guile.
Give him strength, as the leader of the leading democracy on this world, to stand firm against tyranny and oppression.
Grant him humility that he might see that everything he has is a gift from you.
Grant that he might be a champion for justice and righteousness.
Open his eyes to truth and his heart to understanding.
Watch over him and keep him and his family safe from harm.
And in the fullness of time, grant that his two daughters might come to love and marry upstanding, conservative Republican men*. Amen.

*That last part is optional, but we did say we wanted the same for Obama as we did for Bush, regardless of skin color! Heh.

This invocation will be followed with a comprehensive list of BDS sufferers who have called for Bush to be blessed of God during his presidency:

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2.
3.
4.
5.

Cross Posted at Say Anything
Update: I just learned that the folks over at United Democrats have cross posted this as well.

As a former Democrat, I say "Welcome!" To paraphrase some churched friends of mine:

Obama needs the prayer and we need the practice!

Update II: The link to United Dems no longer takes you to the blog in question. They were probably driven from the ranks of Democrats for saying anything complimentary towards my blog.

We have two more years of Obama. Has there ever been an American president who needed this more? Do not grow weary in well doing...

Fare thee well, President Bush!

Stolen shamelessly from Lady Cincinnatus

A Pre-Inaugural Invocation

I don't normally discuss religion in the context of blogging, but there has been a small tempest in a teapot over Obama's selection of Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church to give the invocation at next month's inaugural events.
Aside from the hypocrisy of pouring vitriol on Pastor Rick because of his views on "gay marriage" while simultaneously excusing Obama who holding the identical view, invited him, I wanted to address the twits who think that criticism of Obama is somehow equivalent to the rabid moonbats' Bush Derangement Syndrome, or that conservatives have something against Obama based solely on his race or skin color, with a pre -inaugural invocation. And since Proverbs 21:1 tells us:

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

I would invite Christians throughout the world to pray this with me, asking God to grant to Obama the very same things that we wanted for President Bush, or any US President:

Almighty God, We ask your blessing upon the next President of the United States.
Give him wisdom beyond his years.
Give him the courage to do what is right and not merely that which is expedient.
Grant that he might always speak the truth without guile.
Give him strength, as the leader of the leading democracy on this world, to stand firm against tyranny and oppression.
Grant him humility that he might see that everything he has is a gift from you.
Grant that he might be a champion for justice and righteousness.
Open his eyes to truth and his heart to understanding.
Watch over him and keep him and his family safe from harm.
And in the fullness of time, grant that his two daughters might come to love and marry upstanding, conservative Republican men*. Amen.

*That last part is optional, but we did say we wanted the same for Obama as we did for Bush, regardless of skin color! Heh.

This invocation will be followed with a comprehensive list of BDS sufferers who have called for Bush to be blessed of God during his presidency:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Cross Posted at Say Anything
Update: I just learned that the folks over at United Democrats have cross posted this as well.

As a former Democrat, I say "Welcome!" To paraphrase some churched friends of mine:

Obama needs the prayer and we need the practice!