God is Funny sometimes

You know God surprises me all the time. I know his ways are not our ways, but I am amazed at how he works. You think he's working in a certain way and then BAM! he changes it on you. It's always better. I'm glad it is.

America we've been put to shame

I was watching the football game of the Saint's vs. the Chargers yesterday. The game was in London. Now when I was a kid I remember when the national anthem was played at a sporting event everyone stood up and sang it. We were all out of tune but it was sung with pride. People had their hand over there hearts. What I saw yesterday was an embarrassment for us. When they played the Star Spangled Banner they panned on the teams (I don't expect the English to sing or pledge to our country) and every one of the Saint's that they showed had their hand over their heart, helmet off, and singing or trying to sing it. None of the Chargers they showed had their hands over their hearts, none were singing, some had their helmets on. This is a time to show your respect to our country to a watching world and you are planning what you are going to be doing during the game? Shame on you. And to top it all off when the played God Save the Queen, 81000 U.K. fans sang with it. Have we really slid that far in my lifetime? Reagan was right, one generation can change the course of a nation. Sometimes it can be in a bad way.

Joe Biden is finally asked some hard questions and all he can do is belittle the reporter. Come on Joe. How can you believe that.... oh wait you know saying that will get you votes from the lazy and deadbeats. How can anyone actually think that giving money to people who are not money smart be good for the economy? Trickle down works. It worked in the 80's. It worked in the 2000. The Pres inherited a bad economy from Clinton because of the dot com bubble burst, or have you forgotten. He slashed taxes for everyone but mainly for business. What did that do? Well the owners created more jobs and we as a nation got used to low unemployment, cheap goods, and higher paychecks. But when the housing bubble burst (a failed Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton deal, giving a huge loan to people you know can't pay it back is stupid) and it upset the apple cart a little you all went into panic saying it was Bush's fault, even though he warned 6 years ago that this would happen and Congress republicans did the same 4 years ago, but please ignore the facts, lets put a Marxist in charge. Learn econ 101 people.

Michael Farris on the Colbert Report

I'm still sore!

This past weekend I helped put on the annual Meeting of the Masters for the Gospel Martial Arts Union www.gmau.org. This is an intense weekend of training were martial artists and masters from all over the world come to Indianapolis, IN to teach and get training with Christian brothers, sisters and teachers. Side Note: Most people hear 'Christian martial arts' and think, wimpy, no backbone, only as a last resort. This is not the case with the GMAU. We had 4 Grandmasters (2 of which are the figure heads of their art form) and a little over a dozen of instructors most being a 5th degree black belt or higher. Back on track: So Friday I arrive and go up to watch the special session for those that arrive early, and then participate in the two hardest classes of the weekend, knowing I was fighting that night in at least one competition. Big mistake, I'm glad I was in the classes but I was dead by that night. The outcome would probably be the same though so I'm glad I went. So we have the triple crown competition on Friday night which consist of Kata, Grappling, and Full Contact fighting. I knew I was doing either the grappling or full contact. I was told to see how I felt after grappling to determine if I would fight in the full contact as well. So I get signed up for grappling and find I'm slated to fight the man that helps me with my training most.... who happened to be the reigning champion. Now I have only been in the martial arts for a little over a year and have been training to fight for about 3 months so going against the reigning champ is kind of intimidating. Now if I had been pitted against someone else I might have gone a little farther but as it was I got beat bad and fast. So after feeling like my teeth were going to pop out I decided I was good to go into the full contact. The man who beat me in grappling won it all so at least I can say I was beat by the champ. Well the full contact came up and I was pitted against a boxer (a golden glove boxer I found out later) and I had spared against him before and knew he hit hard so i knew I would have to take a few punches. He hit me a few times and I went in for the takedown and he just waled on my head, man his fist were fast. Well I don't know if it's a TKO or not cause I I blacked out and went down but was conscious and was able to tap. So I was out in the first round of both but was later told it was what I needed. So the inside of my lip is still cut(from getting hit on the mouth and cut on the mouth guard) it hurts like the dickens and I have a few bruses but over all I'm better and ready to start training again.