How To Close Down The Neighborhood Strip Club

Central Florida's Local6.com news page posted today a local story about a strip club in Flagler County whose owners are proposing to tear down the club if the town allows condominiums on the property.

Why the change of heart? Apparently, protesters persisted outside the adult dance club rain or shine. And they were hi-tech protesters! They have been taking photos of patrons and posting them on the internet.

An excerpt:

"Persistence wears out resistance, or at least that's what protesters say," Local 6 News reporter Tarik Minor said.

You can read the whole story here.

Hat tip: Drudge Report

Spring Forward!

Uh-huh, it's THAT time.

I know there are several ways you deal with it. My favorite way is moving my watch and clocks one hour forward at midnight of the Saturday just before it changes over to the Sunday when Daylight Saving Time begins.

That Sunday this year is April 2nd. So on the midnight of April 1st, I adjust my time pieces.

You will lose one hour of sleep.

Don't be late for church.

Yay, David Limbaugh!

What did I tell you about David Limbaugh? The guy is simply good reading.

Try a sampling of his most recent post at David Limbaugh.com:

Aren't we witnessing a glaring double standard here? When the Clintons brandish the Bible, where is Maureen Dowd to warn of an impending theocracy? Why doesn't the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne vilify Hillary for "the exploitation of strong religious feelings" and using "religion as a wedge issue" like he did George W. Bush after the 2004 election?

Incisive. Just incisive.

Read the whole post...

Catch you all later.

God bless you.

How About Them "Values" Voters, Huh?

Here's one event the MSM will not mention to you or, if they ever do, will bury somewhere in the back pages of their fishwrap, er, papers.

There's a nice story about it posted today at the website of The Washington Times titled 'Values voters' call for congressional action by Julia Duin. It reports about the "War on Christians and the Values Voters in 2006" conference held yesterday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. In this summit of evangelical Christians and conservative Catholic and Jewish activists, a "Values Voters' Contract with Congress" was produced. It outlines what the religious minded expect of their elected representatives.

It brings to mind the Republican Party's 1994 "Contract with America." The "Values Voters' Contract" enumerated ten aims, from legislation to keep the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to laws that guarantee greater religious freedoms in the workplace.

Here's a quote:

…Jeff Ballabon of the New York-based Center for Jewish Values said today's culture wars "aren't just a war on Christians."
"This is a war on America, a war on God and a war on all believers," he said.
"Our battle," said Rabbi Aryeh Spero, president of Caucus for America, "is the battle of the ages, and that's of great import. We are aligned with Elijah, with Jesus and with Moses."

Read the whole story...

Hat tip: Lucianne.com

Avian Flu---Time's A-Tickin'...Part 2

Today we discuss the current world status of the bird flu.

In the meantime, there is reason to hope. Apparently, at present, most of the strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus are unable to reside in human upper respiratory tracts. This makes human-to-human transmission through sneezing and coughing unlikely so far.

Read the account in Scientific American: Bird Flu Resides Deep in Lungs, Preventing Human-to-Human Transmission

Only one H5N1 strain, the A/Hong Kong/213/03, has shown the ability to latch onto receptors on cells in the upper respiratory tract as well as deep in the lungs. Most strains attach only to receptors in the deepest regions of the lungs, not a good condition for efficient transmission.

However, experts continue to monitor H5N1. Strains with the ability to recognize human receptors could bring us one step closer to a pandemic.

The current status....

Health experts have been watching this influenza for almost eight years. The H5N1 strain first infected humans in Hong Kong in 1997, causing 18 cases, including six deaths. Since mid-2003, this virus has caused the largest and most severe outbreaks in poultry on record. In December 2003, infections in people exposed to sick birds were identified.

Since then, over 100 human cases have been laboratory confirmed in four Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam), and more than half of these people have died. Most cases have occurred in previously healthy children and young adults.

Fortunately, at the current time, the virus does not jump easily from birds to humans or spread readily and sustainably among humans. Should H5N1 evolve to a form as contagious as normal influenza, a pandemic could begin. (World Heath Organization, October 2005)

Since the October report from WHO, the H5N1 virus has moved along what are thought to be migratory bird paths to Turkey, Romania, China, Croatia, Ukraine, Kuwait, Iraq, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Russia, Iran, Austria, Germany, Egypt, India, France, Hungary, Malaysia, Slovakia, Bosnia, Georgia, Niger, Sweden, Switzerland, and Serbia. Extensive efforts are being made across the world to stop the spread of this virus.

The World Health Organization has developed an alert system to communicate the current situation in the evolution of this virus.

The present situation is categorized as phase 3: a virus new to humans is causing infections, but does not spread easily from one person to another.

We do not know when the H5N1 virus will infect birds in the US. We do not know when the virus will change to be able to infect humans on a greater scale.

Scientists say it will happen.

Are you prepared?

Next:
What you can do to prepare now.

For more information on the history and current status go to: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic/keyfacts.htm

For The Sake Of Our National Security

I'm off with my son to a weekend church retreat. Was so busy with the preps, I'm just compelled to blog very lightly.

Here's one though that should be good reading. Over at David Limbaugh.com, as usual, a great post titled, Bush Fighting Back.

A notable quote:

In his appearances the president has been providing a substantive refutation of the critics' charges, including their lies about his "lies" on WMD and the NSA surveillance program.

That's important, but it is even more critical that the people have an opportunity to observe his demeanor. They can assess by the tone of his voice and the expression on his face whether he is a man of integrity.

Read the rest of the column...

I like David Limbaugh. There is an easy flow to his column. And I like that he takes his time. You may not see him posting everyday but whenever he does, it is almost always must reading.

Catch you all later.

God bless you.

Avian Flu---Time's A-Tickin'...

Avian Flu. What is it? Why is it in the news every week? Why should I care?

Do you know the answers to these questions?

Over the next few postings, we will be sharing brief information with you to help answer these questions and more. We will also post links to important internet sites to expand your knowledge and help you prepare.

What is Avian Flu?

Avian flu refers to a group of different flu viruses that primarily affect birds. On rare occasions, these bird viruses can infect other species, including pigs and humans. The majority of avian flu viruses do not infect humans. A flu pandemic happens when a new virus emerges that has not previously infected humans. The H5N1 avian virus that is spreading across continents has not circulated in humans before. For this reason, avian H5N1 is a strain with pandemic potential. It is thought by scientists that this strain will ultimately adapt into a strain that is contagious among humans. Once this adaptation occurs, it will no longer be a bird virus--it will be a human flu virus.

Pandemic: An epidemic of disease with a worldwide scope. The "black death" (bubonic plague) in the middle ages and the influenza strain that killed millions across the world in 1917-20 are examples.

For more in-depth information from the World Health Organization go to:

WHO Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions

Next: Current world status of the Avian Flu.

Where To Find The Good In Iraq

Tired of the mainstream media's (MSM) incessantly negative spin on Iraq? (The MSM is hopelessly fixated on the 60's and Viet Nam and they think they could grand stand another "Nixon" again.)

Well, here's one resounding endorsement of the internet and blogs as good sources of un-spinned news about Iraq. Over at Expose The Left blog, a quote:

One woman, a military wife, told President Bush about her husband’s career as a military broadcast journalist and the footage he got about how great things are going in Iraq. She told the President that many cable news channels are just not reporting good news and only the bad news. She wanted to know what people could do to see the good happening in Iraq. President Bush’s answers: The blogs and the internet:

Read the whole post here...

Hat tip: Pajamas Media.

Cut Him Into Little Pieces For His Christian Faith

Tapscott’s Copy Desk blog has an excellent post on Abdul Rahman, the Afghan Christian who converted from the Muslim faith. He has since lost his family, his children and standing in his community.

He may soon lose his life too, since it is a capital crime to be a Christian in a nation subjected to Sharia. Inspite of Muslims claiming that theirs is a religion of peace.

Plenty of nice questions, like:

Where is Bush? Where is the mainstream media?

And:

Where are Hollywood and the Glitterati? Where are Barbara Streisand? Where is Cindy Sheehan? George Clooney? Sean Penn? All the rest of the intellectual elite of the entertainment world who think it their inherent right to instruct the rest of us on the virtues of tolerating everything from porn to persecution? Everything except the simple faith of one Christian man standing by himself in a Muslim nation.

Read the whole post here…

And a good follow up here…

You Never Know How Important Something Is

Until you lose it.

I guess, since I have not posted in a long while, this blog nearly disappeared. I'm glad I paid it a visit today and saw that the main page has practically disintegrated.

A major overhaul happened in my life. That's cutting through the chase in trying to explain my absence. Please know that the guilt cuts through my heart. But moving my entire life and family out of a church and city to another church and city, not to mention the responsibilities that needed transitioning, and the fight of our life in order to keep our property (don't get me started on this) were too sweet an adventure to put in the backburner. I had to jump into the fray forsaking everything else.

I know I could have posted a "time out" call but I seriously did not know how long I was going to be gone---or if I was coming back. I thought leaving the site without a word was more hopeful than saying a wishy-washy goodbye.

I deeply apologize.

But, hey, like figuring out a way to reconstruct my main page, I'm back. Maybe not with barrels blasting but I could seriously make tries at perhaps intermittent but regular postings.

It is the LORD's hand that straightened out everything that was in disarray that now carves out time for me to give this a shot again.

To Him be glory and power and honor!

I love you all.