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GodTube presidential poll

Guess who's winning? Huckabee of course, is there any Christian candidate? Though, Obama and Thompson are tied for second :-) Ron Paul only has 6.5%, I guess the Paulians haven't discovered it yet.

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Prof. Steve Taylor left Westminster for Biblical Theological Seminary

I'm glad I had him for New Testament Introduction before he left. I wonder who will be teaching that class now? He was an excellent professor (all of Westminster professors are excellent -- I've never disliked any of my professors).

The NTI class looks at various issues related to the New Testament: Second Temple Judaism, the history of Israel up until Christ's birth and beyond, cannon issues, textual criticism issues and the use of the Old Testament in the New. It really was an interesting class and I learned a lot. Here are three of the books we had to read for the class that I found the most helpful:


This book was very helpful in giving me an understanding of what the environment was like when the New Testament was written. It has chapters on Roman law, rulers, Greco-Roman religion and philosophy. This is a very easy read with pictures :-)


We had to write a paper on this book. I found it helpful in understanding why a Jew would reject Jesus. It isn't hard to see why a Jew who loved the Torah would have a problem with a man would claimed to be the Son of God and who said things like this:

Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

This book was helping in understanding the issues related to compilation and transmission of the New Testament.

Despite their poor showing...

The MSM have decided to stay in the presidential race for the long hail :-)

McCain beat Ron Paul among anti-war Republicans?

Unbelievable and funny, too!

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We are moving the blog to a new platform tomorrow

So, I'll be blogging at Casting Stones tomorrow if I blog at all.

Saudi divorces wife at mall for flirting

A man takes his wife and children to the mall and while there a man hands his her a piece of paper with his number on it. When the husband demands to see the paper the wife refuses to give it to him. So, he did what any man would do in this situation he subjects his family and himself to public humiliation by using the mall microphone to divorce his wife.

Divorce Saudi style? (I wonder how many will get the reference :-)

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Huckabee's new Michigan ad

Back to populism again:

I notice that he didn't mention that he raised taxes as well and that he left the state with a surplus (which means the tax payers were over taxed).

Allahpundit thinks it's an implied negative ad against Romney (he's the guy who would lay them off, Huckabee is just a poor schlub just like them).

Something's weird about the Wyoming Caucus

But I can't figure it out. Here's the story and here's the discussion at Free Republic. Maybe you can figure out how their caucus works and why Romney won.

Table Touch Screen Terminals To Replace Waiters

Sorry to those in the waitperson field but I love the idea of just ordering my own food and not having someone constantly interrupting my conversion or my meal asking "how is it?" or asking if I need anything. Or being totally ignored and have to wait forever for a refill of my iced tea.

That's because the order goes directly from your fingertips to the kitchen or bar, eliminating the possibility of human error during the transaction process. The new technology is being used at uWink, the latest offering from the founder of Chuck E. Cheese. The company said the new system is providing faster service, fewer mistakes and fewer interruptions.

"Whenever you want ... that extra glass of wine or a dessert … bingo, it happens right away," said Nolan Bushnell of uWink.

"It seems a lot more immediate. If I happen to change my mind or need an additional dish, I can order it right away even if the server is busy doing something else," patron Julie Lightner said.

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However, most diners who've used the touch screens are reporting positive feedback, especially, he said, when they're allowed to close their own bills, or play games while they wait.

"We've had people from all age groups, even seniors, which we didn't expect at all, come back over and over again, having a great time," Bushnell said.

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Move by Michigan Democrats to vote for Huckabee in Republican primary

There's a push by the Democrats, who are limited to Hillary, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel in their primary, to mess with the Republican nomination by voting for Huckabee. This is the same group of Democrats who voted for McCain to upset Gov. Engler who was a Bush supporter:

Lemmons said Tuesday that the push for Republican Mike Huckabee was prompted by the dearth of choices on the Democratic side of the Jan. 15 primary ballot. Lemmons said he himself supports Barack Obama, who chose not to run in Michigan.

And he said Democrats supporting candidates other than those on the Michigan ballot can vote uncommitted. But he likes the idea of recapturing the spirit of 2000, when DOG was formed to torment former Gov. Engler, a staunch backer of George W. Bush.

Huckabee got the nod this time because "the Republican establishment supports Romney and McCain," Lemmons said.

And here's something weird, about 15% of Republicans requested a Democrat absentee ballot:

Grebner said it seems some known Republican voters -- perhaps 15% -- plan to vote Democratic, based on a sampling of 120,000 requests for absentee ballots (out of 220,000) around the state.

Do they intend to bump up Kucinich or embarrass Hillary with a noncommitted vote?

The Total Write-ins beat Thompson

NH was not happy he dissed their state!

Video: Bill Clinton crying

I'm buying his crying more than her crying :-)

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So, I guess everyone can drop their change theme now?

You couldn't have more of a status quo vote than McCain and Clinton.

Clinton wins!!!!

According to AP. So much for Obamania!

Maybe Obama should cry :-)

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McCain wins

What the heck is wrong with these people? They love McCain for some weird reason. I guess they didn't really care about illegal immigration either.

And it's looking like it wasn't an Obama blowout (hehehehe). Yeah! So, he isn't our political savior after all?

Record turnout in NH

But it's not all Obamania(sorry lefties!)

Secretary of State William Gardner has predicted 260,000 Granite Staters will vote in the Democratic primary and 240,000 will vote in the Republican primary. He predicted that 150,000 undeclared voters will cast votes - 90,000 in the Democratic primary and 60,000 in the Republican primary.

I'm feeling a little bit better now and thinking about canceling my plans for a bunker :-)

The Democrats ran out of ballots

Obamania! So, tell me how we win in November against this? From Drudge:

Secretary of State is making runs to Seacoast – Hampton, Portsmouth – and Southern Hillsborough – Pelham, Nashua – to bring extra democratic ballots. Many towns are reporting shortages... Developing...

MS NBC now allows you to embed their videos

It's about time! Hopefully this will encourage the other news outlets to do the same.

The Blogging Caesar predicts a McCain, Obama win

Though he has it pretty close between McCain and Romney.