Nader: Open the Debates for Third Party Candidates Like Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney and Me - US News and World Report

Nader: Open the Debates for Third Party Candidates Like Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney and Me - US News and World Report

Well, it certainly wouldn't hurt the discussion...

Kiva - Loans that change lives

The whole notion of how far my money would go elsewhere in the world was brought to my attention a several years ago. My parents were living in Pakistan at the time and were supporting a native Pakistani family that was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. My parent's monthly donation was about $70, and was 1/3rd of their entire monthly needs. This concerned my dad because he worried that when they could no longer donate due to logistics, this family would have to seek new givers to make up that difference. That's eventually what happened. Flash forward and I think Crusade now can more easily accommodate giving of this nature, but back then nothing of the sort was in place.

A colleague in California sent a link to me today that got me thinking about it again. Kiva.org gives folks here in the US who (let's be honest) have more money than we really need to lend money to entrepreneurs in developing countries to help them rise above poverty. Many charities we donate to allow organizations to care for the orphans and needy without overtly stressing the needs of the greater economy. Kiva.org looks like a great opportunity for us to get involved in helping there now too.

Kiva - Loans that change lives

Worth checking out.

9-11-2008

I was just remembering where I was and what I was doing 7 years ago today. It's so hard to believe that 7 years has already passed.

I'm very thankful that we've not had another incident like that.

I'm very thankful for those who have worked to prevent such incidents.

I'm glad the terrorists didn't win, and I'm proud of my country for not letting them win.

Bipartisianship Midwest Style

Norm Coleman would get my vote.

Church Small Groups - Bah!

Why have I become such a cynic of home fellowship groups (or small groups or care groups or whatever you call them)?

iTunes8 Genius Feature is, well, GENIUS!

A couple of months ago a coworker turned me on to Pandora. Pandora is a totally awesome streaming audio service that continuously feeds you songs based on an artist, song, style, genre, etc. The best thing about Pandora is it got me interested in music again. Yesterday, iTunes8 rolls out with a similar feature called 'Genius.' You pick a song, select GENIUS and it creates a playlist of songs that it thinks you would like based on that song. The couple of playlists I've created have not been disappointing. Pandora made interested in music again. GENIUS is making me interested in MY music again.

Would somebody please tell me what a Senator actually does?

Joe Biden Says Barack Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush

Huh? Why would two elected members of the US Senate need to wait until they get into the Oval Office to pursue criminal charges against those who may have committed crimes? Certainly they have adequate clout to push for investigations today, don't they? Shouldn't they have already begun?

Oh, wait....it's politics.