Chris_Frisco's Blog

I got this in an email and thought it very special.

Second Place Winner 
Todd Heisler  The  Rocky  Mountain News 

"The night  before the burial of her husband's body,  Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket,  asking to sleep next to his body for the last  time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in  the sheets below the flag. Before she fell  asleep, she opened her laptop computer and  played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one  of the Marines asked if she wanted them to  continue standing watch as she slept. 'I think  it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it,'  she said. 'I think that's what he would have  wanted.' 

Michelle Duggar just had a new baby girl, which happens to also be her 18th child!  The father, Jim,  said the baby is a gift from God and beautiful and I am sure she is too! And believe it or not Mrs. Duggar said they would love to have more children!

I thought I came from a big family but we cannot compare to this!  Congratulation to the Duggars, but I am very happy we only have our 4 children.  I can not imagine having eighteen children, or dogs for that matter!  Can you imagine all the diapers she has changed!

A friend told us about this school so I looked it up.  The University's president Mr. Bradshaw, is not only banning the baby Jesus from campus but Santa Claus, Christmas trees and cards!  "The newspaper says FGCU administration has banned all holiday decorations from common spaces on campus and canceled a popular greeting card design contest, which is being replaced by an ugly sweater competition".  

 Pres Wilson said this was about "legal limitations", what ever that means.  He wanted to 'honor and respect all traditions during the holiday and FGCU is no exception. The decision was not an attempt to suppress expression of the holiday spirit."  Not suppress the holiday spirit, I think that is just what he has done!

I am sure the majority of people who do not celebrate Christmas or religion do not mind that there are many who do and decisions like this make them all look really bad.

This is from an email I was sent and found it interesting for thought:

  Eugene Volokh blog, who's a law professor at UCLA.  

"So, "Is Hillary Clinton Unconstitutional?" In a word, Yes -- or, to be more precise, a Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be unconstitutional.

The Emoluments Clause of Article I, section 6 provides "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time." As I understand it, President Bush's executive order from earlier this year "encreased" the "Emoluments" (salary) of the office of Secretary of State. Last I checked, Hillary Clinton was an elected Senator from New York at the time. Were she to be appointed to the civil Office of Secretary of State, she would be being appointed to an office for which "the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased" during the time for which she was elected to serve as Senator. The plain language of the Emoluments Clause would thus appear to bar her appointment ... if the Constitution is taken seriously (which it more than occasionally isn't on these matters, of course)."

I thought they was terrific today. They not only played well, but Tony Romo was spectacular! What a touchdown!

The attempted murder charges against the "Jena 6" have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit aggravated second-degree battery. This case is about six young black men, beating up a young white man, rather badly, because of nooses that were hung in a tree in the school yard! Very bad, in and of itself, but not warranting an attack. The white boy was badly hurt, but I don't believe it was life threatening.

A young woman who was a high school valedictorian last year, said she was told she wouldn't get her diploma unless she apologized for a commencement speech, where she said that 'Jesus loved everyone.'  She has just filed a lawsuit alleging her free speech rights had been violated, by the school.

I know in our politically correct world this isn't very acceptable, but I don't see how she did anything wrong. Was she in the wrong to mention the name of Jesus at graduation? Do you think she could win a law suite against the school or not?