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One Final Word
My dear friend Michele slipped into eternity on Wednesday, February 1. She was a remarkable woman who left a legacy of faith, determination, and love. For three years she courageously battled the ovarian cancer that eventually robbed her of her life. A few days before she died, one of her docto
posted 8:43:41pm Feb. 10, 2012 |
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The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
My husband told me that there are rumors that I've died. I'm happy to report that I'm still very much alive. My cancer has gone to stage four but we are controlling it with chemo, the cancer numbers are currently in the normal range. I've stopped blogging to concentrate on my daughters and writing a
posted 7:07:55pm Aug. 23, 2010 |
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An update and a prayer request
Several people have asked about Michele's condition, and have promised to pray for her. On her behalf, I thank you for that. I spoke with her a little while ago, and she asked that I come here and tell you what's going on, and to ask you to pray for her. She isn't able to post here herself right
posted 4:55:36pm Apr. 06, 2010 |
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Rest in peace, Internet Monk.
A man known in the cyber world as The Internet Monk, has died. Michael Spencer lost his battle with cancer tonight.
My prayers go out for his family and for all those who loved and will miss him. :(
posted 11:52:00pm Apr. 05, 2010 |
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The peace that passes all understanding, pt. 1
I'm coming out of my normal hiding place to make a few comments.
The internet is a strange place. It is often a wonderful place, a helpful place, a unifying place. But it is also alienating, cold, and is the perfect medium in which to depersonalize others.
Through it, I have seen people reach out
posted 4:39:08pm Mar. 25, 2010 |
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posted May 16, 2008 at 4:53 pm
This is ghastly news! How “Christian” could a remark that that be? Yikes for Mike!
posted May 16, 2008 at 5:59 pm
There a lot of jokes like that floating around, but one does not normally expect a politician to make them.
posted May 16, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I’m not surprised at all, given his incautious remarks in the past on other topics.
posted May 16, 2008 at 6:47 pm
His coarse humor, especially the self-deprecating kind, never played correctly at the national level. And that’s too bad because it was probably a huge asset in his state and local campaigns.
posted May 16, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Jesus Christ, literally, what the hell is wrong with Evangelicals?
Now Huckabee can be included with Ted Haggard (leader of 40 million Evangelicals who was getting massaged by a gay prostitute in the groin area and just happened to be curious about crystal meth); Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell (both of whom said right after 9/11 that we deserved it); Rod Parsley (quoted as saying, “We get off on war!”), etc.
FOX favorite Bill O’Reilly said Michele Obama could be lynched. Anyone seen the video of him freaking out on the tabloid show where he got his start? Why do Evangelicals eat this crap up?
It’s stuff like this that makes me think almost literally that the anti-Christ is alive and well in the Evangelical movement. Who would Jesus joke about getting shot?
I know there’s good Evangelicals out there, including some in my own family. To them I say: “Your movement is like an anti-Christ Titanic. It’s time to jump ship!”
posted May 16, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Michele,
I applaud you for asking the question: “Why would he even joke about this when so many blacks have expressed this fear?”
I’m sorry if my initial post was too blunt.
Sincerely,
Brian Horan
posted May 16, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I generally enjoy Huckabee’s wit. The one exception until now) were the remarks he made sucking up to the redneck vote on the Confederate flag.
But humor always has an edge and sometimes it cuts too deep.
In this particular case, the governor’s wit was only runnng at 50%.
posted May 16, 2008 at 8:38 pm
“Why would he even joke about this when so many blacks have expressed this fear?”
um… because he’s a moronic, pasty white republican idiot. i’m surprised that you had to ask.
posted May 17, 2008 at 7:45 am
“because he’s a moronic, pasty white republican idiot. i’m surprised that you had to ask.”
The reason I asked is because he’s a Christian and this is supposed to matter.
posted May 17, 2008 at 9:49 am
Brian Horan, you’re my hero this morning.
posted May 17, 2008 at 11:25 am
“The reason I asked is because he’s a Christian and this is supposed to matter.”
in that case, keep asking. think he will answer?
by the way, it’s not just blacks who have voiced that concern. also, guarding his mouth isn’t really the problem, it’s that he thinks that it’s acceptable to even consider the thought that’s the problem.
posted May 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I think the “joke” was in very poor taste– maybe a thought popped into Huckabee’s mind and he decided to run with it– or perhaps the joke was actually prepared beforehand and he thought it would go over well with a “gun-loving” NRA crowd. Either way, a joke like this doesn’t reflect a whole lot of discernment/wisdom on the part of Huckabee. The assassination of a presidential candidate is just too serious to joke about.
The only thing one can say in defense of a remark like this is that people sometimes say very stupid things when they’re trying to be funny– we all have thoughts pass through our minds that we wouldn’t broadcast to the world, and most of the time we censor ourselves, but in this case, it seems Huckabee’s internal censor was off-duty.