Jesus Camp

I watched the movie Jesus Camp this weekend. It disturbed me greatly, not because its irreverant, but because it shows what people teach. It is sick and twisted that people are teaching children (or adults) to be good republicans. This false gospel of nationalism has infiltrated many Churches.

I was a youth leader of sorts (Royal Rangers) for years. I could have been the people on Jesus Camp. What have a done. I want to tear my clothes and wail. I may have led innocent Children astray while thinking I was doing Gods will. I felt so close to God then, but the people were so much worshipping the false gospel of nationalism that I wonder if it was real. Was it God, was it the spirit of the antichrist? I am so confused.

I went to Church today and was looking for the hook in everything, though I didnt see one. Could this Church be different.

I cannot handle it anymore. I may have had a part in leading young boys to follow George W Bush's bloody path to hell. Or did I lead them to the Lord? I am not sure anymore.

I feel convicted, but I am not sure exactly about what. My mom says people like that who teach nationalism are raising up the army for the Antichrist. I have to say I think raising up an army to take back America (which never was a Christian nation) is very unbiblical.

I dont know who I am anymore or where I am going

Vista

I know. Its not out yet, but I work for a company that allows me to have it for testing and evaluation purposes. I installed Vista on my PC. Here is my initial assessment:

1) It took 3 hours to install on a P4 2.8 with 1gig of RAM. If you have less than that, you may want to give it a day

2) My computer is a bit slower than it was, but still decent. However, I suspect I am on the edge of the REAL system requirements not what M$ posts. If you have less than I do, watch out

3) Its WEIRD. Everything is in different places, however I see no real benefits. Its like they did it just to frustrate the hell out of people. It really looks like Mac OSX to me, though its not exactly Mac. You can tell its another knockoff though.

I had to upgrade because my customers will and I have to learn how to support it. I dont think it will really hurt me, but I am a tech with over 10 years experience.

Advice, if you like XP, dont go to Vista. XP is fairly stable. Normal people should at least wait till SP2 for Vista comes out in a few years. I will post any bugs I find. Its too early to tell. I can say that I dont hate it, but overall I am unimpressed. Give me a good reason to like it.

Another stupid truck pic

Here is my truck. I like my bumper stickers. LOL

Coastal People

This is the kind of people that live around here. Here is a truck that parked outside my workplace. I cannot believe some of these stickers. This is the kind of people that really scare me. I wonder what trailer park he lives in.

Newport Freezes Over

It has happend. I never thought it would but the Oregon Coast has snow. Here is a picture to prove it. Talk about WEIRD weather.

I heard next its gonna snow in Las Vegas and it was 70 in Boston last week. Global Warming?? Maybe a big iceburg broke off and hit the west coast. Maybe I should move back to Minnesota for mild winters.

Btw, I didnt drive my normal 67 mile commute in this crap. A friend was nice enough to let me stay with them in Newport last night. I got here before it got too bad. Otherwise, I probably would have gotten hit. People in Oregon dont handle snow well at all.

More About Mall Wart

You may be thinking, he just got screwed over by their pharmacy and thats the problem. Well yes it is, however, for a long time, I have been contemplating a boycott of them.

1) Most of their stuff is made the new American way. That is in China. Made by little 8 year olds who work 20 hour days in hot stinky sweat shops.

2) Their quality sucks. They implement the PQFP principle. Poor quality, fair price

3) They arent so destructive in the big city, but that isnt where they went for the kill. The invaded small towns (many Republican inhabited) and put under all the small and mid size businesses. RIP: Pamida, Gibsons, Woolworths, Duckwalls, etc.

4) They then employ the out of work people in a degrading low level low paying job and lie to the employees about succeeding

5) They make themselves the only place you can go if you live in rural areas. Like MJ said in her comment to my last post. I have a friend here that has the same damn problem. Where else you gonna go?

I am not calling for anyone else to boycott them. I am just whining about them. Isnt that what blogs are for :)

I hate Mall Wart

I had a prescription filled at Mall Wart and I kept going there on my lunch break but the line was too long. Today I took the plunge and waited 1/2 hr only to be told, Im sorry sir we can only keep your prescriptions for 6 days. If you go stand in that line they can have it refilled. Then I guess I get to stand in the 1/2 hr line AGAIN. Well I had enough and walked out. I am having my doctor send the prescription to Fred Meyer. I will be transferring all my prescriptions from Mall Wart to Walgreens ASAP.

Its been bugging me for some time that I ever do business with an icon of capitalism and republicanism like Mall Wart. I am now pissed enough to boycott them.

They underpay and overwork their employees and sell cheap plastic crap