Ain't Complicated

Only worse — Oh the tragedy!

Seven adopted children from a single household were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in rural northern Florida.

Pray for the parent(s).

I naturally thought of the Schrock tragedy right away.

About the Schrocks — Jeff and Carolyn and their new baby girl visited our congregation on January 8. That was really special.

And last Sunday morning a letter to us from Cliff Helm was read at the close of the morning service.

UPDATE: Compounding the tragedy (posted around noon on Thursday, January 26).

From CNN:

News of a crash in which seven children perished so upset their grandfather that he had a massive heart attack and died, the children’s mother said.

OK, before you read the whole piece, consider what the President said:

“If you are standing next to a rattle snake, you do not have an obligation to wait until it bites you before you decide it’s dangerous.”

No, that isn’t a GWB quote regarding Iran.

It’s an FDR quote regarding Germany.

Is Google spineless to do this?

Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country’s free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet’s fastest growing market.

Yes, they’re showing a lot of spine. But it’s not a sound moral spine. This is just another modern day example of cultural decay.

Is Google free to do what they wish to pursue market share? Of course! So was CNN back when they wanted a share of the Iraqi market.

Am I free to boycott Google over this? Of course! So I won’t use their .cn site. 🙂

By the way, how do your personal ethics shine in the marketplace? Are you so different from the folks at Google or CNN?

Today some people will celebrate the five-year anniversary of the end of his eight-year “reign of terror.” 🙂

Others will celebrate the beginning of his ability to practice law:

Today, I signed a consent order in the lawsuit brought by the Arkansas Committee on Professional Conduct which brings to an end that proceeding.

I have accepted a five-year suspension of my law license….

It’s funny how many people practice law because of and for the sake of those many other people who practice lawlessness.

Do you practice law by obeying it?

Here’s an interesting scan:

The failure of the 9-11 commission to investigate the findings of the “Able Danger” team…tops the list of the 10 most “spiked” or underreported stories of the last year

I didn’t read the story; I don’t have the time.

But I did scan over it just to see what the ten stories are.

Like I say, interesting.

They decided:

The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

Justices, on a 6-3 vote, said that federal authority to regulate doctors does not override the 1997 Oregon law used to end the lives of more than 200 seriously ill people.

Bummer.