tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post7876660726640845198..comments2023-09-01T07:04:13.381-07:00Comments on Reflections on Faith and Culture: The Tale of Two JourneysGil Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481878663941134090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-18588832437412551382009-11-29T11:42:32.472-08:002009-11-29T11:42:32.472-08:00I think the considerable and impressive virtues th...I think the considerable and impressive virtues that Sarah Palin possesses are regularly obscured by her terminal chirpiness and chronically poor use of the English language. And whatever the huge moral blind spots that plague Obama, he tends to write and speak in an articulate, intelligent manner.<br /><br />If Palin is the shining hope of the Republican party, then the party is dead. They need to find a charismatic version of a WFB-esque intellectual to crush Obama at his own game without compromising the bedrock principles of the party. It's not Palin. It's not Romney. I don't know who it is.Dan Floriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431746528134190577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-5714277505205842992009-11-29T09:27:39.987-08:002009-11-29T09:27:39.987-08:00A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost....A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below. She shouts to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."<br /><br />The man consults his portable GPS and replies, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.<br /><br />She rolls her eyes and says, "You must be a Democrat!"<br /><br />"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"<br /><br />"Well," answers the balloonist, "everything you tell me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you're not much help to me."<br /><br />The man smiles and responds, "You must be Sarah Palin."<br /><br />"I am, replies the balloonist. "How did you know?"<br /><br />"Well," says the man, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050917778880724522noreply@blogger.com