I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

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Where is this being sold??

If you saw a great evil about to take place and you had the choice to either contribute to the wrong or take steps to prevent it, what would you do?
'cause I'm thinking there are sales ladies selling bathing suits to Sun City women who care too much about their commission and too little about what's right.

The Olympics are ending and the political conventions are beginning. Which would I rather watch, 95 pound girls twirling hoops or 200 pound politicians spinning ...?
These conventions are a little like H.S. pep rallies. Just as much substance.
At least at the pep rally nobody really thinks it matters.

Pam works with the kids during the second hour - what we call Foundations. This morning she was telling the group (a dozen or so kids, all 6 or younger) about David taking care of his father's sheep. At one point Joshua, who is three, asked, "What was Jesus doing while David was watching the sheep?"
OK, it's cute, but how would you answer that question to a 3-year old?

Explain this!
Laser Magic

Half way through the flight and all she's done is stare at the large diamond on the ring finger of the woman seated next to her. Finally she can stand it no longer. "Excuse me, but that is a beautiful, and very large diamond."
The woman replies, "Thank you. It's the Slobotnic Diamond. Unfortunately, along with it comes the Slobotnic curse."
"Oh my! What's the Slobotnic curse?"
The woman answers, "Mr. Slobotnic."

There's something that bothers me about the NBC announcers fawning over the Chinese and their production of both the events and the opening & closing ceremonies. They know better than most that the Chinese leaders did it on the backs of their people. The Chinese are saying that the cost for these Olympics has been $2 billion, but NBC says it's close to $4 billion. They also said that there were 1 million volunteers that participated at all the various venues. Does anyone really think that they put out clip boards and gave people the chance to sign up? Or that the millions (billions?) of Chinese peasants who live from one day to the next were happy that their govt. spent billions to impress the world?
I read on ESPN.com an article that included quotes from the Chinese official in charge of the opening ceremonies. That official said the only other country who could have pulled off a spectacle like that was North Korea. Agreed. Only a totalitarian government that cares more about image than its people would act thus.
Ours is not a perfect system, and our next President, whoever he is, will have feet of clay. But this is a government run on democratic principles. The party conventions may be a joke, but they are part of a process that works.
The difference between what we've seen in China over the last 17 days and what makes our country great can be summed up in a single phrase:
"We the people....."