"I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'" - Jack Handey

Back into triple digits. We hit 105 here in Sun City. But the humidity is down to single digits, which helps.

I bought a tube of PermaTex gasket sealer, the extent of todays' progress on Ilsa.
(Is that correct? "Today's" would be a contraction of "today is." But "todays'" looks like a plural possessive. I guess since there is no plural of "today" that has to be correct, but it looks weird.)

The downside of using new songs is the time it takes to edit the sound file and create the slides. Did that for two songs this morning. Not my favorite task.

IMHO:
They both have it wrong. President Obama says the U.S. will use our veto power at the U.N. Security Council to shut down the Palestinian's request for recognition as a sovereign nation. Why? We've supported similar efforts by the Bosnians and, most recently, South Sudan.
We know the answer. Israel is a "key ally" and the tail that wags the dog. I've posted before about the ridiculous amount of aid we give to Israel. A politician who criticizes Israeli policies commits professional suicide. But any fair observer sees there's plenty of fault on both sides. The settlements, the blockades, the restrictions to travel...
The bottom line reads pretty clearly; the Jewish bloc of American voters is a lot bigger than the Arab bloc. Hence, the President's announcement of what will happen at the U.N. in the next day or two.

So today Gov. Perry, the leading Republican candidate for the President's job, made an unscheduled trip to N.Y. and appeared before a group of Jewish leaders to say that if he were President he would support Israel. He criticized Pres. Obama for his soft support and proclaimed that "as a Christian" he would always stand with Israel.

Now we also know Gov. Perry should stay out of theology. If he read the NT epistles he'd see the number of times we're told there is now no difference between Jew and Gentile in God's eyes. That means he has just as much love and compassion for the Palestinian farmer as the Jewish businessman. There was a time and will be again when the Nation of Israel stands (will stand) in special relationship with God, but that time is not now. I understand most Christians don't understand that biblical truth but they're not running for President.

IMHO #2
I don't understand all the dynamics of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Our country was far too wise to draft me back in the day, and the closest I ever got to the military was "Minister Appreciation Day" at Fort Ord. So I'm not going to say it is or isn't a good thing that policy ended today. Smarter people than me....

What I wonder about is living quarters. Yeah, I know that this policy change is de jure and affects only what's acceptable on paper. There have always been homosexuals in the military. Reality.
But what about that whole locker room issue? I've heard it raised before but never read a response.
They don't let me into the ladies' locker room because I'm a heterosexual and ... well ... that would be inappropriate. The women would be understandably bothered. So if I know that one of the guys in the locker room with me is a homosexual, how does that work?
Didn't Don't Ask, Don't Tell at least provide for a kind of plausible deniability, a way for everyone to pretend we were all safe with each other?

I saw a T-shirt that said, "Lesbian caught in a man's body."
That one took some cogitating.