Can you forgive-for real?

From St. Gregory of Nyssa (+394) on the Beatitudes

Bodily health is a good thing, but what is truly blessed is not only to know how to keep one’s health but actually to be healthy. If someone praises health but then goes and eats food that makes him ill, what is the use to him, in his illness, of all his praise of health?

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I might as well have some fun with everyone's confusion about me...(I'm aware that some of you will be completely unfamiliar with these, but if you know some of them, take a shot at it)
So which four of these twelve songs, recommended by the author of Unto the Breach, did I NOT download?

"Holding Out for a Hero" Bonnie Tyler
"She's the One" Bruce ( Read more... )

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To:  Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
       Harry Reid, U.S. Senate Democrat Leader

Congress has passed and President Bush has vetoed H.R. 1591, the Iraq Surrender Act of 2007. This legislation, which you worked to pass, sets a timetable for surrender. It pulls the rug out from under our troops. That is shameful and wrong.

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Have a wonderful day. We love you!

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You don't usually hear much about the Swiss Air Force, but this footage is beautiful!

Got a digital camera and/or a scanner? Then you can send a real beer to a soldier:

http://www.sixpacksforsoldiers.com/

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2007/03/ian_malone_iris.html