http://www.gasbuddy.com/Trip_Calculator.aspx
Visiting family for Christmas?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
What are the chances of that?
What are the chances that a meteor will crash into the earth and end all life?
the probability of occurrence is less than 0.01% in ten thousand years, i.e., less than one chance in one hundred million (10-8) per year. This is roughly equivalent to the probability estimated for mass global extinction of life caused by the impact of an extra-terrestrial body on the Earth (Crowe et al., 2006).
Now you know...
Source: NRC Report
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Eschatology Bible Study
http://www.christianciv.com/eschatology_bs_TOC.htm#TOC
The bible study I was going to write...someday. If you are nervous about the future of Christianity or the future in general go through this study.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Major and Minor Prophets
Pre-Exilic Prophets ( Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah)
Exilic/Post-Exilic Prophets ( Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
Note which Propets are which. This will aid in the study of the action-packed tomes.
Women Civil Rulers...
Isaiah 3:12
O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over
them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And
confuse the direction of your paths.
Posted post-election...Even though we will not have a woman VP for the next four years it is still a valid question to ask; what is the Bible's position on this subject?
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Who are your SC Legislators?
Find out here: http://www.scstatehouse.net/cgi-bin/zipcodesearch.exe.
Results for 29445-9614:
U.S. Senators
Senior - U.S. Senator Lindsey O. Graham
Junior - U.S. Senator Jim W. DeMint
U.S. House District 1 - U.S. Representative Henry E. Brown, Jr.
Your South Carolina State Senator is SC Senate District 37 - Senator Lawrence "Larry" K. Grooms
Your South Carolina State Representative is SC House District 117 - Representative Thomas "Tom" M. Dantzler
Now I can figure out who to vote for in the State races...Too bad I don't have any SC Constitution Party Candidates running in my districts. There a few of them:
Declared Candidates for the 2008 Elections:
| South Carolina - Constitution Party of South Carolina |
| Candidate: Frank Waggoner Office Sought: U.S. Congress - District 5 |
| Candidate: Polly Nicolay Office Sought: State Senate - District 1 |
| Candidate: John Langville Office Sought: State Senate - District 7 |
| Candidate: Patricia. Matthews Office Sought: State House - District 104 |
| Candidate: Matt Jarfi Office Sought: Horry County Council District 6 |
Update: Links fixed!
Do you know the song?
Revelation 14:3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth.
I hope you do. If you do not, ask me and I will tell it to you. I hope by then you will discover what it takes to really learn the song.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
My crude historical outline of Free-Market thought
Mercantilism gave governments an excuse for privation of their countrysides for the benefit of their "country" or royal coffers. (Terms to google: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV)
Physiocrats or economistes came into existence under authoritarian France. They coined the term laissez faire. They applied the enlightenment ideals of freedom and liberty to economics during a time of growing enlightenment in the culture at large. (Terms to google: Francois Quesnay)
Adam Smith was an intellectual heir to the physiocrats and also English. His Wealth of Nations popularized free market theory. (Terms to google: Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations)
Carl Menger and others in Austria (I do believe they were also under an authoritarian government) had amazing insights into what really drove the market's pricing of goods: demand. The next generation of Austrian free market economists Ludwig von Mises, Frederick Hayek, explained the trade cycle in terms of economic theory thereby discovering the source of the "boom-and-bust" cycle. (Terms to google: supply and demand, Ludwig von Mises, Frederick Hayek, Austrian economics)
Today there is a thriving school of thought call Austrian economics. Ludwig von Mises Institute is the de facto headquarters. Some famous or infamous people associated with it are Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Murray Rothbard, et al. (Terms to google: austrian theory of the trade cycle, Murray Rothbard)
To aid in the learning process I am including a list of links to sites promoting liberty in politics and economics:
"The Ludwig von Mises Institute is the research and educational center of classical liberalism and the Austrian School of economics."
I also subscribe to GaryNorth.com which is where I get most of my knowledge from. But it costs $15 a month. You can get most of the same information for "free" but you'll have to work harder for it (it'll only cost you time...).
Congressman Ron Paul's website.
Lew Rockwell blog and site.
Constitution Party. I vote for their candidates.
Chuck Baldwin's website (Constitution Party Candidate 2008).
Chalcedon Foundation. A Christian educational organization.
Campaign for Liberty.
Ron Paul Archives.
Gary North Archives. And his Freebooks website.
If this list isn't daunting enough Google: Murray Rothbard, Ludwig von Mises, Carl Menger, Frederick Hayek, Frederick Bastiat, Adam Smith...
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