RNC, FF, MRI, ETC

1.  Political conventions used to be for electing a presidential nominee.  Now, someone usually heads into the conventions with enough primary votes to clinch the nomination.  So, the conventions today are about laying out the parties’ vision for the country.  There are promises made that can’t be kept, won’t be kept, and some shouldn’t be kept.  There are attempts to contrast one nominee’s views with anothers, sometimes without distortions.  Close to 80 million people watch the two nominees speeches combined.  That’s pretty amazing.  Now, if we could just get everybody to vote.  It would be really nice if none of us voted with the mindset, “What’s in this for me?” but rather “What’s best for us?”

2.  The NFL season kicked off yesterday and millions of fans are anxiously awaiting the results of Tom Brady’s MRI.  I’ll be honest.  My goal was to draft him in all my fantasy leagues, but I never got the chance.  I saw him go as high as first in one league.  I guess one person’s luck is another person’s misfortune.  Looks like I’ll go 2-1 this week because Donavon McNabb forgot who he was and Willie Parker remembered who he was.  Smitty having two players have career days helped him double me up.

3.  Most of you know how I feel about Superman Returns.  Thankfully, it appears the return was short-lived and the Man of Steel will get a chance to start from scratch a la Batman.  Check it out here.

4.  I was watching a special on Abraham Lincoln the other night and it made me wonder if my family ever owned slaves.  So, I’m hoping to research this, but it also made me wonder what side of the slavery issue I would’ve been on.  Of course, from my 2008 view, I quickly say that I would have stood beside my Wesleyan Abolitionists brothers and sisters.  But what if my family had depended on slaves for our livelihood?  The personal question for me is if family and cultural influence would’ve kept me from speaking out on the issue.

5.  Dear friends, I would ask you for your prayers.  There is a situation I have to deal with and need God to strenghten and guide me through this process.  It’s one of those deals where once you say the first word then there’s no going back.  Pray for my words to be bold and convincing.