Humility is an important virtue:
Who can know God’s counsel,
or who can conceive what the LORD intends?
For the deliberations of mortals are timid,
and unsure are our plans.
For the corruptible body burdens the soul
and the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that has many concerns.
And scarce do we guess the things on earth,
and what is within our grasp we find with difficulty;
but when things are in heaven, who can search them out?
Or who ever knew your counsel, except you had given wisdom
and sent your holy spirit from on high?
And thus were the paths of those on earth made straight.- Wisdom, 9:13-18b
Keep that in mind in all things – and remember that if you suddenly come up with the brilliant plan which saves the day, it was because God gave it to you, you listened and acted.
The Israeli ambassador to the United States claims Hezbollah has 15,000 rockets in Lebanon. As the Israelis and Palestinians start talking peace, remember that Israel does so knowing that at any moment, death can rain down from the skies on them.
Poll: People, on the whole, prefer a GOP new-comer to any other type of politician, including over GOP incumbents. What have I been saying all year? People are rejecting the establishment: the Ruling Class. The GOP will do very well November 2nd, but a good deal of this is just having more outsiders running than party-in-power Democrats. If the GOP doesn’t make good on the peoples’ desires, then there will be a huge price to be paid (H/T: Mish’s)
Analysis: GOP will clean up in governorships, too. This is very important with redistricting upcoming. Could mean another dozen or so GOP seats in 2012 – and untold numbers at the State level.
Religion in the modern world – very funny, but my goodness it is as bad as all that, now isn’t it?
A bit of analysis on why liberals hate.
Iowahawk: Barack, can we talk?