15 July 2010 Turn your head and

15 July 2010 Turn your head and


Up at 0 dark-thirty this morning in order to drive into Johnson City. It was time for my annual physical, lab studies, and bi-annual urine drug screen.

During a review of medication my primary care physician kept asking if I was stock-piling medications or taking them other than as ordered. She believes that very few patients are fully compliant at taking meds as ordered. I told her that I’ve attended enough post-mortem exams to give me sufficient reason to follow medication instructions.

Got the full physical exam treatment for adult males. No apparent problems requiring me to run in circles and worry. She ordered the lab studies she felt important to run and I’ll get a letter in a week or so with numbers, ref ranges, and any comments she cares to make.

I’m very tired today. May even manage a nap.

Today’s incitement to reason and display of lack of reason can be found at:

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/07/is_god_a_republican.html?hpid=talkbox1

“Is God a Republican?

By Elizabeth Tenety

Is God a Republican or a Democrat?



It seems that God has been speaking mostly to Republicans when it comes to the call to serve in public office.

Maybe the G.O.P does stand for God's Own Party after all.



In an interview posted at the Faith & Freedom coalition website, former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed asked Sharron Angle, who won Nevada's Republican Senate primary, about her rapid rise. Angle gave a spiritual answer to a political question:

Reed: Sharron, you really came, you know, maybe not out of nowhere, but from the back of the back of the pack to win the Republican primary here in Nevada. There's a new poll out this week that shows you leading Harry Reid by seven or eight points. How do you explain all of this? You're now a national story. Are you kind of overwhelmed by it all?

Sharon Angle: "Not really. I believe that God has been in this from the beginning and because of that, when he has a plan and purpose for your life and you fit into that what he calls you to, he's always equipped people."

God, if you believe His messengers, also spoke to Sarah Palin, George Bush and Norm Coleman, calling them to public office.



Should we take them at their word? “

As always, the fun is in the commentary.