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My favorite Presidential Candidate (I know, he dropped out), Mike Huckabee will be working this evening as a commentator for MSNBC as they cover the Primary out of West Virginia. Typically I watch CNN for such coverage (wasn’t planning on it this evening, because the primaries aren’t fun without Mike Huckabee running), but I may pop over to MSNBC to check in on Gov. Huckabee. The last time we saw him on television, my daughter (she’s 6) came running into the room and said “There’s our Huckabee!!”.

Sigh.

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Natural disasters have hit hard around the world this past week. The news out of Myanmar is especially devastating when it is clear that their government is only interested in themselves and not the people of Myanmar.

China was hit by a massive earthquake and the death toll is rising exponentially with each passing hour. Franklin Graham (son of Rev. Billy Graham and President of Samaritan’s Purse) was in China when the earthquake struck. He is fine, and is working now with Christian Pastors in China and the government to bring relief and assistance to the victims of this horrific event. You can read the details HERE.

Samaritan’s Purse also has teams on the ground in Myanmar and flying in relief supplies. To listen to an audio report from a Samaritan’s Purse worker in Myanmar, please click HERE.

Samaritan’s Purse is the ONLY organization I will donate money to assist in these catastrophic events, because I know without doubt that the money is being used 100% to care for the people who need it. On the Samaritan’s Purse DONATION page there is a large list of projects that you may select to donate to. If you specifically want to help with the urgent needs in China and Myanmar, then select “China Projects” or “Myanmar Relief” from the list.

I mentioned yesterday that the Michigan FairTax group wanted our economic stimulus checks. Samaritan’s Purse would be a much better use of that money.

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If you don’t like the three Presidential Candidates you hear about most of the time, there are other options. I found this LIST showing 318 people running or considering running for President in 2008.

Joseph Lieberman

I saw Joseph Lieberman on CNN this morning. Kiera Phillips asked him why he didn’t just become a Republican and he answered

“I’m a democrat in the mold of John F. Kennedy, I just think John McCain is better for the country right now”.

I was a little surprised to hear him declare himself a democrat, when he so proudly became an Independent when the DNC abandoned him in his run for re-election (he then beat his democratic opponent).

Then Kiera Phillips asked him if he was going to vote for John McCain. He responded “at least once”. A minute later, Kiera accused him of not committing to vote for McCain. He quickly made it clear to her and said “yes, I am voting for John McCain”.

Weather

There were devastating tornadoes and storms over the weekend from Missouri to the deep South and up the East coast. The headlines continue to refer to these storms as “extreme weather”. This is May in the United States, tornadoes in places such as Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia are not “extreme”. My guess is they need to keep the Al Gore agenda on the front page, so they make normal weather patterns sound “extreme”.

Michigan FairTax Group

I received an email from the Michigan branch of the FairTax movement and they asked me to send them our “economic stimulus” check so that I could be assured that it’s used for good. Their basic premise was that if I spend the money it will only benefit China. Well, sorry Michigan FairTax, but we’ll be keeping the money, and for the record, I am very good at buying American.

Gas Prices

Word around Michigan is that our gas prices are going up to $3.99 a gallon in the next day or so.

Certainly feels like Monday.

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Anna Jarvis was never a mother, but she created Mother’s Day to honor her own mother three years after her mom’s death. Her mom had talked about how nice it would be if there were a day to honor mothers and their love and sacrifice. Anna wanted the white carnation to be given to moms as a symbol of love and purity.

When I was a child, I remember picking dandelions and giving them to my mom. When I was a bit older, I would go to a local flower shop and buy one carnation (it wasn’t white, I didn’t know anything about Anna Jarvis back then) because I liked the smell and because I could afford one.

Go get a white carnation for your mom and tell her about Anna Jarvis. I’ll write some more later about my mom.

For now …

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