text: What it comes down to is this: If Petraeus succeeds in Iraq, and a Republican wins in 2008, Bush will be viewed as a successful president.
  Kudos to Bill Kristol, for risking the vitriol he will surely receive from both the left and the right. Kudos also to 2 great bloggers that I've recently added to my blogroll who brought my attention to Kristol's column--Burkean Reflections and The Oxford Medievalist.
  Also, Mike, Shane and Marie have great posts on the "Surge Report" that came out recently. And Wordsmith has an excellent post on Iraq and those who suffer from BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome).
  I'm a big fan of Jeremy Camp, especially his "This Man" song that I posted this past Easter. The song I'm posting today is one of his newer songs entitled, "We Give You Glory".
  Just remember whatever problem you are facing today, God is so much bigger. I was struggling with a situation last night and as I was driving I saw this awesome sunset. It was a great reminder of how awesome God is and how much bigger He is than any problem we face.
  The magic of worshiping God through music is it gets your mind off of yourself and your problems and onto God, thereby giving him the glory. It is a win, win and your problems usually seem much smaller afterwards.
  "You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure -- everybody wants to be loved, just sometimes the decisions you make and the consequences don't enable you to be loved. And so when it's all said and done, Ed, if you ever come down and visit the old, tired, me down there in Crawford, I will be able to say I looked in the mirror and made decisions based upon principle, not based upon politics. And that's important to me."--President George W. Bush
  Bush said the above yesterday in his press conference where he was talking about the successes in Iraq that have already happened as a result of the surge. As Rush said our soldiers are kicking butt over there and deserve our praise. And the quote by Bush just shows why I'm still loyal to him. Agree with him or not he makes his decisions based on principles not on polls. No matter what your views are that philosophy is commendable and inspiring.
  All of you know my feelings on John McCain but I'm one of those people who gives praise when it is due. McCain's failings are many but for the most part he "gets" the War on Terror. This quote by McCain deserves our cheer and praise because it is right on the money. I figure even a broken clock is right twice a day!!
  Its been awhile since I've done a personal post, so after RT tagged me with this meme I thought it would be fun to do. I've noticed its making its way around the blogosphere in different variations. Most of the time my policy is to not tag others so as not to torture anyone, but would love to see one and all do this.
  1) Last week when my oldest daughter had her tonsils out I passed out in the recovery room. Of all the stressful situations I've survived I couldn't believe this is what caused me to pass out. The nurses said it happens all the time and for some reason it happens more often in the tonsillectomy wing. Bizarro!! I thought my daughter was too drugged up to really notice but she has had great fun re-telling the story of how she saw her Mom pass out.