Sarah Palin, Governer of Alaska, is now the vice-presidential nominee for the Republican party.

Oh how fascinating this will be....

Some people have talked about how the 'celebrity ads' are effective in helping deter people from taking Obama seriously. Personally, I don't think they're effective at all.... but that's just my opinion.

Here, however, is an ad that I think is very effective. Keep in mind that all the footage in the background is from various hostile nations in the middle east and also from the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia. Russia has been increasingly hostile the the last few weeks and are not backing down from anyone. They have stepped back their military strikes but they aren't hesitating to say they aren't going to back up any farther toward their own borders. Not only that, they are taking a position which indicates that no nation has a method of intimidating them to do anything they don't want to do.... not economically and most frighteningly, not militarily should the world be forced to resort to that measure against them.

The Russians are allies in one way or another with all of the nations in the middle east holding ill will and hostile intentions toward the US and/or Israel.

....did I mention that they have nukes? lots and lots of them?

Another thing to notice for all of you that may not follow politics that closely... everything spoken about Obama in this ad is from his own party members. These are some of his best friends as far as political affiliations go.

I've found a good version of the event with a side by side comparison for each of the questions.



Keep in mind there are 17 videos in this playlist.

Here is a blog post from a guy who has a passion for watching global events unfold and seeing how they may align with Biblical "end-times" prophecy.

Not saying its totally accurate in its associations between the two, but it is something to think about.

http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/2008/08/russia-bombs-georgia-is-all-out-war.html

I've recently been doing some more research on various politicians and I stumbled across this video of Oklahoma's very own Senator Tom Coburn.

In this excellent display of honest truth, its refreshing to see that some of the guys representing us have some sense.

I'm a big fan of this guy, Dave Ramsey, and have been for quite a few years now. I like how he recommends handling money. Everything from budgeting, saving, investing, and just gaining wealth in general. Look up his Total Money Makeover book as soon as you can. It really is good knowledge to have.

Here is a link that was sent to me a while back about buying new cars that I thought was very good info.

Take notes and get rich!

http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/lms/drive_free/player.cfm

Gas prices are rediculous. I'm glad I know how to budget well enough that it doesn't bug me that much. 

This guy's smart. Listen to what he has to say.

I was watching the news earlier and heard that Dr. Dobson had some issues with some of the claims that Obama had made about Christianity and the Bible.

Because I don't feel compelled to believe the news at face value, specifically on anything related to religious topics, I looked up Dobson's show recording and also the speech they were referring to by Obama.

I've made them available for you here.
Let me know what you think.

Focus on the Family - 6/24/2008
(Note: I cut out just the part of this episode that related to this topic)


Barrak Obama - Call to Renewal - Faith in Politics