Monthly Archives: January 2016

Oh, so that’s what that means

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The internet is a wonderful thing. Wikipedia answers the question implied in the title of this post.

The term “colitas” in the first stanza (“warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air”) has been interpreted as a sexual slang or a reference to marijuana. “Colitas” means “little tails” in Spanish; in Mexican slang it refers to buds of the cannabis (marijuana) plant. However, Felder said: “The colitas is a plant that grows in the desert that blooms at night, and it has this kind of pungent, almost funky smell. Don Henley came up with a lot of the lyrics for that song, and he came up with colitas.”

Emphasis mine.

This would be fascinating to watch if it wasn’t so disheartening

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As always, Russell nails it.

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National Review is also catching all kinds of heat today for coming out against Donald Trump. Good for them.

The Trump phenomenon says a lot about the state of our nation and what it says is not good. We get the government we deserve.

I’m personally looking forward to King Jesus.

What he remembers, what he forgets

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Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:21-22 ESV

There are a lot of things I could comment on about this passage,  but tonight what I’m thinking about specifically is this: “you will not be forgotten by me.”

He will blot out our sins so they can no longer be found. He even says several other places in Scripture that he will remember our sins no more; feel free to parse that theologically but the effect is that our sins are effectively forgotten.

But he does not forget his people,  nor will he ever.

“Remember these things” – we’re to remember that he remembers us.  We aren’t orphans,  we aren’t alone. We will not be forgotten.

This speaks to one of the deepest needs of mankind: to be fully known. We have that need met,  fully,  in Christ.

Thanks be to God.

Interesting times, these

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From Instapundit

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Money quote:

Endorsing Trump gets Palin back into the spotlight, increases Trump’s bona fides with lots of conservatives and blue collar voters, and as Glenn noted yesterday, is a way for her to stick it to the GOPe, who never had her back in the fall of 2008 and afterwards. And it’s possibly a ticket to a cabinet position as well. This doesn’t exactly require complex rocket surgery to parse out.

Bottom line, we get the government we deserve.

“as gold as the faucets in Trump tower”

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Stop the bus, I want to get off.

Other conservatives said that Ms. Palin serves as a particularly effective shield against Senator Ted Cruz, who is battling Mr. Trump for the lead in Iowa polls by courting the state’s evangelical voters.

“Palin’s brand among evangelicals is as gold as the faucets in Trump tower,” said Ralph Reed, the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

“Endorsements alone don’t guarantee victory, but Palin’s embrace of Trump may turn the fight over the evangelical vote into a war for the soul of the party,” he said.

Wake me up when this bad dream is over

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Evangelicals See Donald Trump as Man of Conviction, if Not Faith

Strong support among conservative Christians could help Mr. Trump regain his lead in Iowa, where Mr. Cruz has pulled ahead in the polls. And Mr. Trump is making an effort to convert them. On Sunday, he assured CNN that he had “a great relationship with God.”

“I try and do nothing that’s bad,” he said. “I live a very different life than probably a lot of people would think.”

And on Monday, Mr. Trump spoke at Liberty University, the Lynchburg, Va., institution founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. Mr. Trump has been wooing Jerry Falwell Jr., and Mr. Falwell lavished praise on him, comparing Mr. Trump to Jesus and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for voicing unpopular thoughts.

Larry Ryman, a 74-year-old street preacher who lives near Findlay, Ohio, said he did not know whether Mr. Trump was a man of God. “I’ll tell you what,” said Mr. Ryman, a staunch supporter of Mr. Trump. “If he isn’t, he’s talking like it.”

Holy cow. . .

I’ve been wondering lately if the Lord is finally bringing some hot judgment down on us for the decades many of us in the American evangelical culture  spent foolishly looking to political power and the pseudo-saviors of our political class to fix what ails us. I’m not sure what else can explain the Trump phenomenon. This is like a bad dream.

I began having second thoughts several years ago about the efficacy of trusting in the political process. Now I’m in full-on repentance-mode. Never again. I think it’s good to vote and take part in the civic process, but trusting in chariots and horses is dumb.

Regarding Trump: there’s no way I’m voting for him if he somehow wins the nomination. I may not vote for his opponent either but I’ll probably be silently rooting for whoever that is.

We need to step back from the cliff here.

Take it to the limit

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Had a crazy (good, but crazy) day at work. I found myself suddenly very understaffed. In addition I was also sick, and the price of the product we produce has gone over a cliff and down a very deep hole. I came home and spent the evening finishing up unfinished office work while sneezing like a banshee.

Then I heard that Glenn Frey has passed away. We’ve certainly lost a couple of classic rockers here in the past few days.

This song (footage below from a 1977 concert) was co-written by Frey, Don Henley (on the drums) and Randy Meisner (vocals and bass). Glenn is the guy on the keyboard with the excellent Fu-Manchu. The guys were all so young. And so, so good.

Take it to the limit may have been the first Eagles song I was aware of as a kid, and it’s always been my favorite. Such a sense of longing and searching in this one.

Rest in peace Glenn Frey.