following politics, pursuing holiness
After Hurricane Katrina, people learned how important it is to back up their data. I know a lot of people who lost it all. Nothing like soaking your computer in filthy water for a week or more to really gum up the works. You never know what might happen. Restoration services are both chancy and expensive. So back up your data, already!
How not to do it:
How to do it: Backup Basics, follow the links for specific instructions. After I use the backup utility, I burn it to a DVD.
Hat tip to Villians Vanquished. Other bloggers on the story are Wizbang, Newsbusters, The Jawa Report and Stop the ACLU. Israpundit says the report is incorrect. The original news story by Canada’s National Post is here.
According to the original report, Iran’s Parliament may have passed a new law that will require Jews and Christians to wear insignia that identifies them as non-Muslims. It has to be approved by by Iran’s “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenehi but it is expected that he will. The law was drafted two years ago, but at the behest of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it was completed and brought to a vote.
Blogger reaction is (naturally) outrage. MSM reaction is so far nonexistent. But then the MSM just defended Ahmadinejad and his recent letter to Bush, implying that it was a call to bring Bush to the negotiating table and that Bush was irresponsible not to do so. I’d hardly expect them to leap at the chance to report on this. However, even in the face of worldwide outrage, should it occur, there’s no real reason to expect Iran to change its behavior. Right now they are busily creating nuclear weapons for the next stage of the war they have been engaged in for almost thirty years, in spite of nearly worldwide condemnation. Compared to that, what difference does outrage about clothing mandates make? If this is true, it’s outrageous, and yet another sign that Iran is intransigent and about to make a great deal more trouble for everyone. But we already knew that.
This post is just to clarify some things because looking at my most recent forty posts, it might seem as though the tone of this blog has really changed. Overall, it won’t, but my posting has increased, and the new posts have been almost exclusively about politics. I honestly believe that importing millions of third world, poorly educated people, frequently suffering from illnesses like multi-drug resistant TB, Chagas disease, and Hanson’s Disease (leprosy), and far more accepting of socialism than we are is a more imminent threat to our way of life, future prosperity, and national identity than even al Queda and Iran. That statement is in no way intended to imply that I think the war with radical Islam is unimportant, and before this recent run of immigration posts, there were quite a few posts related to that. It is important. Leaving it unfought will mean eventually giving up our freedom and living in slavery. The intention of the enemy has been clearly stated and it is to establish a worldwide caliphate. That process is well underway in Europe.
In spite of the recent increase in political posts, above all, this is a Christian blog. I may not write about it explicitly every day, but my faith is the most important part of my life. It permeates everything I do and shapes my attitudes and thoughts about everything. Jesus Christ is the yardstick by which I measure my life. When I write about my recent bible studies or post sermon notes, it takes quite a bit longer because I try to choose my words carefully and prayerfully. I try to be mindful of the fact that I am not a preacher or a teacher. Those posts are only my reflections of what I’m learning from people far better qualified than me, and they are milestones of my progress in my walk with Christ. They take about five times longer to write than a personal or political post, and so there are less of them. If sometimes they serve to point people to the same resources that are helping me grow – and my search engine referrals indicate that they are – then I thank God for it. With as much dreck and garbage as there is on the web, the more the Christian web grows to offset it, the better.
