Blogroll update

I figured it was time to update the blogroll.  I’ve add these great conservative blogs out of Green Bay and Appleton:

Berry Laker

Fox Politics

Who the Hell is Dr. Kagen?

In addition I’ve added a new section – Liberal & LCMS

Under the Liberal section you’ll find this new addition:

Folkbum’s Rambles and Rants

Under the LCMS section you’ll find these additions:

Blogosphere Underground

Weedon’s Blog

Stand Firm

RAsuburry’s Res

Augsburg1530

Save the LCMS!

Cyberbrethren

Wittenberg Trail

Jo for Assembly

Up in the 57th district, that’s the Appleton and Little Chute area, Jo Egelhoff has announced she is running for the seat.  Jo used to be on the Appleton City Council and is one of us in the blogosphere.

I’ll join a number of other bloggers in wishing her the best of luck.

Anti-Obama ads

This ad from the North Carolina Republican Party has been garnering a great deal of attention.

The attention is mainly due to John McCain calling it offensive. 

Since McCain doesn’t want to do the smart thing and define a possible opponent should we expect to hear him denouncing this ad:

or maybe this ad:

I have to agree with this assessment of the situation.

The person who seems to be “out of touch with reality” is John McCain!

Earth to John…….

The reality is that you are at best, accepted by the conservative base and not truly supported by it.

The reality is that if the Democrats had a nomination process that made sense, they would have had a nominee in March and you would face double digit deficits in every poll taken.

The reality is the longer we keep the Democrats fighting (yes, while the primary focus is the Governor’s race, the ad surely helps reraise the concern about Obama) the better your chances get.

The reality is that rather than on your opponents, you use your harshest criticisms and comments on those you should be most aligned with.

The reality is I’m getting sick and tired of hearing from you.

I’d add that a true leader defines his opponent at every opportunity so maybe this is another sign that McCain isn’t the right choice for the GOP. 

Employing the shield

So in the face of over 7300 petition signatures, resolutions by a few Pastoral Conferences and a BOD and a demonstration, Synod President Kieschnick and the Council of Presidents put out statements after meeting this week. Both statements are disappointing since they provide nothing new in terms of information regardomg the issue at hand.  Instead there is hiding behind that ”executive session” thing. There is also use of the 4th & 8th commandments apparently as a shield. The COP letter also mentions that there wasn’t a dissenting vote, interesting when you consider the above resolutions.  Here’s some other reaction:

Pastor Weedon expresses disappointment with the COP while sharing a post from Pastor Oberdieck.

Pastor Cwirla provides some education on the 4th and 8th commandments. Speaking of the 8th commandment Pastor Brown and Pastor Hall educate as well.

Meanwhile,  Mollie has some interesting insights while explaining SynodSpeak and pointing out double standards.  And Chrysostom calls President Kieschnick’s letter a sign of a failed presidency and the COP letter a failure of leadership.

The General takes a humorous approach on the whole situation while at Cyberstones made a discovery regarding the use of the Law.

On a more serious note, Pastor Asburry points out there are still questions and Chris Rosebrough points out strategic change appears to be underway.

Wouldn’t the better approach have been to provide real answers and start discussing the issues in the open?