The Republic and the Future of the Galaxy...

The last few days have been an interesting indeed, both news wise and personally. I've riecently retuned from California and the funeral of one of the most amazing men I've ever had the privledge of knowing - my Great Grandfather, Jack Cochrane. I've no doubt that his going home was a welcome transition in his life. To hear his stories and to wax theological with him from time to time, not to mention play him in gin, was always an expirence - one that I will greatly miss.

Meanwhile, Israel finds itself in a crisis of leadership due to Ariel Sharon's medical problems. For the best on that, as always, check out Joel Rosenberg's blog. He has a great post that is a few days old now on "what to watch for" Personally, I hope that Benjamin Netanyahu can get back in the game and become Prime Minister again, as much as I disagree with the Krauthammer position on this (as he is a Sharon fan). I'm not a fan of Israel giving land away. Granted that idea is not helped by media's spin on riecent comments made by Pat Robertson on the 700 Club. Relitivly unconsidered I think is the comment itself - God says woe to anyone who would give His land away. You see, this is certianly not someone saying that Sharon is being punished my having these medical problems, these problems are a fact of life for a 77 year old individual. All Robertson is doing is stating a position that God takes in His Word, that's it. Granted the Media won't jive with that espically after the Hugo Chavez comments last year, but theis is a seperate occasion; a fact the media would choose to ignore.

What all this could mean for our beloved republic and the rest of the world, time will tell, and shortly I think.