Blog roundup

On more than one occasion, I’ve mentioned my favorite blogs, and the truth is that I have a very large number of “favorite” blogs … ones that I read very frequently. I’m too lazy to look up how many WordPress blogs I’ve got subscribed, but I have Google reader open … and there are 22 blogs in there (although three of them haven’t seen new posts in quite a while).

Still, there are some posts around that I’d like to share.

John Shore, at Suddenly Christian, put up “No Offense, But I Can’t Care What You Think About My Christianity,” which was very timely considering the reaction to my recent post regarding Sarah Palin.

Polycarp at The Church of Jesus Christ issues “Idol Alert – American Exceptionalism,” posing a question for Christians about whether the US really is the greatest force for good in the world.

Almost a month ago, Thomas at Everyday Liturgy posted “Ten Commandments of Talking Politics.” I think that it’s worth reading and trying to bear those in mind.

A few weeks ago, Maxdaddy at That NEW Adage posted “If I ever get caught in a hurricane, my name is Freddie A.I.G. Mac! Bail me OUT!” which is sobering, and only more so if you bear in mind that we’ve just had our great-grandkids’ pockets picked for another $700 billion since it was written.

Meanwhile, Kevin at … well, … Kevin Tracy is trying to figure out “A Working Definition of a Conservative.”

OneMom has a few posts on products made in the USA … of special interest are “Keep the United States Working” and “Where was your Bible printed?“

Jamelle at The United States of Jamerica does a little bit of “College library philosophizing” about having faith in democracy.

Larry at My Take talks about “Barack Obama’s attack on the First Amendment,” which is certainly interesting reading. Combined with my previous post, it reminds me of why I’m not getting behind either “major” candidate.
I’m backing Joe Schriner, who recently posted a comment someone said to him during his 2004 campaign:

During a talk I gave to a group of Amish in Kidron, Ohio, during Campaign 2004, one man said he had a fool proof answer to keeping the National Budget out of the red:  First, we should have someone in D.C. with “a caluculator that works,” he said.  And secondly, we should use this calculator to count up how much tax money has come in in a given year.  “Then we shouldn’t spend any more than what’s come in,” he added.

Imagine that!