Soccer Dad: If ... you must 03/13/2007

March 13, 2007

If ... you must 03/13/2007

If you haven't read Raven Legend Day at the Almanac of Miscellaneous Merriment; you must.
If you were hoping to read how the Baltimore Ravens will replace Jamal Lewis, you won't find it there, though. Read the sports pages instead. Nevermore.

If you haven't seen the Infinite Hailstone at Not Quite Perfect; you must.

If you haven't read In a word at Futility Closet; you must.
If you like my blog let me know, I'm elozable.

If you haven't read Indian Billionaires shock Chinese at Deja Vu; you must.
In this edition of the Billionaires next door, we learn that freedom is a factor in economic sucess.

If you haven't read Forking at Treppenwitz; you must.
Do you have a child (or children) who does things his (or their) own way, unlike anyone else?

If you haven't read The Democrats Blacklist Fox at Seraphic Secret; you must.
And it's based on their inability to get a joke. Ailes was mocking President Bush not Barack Obama.

If you haven't read Rest in peace, Vuk at 38 pitches; you must.
Curt Schilling isn't just an excellent pitcher, he's a fine writer too. This is a fond rememberance of a coach of his who recently died.

If you haven't read Why there won't be elections in Israel soon at shiloh musings; you must.
She's absolutely right. PM Olmert may not be popular. It's questionable whether he can run the government effectively. But he is clearly a master of the political processes that can keep him in power. Besides just about everyone in this government knows that they're at the end of their political career - at least for the immediate future. Few people cede power willingly. And there are enough members of the government who realize that bringing down the government will be cutting off their own (political) noses.

If you haven't read Everything Hurts Abbas at AbbaGav; you must.

If you haven't read Whitewashing Christian Concerns at Media Backspin; you must.

If you haven't read Vile Reuters at it Again at Bookworm Room; you must.
Anytime you read that Palestinian Christians are leaving because of Israeli oppression remember this:

In fact, the Christian population throughout the Middle East has been in rapid decline. In 1900, Christians comprised 20 percent of the population of the Middle East; now, they are less than 2 percent. While the Muslim population has expanded rapidly in Europe and the U.S., Christians in the Middle East have experienced a negative population-growth rate. The only country noting a positive growth rate for Christians is Israel.

In Israel proper, the Christian population in 1948 was 34,000. Christians now number 146,000, or 2.1 percent of the total population. Projections are that by 2010 the Christian population in Israel will reach 163,000, reflecting an average yearly growth-rate of 1.9 percent. Among non-Jewish students in Israel, the rate of high school graduation is highest for Christians. Employment rates for Israeli Christians remain much higher than for their fellow believers in the Palestinian territories.

That's right the one place in the whole Middle East with a growing Christian population, is Israel. In no place ruled by Muslims is the Christian population growing.

If you haven't read March 13, 2003 at Jules Crittenden; you must.
A great story, but there's an obscenity alert here.

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