Maggie's Farm

Can a memorial service be a fine, almost joyful, inspiring thing? It sure can. We lost a solid pillar of our church last week, and it was a wonderful service for a remarkable fellow who died way too young. He brought many to Christ just by his example of living. A friend confided to me that he was jealous of the fellow's memorial service - and I was too.

Climate change: When England had vineyards (h/t, Neptunus)

Neoneo: Krauthammer for President

Somin: Do We Need Government Intervention to Reduce the Number of Lawyers?

Am Thinker: Understanding the Democrats' voting scheme

Somebody actually seriously told me yesterday that the cold winter was due to man-made climate change: Cold stuns Floridians. It's 10 F where I am this morning.

Harry Reid speaks an obvious truth, apologizes

Insty:

PROBLEM: 75% of GOP Voters Say Republicans in Congress Have “Lost Touch” With Party’s Base…

From Q&O on the Dem healthcare (my bolds):

...Given these facts, you are left to ponder the following question articulated by Richmond:

So a federal government which has never in history demonstrated one iota of ability to reign in spending can permanently add another 40+ million people to federal entitlement programs [and] [t]his is the silver bullet necessary to reduce costs?

Nope. No bullets at all, silver or otherwise. The government is shooting blanks, and a system that is ranked number 1 out of 191 in the world for “responsiveness to the needs and choices of the individual patient” (uh, isn’t that what good medicine is all about?) is about to be downgraded dramatically based on a collection of myths, half-truths and outright lies.

Photo is the steeple of the church on Cuttyhunk Island.