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  • Prayer request, please

    01/11/2007 7:40:20 PM PST · by pigsmith · 23 replies · 476+ views
    01-11-07 | self
    I have a prayer request to make for myself. The last two days have suddenly turned into a nightmare of unbelievable proportions, and it has happened in a series of individual unrelated events, most of them overlapping. Without going into all the various details, I'll just say that it's all revolving around money, or I should say, the lack of it, and I'm really starting to panic. I'm am suddenly backed into a corner. I could really use some prayer for wisdom to know what to do. I thought most of these things had been finished by selling everything I...
  • The World Situation - A Letter to My Sons (Muslim Antidote - long but interesting read)

    07/17/2005 7:16:46 AM PDT · by pigsmith · 15 replies · 1,626+ views
    Islam Review ^ | May 19, 2004
    Muslim Antidote The following was written by someone unknown to me. It was forwarded by people that inadvertently cut out the writer's name. To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in our lifetime and mine (which includes WWII). The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means. First, let's examine a...
  • Some Gloat as SUVs Get Hit By Gas Costs

    04/25/2005 11:05:09 AM PDT · by pigsmith · 269 replies · 4,637+ views
    ABC News ^ | April 25, 2005 | MICHAEL S. JAMES
    April 25, 2005 — Donna Bijas of Middletown, N.J., hates SUV owners and the way their vehicles obstruct her view as she tries to back her Nissan Altima out of parking spaces: "I hope gas prices send them to the poor house," she said. In level-headed reflection, people on both sides of the SUV debate tend to agree soaring gas prices are nothing to cheer. But among some SUV haters, there's the road-rage factor: Perhaps prone to seething in traffic over what they see as an egomaniacal, menacing and gas-guzzling group, some see high gas prices as payback. "I laugh...