The Good, The Bad, and The Church

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Gerald Ford - 38th President, 1974-1977


Former President Ford, age 93, received a cardiac pacemaker Monday at the Mayo Clinic.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth. His mother Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford. The Fords began calling her son Gerald R. Ford, Jr., although his name was not legally changed until December 3, 1935.

Ford was the first President to be appointed under the provisions of the Twenty Fifth Amendment. Following the resignation of Vice President Agnew, President Nixon nominated him for Vice President and he was confirmed in the Senate by 92-3 and in the House by 387-35. He took the oath of office on December 6, 1973. Eight months and three days later Nixon resigned and Ford became President.

The only President neither elected to the Presidency nor the Vice Presidency, Ford never recovered from his pardon of Nixon.

Gerald Ford is the oldest living former President of the United States Of America. He was thrust into a no-win situation and did his best to heal a nation. Let's hope the pacemaker gives him another 93 years!








A crazy saga



John Mark Karr

On his recent trip from Thailand to the U.S., Karr first dined on pate, salad, fried king prawn, steamed rice, broccoli and chocolate cake. He also had a beer — crushing the empty can with his hands — and then had a glass of chardonnay. Karr appeared to order the drinks himself.

He later dined on roast duck with soy sauce and yellow noodles, and for his third meal had pizza, chocolates and a bottle of Evian.

Only in America can this happen! The taxpayers are such a generous lot. Three squares a day. Eating good in the neighborhood.

Guilty or not of the JonBenet Ramsey killing, he is guilty of something and this guy is being wined and dined.

Why the first class treatment? Gourmet food. Something is dreadfully wrong with this picture!!!







Lately I have brought to your attention some things that are wrong with the Catholic Church.

This time it's the Baptist Church I'm going to talk about.

Church Fires Teacher for Being Female


WATERTOWN, N.Y. - The minister of a church that dismissed a female Sunday School teacher after adopting what it called a literal interpretation of the Bible says a woman can perform any job - outside of the church.



The First Baptist Church dismissed Mary Lambert with a letter explaining that the church had adopted an interpretation that prohibits women from teaching men. She had taught there for 54 years.

The letter quoted the first epistle to Timothy: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."

First, how well does the Baptist church know the new testament? She had been teaching 54 years and they just noticed the first epistle to Timothy in the New Testament?

Don't let the word 'new' fool you. The new testament was written by various authors after c. 45 AD and before c. 140 AD so they have had a little bit of time.

Second, is it any wonder people are moving away from organized religion?

Third, that epistle guy must have had issues with his mother when he wrote "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."

Fourth, being the religious person that I am, I went home to the wife and I told her "I do not permit you to have authority over me; You must be silent."

Fifth, the remainder of the typing on here is being done for me as the wife silently hit me several times with what appeared to be a very large frying pan. I am in a body cast with two broken arms and various other injuries. Duly noted she was silent the entire time as she let me do all of the screaming!!!

Sixth, admit it men, if women didn't teach or have authority over men, all of us men would be lost. The silent part is negotiable though.



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