Brit Hume used to be the anchor of the Fox News Channel’s nightly news broadcast. He still takes part in the network as an analyst and probably other things.  He was on one of their programs Sunday and said Tiger Wood should become a Christian to restore himself and his life. In the face of some conflict, you might have expected him to back down and retract his words. Instead he offered these words of wisdom on Bill O’Reilly’s program.

I received the following email from my cousin Lisa Gibson.  Her brother was a victim of the bombing of the flight over Lockerbie Scotland many years ago.  Since then she  has taken her grief and turned it into a positive thing starting a ministry that seeks to help people in the country of Libya and around the Arab world.  It was proven that Gadhafi was behind the bombing, supporting those involved.  He has been in the news recently since he spoke at the UN this week.  Lisa went to NY hoping to meet him.  And here is her account:

Several years ago, when I launched out on this journey to be an ambassador
of reconciliation with Libya, I had a dream.  It seemed like a ridiculous
dream at the time, but nonetheless very clear.  In the dream, had the
opportunity to meet and share the love of Jesus with Muammar Gaddafi.
For several years now, I have been doing missions work in Libya.  It is the
most tangible way I have known how to overcome the act of terror that my
brother was killed in for good.  It is the essence of the gospel, which
calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves and to love our enemies.
Now if you have been following the news in recent weeks, there has been all
kinds of controversy around Libya, especially about Muammar Gaddafi making
his first trip to the US and addressing the United Nations.
When I heard he was going to be at the United Nations, I asked Ambassador
Aujali, the Libyan Ambassador.  The Ambassador said he would do everything
in his power to make it happen. He is a controversial man and a true
revolutionary. You never really can predict what he will do or how he will
respond.  But one thing is true.  Few people can resist a gesture of
authentic goodwill motivated by love.
So, I arrived in New York on Tuesday, believing in faith that the dream God
gave me would become a reality.  That I would have the chance to meet
Gaddafi face-to-face and share the love of Jesus with him.  But after I
arrived, there was tons of controversy around him in the news.  It was
obvious that the general sentiment in New York was hate toward him.  He
couldn’t even find a place to stay.
On Wednesday morning, I went to the United Nations.  As I stood on the
street corner watching the leaders from countless nations arrive, I just
stood there and prayed for them silently.  It was a procession of many
different nations, several in the Muslim world that drove by, each with
their countries flags in their windows.
As I proceeded to the grounds of the United Nations, several groups were
protesting Gaddafi’s visit.  There were two Libyan opposition groups, one
led by the last King of Libya’s grandson.  He was ousted by Gaddafi during
his revolution 40 years ago.  The Pan Am 103 victims families were also
protesting.  There was a much larger group protesting Ahmadenijad from
Iran’s presence at the UN, but he didn¹t get nearly as much attention in the
media.  For some reason, the eyes were all on Gaddafi, and the comments were
not good.
There was one group of people that came out in support of Gaddafi.  This
group is the Nation of Islam.  It was a rather unexpected combination.  A
group of more than 500 african American men with dark suits and bow ties,
who are followers of Louis Farrakan and the nation of Islam. You may
remember during the election that Farrakhan called Obama the "messiah."
There were also Black Panthers in the group.  All standing, holding a rally
in honor of Muammar Gaddafi.  The speakers included Native Americans, Chuck
D former lead singer of the Public Enemy rap group and other Nation of Islam
members.  Among the crowd stood a few young Libyan students who have come to
the US to study and me.  A lone, white, Christian women in the Middle of the
crowd.  It could not have been a more political display, but at times it was
really unclear, what message they were trying to communicate.  We watched on
a big screen television as President Obama and then Muammar Gaddafi
addressed the United Nations. Even as members of the crowd held up signs
declaring Gaddafi the King of Kings, I couldn’t think of a better place to
pray.
After the rally, we (the group of Nation of Islam supporters, and myself)
were invited to go to the Libyan Mission headquarters to wait the Leader’s
arrival.  While we waited I made some new friends among several Libyan
students that were there.  One was a young women who is in the US studying
pharmacology and is due to have her first baby any day.
Well, after waiting for several hours we got word that he had been delayed.
So, I left.  At 5:30 pm, I received a call from the Libyan Ambassador who
invited me to come to the Libyan Mission to meet the leader at 7:30 pm.
So, myself and another young man who lost his father on the Lockerbie plane,
were invited to a one on one meeting Muammar Gaddafi.  He shook my hand and
we exchanged the general pleasantries. I shared with him about the fact that
I have been to Libya three times and have truly fallen in love with the
Libyan people.  I also talked about the projects we are engaged in there.
He was greatful.  I also gave him a gift.  A "Cross" brand pen and a card.
In the card I shared that I have been praying for him since my first trip in
2005, wished him the best for himself and the people of his country, and
blessed him.  Not the expected response to a known dictator and terrorist.
But, when he opened the gift, his countenance changed.  His previously stern
demeanor softened for a moment and a genuine boy-like smile came to his
face.
It was truly a historical day by many standards.  I have the t-shirt and
umbrella with a welcome for his first trip to America to prove it.  The
western media were not present, only a small delegation of Libyan reporters
when I met with Gaddafi.  They filmed and asked us questions, but the world
may never hear about it.  But as I walked out of the Libyan Mission and on
the way back to my home, I felt God’s peace.  I had fulfilled that
particular mission.  While the rest of the world was spewing hate and
rhetoric against him, one simple women welcomed him to America and shared
the love of Christ with him in the simplest ways I knew how.  I pray that it
will in someway make a difference.
Thank you so much for praying for me.
God bless,
Lisa

My cousin is the Executive Director of the Peace and Prosperity Alliance. They seek to bring together leaders from many areas to help bridge the gap between the developed and developing world.  You can read Lisa’s story in her new book, Life and Death: A Journey from Terrorism to Triumph.

The link below is an The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10cMike Huckabeethedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJason Jones in Iran" target=_blank>interesting debate between Huckabee and Jon Stewart on the Daily Show on the topic of abortion.  Sadly, when human life is devalued because of selfish reasons like economics, inconvenience, or emotional strife (all of the  primary reasons why women have abortions), the result is that human life in general is worth less.  Well now it seems that a human life is worth less than a really bad Mike Meyers movie.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a man was sentenced to 6 months for pirating the movie The Love Guru with Mike Meyers.  I didn’t see the movie and am probably more healthy for it – fewer destroyed brain cells and all.  As one blogger at Gizmodo says, “It might have been worth it for …” a better film like the recent Star Trek movie.  But when the man (Jack Yates") pirated the movie by lifting the DVD from work (he makes promos for movies) and distributed vie the Internets.  Now here is the sad part.  He blamed Grandma.  He showed it at her birthday party and then she gave it away to a friend who gave it to a friend who uploaded it.  So now he’s going to the pokey for 6 months.

Maybe he deserves it.  I think he should not have stolen the flick.  And it really doesn’t matter what he stole.  But what is so offensive to me is when you compare this infraction to that of Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth and then see the resulting penalties for their crimes, it shows how little value our society places on human life.  Stallworth was driving drunk when he hit and killed a man in Florida.  He got 30 days.  One month for killing a man while doing something we all know is not only illegal and immoral but really stupid.  He should be getting at least 6 months.  I would say much longer.

You may not agree with my connecting this with the devaluing of human life as a result of abortion.  But at least we can agree that human life is worth more than a ridiculous comedy film on DVD.  How much?  That is not something I can calculate, but I know it’s worth more than one sixth the value of a DVD.

Here’s an idea.  To punish Stallworth further we can give him the six months and make him continuously watch The Love Guru.

I saw this clip on the web and thought it was a fair minded and even handed debate on the topic of abortion.  Huckabee shares the pro-life side in a wonderful way.  Sadly you have to put up with Jon Stewart, although he is not that bad.  Warning that some might find it a little offensive, but it is worth it to see a believer in Christ sharing his biblical view in a modern day Mars Hill.

Obama says no.  What do you think?

It is sad but true.  There are places like China where Christians have to register with the government to legally gather for the purpose of studying the Bible.  And if they don’t they can be cited by the officials.  Thankfully we don’t live in such a country.  Or do we?  According to this article this is happening in San Diego, CA.

The article explains that when an attendee accidentally hit the car of a neighbor’s guest, the guest informed the county.  An official came out to the home of San Diego Pastor David Jones and informed him that he did not have a permit to hold a home Bible study and if he did not cease and desist he could be fined $1K.

There is one problem with the county’s order.  It’s called the First Amendment which reads as follows:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

We are plunging head long into something we all were fighting against in the mid to late 20th century – an Atheistic Socialist Government.  Its just now we have to fight it in our own country instead of the Soviet Union and China.

Liberals hate it when people burn books, unless it is the Bible.  Michael Medved shares this astonishing and troubling blog post about how the military destroyed some Bibles in Afghanistan recently.  How amazing that the Bible, which is only the foundation for most of our legal code in this country is not acceptable to the US military when Al Jezeera complains.  Yet if I complain, someone who is a citizen of this country and has the best interests of the US at heart instead of trying to destroy it, would go unnoticed or unheeded.  We are sliding into the abyss and the path is adorned with pretty flowers for us to look at on the way down.  I can see the scene now as we all plunge to our moral and society destruction, we just smile and smell the pretty flowers provided us by our wonderful government daddies and mommies.

On April 27th the White House got the above shot while scaring the wits out of NYC residents.  Was this shot worth $328,835 and the job of Louis Caldera, the WH director of the Military Office who quit over the snafu?  A little amazing when you figure most 10th graders with Google Image Search and Photoshop could have done it for free.

UPDATE: And here’s a photography expert who gives reasons why it is not even a good snap shot, let alone a professionally produced photo.

The speech will be on May 17th.  Not sure about the time!

Nobody would be upset right?  If you agree, please email me.  I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn I’m trying to sell.