I've been using www.dawnrosalie.com to point to my blog for a while now, since Kevin graciously set me up a domain with GoDaddy. But it's time to move on into my 27th year (my favorite number, by the way, since I was 7) with a new look and a new home on the web.
So please update your bookmarks. The domain www.dawnrosalie.com should now take you to my blog hosted at dawnrosalie.wordpress.com but in case you're not using dawnrosalie as your bookmark, you can click on these links to take you there.
Let me know what you think about the new layout. :)
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Does a black president signal the second coming?
What do you think about this? I'm not very political either way. I remain Republican because generally I'm for less government involvement (especially in the face of the failure of so many government programs to achieve what they hope to acheive). But I'm open to ideas from both sides.
And I'll admit - I was caught off guard a couple of months ago when I saw a sticker that said, got hope? and discovered it was selling Obama and not Jesus.
Que piensas?
Monday, June 23, 2008
On gay marriage
Below is my response to an email petition I received a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks for passing this petition.
Whatever you may think of marriage (to a same-sex partner or anyone else), the voters in California have already overwhelming voted to limit marriage to one man and one woman in a landslide vote of 61-39 on Proposition 22 a few years ago. As of now, California voters have already collected over 1.1 million signatures, enough to initiate a constitutional amendment to overturn this most recent ruling of the court. When the voters bring that amendment to the State constitution it will be fairly clear what the will of the people is. So there's no need to continue circulating this email.
That said, if you are over 18 it's important to educate yourself on the issues. Go here for a balanced argument for traditional marriage. First, it's not a religious right-wing issue and as a Christian myself, I wish people would look more closely at the implications it has for society at large. It's not just about "God's will" or stopping nice gay people from committing to each other, this ruling changes how our whole society will function and on what basis we will make people responsible for things. If a father marries his daughter (which this law would allow), he can make you as a tax-payer responsible for the children they produce when she gives them up to foster care (because a 10-year-old girl has no means to take care of a baby); and you will pay for that. Not to mention the social services we will need to take care of her emotional turmoil as a victim of incest. This is what could happen when we open the door to these kinds of laws without thinking critically about how it will play out. Just wanting your nice gay friends (and my nice gay friends) to be able to marry is not enough.
Secondly, The State Supreme Court does not have the right (literally) to overturn the will of the voters. The Governor says he will "respect" the will of the court but if you read his actual statements here you will see that he is abdicating his role as part of the executive branch (that's what we get for electing an actor!) by saying the courts and the voters should decide. Well, the voters have already decided with Prop 22 and if the voters bring an amendment to the State constitution, the Governor should listen to them and consider their voice. If you want to make a difference, the best way is to call or write your elected officials and the Governor and ask them to listen to the will of the people. Because realistically, they will be in office a few short years, but we as citizens will have to live with this decision for a long time.
I'm in favor of people thinking critically about the real outcome before making up your mind. This is an emotionally charged issue, but it's not an issue we should decide based on only emotion. It's about how we live in society and who's responsible for what. This is America, it's advanced citizenship and we need voters who think critically, and don't just respond emotionally.
Thanks for passing this petition.
Whatever you may think of marriage (to a same-sex partner or anyone else), the voters in California have already overwhelming voted to limit marriage to one man and one woman in a landslide vote of 61-39 on Proposition 22 a few years ago. As of now, California voters have already collected over 1.1 million signatures, enough to initiate a constitutional amendment to overturn this most recent ruling of the court. When the voters bring that amendment to the State constitution it will be fairly clear what the will of the people is. So there's no need to continue circulating this email.
That said, if you are over 18 it's important to educate yourself on the issues. Go here for a balanced argument for traditional marriage. First, it's not a religious right-wing issue and as a Christian myself, I wish people would look more closely at the implications it has for society at large. It's not just about "God's will" or stopping nice gay people from committing to each other, this ruling changes how our whole society will function and on what basis we will make people responsible for things. If a father marries his daughter (which this law would allow), he can make you as a tax-payer responsible for the children they produce when she gives them up to foster care (because a 10-year-old girl has no means to take care of a baby); and you will pay for that. Not to mention the social services we will need to take care of her emotional turmoil as a victim of incest. This is what could happen when we open the door to these kinds of laws without thinking critically about how it will play out. Just wanting your nice gay friends (and my nice gay friends) to be able to marry is not enough.
Secondly, The State Supreme Court does not have the right (literally) to overturn the will of the voters. The Governor says he will "respect" the will of the court but if you read his actual statements here you will see that he is abdicating his role as part of the executive branch (that's what we get for electing an actor!) by saying the courts and the voters should decide. Well, the voters have already decided with Prop 22 and if the voters bring an amendment to the State constitution, the Governor should listen to them and consider their voice. If you want to make a difference, the best way is to call or write your elected officials and the Governor and ask them to listen to the will of the people. Because realistically, they will be in office a few short years, but we as citizens will have to live with this decision for a long time.
I'm in favor of people thinking critically about the real outcome before making up your mind. This is an emotionally charged issue, but it's not an issue we should decide based on only emotion. It's about how we live in society and who's responsible for what. This is America, it's advanced citizenship and we need voters who think critically, and don't just respond emotionally.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:09 PM, (Name and Email Removed) wrote:
Thanks for the support. I have nothing against homosexuals, but it seems that they have problems with laws supporting normal marriages. Once these laws supporting the "normal" marriages, you really don't have much basis to prevent polygamy, bestiality, incestuous and all kinds of multiple partnerships. In countries where such marriage supporting laws have collapsed you have people marrying their cats, dogs, and few people adamant about marrying their own daughters these days.
Peace,
(Name Removed)On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM, (Name and Email Removed) wrote:Sorry, I am in support of this law so I won't be signing the petition.
(Name Removed)On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:35 AM, (Name and Email Removed) wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: (Name and Email Removed)
Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:37 AM
Subject: Fwd: Help me stop the California anti-marriage ruling
To:---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Grassfire.net Services <alert@grassfire.net>
Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Subject: Help me stop the California anti-marriage ruling
To:
+ + + +
(Name), thanks for signing the petition! Please
forward this message to your friends and ask them to join you.
Thanks again! -- Liberty Counsel
+ + + +
I just signed a petition supporting an emergency suspension of
California's outrageous court ruling that sanctioned homosexual
marriage. Same-sex marriage licenses will be issued by June 15 at
the latest. We have very little time to stop this ruling. Please go
here to sign:
http://www.grassfire.net/189/petition.asp?PID=16628370&NID =1
Ms. (Name Removed)
--
Sola Gratia.
(Name Removed)
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Deflation...it ain't just a category for balloons
Um, yeah. I was searching for a word to describe my feelings yesterday and I discovered it. Deflated. I am getting some feedback on my work that is entirely deflating. I don't know what to do about it. I don't tend to be without self-assurance, it's more like I'm losing heart. I feel discouraged and deflated. I think I'm engaging in the way I need to be, but then I have to sit there and hear commentary on my process that doesn't engage personally with it.
I feel misunderstood and the worst part is that there's no avenue for me to respond. I hate being misunderstood and I hate feeling ineffectual. It's the worst.
What do I do with these feelings in a society that doesn't want to hear the sad, bad and angry? In a society that doesn't take time to lament?
I feel misunderstood and the worst part is that there's no avenue for me to respond. I hate being misunderstood and I hate feeling ineffectual. It's the worst.
What do I do with these feelings in a society that doesn't want to hear the sad, bad and angry? In a society that doesn't take time to lament?
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Mouw on the Pope
A Papal Discussion: On Faith and Human Rights
Reading Mouw's latest offerings on Catholic/Protestant ethics.
Something that comes to mind as I read this is an old phrase I heard once, probably on a crime show:
What do we think?
What do we know?
What can we prove?
I know that's a very rational way to evaluate the blog and the Pope's visit, but I fall back to it because I think this kind of visit often attracts so much conjecture and emotive response from critics and ordinary thinkers. I think it's important to go back to the facts when there's a lot of that and try to remember that "he who is not against us is for us".
Reading Mouw's latest offerings on Catholic/Protestant ethics.
Something that comes to mind as I read this is an old phrase I heard once, probably on a crime show:
What do we think?
What do we know?
What can we prove?
I know that's a very rational way to evaluate the blog and the Pope's visit, but I fall back to it because I think this kind of visit often attracts so much conjecture and emotive response from critics and ordinary thinkers. I think it's important to go back to the facts when there's a lot of that and try to remember that "he who is not against us is for us".
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Post #299 holds in store for you 5 unrelated thoughts
1. Yup, I am on the downwardslide toward a miraculous 300 posts. I feel pretty impressive.
2. There are 15 days left until I get on a plane headed to Romania! I've got $775 left to raise by July 20th.
3. I'm going camping this weekend north of Ventura, south of Santa Barbara. They are forecasting a 30% chance of thunderstorms and I'm still bringing the fixings for s'mores. I'm excited!!
4. God is at work on my future in ways that leave me utterly grateful and utterly speechless.
5. I'm so impressed by the things that my college group is doing now. Still faithfully walking with God and serving in some amazing ways. We are talking doctors, lawyers, PhDs and such. I am not sure I'm living up to my promise yet, but I'm honored to be a part of such a stellar group.
2. There are 15 days left until I get on a plane headed to Romania! I've got $775 left to raise by July 20th.
3. I'm going camping this weekend north of Ventura, south of Santa Barbara. They are forecasting a 30% chance of thunderstorms and I'm still bringing the fixings for s'mores. I'm excited!!
4. God is at work on my future in ways that leave me utterly grateful and utterly speechless.
5. I'm so impressed by the things that my college group is doing now. Still faithfully walking with God and serving in some amazing ways. We are talking doctors, lawyers, PhDs and such. I am not sure I'm living up to my promise yet, but I'm honored to be a part of such a stellar group.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Do you enjoy fine dining?
A guy I know famously once asked this of Jill. And Jill in all her utter sweetness actually answered in a civil manner. But you have to know that we have spent the 12 months since that famous line mocking it because seriously, who doesn't enjoy fine dining? In the moment, I wanted to respond with something like: "No, she enjoys licking the floor at Taco Bell."
Seriously though, there has been a pathetic lack of blogging. And I just want to go on record and say that that was for your own safety. I had a crappy, crappy couple of days from Sunday until about Thursday, and the yuck that was coming out of my life was not fit for publication.
But I am mostly back to normal now, so I thought I'd spin you a couple of tidbits from my crawls around the wiry web.
Number 1: Amanda Congdon on ABCNews.com has something to say about Time Magazine naming me Person of the Year. Luckily, if you read all the way to the end, it turns out I'm still Person of the Year, and not just another person. Phew.
Number 2: The Google doodle is quite impressive this year. I think they are doodling a page out of my random book with this one. Kangaroos and Christmas? Go figure. Or go doodle.
On a holiday note, tonight I had the most amazing meal. Spaghetti with two kinds of sauce: garlic clam sauce and a marinara wine sauce with italian sausage. It might sound mundane, but it was divine. I was especially hungry and that always makes good food even better. I'm not a patrician anymore, but I do enjoy fine dining.
Wishing you the merriest of meals and the true joy of Jesus now and throughout the New Year. Merry Christmas!
Seriously though, there has been a pathetic lack of blogging. And I just want to go on record and say that that was for your own safety. I had a crappy, crappy couple of days from Sunday until about Thursday, and the yuck that was coming out of my life was not fit for publication.
But I am mostly back to normal now, so I thought I'd spin you a couple of tidbits from my crawls around the wiry web.
Number 1: Amanda Congdon on ABCNews.com has something to say about Time Magazine naming me Person of the Year. Luckily, if you read all the way to the end, it turns out I'm still Person of the Year, and not just another person. Phew.
Number 2: The Google doodle is quite impressive this year. I think they are doodling a page out of my random book with this one. Kangaroos and Christmas? Go figure. Or go doodle.
On a holiday note, tonight I had the most amazing meal. Spaghetti with two kinds of sauce: garlic clam sauce and a marinara wine sauce with italian sausage. It might sound mundane, but it was divine. I was especially hungry and that always makes good food even better. I'm not a patrician anymore, but I do enjoy fine dining.
Wishing you the merriest of meals and the true joy of Jesus now and throughout the New Year. Merry Christmas!
Saturday, December 16, 2006
This just in...!
...Time Magazine named ME Person of the Year! Little ol' Delta Dawn...how sweet of them...
From www.drudgereport.com at 6:03PM PST:
**EXCLUSIVE** 7:38 PM ET... IT'S YOU! YOU were named TIME magazine 'Person of the Year' Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content such as 'blogs', video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace... You -- YES, YOU -- beat out candidates including Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, China's President Hu Jintao, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi... YOU, YOU, YOU....
Monday, December 11, 2006
3 Items of Note
1. Thanks to Kevin, you can now reach my blog by pointing your browser to DAWNROSALIE.COM
I am so excited about this new development. I am now officially part of the .COM universe!
2. In lieu of actual blogging today, read this blog by Michelle Malkin on one of the reasons I am officially smarter than my friends! Just kidding, but actually it proves that I am bicerebral. I have to figure out a way to incorporate that asset into future resumes. (Yes, I'm a leftie.)
3. It's time for a roll call. If you love it, if you check it, if you read it, Delta Dawn would like to know about it. Post a comment next time you stop by my blog. This is the easiest way to make my day and the best Christmas present you could give me.
If you're at a loss for what to say, tell me the top 3 things on your Christmas list this year.
I am so excited about this new development. I am now officially part of the .COM universe!
2. In lieu of actual blogging today, read this blog by Michelle Malkin on one of the reasons I am officially smarter than my friends! Just kidding, but actually it proves that I am bicerebral. I have to figure out a way to incorporate that asset into future resumes. (Yes, I'm a leftie.)
3. It's time for a roll call. If you love it, if you check it, if you read it, Delta Dawn would like to know about it. Post a comment next time you stop by my blog. This is the easiest way to make my day and the best Christmas present you could give me.
If you're at a loss for what to say, tell me the top 3 things on your Christmas list this year.
Monday, December 04, 2006
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