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I saw Dick Cheney on CNN Today. He has gotten a bum rap in recent years. Yes you can question the decisions he made, but he made those decisions under very difficult circumstances. I've always liked his calm, measured approach to problem solving. He may not have gotten all the calls right, but history will probably say he got more right than wrong.

Interestingly it seems things got heated between him at George W. when Bush refused to pardon Scooter Libby. Cheney refused to give details, but it seems that there may have been some heated conversations.

I just installed Twirl for my Tweets. Looks good so far!

I've been playing with Joomla this weekend. We've always built our own CMS but I finally gave in and tried Joomla. It's a very robust CMS and widely used. It's a little slow when setting up, but it does make creating a manageable web site fairly easy. They have lots of plugins to do just about anything you want to do. If you're a novice, or an expert who wants to get something up and running quickly, give it a try.

Is everyone you know on Facebook? Yeah, me too. Have you tried getting your business or web site on Facebook? Tried creating a page? Forget it. It is simply the most confusing and poorly coded site I've ever seen. You never know what page you're on, all the important links are way too small, they don't make things obvious. It's a complete waste of time.

Use it to find your old flames but forget it if you're trying to drive traffic to your business web site. If you think you want to take the leap and try it, be prepared to be frustrated!

It sure seems like it.

Churches looking for the right pastor, or ministers looking for their next calling can all benefit from ChurchJobs.net.  The website for matching churches and candidates has current church jobs from all over the country.  You an do a nationwide search for your next pastor.  Head on over to ChurchJobs.net to find pastor jobs.

So many other sites are popping up these days, but ChurchJobs.net does it best. They are straightforward and to the point, and focus on connecting churches with candidates. They keep advertisements out of the way and to a minimum so you can focus on finding the right position.

You can add a job, or add your resume if you are a candidate. You can even choose jobs by denomination like Baptist or Methodist.

The folks at ChurchJobs.net are always helpful and respond to inquiries quickly.  I highly recommend the site, as well as other sites they run.

If you're interested in hiring a music copyist you can check out MusicEngravers.com.

Musicians might find the following forums helpful if you use Cakewalk Sonar.  The Cakewalk Forum will help you get assistance and support from other users.

Check out these friends.  You won't be disappointed, especially if you're looking for church staffing help.

Why can't the politicians get it? They are growing the size of our government beyond what we are capable of maintaining. Bush spent us into the poor house and now Obama wants to double down on that achievement? We're headed for massive inflation and a decade of stagnation. No doubt!

On January 31, 2008 I told you in this blog how crazy the Republicans would be if they put up John McCain as their nominee.  My view has been the same since then.  The Republicans were crazy to put up John Mccain as the party's nominee.  Won't they every learn that merely hanging around the Senate for a long time does not qualify you to be President, and definitely does not make a good candidate.

Do you remember that one year before President Clinton ran for re-election he was the lowest rated President in history?  Who did the Republicans put up against him?  Bob Dole.  He was simply too old and too boring.  The Republicans did not learn their lesson and they put up John McCain who was even older than Dole was when he ran. 

I was not for Obama, but I wasn't for McCain either.  We need someone who has actually done something.  Someone who has run a government, or a corporation, or something....anything.  What do we have now?  We have two senators in the White House and neither of them have ever run anything.  We're screwed.  I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. 

People feel good about Obama right now but just give him time.  He'll start raising taxes and spending more money.  I'm a conservative independent who is waiting for someone like Michael Bloomberg to run so we can really fix our problems.

I don't know about you but I hate daylight savings. I wish we'd leave the time alone. If we have to have it, my vote is to have it start on May 1 and end on October 1. That's about all I can take. It screws my sleep patterns up and I just don't like it to be light out at 9pm. If I liked that, I'd move to Alaska.

In case you're wondering why we do it, check the source link below.

I just read an interesting article about using Gmail for bookmarks, a personal database, and more.  You can read about it here:

Using Gmail as Your Personal Nerve Center

After recently moving from Outlook to Gmail this was an interesting read. Outlook still rains supreme for managing all of my contact information but Gmail really allows me to manage my email more efficiently. For some reason Gmail makes sorting through my emails much quicker. I rarely have more than 3 or 4 messages in my inbox when I'm done and I get hundreds of emails per day.