Betty Eadie claims to have died and went to heaven, relating her experience in this book.

Betty’s story may be inspiring and uplifting to non-Christians who badly want some sign that there’s life after death.   To non-Christians her tale would have to be insulting and far-fetched heresey.

While  meeting and conversing with Jesus, He makes no reference to dying for our sins or being the only way to heaven.  Enlightening moments comes off as an “everything we do on earth is an exercise in higher learning”.
Not good or evil – but self-knowledge.  Knowledge is more important than the actual deeds.

It’s unclear whether all humans or just some - are spirits being voluntarily recycled through life experiences, being reborn in human form so they may “learn” more.  Regardless, she claims to believe in Jesus however nothing she relates in her story is consistent with Christ. 

Along her way,  she meets spirits who must really be her BFF’s, enters the library of all knowledge which is instant on any subject or person you desire, and hangs out with the high tribunal of 12 men who council her on returning to earth.   Of course, Jesus couldnt possibly allow her to remember anything she learned from the library so he ………drum roll………get ready for the predictable ………”erased her memory!”

The author has been exposed to an amalgam of mysticysm and religions, lending credence to the scientific theory that life after death accounts are nothing more than electrical signals still moving about, conjuring up “dreams” based on what we’ve been exposed to during life.   Other possible reasons for this book are:  she smokes alot of dope, she’s nuts, wants to make money writing and smokes alot of dope.

Eadies’ writing style is on par with your tpyical blogger; unpolished.  The only thing believable about this book is that it was written by someone who is not a professional or learned author and it was her first book.  A quick look at her website however shows that she now has more books to her credit (http://www.embracedbythelight.com/)

Our Federal Trade Commission is going to hold workshops.  Oh boy I cant wait to find out how much this is costing us.

What they’re really doing is trying to figure out ways to pump up the viewership of the left wing branch of media.  You know, the ones at the bottom of this list every month:

CABLE NEWS RACE
MONDAY, AUG. 24, 2009

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,440,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,937,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,810,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,450,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,066,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,860,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,114,000
CNN KING 1,063,000
MSNBC MADDOW 885,000
CNN COOPER 827,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 640,000

This isnt a phenomenon, it’s been like this for 10 years, and it goes to illustrate once again that this is a center/right nation when it comes to our values and interests.

With Obama rapidly losing support and their means to manipulate what we see and hear, you’re going to see alot more attacks and complaints from the White House directed at Fox News.  It’s how the children in power roll.

Remember the old painted green steel garden hose reels when you were a kid?  They just dont sell ‘em anymore.  Go ahead and google your hearts desire, but chances are you wont find one easily online, and certainly not at brick and mortar retailers like Home Depot, Menards, or Walmart.

You’re likely to keep seeing all the stores carry those crappy plastic Suncast reels that leak once you hook them up, or tip over with even the slightest bit of hose movement.  You can find a few steel constructed units but they cost anywhere from $130 up to $350, but c’mon now it’s just a damned hose reel. 

I diligently looked for an American made metal hose reel that didnt require a small loan or the trading one of my kidneys.  The best I found is a Chinese made unit, sold under “Yardworks” shown below, and it is not a common unit sold among stores.  My mother bought one at Menard’s for $59 and it only took about 25 minutes to assemble it.

It does NOT leak, nor will it tip over even when tugging at the 150ft of hose I wrapped on it. (It can take up to 300ft of 5/8″ hose).  The fittings are made of metal, not cheap plastic.

Normally I would lay down more specs and thoughts, but an excellent review was already posted here : http://www.epinions.com/review/Hose_Reel_Cart/content_480138464900
 Epinions will show the wrong unit pictured and the author makes note of it in his review.

The pics above I snagged at Gemplers.com an online supply shop, where this same unit costs $125.

The bottom line is, if you need a garden hose reel, go to Menards and get this one – and get your gardening on.

  I renounce my long standing view of Jean Claude Van Damme.   A hollywood action darling of the 80’s and 90’s he deserved his reputation for bad acting and silly action movies,

……………..but that was then and this is now.

He’s back, a mature and humbled actor – putting self deprication, humor, and an inner darkness all out in front.  I’ll go as far as to say there is no other action star who’s nailed such startling emotion-driven sequences as he has in this latest film. 

The last pleasant acting gem came when Bruce Willis did the Sixth Sense, and even that takes a back seat to JCVD. 

The plot of the movie centers on Jean Claude the washed up action star struggling to make movie deals with hackish producers out to use him for a few quick bucks, and while trying to get some money advanced to him he ends up in the middle of a bank robbery.  The press and the police have good information indicating JCVD is part of the heist and malay ensues as die hard fans and police surround the bank to get a piece of him.

I’d just mark this up to a one in a million performance, a lucky script, or even chance, but he also pulled off another excellent portayal a few years ago in a movie called In Hell.  No martial arts, no hammy tough guy bs.  In Hell, he’s a man sentenced in a foreign prison for taking the law into his own hands.  Yes, it’s a bustem up prison movie, but he uses no martial arts and the action is gritty and realistic.  He doesnt even have any muscle in this one, it’s very weird to see a skinny out of shape Van Damme trying to keep his butt from being kicked.  But I digress….

I highly recommend JCVD, and his earlier work In Hell.  Both will amaze those familiar with the Van Damme of old.

This is simply not the same cheesey action guy from the 80’s.