Posted on 07/17/2002 7:19:22 PM PDT by rintense
President Bush and First Lady Laura welcome Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and his wife, Jolanta, to only the second State visit since Bush was sworn in. Bush and his colleague also answered a round of questions from reporters, including more questions to the President regarding his tenure at Harkin oil. The President and his guests attended the State dinner this evening. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!
Psalm 35
The LORD the Avenger of His People
A Psalm of David.
1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.
2Take hold of shield and buckler,
And stand up for my help.
3Also draw out the spear,
And stop those who pursue me.
Say to my soul,
"I am your salvation."
4Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.
5Let them be like chaff before the wind,
And let the angel[1] of the LORD chase them.
6Let their way be dark and slippery,
And let the angel of the LORD pursue them.
7For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
8Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
10All my bones shall say,
"LORD, who is like You,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?"
11Fierce witnesses rise up;
They ask me things that I do not know.
12They reward me evil for good,
To the sorrow of my soul.
13But as for me, when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own heart.
14I paced about as though he were my friend or brother;
I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.
15But in my adversity they rejoiced
And gathered together;
Attackers gathered against me,
And I did not know it;
They tore at me and did not cease;
16With ungodly mockers at feasts
They gnashed at me with their teeth.
17Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue me from their destructions,
My precious life from the lions.
18I will give You thanks in the great assembly;
I will praise You among many people.
19Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
20For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful matters
Against the quiet ones in the land.
21They also opened their mouth wide against me,
And said, "Aha, aha!
Our eyes have seen it."
22This You have seen, O LORD;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.
23Stir up Yourself, and awake to my vindication,
To my cause, my God and my Lord.
24Vindicate me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their hearts, "Ah, so we would have it!"
Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."
26Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who rejoice at my hurt;
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
Who exalt themselves against me.
27Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
"Let the LORD be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."
28And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness
And of Your praise all the day long.
I don't know why they bother with political party ID, anyway, since theyr moderators usually identify callers by where they are calling from. So there's no way for an interested viewer to track how balanced they are in letting callers on from all three lines.
C-SPAN also bought a radio station in the D.C. area so they could "reach out" more to minorities. That moved them ever further down the road of political correctness. They abandoned two-guest formats for their call-in shows. And, on top of all that, they have frequent call-ins with no guest at all, and their moderator is not allowed to respond to what callers say. So their call-ins usually become Left-wing feeding frenzies these days.
When you throw into the mix all the obscure, mostly Left-wing events they cover in the D.C. area, they now tilt so heavily Left I'm surprised their building isn't tilted like the Leaning Tower of Pisa! They have become very nearly useless in my opinion.
What I go by isn't a rule, it's a response -- an unplanned reaction.
What will look appropriately smashing on one person will look trashy on another. The bottom line for me is, Does the garment draw my attention to the wearer, or to the garment?
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