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Movie Review (Miami Vice)

Pros: Good gunfights.

Cons: Nudity seemed gratuitous, the language was also sometimes gratuitous, this is perhaps the worst action movie ever. Colin Ferrel cannot act so I just didn't get his performance and he was completely overshadowed by Jamie Foxx.

If someone asks you to watch this shoot them in the face.

Awesome Concert

This isn't the show I went to, but they were awesome just the same.

Gay Nudist Colony in Roane County

Yeah, the Rosebud Lodge is trying to get built just outside of town. Once people found out what they were doing, they changed their website once the locals learned it was specifically for ghey people. Now they owners are trying to be more inclusive as they see their zoning probabilities slip away. Anyway, there are a bunch of articles about the place out there, and the website has been stripped down to a real basic framework since it was drawing negative attention.

Firestorm brewing over alternative lifestyle lodge



By DAMON LAWRENCE
rclawrence@bellsouth.net

A quiet rumble. That's the way zoning officer Kay Christopher
described the public firestorm that's starting to brew over a plan to
bring an adult resort to Roane County.

"You know it's about to hit," Christopher said.

Christopher said her office has been bombarded with phone calls over
the Rosebud Lodge.

The proposed resort and campground will cater to the gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender community. Pictures on the Rosebud Lodge Web
site --www.rosebudlodge.com -- show same-sex couples, including two
men kissing, two men sitting in a bath tub and one person who appears
to be dressed in drag.

The Rosebud Web site doesn't mention Roane County by name. Riverfront
property just west of Knoxville is the description given about the
location, but a phone number on the site belongs to Gary Foster of
Kettering, Ohio.

He is also listed as the applicant on a zoning request form that was
filed with the county zoning office. When contacted Tuesday, Foster
seemed confident that the resort, described as clothing-optional three
weeks of the month, will come to fruition. He said the location is the
perfect spot for it.

"It's between Nashville and Knoxville and not far from Chattanooga,"
Foster said. "It's a high-traffic area. A lot of people come in there
for the Smoky Mountains, Dollywood and things like that. It's a very
good area, especially for fishing and boating."

According to the county zoning office, the property that would be home
to the resort is located at 920 Skyline Drive. The property, about 60
acres, fronts the Clinch River and is next to Cedar Lake Retreat.
According to county property records, the land is owned by Robert F.
Whiteside Jr., and its appraised value is $704,500.

There are plans to put a health club, pool and dorm-type housing on
the resort. Foster said if the rezoning is approved, the resort could
be open by August.

"I've already been down there several times," Foster said. "My Realtor
is handling everything right now."

Foster said the resort would be for adults only.

"If you go into a lot of campgrounds, you'll see that they have things
going on for just adults without the kids," Foster said. "This will be
a place where we don't want the kids, so the adults can just enjoy
themselves."

The property is currently zoned A-2 (developing agricultural) and
would need to be rezoned to C-1 (general commercial) in order for the
Rosebud Lodge to do business there. That's where public opposition
could come into play. The county commission has the final say on
whether or not to rezone the property. Christopher said people
representing several local churches are among the many who called her
office to inquire about the proposed resort. No one has expressed a
positive opinion, Christopher said.

They will have the opportunity to voice their opinions formally.
Christopher said the request to rezone will be on the planning
commission's agenda for its May 21 meeting and appear on the
commission agenda for its June 9 meeting. Both meetings will be held
at the courthouse.

"I don't think the courthouse is going to be big enough to hold all
the people," said Warren Kocher, a member of the planning commission.

Old Music

I was listening to something on the radio the other day by a popular new artist and couldn't believe how much it sucked. I miss the hair bands, they looked super cheesy but they could at least play and sing:

American Idol Gives Back

I missed the show as I am doing a small research project but when I got home, Mrs. Dude shared a story with me. She let the girls stay up and watch the show that night and over the course of the evening the impact of what they were seeing began to settle in. My oldest (8) is quite emotional and started crying when she learned that these people were starving to death and not getting basic medical care. Both girls have banks that are divided into three categories Church, Store, and Savings. When they learned that $12 would feed a child they each donated $12 from their store fund. This is the money they use to buy the stuff they want, that makes a daddy proud.

Cool Video

This is a friend of my Mother's:

Oprah Winfrey (The Most Dangerous Person in America)

My 1978 Guild F-512SB

This guitar was being repaired for almost a year. I really like the way it looks and it sounds pretty good even with my very limited playing ability (disability). Clayton from Broadway sound here in Knoxville Tennessee did all the work and I am pretty pleased. I think one of the cleats has come loose inside, but with seven or eight of them something like that had to happen. I will get that repaired as soon as I obtain the right pick-up. I also just acquired an OLP MM3 bass that I may trade for a good pick-up for the 12-string.

The latest on Dr. J

This is long but good:

Dear Pray-ers,

I apologize for not getting back to you much quickly after last night's successful debate with the Dean of Sciences out at UnivNevLasVegas, but I was out late with some young bro's & sis' and needed the rest-up time and some other catch-up work time here in the hotel room.

Well, soon there should be some reports from the students who were present at the debate, but I can summarize some to you Pray-ers from my perspective.

Dr. Yasbin unfortunately spent 20 minutes going over a downloaded "statement of faith" from my website, and going through a great deal of talk about Hebrew translations and how untrustworthy he thought the Bible was, and how much he was such a good Jew and how much beliefs like mine led to the deaths of millions of Jews and Muslims during the Crusades. Wow. The topic which he agreed upon and which he himself selected was "Does Molecular Biology Support Evolution." He did talk about the philosophy of science some, and then eventually got a little bit into molecular biology. He also went about 10 minutes over his allotted 30 minutes of time, all the while ignoring the Campus Crusade guy in the front row who was giving him the "5-minute warning" signals. (By a miracle ... Dr J only went one minute over his time -- ha, ha! -- even without a watch or a time-warning!)

I started out by telling the audience that I had no degrees and no credentials in Biblical Studies nor in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin ... and that I was credentialed in Biology and was given to understand that the topic for the night was "Does Molecular Biology Support Evolution" ... which I then proceeded to speak on to the audience. I let was "letting the other shoe drop" to them that of course ... neither did Science Dean Yasbin ... have any such credentials either.

Afterward, the Q&A was very hostile ... some suggesting that Nature was not an important nor credible peer-reviewed journal, and neither was Science nor Discover. One of the evo-profs had to shut up the young sith-apprentice since he was embarrassing them all by saying these things. I later quoted from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and I think that also shut the misguided lad down some. Dr Yasbin made many assertions of truth, but did not document a single one of them with any kinds of references at all ... which I then pointed out at this time to the evo-audience. Somehow they were not ashamed of this (sigh).
The audience chided me for only cutting down evolution and not presenting any positive proofs of creation. I told them I thought the agreed-upon topic was indeed for me to show how molecular biology did not support evolution ... which was what I then did ... but that I could certainly come up with positive proofs of creation. I gave the mitochondrial Eve & Y-chromosome Adam proportional evidence from molecular biology. I was later told that I hadn't given any positive evidence for creation again, and so I brought up the St Peter Sandstone and the Mars Flood. I was later told that I needed to present some positive evidence from molecular biology in favor of creation (which I indeed -- had -- already done in Q-A) so I brought up the goat and sheep DNA findings that restrict all living goats and sheep to the gene pools present on the Ark, and even after Noah had sacrificed a few of the Ewes and she-goats to God in gratitude to Him. They still didn't seem to be able to admit that I'd answered their questions. When the discussion wasn't going well for them, an evo-prof stood up and said this wasn't going anywhere and we should take another question, which we did. One strapping evo-lad hassled me on a point and we interchanged a few times and then he sat stone-silent after I'd responded to him. I let that silent moment hang in mid-air for like 10 seconds and said "so are we done with that?" -- he had to concede that we were. One young lady asked about human embryo "gill slits" and about "whale legs," to which I answered and she seemed quite receptive.
It was all basically a shameful fiasco of non-science philosophy and nit-picking on the part of the evo-believers there, and of salient data-driven documentations of the failure of evolutionary theory in the light of the newest molecular evidence (mostly from between 2003 and 2007). Some self-identified evo-believers came forward after and said they were extremely impressed with the presentation of the creationist side to the material -- including both young and mature members of the audience.
One evo-prof was forced to admit to the audience that whichever way you went on this issue was totally then a matter of "which faith you choose to believe in." He later in a small-group admitted that evolutionists also have a "visceral" negative reaction to creation (which he accused me of having toward evolutionists ... after he himself had admitted that he could never have debated me without losing his temper quite badly -- to which I told him that since he was a molecular biologist and would have been more likely to stick to the topic, that I'd actually wished I'd been debating him instead of Dr. Yasbin and his Bible-critique ... and that I would not have lost my temper -- what he really said was that it would've gotten "ugly", to which I responded that I would've remained "pretty" and so I wouldn't have minded it at all !!).
Many students were around. Many saw the evolutionist weakness and shamefully unprofessional attitudes and tactics. Many saw the lucid and well-paced well-heeled response of the truth from the creation science perspective. And all who wished to see it ... saw the wisdom of God in action, through His human vessel so graced with the surrender of the moment to do so.

All glory to God in the Highest. "Through our God ye shall do valiantly. He has put down the enemy." Amen. He brought glory to Himself, put down the blasphemers, and vindicated His Word by the known facts of science. I am very grateful to Him, and happy & blessed to have been used by Him as His mouthpiece.
And also quite glad that it is over ... as this is a very difficult place to minister the Truth, because of the evil presences that are so active in a city that is truly known the world over as "Sin City."
But then ... there are those wonderful Christian youth who live here on this campus ... who must make their stand for Christ among their peers every day ... who must be the bearers of the Light of the Gospel in every situation here. They are the real modern-day Biblical superheros! And I love them with all the love of Jesus that He's put into my heart toward them. He has gifted them and they are beautiful in His sight (and mine!).
Love to you all in the Savior of All Living. Thanks to you all for your faithful, fervent -- and most of all effective prayers !! I can not do this kind of ministry without you !! I can not do this in my own power !! I can not do this without Him. I love Him and I love you. He and the Body are one. And it is beautiful. Thank you all again.

Say a quick prayer now for the JrH/HS group at the church tonight (maybe up to like 100 kids). I'll be doing like a 20-min thing on lies in the textbooks and then a 20-min Q&A thing. They need your prayers too. But it's a very different kind of prayer ministering at a church ... than ministering in the hell-pots of UNLV. Thank you all so much ... for both of these kinds of prayers !!

I'll be forwarding you young Nick's perspective on the debate when his student-work schedule permits him to write it and send it to me.

Love in the Savior, an extremely grateful Dr. Jackson :)

Is there really a recession?

I say no based on my experience.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343671,00.html

Let's try something

I have had Google AdSense ads on my blog for a little over a year now. I don't pay much attention to them but I wanted to see what gets generated if they few regular readers of my bog click the links every day. So, if you don't mind, during the next thirty days whenever you visit Captain Dude's blog please click one of the links from AdSense.

Application Layer Attacks (Apple Sucks)

I saw this today and loved it:

Apple Is Loser in Three-Way Hacking Contest

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Mar 2008 20:39 UTC, submitted by irbis

"An Apple Mac was the first victim in a hacker shoot-out to determine which operating system is the most secure. A former US National Security Agency employee has trousered USD 10000 for breaking into a MacBook Air at CanSecWest security conference's PWN 2 OWN hacking contest. The MacBook was lined up against Linux and Vista PCs - which have so far remained uncracked. Nobody was able to hack into the systems on the first day of the contest when contestants were only allowed to attack the computers over the network, but yesterday the rules were relaxed so that attackers could direct contest organisers using the computers to do things like visit websites or open email messages. The MacBook was the only system to be hacked by Thursday. Miller didn't need much time. He quickly directed the contest's organisers to visit a website that contained his exploit code, which then allowed him to seize control of the computer, as about 20 onlookers cheered him on. He was the first contestant to attempt an attack on any of the systems." There is more bad news for Apple: "If you have Apple and compare it to Microsoft, the number of unpatched vulnerabilities are higher at Apple." Update: The contest is over. Vista got hacked using Adobe's Flash, Ubuntu was left standing.

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Can

My friend Mike sent me this today. I watch these guys every year when they run the Ironman in Hawaii.

Awesome!

American Idol

Last night I sat down and my wife turned the show on. I haven't watched this program since Daughtry was sent packing a couple of years ago, but I am glad I caught this. Who would have thought you could do this with Lionel Richie.

Barack Obama e-mail forward

I got this today, and I thought it was funny:

A PAID POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT


BY SENATOR BARACK OBAMA (D-IL)






My fellow Americans,

As your future president I want to thank voters of all political
stripes for their mindless support, despite my complete lack of any
legislative achievement, my pastor's ties with Louis Farrakhan and
Libyan dictator Moamar Quadafi, and my blatantly liberal voting record
while I present myself as some sort of bipartisan agent of change.

I also like how my supporters claim my youthful drug use and criminal
behaviour somehow qualifies me for the presidency after 8 years of
claiming Bush's youthful drinking disqualifies him. Your hypocrisy is
a beacon of hope shining over a sea of political chicanery.

I would also like to thank the Kennedys for coming out in support of
me. There's a lot of glamour behind the Kennedy name, even though JFK
started the Vietnam War, his brother Robert illegally wiretapped
Martin Luther King Jr., they both slept with Marilyn, and Teddy's
negligence caused the death of a young girl. I'm not going anywhere
near the Kennedy cousins, especially Michael Skakel.

And I'd like to thank Oprah Winfrey for her support. Her love of
meaningless empty platitudes will be the force that propels me to the
White House.

Americans should vote for me, not because of my lack of experience or
achievement, but because I make people feel good. White people who
vote for me get some relief from their racist guilt.

I say things that sound meaningful but don't really mean anything
because Americans are tired of things having meaning. If things have
meaning, then that means you have to think.

Americans are tired of thinking. It's time to shut down the brain and
open up the heart.

So when you go to vote in the primaries, remember don't think, just
do. And do it for me.

Thanking you in advance.
Barack =

Berkeley California (Bezerkeley)

Cool

That's me

Is Barack "Patriotically Challenged?"

Ok, first there was the flag pin thing where he refused to wear one. I could almost stomach that if his excuse wasn't so weird.

Lapel Pin Story

Second, he has refused to put his hand over his heart when he hears the National Anthem. This is just completely lame.

During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. -- United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171

National anthem story here.

Now, there is apparently a Cuban flag in his Houston headquarters.

Cuban flag story here.

Maybe all of this is nothing, but it sure seems like this guy doesn't like America. What kind of change does he actually want? So far, he has said he wants the Bush/Cheney administration to change but that a given no matter who wins the election.