I wasn’t all that taken with James Cameron’s original Titanic movie; as I told my wife long before we ever saw it, “I’ve seen a lot of movies about the Titanic over the years. The ship sinks in the end. It always sinks at the end.” But this remake in Super 3D, Titanic SUPER 3D, is something I think I’d pay to watch.

You can mark April 10, 2012 as the day Barack Obama won his second term as president of the United States. Why? As the last reliable conservative drops out of the GOP primary, it becomes clear that the liberal GOP establishment has succeeded in shoving a pathetic excuse for a Republican down our throats and insisting we like it. The GOP fatcats never seem to learn: the base won’t accept a liberal, no matter what letter he has after his name. The Republican establishment has virtually guaranteed an Obama win in 2012.

It would not be an election year without the White House offering yet another bailout for distressed borrowers who owe more money on their homes than they are worth. Of course, it’s all political. Don’t let anyone tell you different. It’s little more than an election year ploy based on generating the hope that underwater borrowers might qualify to get their principal reduced, when more than likely, they will not.



It’s hard to believe the “mainstream” media hasn’t been all over this yet, but a very prominent and well-known Right-wing group has made some pretty shocking statements. To be honest, they make Rush Limbaugh’s statement about a woman who is having so much sex that it costs $3,000 a year to pay for her contraception pale in comparison.

I remember the day in my senior year of high school in the San Francisco Bay Area when my best friend told me he was gay. I was stunned. I remained close to my friend during the rest of that school year and summer until we parted ways for separate colleges and life journeys. Today I have gay friends with whom I openly and freely discuss my faith. I do not consider myself to be homophobic. Reality check being complete, I cannot seem to dig up any glimpse of bigotry toward gay people. Why then do I think same-sex marriage is a really, really bad idea?

Millions of people in 118 countries are helped by The Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, who was born APRIL 10, 1829. William and Catherine Booth began by ministering to the poor, drunk and outcast on the dirty and dangerous streets of London’s east side. Awarded an honorary degree from Oxford, Booth traveled the United States, met President Theodore Roosevelt and opened a session of the United States Senate with prayer.