Phil,
	You mentioned this in your post about Dobson, and in fact, you 
allude often to the fact that you think that you have a cynical 
attitude. Brother, let me tell you, compared to me, you are an 
optimist.  How's that.  I listen to Dobson, but I don't drink the 
Kool aid, if you  know what I mean.  I don't drink anybody's Kool aid 
for that matter.  I appreciate Dobson, and I learn a lot, but my 
critique antenna is always waving around, rejecting a lot of 
stuff.  For example, I am grateful for the information that often 
comes through their Citizen's action wing, but I rarely call my 
congress reps.  I guess that I'm just not convinced that that's the 
right move to make.  Maybe I'm getting old.  Maybe I'm getting 
lazy.  I don't know.  I just know that if I got worked up over 
everything that most of these talk shows tell me to get worked up 
about, I'd be robbed of all the peace and rest that our Lord wants to 
give me.  I already have semi high blood pressure.  I don't need to 
make it worse.  I see my job is to be affective with the people that 
I can directly minister to.  Oddly enough, perhaps that is the one 
thing that I've learned from listening to Rush, to not be a lemming 
and to not be gullible; to check out things before jumping to 
conclusions and to get my emotions out of the decision making process.
	By the way, great story about your son with the ear aches.  We 
haven't had such good luck with chiropractors.  My mother just 
stopped seeing one after six months because he really wasn't helping 
her at all.  I guess different strokes for different folks.  I'm glad 
that it worked in your family's favor.  There is nothing worse than 
having your little one in pain and feeling helpless to do anything 
about it.  I think that that has to be one of the most desperate 
feelings in the world.  You will move heaven and earth to fix 
things.  How Mary ever made it through the crucifixion I will never know.
Blessings
Kathy