Okay, Brad,
	Since you liked the stick about the food and fuel, how about a log 
discussing our environmental policies which are destroying our 
country.  Our environmental policies are the main reason that forest 
fires are so bad because they refuse to allow the dead brush to be 
cleared away.  You mentioned earlier that Bush is considering selling 
off our national parks to improve our highways?  ?Forget it.  It will 
never happen.  The environmentalists would crucify him in the press 
if he did and right now, he's looking for a legacy, not a 
crucifixion.  The reason that we cannot be self sufficient in fuel 
and energy is because the environmentalists won't let us build 
refineries or explore other energy sources.  Instead of us subduing 
and caring for the earth, we are being ruled by some who wish to 
worship the earth and rid it of people altogether.  Now, before 
anyone gets bent out of shape on my stand, I will tell you that I am 
an avid recycler.  I recycle everything from paper to tin.  I 
compost.  I'm lucky if I can scrape together one bag of garbage to go 
in our local land fill per week, so I'm not talking about running 
rough shod over the earth and destroying it because I'm a person and 
have a right to do so, but I understand what my God given 
relationship is supposed to be with the earth and worshiping it at 
the cost of man's life isn't it.

	We see in all of this how man is getting it backwards.  We love the 
earth above people.  We think that compassion is letting people come 
into our space and bring their filthiness with them instead of 
insisting that they learn how to do better.  We let them worship 
whatever they want instead of teaching them about Christ because to 
do so would appear judgmental and that would be cruel.  Why isn't 
letting them die in sin and ignorance and squaller seen as 
cruel.  It's all about how things appear and not about truth and 
reality any more.  America has become shallow, where Paris Hilton's 
suffering in prison is more important than those who are really 
suffering from poverty and injustice.  On top of all that, the church 
has lost its voice.  It has the answer to all this, but is too timid 
to speak out.

	Just one more thing, you're lucky that barbicuing hasn't been ban in 
Wisconsin, as it has in either Denmark, or Norway, I can't remember 
which, but as long as you're doing it, have a bratt for me.  Man I 
miss those things.

Kathy