The Progressive Liberal Left, born primarily in the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, believed and still believes that humankind can be perfected by a larger, centralized government that knows how best to perfect humankind. The PLF believes that only the 'intellectual elite' knows what is best for America. The people, seen largely as 'uneducated peons', simply 'don't get it,' simply cannot understand the deeper implications of the larger-than-life issues. The PLF (read 'Progressive Liberal Left')believes 'progress' must move beyond the Constitution because the Constitution is 'evolving', always 'becoming', rather than being a static document.
Relate the above to the Presbyterian Church, USA:
The Progressive Liberal Left of our beloved church believes that 'progress' in the larger issues that dominate our life today (abortion, military involvement, sexual lifestyles, etc.) can only be resolved by the intellectual left-leaning elite of our church. The PLF of our church knows best and the rest of us peons simply don't get it! Our constitution, so to speak, is the Scriptures and the PLF believes the best interpretation of the Scriptures must see the Word as evolving, interpreted in the light of today's enlightened experience; i.e., only by the intellectual elite of our church. We have to move, the PLF believes, beyond the traditional understanding the Scriptures.
I understand we should be open to how the Holy Spirit might reveal to us something new. Many questions in our lives are open to question, subject to debate -- see women's rights, racial equality, etc. But some truths do not change. The PLF says, as a 'progressive' Atlanta pastor said to me several years ago,"No, all truths are open to change; nothing is sacred or set in concrete. Today we know better than past generations"
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Red Rock Canyon & Ranch
Snow on the mountain between Pahrump and Red Canyon:
Ever seen a Roadrunner? Fast little buggers!
Many species of Cactus (or is it cacti?)
The Krupp Diamond(33+carats), Richard Burton bought it for Elizabeth Taylor (it belonged to Vera Krupp who owned the Ranch...the same Krupp family of Germany and big guns!
The Ranch House which included a secret bedroom which we were allowed to see:
Red Rock Canyon...sand dunes frozen in place:
Ever seen a Roadrunner? Fast little buggers!
Many species of Cactus (or is it cacti?)
The Krupp Diamond(33+carats), Richard Burton bought it for Elizabeth Taylor (it belonged to Vera Krupp who owned the Ranch...the same Krupp family of Germany and big guns!
The Ranch House which included a secret bedroom which we were allowed to see:
Red Rock Canyon...sand dunes frozen in place:
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Musings, 012810, in Nevada
As I get older my drive off the tee doesn't go as far as it used to, but, of course, it has nothing to do with my swing speed at contact. Just so you understand: since I don't see as well as I used to, I decided to keep my drives short.
Does Obama consider us so dense we cannot see through his unwillingness to tell the truth? Two million jobs saved (not created, you see) and three millions jobs lost. Hummm. I get it: two million people did not lost their jobs. Three million did.
If I contract Alzheimer's, I hope someone will tell me before I can no longer understand what is being told me. But don't confuse Alzheimer's with normal aging.
As RVers like to say, "Home is where I park it." I've discovered that if I have a problem of some sort with Texas Molly II and don't know what to do or how to fix it, all I have to do is stand out from the rig, fold my arms and stare at TMII. Eventually, another RVer or two will show, saying, "Got a problem I can help with?"
Obama failed to mention in his SOTUA: (1) Gitmo and (2) the Christmas bomber in civil court. Of course, he repeatedly blamed George Bush for most every ill in America. Hey, the teleprompter told him to say it!
Golf is a lot like life. Keep it in the fairway and you will stay out of trouble. Stray from the straight and narrow and you will suffer.
When Jeff Gordon wins his fifth championship and I'm too old to celebrate, someone party for me, raise a glass to # 24.
Obama will 'freeze' discretionay spending, but (!) will spend $30,000,000,000 to create jobs. Or is it to 'save' jobs? I get confused. I just don't get it, do you?
I believe Danica Patrick will be a winner in the ARCA series, to the consternation of many rednecks in NASCAR. When she beats Dale, Jr, watch the fur fly!
Obama says his administration has had more success than his predecessor at killing terrorists. It is an impossible claim to verify, like many of his claims.
I'm a Peyton Manning fan, but a huge New Orleans Saints fan. Saints over Colts by 3.
If John McCain could strut like BHO and look down his nose at the crowds, he'd be our President now. But strutting is an art form. Snobbery is not.
I'm not a Tiger Woods fan. Neither was I a Wilt Chamberlain fan. For the same reason. But I should be fair. Tiger only had 12 bimbos. Wilt had 10,000, so it is reported...by Wilt!
When a golf partner recently made a 40' putt on a sloping green, I remembered what an Arkansas friend said on the occasion of making such a putt: "Just like lettuce, nothing to it."
I've played football, tennis, baseball and ran track. None with notable success. But golf is the most humbling game I've ever played ... and the most addictive.
God does not deduct from the alloted time of man those hours spent in fishing.
Does Obama consider us so dense we cannot see through his unwillingness to tell the truth? Two million jobs saved (not created, you see) and three millions jobs lost. Hummm. I get it: two million people did not lost their jobs. Three million did.
If I contract Alzheimer's, I hope someone will tell me before I can no longer understand what is being told me. But don't confuse Alzheimer's with normal aging.
As RVers like to say, "Home is where I park it." I've discovered that if I have a problem of some sort with Texas Molly II and don't know what to do or how to fix it, all I have to do is stand out from the rig, fold my arms and stare at TMII. Eventually, another RVer or two will show, saying, "Got a problem I can help with?"
Obama failed to mention in his SOTUA: (1) Gitmo and (2) the Christmas bomber in civil court. Of course, he repeatedly blamed George Bush for most every ill in America. Hey, the teleprompter told him to say it!
Golf is a lot like life. Keep it in the fairway and you will stay out of trouble. Stray from the straight and narrow and you will suffer.
When Jeff Gordon wins his fifth championship and I'm too old to celebrate, someone party for me, raise a glass to # 24.
Obama will 'freeze' discretionay spending, but (!) will spend $30,000,000,000 to create jobs. Or is it to 'save' jobs? I get confused. I just don't get it, do you?
I believe Danica Patrick will be a winner in the ARCA series, to the consternation of many rednecks in NASCAR. When she beats Dale, Jr, watch the fur fly!
Obama says his administration has had more success than his predecessor at killing terrorists. It is an impossible claim to verify, like many of his claims.
I'm a Peyton Manning fan, but a huge New Orleans Saints fan. Saints over Colts by 3.
If John McCain could strut like BHO and look down his nose at the crowds, he'd be our President now. But strutting is an art form. Snobbery is not.
I'm not a Tiger Woods fan. Neither was I a Wilt Chamberlain fan. For the same reason. But I should be fair. Tiger only had 12 bimbos. Wilt had 10,000, so it is reported...by Wilt!
When a golf partner recently made a 40' putt on a sloping green, I remembered what an Arkansas friend said on the occasion of making such a putt: "Just like lettuce, nothing to it."
I've played football, tennis, baseball and ran track. None with notable success. But golf is the most humbling game I've ever played ... and the most addictive.
God does not deduct from the alloted time of man those hours spent in fishing.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Lakeview Pahrump NV
Still parked at Terrible's RV Resort in Pahrump, NV. This photo is from the other side of the resort, looking toward our RV site. 
We'll be here until February 3 when we leave for Havasu City, Arizona, (where the London Bridge has been relocated); there for a few days before we head for Quartzite, AZ (where 5000 RVs will be parked), then on to Hauchuca, AZ for two weeks. Another view of the lake: 
We'll be here until February 3 when we leave for Havasu City, Arizona, (where the London Bridge has been relocated); there for a few days before we head for Quartzite, AZ (where 5000 RVs will be parked), then on to Hauchuca, AZ for two weeks. Another view of the lake: 
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Amen!
God raised up Scott Brown AND his truck!
YES LORD YES LORD YES LORD YESSSSSS!
YES LORD YES LORD YES LORD YESSSSSS!
YES LORD YES LORD YES LORD YESSSSSS!
amen
YES LORD YES LORD YES LORD YESSSSSS!
YES LORD YES LORD YES LORD YESSSSSS!
YES LORD YES LORD YES LORD YESSSSSS!
amen
World Water Relief ... Needs Your Help!
I have been blessed to know and work with the leadership of World Water Relief for years and am so grateful for their tireless efforts to bring clean water to those who need it most desperately in the Third World. WWR also brings clean water to US emergency situations, such as Katrina. WWR just last week installed water purification units in some of the earthquake devastated areas of Haiti. If you are looking for a way to get IMMEDIATE help to Haitians in need of clean water, prayerfully consider donating money to WWR.
Here is the website: http://worldwaterrelief.org/
Go there is read of their work and check out the leadership team leading WWR.
World Water Relief is an Operating Division of Emergency Response Resources, Inc., a 501c3 charitable corporation. Your tax deductible donation to World Water Relief and any of its Programs will help us provide the gift of life sustaining water to the neediest people in the world. World Water Relief has developed a structured methodology that very efficiently gets the water to those in need, and then ensures continued access for the future. The Programs are not band-aid fixes, but rather long term solutions.
The key to the success achieved by World Water Relief is its strategic relationships and continuous measurement. Strategic relationships extend throughout an entire Program. Initially, we are approached by an in-country organization that has identified a critical need for clean water, such as in Haiti where a well previously dug by another relief organization has become polluted. Because the people of the local community have come to rely on this well for all their water needs, they continue to be susceptible to illness and disease.
The World Water Relief Program Management Team then analyzes the situation, conducts the necessary engineering and commits the resources required to develop the appropriate technical solution. The team then performs a cost analysis to ensure the total Program Cost is less than 1 cent per gallon of water delivered ($0.01/gallon).
With the optimum solution engineered, our Support Partner, First Water Systems, Inc., builds and delivers the purification system that meets the specific needs of the local community. Once delivered, our faith-based, in-country Program Partners take ownership of all systems and receive training on installation and long-term maintenance. All filters and necessary long-term maintenance items are provided by World Water Relief ensuring the clean water will always flow.
http://worldwaterrelief.org/
You can follow WWR on Facebook, Twitter and My Space. See links posted on the site.
My dear friend, Lee Burleson, serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of World Water Relief.
Please take time now to visit the site and make a much needed donation to WWR so more water purification units can be delivered to Haiti soon.
Another dear friend, Tom Flaim, a member of my last pastorate, The Church of the Hills, is the inspiration behind WWR. His photo is not available because prefers to work behind the scenes. Matthew Bullard, a former member of my staff at COH, is now working with WWR as a fund raiser. Here are their email addresses if you wish to encourge them:
Lee Burleson - lee.burleson@gmail.com
Tom Flaim - tomf@group1inc.com
Matthew Bullard - matthew.bullard@WorldWaterRelief.org
MAKE A DONATION TODAY, PLEASE!
Blessings, Larry
Here is the website: http://worldwaterrelief.org/
Go there is read of their work and check out the leadership team leading WWR.
World Water Relief is an Operating Division of Emergency Response Resources, Inc., a 501c3 charitable corporation. Your tax deductible donation to World Water Relief and any of its Programs will help us provide the gift of life sustaining water to the neediest people in the world. World Water Relief has developed a structured methodology that very efficiently gets the water to those in need, and then ensures continued access for the future. The Programs are not band-aid fixes, but rather long term solutions.
The key to the success achieved by World Water Relief is its strategic relationships and continuous measurement. Strategic relationships extend throughout an entire Program. Initially, we are approached by an in-country organization that has identified a critical need for clean water, such as in Haiti where a well previously dug by another relief organization has become polluted. Because the people of the local community have come to rely on this well for all their water needs, they continue to be susceptible to illness and disease.
The World Water Relief Program Management Team then analyzes the situation, conducts the necessary engineering and commits the resources required to develop the appropriate technical solution. The team then performs a cost analysis to ensure the total Program Cost is less than 1 cent per gallon of water delivered ($0.01/gallon).
With the optimum solution engineered, our Support Partner, First Water Systems, Inc., builds and delivers the purification system that meets the specific needs of the local community. Once delivered, our faith-based, in-country Program Partners take ownership of all systems and receive training on installation and long-term maintenance. All filters and necessary long-term maintenance items are provided by World Water Relief ensuring the clean water will always flow.
http://worldwaterrelief.org/
You can follow WWR on Facebook, Twitter and My Space. See links posted on the site.
My dear friend, Lee Burleson, serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of World Water Relief.
Please take time now to visit the site and make a much needed donation to WWR so more water purification units can be delivered to Haiti soon.
Another dear friend, Tom Flaim, a member of my last pastorate, The Church of the Hills, is the inspiration behind WWR. His photo is not available because prefers to work behind the scenes. Matthew Bullard, a former member of my staff at COH, is now working with WWR as a fund raiser. Here are their email addresses if you wish to encourge them:
Lee Burleson - lee.burleson@gmail.com
Tom Flaim - tomf@group1inc.com
Matthew Bullard - matthew.bullard@WorldWaterRelief.org
MAKE A DONATION TODAY, PLEASE!
Blessings, Larry
Monday, January 18, 2010
Golf Yesterday at Mountain Falls, Nevada
Got in nine holes yesterday. Helen drove the cart and took some photos.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Sunday Morning Musings
This past week included some fun and interesting experiences.
- I played the Mountain Falls golf course on Thursday in a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. My foursome included three really neat guys: a former NASA executive, a former UPS executive and a guy who reminded me so much of Byron Bradley of Duluth, GA. It is an awesomely beautiful course, very hard even though we played the white tees. I shot a 99 and was glad to get it. Long approach shots and heavily bunketed greens made scoring well difficult. The course is surrounded on three sides by gorgeous mountains. Fairways and greens are perfectly manicured.
- We visited the Pahrump Museum and found it fascinating to learn of Pahrumps history. The town only got electricity in 1963. Some quirks in company decisions kept Pahrump from becoming the meca that Las Vegas is now. One of the guys who showed us around knew every iota of Pahrump's history and he never stopped talking! Water is a valued commodity here and there have been many fights over water rights.
- Re the Haitian catasphrophe, the Red Cross and other high profile agencies are getting most of the PR, but other smaller agencies are working just as hard and efficiently. World Water Relief, led by my friends Lee Burleson and Tom Flaim from my former pastorate (The Church of the Hills, Johns Creek, GA) are providing dozens of water purification units in the devastated areas of Haiti. Other small, lesser known agencies are also doing compassionate work in the areas hardest hit. FOX and two of the networks covered their departure from Atlanta. Hopefully WWR will receive some significant contributions to undergird their great work.
- This area of the country gets only about an inch of rain annually. However, the Weather Channel forecasts rain for four to five days this coming week. We went to a used book store yesterday and stocked up for the coming rainy days. The temperature here has been in the high 50's and low 60's for several weeks. We were told yesterday that in mid-summer the temp can go to 120 degrees. We'll be long gone before then. Leaving Pahrump February 3 for Lake Havasu City, AZ, where we will visit friends for a couple days before going further south, then on to NM, TX (to visit Donna and Manning Davis), LA, MS, AL and GA (in Cumming, GA all of April.)
- Vegetation out here in the desert is wildly varied. Here is a cactus we photoed last week on our visit to Shoshone, CA. God has a wonderful imagination, huh?
It is not unusual to see every third or fourth block in Pahrump an undeveloped acre or two of desert.
Time to take Honey for a walk and then get dressed for church.
- I played the Mountain Falls golf course on Thursday in a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start. My foursome included three really neat guys: a former NASA executive, a former UPS executive and a guy who reminded me so much of Byron Bradley of Duluth, GA. It is an awesomely beautiful course, very hard even though we played the white tees. I shot a 99 and was glad to get it. Long approach shots and heavily bunketed greens made scoring well difficult. The course is surrounded on three sides by gorgeous mountains. Fairways and greens are perfectly manicured.
- We visited the Pahrump Museum and found it fascinating to learn of Pahrumps history. The town only got electricity in 1963. Some quirks in company decisions kept Pahrump from becoming the meca that Las Vegas is now. One of the guys who showed us around knew every iota of Pahrump's history and he never stopped talking! Water is a valued commodity here and there have been many fights over water rights.
- Re the Haitian catasphrophe, the Red Cross and other high profile agencies are getting most of the PR, but other smaller agencies are working just as hard and efficiently. World Water Relief, led by my friends Lee Burleson and Tom Flaim from my former pastorate (The Church of the Hills, Johns Creek, GA) are providing dozens of water purification units in the devastated areas of Haiti. Other small, lesser known agencies are also doing compassionate work in the areas hardest hit. FOX and two of the networks covered their departure from Atlanta. Hopefully WWR will receive some significant contributions to undergird their great work.
- This area of the country gets only about an inch of rain annually. However, the Weather Channel forecasts rain for four to five days this coming week. We went to a used book store yesterday and stocked up for the coming rainy days. The temperature here has been in the high 50's and low 60's for several weeks. We were told yesterday that in mid-summer the temp can go to 120 degrees. We'll be long gone before then. Leaving Pahrump February 3 for Lake Havasu City, AZ, where we will visit friends for a couple days before going further south, then on to NM, TX (to visit Donna and Manning Davis), LA, MS, AL and GA (in Cumming, GA all of April.)
- Vegetation out here in the desert is wildly varied. Here is a cactus we photoed last week on our visit to Shoshone, CA. God has a wonderful imagination, huh?
It is not unusual to see every third or fourth block in Pahrump an undeveloped acre or two of desert.Time to take Honey for a walk and then get dressed for church.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Visited Shoshone & China Date Ranch
In the edge of Death Valley...at Shoshone, CA we had lunch here:
Passed this guy on the way to the Date Ranch (just kidding):
China Date Farm ... 40 miles into Death Valley:
Had to manage our way through several deep canyons:
Dates hanging from trees:
Passed this guy on the way to the Date Ranch (just kidding):
China Date Farm ... 40 miles into Death Valley:
Had to manage our way through several deep canyons:
Dates hanging from trees:
Scenes from Terrible's RV Resort, Pahrump, Nevada.
Behind us are beautiful mountains.
Texas Molly II sits peacefully in her site. Patio and Ram 2500 beside her.
Motor home in site next to us left this morning for Quartzsite where 5000 Rvers are presently gathered for a big RV show.
We are driving into Death Valley today, stopping at Shoshone, CA for lunch. Photos later tonight. We are here in Pahrump until February 5 when we leave for Arizona.
Texas Molly II sits peacefully in her site. Patio and Ram 2500 beside her.
Motor home in site next to us left this morning for Quartzsite where 5000 Rvers are presently gathered for a big RV show.
We are driving into Death Valley today, stopping at Shoshone, CA for lunch. Photos later tonight. We are here in Pahrump until February 5 when we leave for Arizona.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Settled in in Pahrump, Nevada (Photos)
We arrived in Pahrump, NV, on Saturday afternoon and parked in a temporary site until Sunday morning when we moved into site 129 for the month. Last evening we watched with delight Boise State's whipping of TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.
Here a photo of the lake -- in the distance -- at this RV resort (we're across the street from the lake):
Texas Molly II resting with the Ram 2500 in site 129:
Looking down our street:
It's in the 60's this afternoon and a beautiful, sunny day. We drove out to the Mountain Fall development today to check out the magnificent golf course there. I'll play it later this week. Then to Walmart to grocery shop. In a few days we'll head into Death Valley to visit some of the very small villages in the Valley, to see again the China Date Farm and other Death Valley sites. The landscape in the Valley is breathtaking. There is a wonderful winery within 5 miles of our site and we'll visit that this week for a lunch and wine tasting. Much more to see and do in the area. More photos later. Larry
Here a photo of the lake -- in the distance -- at this RV resort (we're across the street from the lake):
Texas Molly II resting with the Ram 2500 in site 129:
Looking down our street:
It's in the 60's this afternoon and a beautiful, sunny day. We drove out to the Mountain Fall development today to check out the magnificent golf course there. I'll play it later this week. Then to Walmart to grocery shop. In a few days we'll head into Death Valley to visit some of the very small villages in the Valley, to see again the China Date Farm and other Death Valley sites. The landscape in the Valley is breathtaking. There is a wonderful winery within 5 miles of our site and we'll visit that this week for a lunch and wine tasting. Much more to see and do in the area. More photos later. Larry
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