Columbus and his contemporaries knew the Earth was round.

Many believe that Christopher Columbus proved that the Earth was round. This is because everyone thought the Earth was flat at the time. This is absolutely false. People knew the Earth was round in ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. Medieval Christians also knew this fact.

So how did this concept enter common knowledge? It not only became commonly known but it is ingrained in people’s idea of how America was discovered and how idiotic those damn Christians are. That is by design. The myth was marketed to the public to discredit Christians to promote Darwinism at the turn of the 20th Century.

Washington Irving wrote a book called The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1828. In this book he published a fictitious account of how Columbus got his commission to sale to Asia. In his account hard line Christians disapproved of his idea the earth was spherical because of scriptural accounts the Earth was flat. This is not the case.

The reason Columbus had issues with his commission to find the east coast of Asia was because Columbus believed the earth was much smaller than it really is. Columbus used a shorter degree length and thought that Japan was located where the Caribbean is actually located. The people he wanted to fund the trip knew that Japan was much further away.

In the next few years Jean Antoine Letronne and William Whewell both added to the idea. Letronne misrepresented the church ideas and Whewellfound obscure figures to prove that it was a commonly held belief. In the late 1800s Camille Flammarion a woodcut, L’Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire, that depicted a a medieval person on a flat earth poking their head out of the atmosphere. This was then circulated as an authentic 16th Century woodcut.

When Darwinist theory was first starting to get traction, obviously their was a lot of hostility between Darwinists and Christians. The Flat Earth Myth was used to discredit Christians as scientific morons. It became a great ad hominem attack on Christians. Don’t listen to them. They think the earth is flat.

Many I am sure think that this type of attack is fine if you are on the right side of the argument. Obviously the pro-Darwin marketers needed to get the truth of evolution out and had to cut through the church. Which ever way you feel about Darwin, this tactic is wrong. There is no difference between this, changing history, and not allowing slaves to learn to read. The Darwinists were mostly academics and had access to the education system.

They used that influence to muddy the common thought to push through their belief. No matter how right you think that belief maybe, this is reeducation and leads to some very bad times in world history. These same ideas spawned eugenics. Humans have a basic right to free thought. When you deprive them that right you start to bring consequences of ignorance. Many who think that there was no problem here would denounce the early medieval church and its war on old Roman thought.

More reading on this disinformation can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_mythology

I am a dog lover. I think dogs have a very special relationship with humans. We are very blessed to have such loyal and helpful companions.

Yesterday Glenn Beck had a story about Marcus Luttrell’s Dog. Marcus Luttrell is a Navy Seal who wrote a book “Lone Survivor” about his ordeal in Afghanistan. He was the Lone Survivor of a Taliban attack and then helped by local villagers. After he came back with terrible injuries, he was given a dog to help him recover from his ordeal. He named the dog DASY after the 4 names of the people in his unit.

Last week a group of men were driving around and executing dogs for their amusement. They shot and killed DASY. Marcus was able to chase them through 4 counties and finally stop them so the authorities could capture them. Here is the video from the Glenn Beck Show on Fox News when he spoke to Mr. Luttrell about what had happened.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e93_1239056552

It is disturbing to me that anyone would find killing someones pet (of any species), as entertaining. This can only show a disconnect with the respect for life. If you can kill people’s pets for sh*ts and giggles then you can can kill people as well. Disturbing.

As of right now one of the people who killed his dog is still at large. Hopefully he will be found and punished. PETA, who I have not been a big fan, has offered a $5000 reward for the capture of this low-life. We can only hope justice will be done to these people.

Brian Regan

My family and I went to go see Brian Regan on Saturday at the Cobb Energy Center. We had great seats. We were on the center of the front row on the balcony. The show was fantastic and we could not catch our breath between laughs.

I have seen him live 2 other times. He never fails to bring new material. My family loves his routines. We quote him all the time. We watch every special and DVD. We know his material well and i am amazed at how he is able to fill his performances with 90% new material.

His brother Dennis opened for him. I like Dennis humor as well. Its a little bit different from Brian’s, but it is very funny. The last time we saw Brian live we were not impressed with his opening act. We were happy to see Dennis was opening this time.

The show was sold out. A couple months back we went to see Frank Caliendo at the Cobb Energy Center, and he was only filled about 60% of the venue.

If you have never seen Brian Regan you are truly missing out. He is one of the funnest people alive. He is also clean so you can take your children. Honestly it doesn’t occur to you that he is family friendly because his humor is not juvenile.

There is gloom and doom all around these days. The economy is bad. Lets be honest here. Its really bad. Its worse than the media and the politicians want to admit. So it is truly is scary times.

This is not the first time we have had bad economic times, but for many of us its the first time we have really been impacted by it. In the early 80s and the early 90s we had bad recessions. We lived through them and this one we will live through as well. Losing your job or all your money would be a bitch, but it is not your life. As one of my favorite quotes from Fight Club states, “You are not the contents of your wallet.”

So how do we deal with the current economic situation? By paying down debt and saving money. Sure the economy is fueled by spending, but you have to get in a good financial situation to do so. Don’t believe the idea that if everyone runs out and buys stuff the economy will rebound. It is a lot more complicated. Pay off your debt and/or save. Don’t continue down the road of uncertainty.

You can get great information about getting out of debt from Dave Ramsey. I have been listening and following him for several months and have found a lot more peace in my life knowing that my finances were under control.

I find it lately that I am having information overload. There is so much to process that I feel overwhelmed. From news, traffic, money, work, family, and everything else that we all deal with, I don’t know what I can do to silence the cacophony. I have been playing a lot more guitar lately to try and ease the stress, but it only helps a little.

I need to find a better way to relieve stress. I am not into drugs both legal and illegal. I have taken panic medications in the past after a family tragedy and it didn’t seem to help. I know I have sleep apnea. I have dreams of suffocating and my wife hears me at night stop breathing and then gasp for air. I am also a notorious snorer. Snorer is a strange word, but that’s what I am.

I wonder if I am not alone lately and most people are feeling overwhelmed. Terrible headlines and a real fear of the economy tanking nags at me with everything else going on. I have always been a political junky since Art School. I have changed my thinking over the years but have always been conservative. Socially I am more libertarian. I am just against the government seizing my money and giving it away to people who don’t work. Sure I am all for helpinh people but I have close to 50% of what i make go to taxes. Federal, state, medicare, social security, property tax, sales tax, and on and on. It adds up and I am giving half of what I make to an entity that takes it by threat of force or jail. And we are suppose to be free.

So I am not happy with the way things are going. More help for the irresponsible means less of my money I could save for when I need help. but I am greedy right.