The drawing from blog-reader’s entries for the Gaither Homecoming tickets will be done on Monday, March 1st.  I will draw 2 names to receive a pair of tickets each.  Blog-reader’s, get your name in for the drawing if you want to get a chance to get a free pair of passes to the upcoming Homecoming Concert in Lubbock on May 1st.  E-mail us, or go to the Contact page on the website, or call us to enter your name.

    A lot of things bother me about Barak Obama, but two things (both observed again yesterday in the “healthcare summit”) annoy me to no end.  One is the way he proceeds to lecture everybody else as though he is the person who knows everything, and no one else knows much.  He treats the American people this way, and he even treats people who have been in Congress half his life that way.  He is always talking down to everybody else, it seems to me, and holding his head and displaying body language in an arrogant manner.  Have you noticed that, or am I alone in thinking that?  The Bible says that God hates a proud look, and if Obama doesn’t have that, someone please tell me what a proud look is.

    The second thing that annoys me so much is his habit of addressing U.S. Senators by their first name.  He calls Sen. McCain by the name of John, for example.  He calls Sen. Alexander by the name of Lamar.  During the campaign against Sen. Clinton, he constantly addressed her as Hillary.  Other Senators call each other by the title of Senator.  To me, this is a very disrespectful way for Obama to act toward people who are not his subordinates.  Our government divided our system into 3 branches, none of which are inferior to the other branches.  The Senators deserve to be addressed in a respectful manner, just as he is.  It would be rude for a Senator to address him as “Barak”.  They correctly address him as Mr. President.  Why does he get away with this?  I wish one of these guys, in his own Party, would call his hand on this.

    I have many preacher friends.  Some of these ministers are people that I consider close friends.  There are few that I address by their first names.  Even my Board members are men whom I have known for years, but never address by their first names.  There are a couple of ministers whose given names I use, but most of the time I address pastors as Pastor Somebody (Pastor Loper, Pastor Nickell, etc.).  Although these men are peers and dear friends, to me, it is a matter of respect for the positions they hold.

    Does Barak’s habit bother anyone else besides me?

Just 4 more days, counting this one (February 25th) to get your name in for the early drawing for the Gaither Homecoming tickets.  Remember that the Homecoming Friends are coming to Lubbock on May 1st.  The early drawing is happening on March 1st for those of you who have read the blog here on the website and called or sent a note to get in on this first drawing.  The chances for your name getting drawn are better if you get in touch with us now because fewer people respond to the blog than will respond to the radio announcement coming up next week.

    On the radio on Thursday, I talked about the 87th District race for State Representative.  Victor Leal and Four Price are opposing each other.  I complimented Four Price on the air last Saturday for not making the residency issue an issue because it is a non-issue in my opinion.  I think it is a diversionary tactic some are using to try to defeat Victor Leal without staying focused on the actual issues.  Four Price said, “Thank you” when I complimented him, leaving me with the impression that he believed the focus should stay centered on real issues.

    Unknown to me, but obviously known to Four Price, was the fact that he had a letter prepared which was dated the day before my compliment in which he made the residency issue the issue in the week just before the election.

    I believe Four Price is a Christian man, whose priorities in life center around his faith and family.  I was much impressed with him on the radio.  However, I was disappointed that he did indeed decide to focus on the residency matter, using what I believe is a scare tactic to try to plant into the minds of voters the idea that if Victor defeats him that the Democrats may capture the seat by making the residency issue a major issue in the general election.

    Perhaps Four Price was “on the spot” with my compliment, not knowing how to actually respond in the moment of “live” broadcasting, but I think that his integrity should have prompted him to say something besides “Thank you.”  Perhaps, he could have said, “Well, there are some concerns which I have addressed in a letter that will go out next week.”  But, he didn’t.  Surely, he would know that someone would give me a copy of the letter, or at least tell me about it.  If he would have even said something to me “off the air” following the interview, I would have felt better about the integrity issue, although I would have still been disappointed that he decided to make the residency matter an issue, when it isn’t.

    I believe Victor Leal is a man of integrity and honesty, and I would like to know (just out of curiosity) if he actually did move so that he could run for this office.  It is perfectly okay if he did because the Constitution requires that a person holding this office be a resident of the District he serves.  It doesn’t matter if he moved into the District only for the purpose of running for and holding the office.  Again, it is an integrity matter.  If he moved there so he could run, but says it was for another reason, it would bother me – not because he moved, but because he didn’t state the honest reason for moving.  I have no reason to believe that he didn’t move into Potter County for the reasons he stated.  One of the reasons he said he moved into Potter County is that he might be closer to his business which has been in Potter County for several years.

    At any rate, constituents should hold their elected representatives accountable.  Ask them questions.  Express your concerns.  They work for you if they get elected.  Don’t let them forget that.

    I’m offering to the “blog-readers” the opportunity of getting your name in for a special drawing for Gaither Homecoming tickets.  I am going to draw out names for at least a couple of pairs of tickets before we announce on the radio that we even have these tickets.  Call or e-mail us to get your name in for this special pre-radio drawing for tickets to see the Gaither Homecoming Friends in Lubbock on May 1, 2010.

    I had submitted an article to the Amarillo Globe News regarding the Tim Tebow advertisement coming up during the Super Bowl.  In the online edition of the Amarillo Globe News, people can enter responses to the newspaper and its online readers to editorials.  There were numerous responses.  While I’ve been around a long time and have enough tough skin to take whatever vitriolic thing someone says about me, I never cease to be amazed at how many people right here in the buckle of the Bible belt have intense hatred toward God.  

    The biggest problem we have in the nation and in the world today is “no fear of God”.  The Bible says the fear of the Lord is TO HATE EVIL. (See Proverbs 8:13).  Today, many people (including many who profess Christianity) don’t have hatred for evil, unless it is something extremely abhorrent such as the murder or rape of a small child.  May we all remember the warning of Isaiah - Isa 5:20  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

    We must continue proclaiming the truth about what is evil, even when the society around us calls it good.  And, we must continue preaching the uncompromising Word of God, even when the world around us calls the good evil.

Good news.  The editor of the Amarillo Globe News sent me an email this morning thanking me for the submission of the editorial about Tim Tebow.  So, it should appear in the newspaper within a few days.  And, have I told you “blog-readers” that the FCC has granted the call letters we requested for our stations that will soon be on the air serving Vernon and Guymon?  For Vernon’s station, the call letters will be KVED – “Kingdom Victory Every Day”.  For Guymon’s station, the call letters will be KJDR – “King Jesus Definitely Reigns”.  We haven’t submitted a request yet for the station to be constructed in Liberal, KS.  Do you have a suggestion?  Let us know.

    Liberal Democrats like to tell us that Obama inherited an economic mess.  It’s Bush’s fault that we have such huge deficits, according to them.  Well, Bush is out of the picture.  He has nothing whatsoever to do with what is happening now.  Obama’s plan to correct the “mess” is to increase the deficit and the debt enormously.  His spending is completely unprecedented.  He has submitted a budget for fiscal 2011 of $3.8 trillion.  Do you know how much a trillion is?  To give you an idea, one trillion seconds ago will take you back over 31,000 years.  That’s about 5 times the amount of time that has passed since Adam was created.  

    It might not seem odd to say that this President is proposing spending more than any other President before him.  That could probably be said of many Presidents.  But, this one is proposing spending more than all of the previous Presidents combined.  Where are the liberals who told us the deficits of approximately $400 billion under Bush were intolerable?  Obama’s deficit for his first year in office is 4 times that, about $1.6 trillion.  

    Don’t forget that I have some Gaither Homecoming tickets for the concert in Lubbock on May 1st.  I am giving you “blog-readers” the first chance to enter your name for a drawing that will be held before I ever announce on the radio that I have tickets.  Your chances of winning a pair of tickets are therefore much greater because of the blog.  Call to enter your name today.

Blog readers are the first to have the opportunity of getting your name in a special drawing for a pair of tickets to the Gaither Homecoming Friends Tour in Lubbock on May 1st.  I have not yet announced that I have tickets on the radio.  Get your name to me after reading this blog to get in on the first drawing, which will be a “blog readers only drawing” prior to making the on-air announcement.  You have an excellent chance of winning a pair of tickets if you get your name to me now.  By calling, we will know you read it on this blog.

    I expect to get some hate mail (or e-mail) soon.  I submitted an article to the Amarillo Globe News today regarding Tim Tebow and the 30 second commercial scheduled to air during the Super Bowl.  I wrote about liberals and how they tell us all the time that filth in movies, in video games, on TV, and in magazines has no effect on us.  A so-called “expert movie critic” said to me on Nightline in 1985 that the violence, sex, and/or profanity in “R” rated movies was a “safety valve” by which someone could let off steam in a harmless manner.  I said that was bunk and baloney.  I haven’t changed my mind about that in 25 years.

    In the article to the Amarillo Globe News, I wrote of the fear that the liberals have concerning the pro-life message of the commercial.  They fear that the feminist movement will be set back 35 or 40 years from this 30 seconds on TV.  I pray that their worst fears will come to pass.  Wouldn’t that be something if all their propaganda and lies could be exposed to the world in 30 seconds?