This Pilgrim's Progress

Boy Shoots 1051 lb. Hog!!

In case you've been living in a cave lately, an 11 year old boy shot and killed a 1051 lb. feral hog in Alabama! Check out the official web site: http://www.monsterpig.com/index.htm

He used a 50 caliber revolver!! His dad must be real proud of him! 

I've heard that wild pigs can get pretty big, but this defies imagination!!

Here's the link to the Fox News article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276386,00.html

All I can say is Rosie O'Donnell better stay out of any woods in the South!!!

Should Christians Vote for Mormons?

John Mark Reynolds of Biola's Torrey Institute has a great column on this issue:

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2007/05/should_christians_vote_for_mor.html

From what I've seen and heard so far, I think Mitt Romney is probably the best candidate for the Republican nomination. He's a successful businessman, a successful politician, and his stands on the issues align pretty well with us conservatives.  I also like Hunter and Tancredo, but I don't think they have a snowball's chance in hades against any of the possible democratic candidates.  Liberals like to harp on his change on many issues to the conservative side, but in my mind that's not a problem. Running in Massachusetts, he probably couldn't win as a conservative, so he had to position himself as a moderate. I think he's smart enough to know that the only way a Republican is going to win the Presidency is by standing on a firmly conservative platform.

Ian Woodall - man of honor

This article brought tears to my eyes: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=451798&in_page_id=1770

A famous mountaineer and climber, Ian Woodall, is going back to Mt. Everest for one last expedition to the Holy Grail of mountaineering. But this time it's not the mountain he is trying to conquer, but rather to fulfill the request of a woman climber he had to leave there to die. It's quite a touching story, and I think Ian Woodall is one of those rare individuals who manages to rise above his own self interest and strive for what is truly noble.  I hope he is successful and is able to fulfill his promise to Francys Arsentiev, and give her remains the burial and respect it deserves. He is going to try to do the same for 2 other climber's bodies. I've always wondered how people could continue up the mountain past these tragic remains, and I thought it was quite barbaric how the bodies were left wherever they happen to fall.  Of course, most of the time there is nothing more climbers can do without risking their own lives. So, I hope Ian is given the opportunity to do this small kindness without undue risk to himself and his sherpas.