Coming to you live and in person, warts, blemishes, typos, and now and then a wrong word sneaks in!

Good Thursday morning on this January 28, 2010 where we are bracing for another shot of super cooled air headed in our direction. We can’t complain. We’ve had several Colorado blue sky days this week and will just have to bundle up while we realize it could be much worse. Speaking of much worse, I want to apologize for the sloppiness that makes its way to this page on some days. I used to be able to quickly change and repost my blog to correct those I find later or that are pointed out by my editor in chief, my dear wife. But since I started pasting the contents into my email for the convenience of some I typically don’t go through the process of resubmitting it for a minor error. Those minor errors do bug me, however, and I lament any time they show up. I’m not asking for sympathy, I’m just sharing my disappointment when I fail to meet the quality standards I set for myself.

I read enough on the internet to know that communications of all types are riddled with mistakes. Many of these can be found in top-notch news sources as well as in emails, blogs, MySpace, Facebook, and other forms of dialogue. I do attempt to spell check my work but as I often point out the spell checker can’t correct the use of a wrong word spelled correctly. Most of the folks who read and comment on my blogs would have no issue with an improper word here or there BUT here again, I do! At any rate I always seek to try and do a better job. I know by experience that when you hold yourself to a high standard of accountability and do your best to achieve it, it does tend to leave you open to the ah-ha response when a mistake is made. I consider that to come with the territory.

I think everyone who has read anything I have written about our current political scene would recognize my staunch conservative views. I want everyone to know that my viewpoints are never intended to demonize any person or political party. We have many folks masquerading as conservatives while playing the Washington game and I feel angry at their shenanigans just like I do about those who favor liberal socialistic policies. Even here in a so-called conservative state I find myself having to hold my nose while voting for the lesser of all evils among those claiming to carry the conservative banner. This deal about demonizing folks is a real issue in our current political climate. It’s easy to cross the line in wishing someone harm as opposed to standing against his or her policies. It is my desire not to cross that line because we all are sinners in need of grace every minute of the day. I read and hear far too much that borders upon hate and this should never be our mantra, even as we boldly stand up for what we believe to be the principles that honor our nation’s legacy and our God. Now that I have cleared all that up I’ll get busy checking this one over to see if I’ve goofed up again. May God bless one and all. Amen. …..More later.