John McCain or Adolf Hitler?

Finally, a leader that’s not afraid to show some exuberant emotion! But before anyone reading starts to wonder, I am NOT endorsing Hitler or Nazism in any way shape or form. Now, onto the real reason for the post.

In recent years I have been on a quest to learn more and more about the world’s condition at the time of Hitler. I just couldn’t understand how society could accept and support a movement with such warped ideals. Certainly one of the reasons the Nazi movement survived and thrived is because of the fiery emotions Hitler was able to express. He really believed in his agenda and he had no problem showing it. Case in point:

Now take a look at the speeches we’re being fed in American politics. There’s no one delivering a message with any fire in their gut. So many of the speeches are delivered with a slow, monotone delivery that’s better suited to putting my kids asleep. But then I viewed the end of John McCain’s nomination acceptance speech. I was so incredibly excited to actually see a politician talk like they believed what they were saying and pour some emotion into their presentation! I just haven’t seen that in my lifetime until now.

Take a look at the video below and fast-forward to the 50 minute mark … then give it 30 more seconds.

Finally, a politician that sounds like he believes what he’s saying!

It’s Time to Build a House!

At long last we are now able to experience some tangible progress on our new house project! Last Friday (August 29, 2008) our builder was able to obtain the building permit. This is big, big news as there were any number of small administrative issues that needed to be cleared up at city hall. It appears the people that sold us the land have some other bills to pay, and even though we own our lot free and clear we still ended up getting slowed down as the details were being sorted out. I am quickly learning that there is much more to building a house than just pounding nails.

Then today I was taking the kids to the park and we decided to make a quick run to the lot … just to peek! And there they were. Four small stakes in the ground designating the corners of our lot! Progress! Honest-to-goodness progress!!! So that is hopefully a sign that the hole will be dug this week and the foundation will be established. Weather permitting (it rained pretty hard tonight) and God willing we’ll be able to make some significant progress this week.

Groundbreaking at the Hultin lot

Groundbreaking at the Hultin lot

The picture included with this post is pretty fun too! My partner Mike Stevens gave us three small shovels for our kids to use for a groundbreaking ceremony and that was exactly what we did! We went out to our lot, had a quick family prayer, and then let the kids dig in. They had a blast!

And then to bring us back to reality, there’s the special assessment notice we just received in the mail. Oh yeah, we have to pay for this fun project too. Time to get back to work and sell more websites!

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