Almost like I put my foot in my mouth. There were several inaccuracies in my post called "Hard For Business", about how Congress is dragging it's feet on E-Verify. I had said that there were no businesses opposing this, but that was an incorrect statement. Seems that leading the charge (after the doltish Congress) against E-Verify is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. They will get my wrath in a separate email. Suffice it to say that their opposition is over "what it will cost businesses to implement e-verify." Well, I tracked down what E-Verify is all about and based on…
Bellson Drumming in Heaven
One of the world’s greatest drummers has found a new resting place. Louie Bellson died at 84 in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Valentine’s day. Louie had played with such greats as Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. He had fallen in November, broken his hip, and was in rehab. Complications from Parkinson’s disease are given as the cause of his death. Bellson, leaves a legacy of rich music, both secular and sacred. At some point in his life, he became a Christian and played rather regularly in his…
C’mon Peter!
Be different? Stop doing what I used to do? I wonder how many people in the first century got more than a little upset with Peter. They were probably mad at Paul and John as well, but here'they are thing "my 'bud' telling me to stop hanging out with my old crowd." Actually telling me "Enough already!" What we have to remember is that he was talking to people that were living outside their original world. They were probably just like us – high school and college friends to party with. Frequent trips to the clubs or resorts. Maybe even…