Been silent too long....

Hey Folks,
It's been a while since I posted. The Bengals are enjoying a bye week before hosting the 9-0 Indianapolis Colts. Meanwhile, the President is taking heat for pre-war intelligence, gas prices and the slow Katrina response.
In the interim I made a trip down to New Orleans (my first time in that famed city) and found the destruction to be so widespread that it is almost impossible to see how the response would ever be as instant as most Americans naively expect it to be. Instead I was impressed by the incredible and indomitable spirit of charity which is now being displayed by the 'armies of compassion' as they feed clothe and counsel the residents of the stricken gulf coast. America is becoming increasingly anal-retentive and really needs another good dose of unexplained catastrophe to shake it out of its almost terminal self absorption. God will probably permit such events until we genuinely repent and start weeping instead of whining ; start praying and stop playing.
On a connected note: Christmas this year has been emasculated and will now resemble J.C. Penney's annual 'White Sale'!