tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927040.post-1118263039527227142005-06-08T13:21:00.000-07:002005-06-12T16:45:12.826-07:00Jon Courtney's death penalty bill <a href="http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280016993&chamber=Senate&amp;serialnumber=209">came up for a vote</a> a couple days ago, and, other than Courtney himself, there was only one lunatic nearly in charge of the asylum from this area who voted for it: Sen. <a href="http://www.state.me.us/legis/senate/senators/bios/bio01s.htm">Mary Black Andrews</a> (R-<a href="http://mainegov-images.informe.org/sos/cec/elec/apport/Senate/s01.pdf">District 1</a>).<br /><br />I have some either really good news or really bad news depending on your politics: I'm ending this blog. I just have so much on my plate at this point that I have neither the time nor energy to continue. But I will finish with this last point: the Un-Christian Civic League has a Bible verse in each issue of their newsletter, and I would like to quote one myself:<br /><br />"Now as the time drew near for Him to be taken up to heaven, he resolutely took the road for Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of Him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive Him because he was making for Jerusalem. Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, 'Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?' But he turned and rebuked them, 'You do not know what spirit you are made of. The Son of Man came not to destroy souls but to save them'" - Luke 9:51-56Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12841065474639849729noreply@blogger.com