Pre-flight Thoughts
...Before we leave tomorrow for Wichita on the way to Tampa, FL, by Northwest Airlines, I have a few thoughts:
...Oklahoma University football was robbed by the two bad official calls during their game with Oregon University. The errors were not corrected by instant replay, and the replay official who was an alumnus of Oregon U. should be removed permanently.
...The Muslim response to the Pope's speech just shows the violent behavior that the person quoted had observed. Moderate Muslims should reject their violent counterparts, even as Christians should do the same. Jesus Christ came to bring peace not strife.
...The newest regulations enforced by the American Red Cross at the blood drives will result in reduced supplies of blood. After generously giving my blood and answering 48 personal questions, I had to return on a 22-mile round trip to personally correct one of the answers that was incorrectly keyed into the computer by one of the workers. I was not allowed to correct the answer via telephone because of an FDA regulation that the local bank followed. That regulation is ridiculous considering that each person who donates answers the personal questions without any proof of their validity. If they can accept my answer face-to-face, they are just as valid via telephone. They have now caused me to re-evaluate the whole process of trying to help someone else by donating my blood. In the name of protecting blood supplies, the federal government is once again enacting mounds of paperwork for these volunteers. Only when blood supplies become dangerously low will they then realize the error of their heavyhanded techniques.
...Wanda is taking her first airplane flight ever on Thursday morning, so be praying for a smooth trip for her benefit, and mine. I get very nauseous, except for that new medication that I have found that works wonders.
...We'll get to Wichita in time to attend the Powerlines service on Wednesday evening. We already enjoy the DVD presentation of the Saturday/Sunday service.