Friday Morning Roundup

The New River in Giles County, Virginia

Gingrich Will Star In Democrats’ Anti-Ryan Medicare Attacks
Paul Bedard at U.S. News and World Report Politics
By the time they’re done with him, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will look like a leading Democratic spokesman as the party moves quickly to harness his attacks on Republican plans to change Medicare. According to party sources, they plan to use Gingrich’s assault on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan in a bid to knock down every Republican who voted for it.

 

Thanks, Newt.

Mississippi crests in Vicksburg lower than feared
AP
The Mississippi River crested at more than 14 feet above flood stage in Vicksburg on Thursday, slightly lower than expected, easing worries about water potentially spilling over a nearby levee and inundating thousands more acres of farmland.

Fierce forecast: Feds predict up to 10 hurricanes in 2011
USAToday
The USA will have an “above normal” hurricane season this year, with anywhere from 12-18 named storms to form in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, federal forecasters predicted Thursday.

‘American Idol’ 2011: Goodbye, Haley Reinhart
The Washington Post
Seacrest gathers Lauren, Scotty and Haley on stage for the big moment. First up — to the shock of absolutely no one, Seacrest says Scotty is the first person to make it to the finale. And the person who will compete against him is…Lauren.

Batman Begins (Again): The Dark Knight Rises Starts Shooting
E! Online
Shooting is now underway on Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises, the third and presumably final chapter in director Christopher Nolan’s epic trilogy on the Caped Crusader.

Today’s Birthdays

1768 – Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
1908 – James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
1946 – Cher, American singer & actress
1954 – Cindy McCain, American businesswoman, wife of John McCain
1958 – Ron Reagan, American talk show host

It’s Okay to Make Plans for Saturday Night

As much as Harold Camping might try to tell you otherwise, the world is not going to end on Saturday, May 21. Here’s your first clue:

Jesus said:

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
~ Matthew 24:35-37

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.
~ Mark 13:33

Seems in all his study of dates and Scripture, Camping missed two (at least) very important ones.

Here’s a good summary of why Mr. Camping just happens to be wrong.

Why You Shouldn’t Go Camping on May 21rst
Ben Witerhington, Professor at Asbury Theological Seminary

Every such prediction since the time of Christ has had an 100% failure rate! That should have put a stop to theological weather forecasting, but alas, pious curiosity knows no bounds…

Read on.