Just another day? June 5th

More tornadoes across the plain today. I know, old hat.

China's got more aftershocks. Only 5-point-something.

Then there's the big to-do in Seattle about lesbians kissing during a Mariners' game, but the to-do is over the "up tight" heteros who felt it necessary to complain to a ballpark employee. Yikes.

Then there was this little gem this afternoon. CNN's website ran this headline:

Video shows man hit by car, no one helping

The catch ran as follows. For those familiar with Francis Schaeffer's indictment of our era as one with only two values, personal peace and affluence, factor that in as you read what took place and note especially the police chief's blistering explanation:

A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. The chilling scene -- captured by a surveillance camera -- prompted a police chief to lament: "We no longer have a moral compass."

I'm not surprised that I came across this declaration the day before yesterday...

You have wearied the LORD with your words;
Yet you say,

" In what way have we wearied Him?"
In that you say,

" Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the LORD,
And He delights in them,"
Or, "Where is the God of justice?"

Malachi 2:17