_uacct = "UA-3726841-1"; urchinTracker(); Tumblr (3.0; @khiddy)http://blog.hallenius.org/<p>I’ve come to the conclusion that the greatest “sin” that anyone can commit in America today is hypocrisy. Last week, it was a headline reading “Anti-Gay Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest” that was trumpeted all around the liberal blogs. I even saw it as a friend’s Facebook status update, with many comments saying, “Hahaha, look at this jerk, this just proves that he was wrong all along!”</p> <p>Sorry, that’s simply not true.</p> <p>Just because someone does something objectively wrong doesn’t make the action right all of a sudden. Nor does committing a wrong action mean that the principled arguments establishing the action as wrong are instantly false, either.</p> <p>We live in a fallen world, where we all struggle against doing what we know is wrong. We have the power to choose to give in to temptation, or to virtuously resist. We can call upon God, the saints, and our friends to help us choose the right and do the good.</p> <p>Ridiculing people who fall to their own temptations doesn’t make us better people than they are. It just debases our own humanity.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/437496654http://blog.hallenius.org/post/437496654Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:45:43 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kywh75kwgC1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It may be time to crank up the heat.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/431910801http://blog.hallenius.org/post/431910801Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:09:07 -0800<p>Congressman Blumenauer,</p> <p>I have contacted you several times in the past regarding the attempt to reform health care that is currently being considered in the US Congress. I urge you once again to vote NO on the bill that has been presented for consideration through the process of reconciliation.</p> <p>You must vote NO because this bill does not respect the conscience of a majority of Americans on the question of abortion, including me. I have received canned responses from your staff before on this issue, and I will not accept another. You have been wrong on the question of abortion, and this is your chance to correct your position. Abortion is murder of the innocent, plain and simple. If this health care bill passes, it will be state-sponsored murder, and that is unacceptable.</p> <p>The only response I expect from you is a NO vote on health care if the House leadership attempts to pass this bill through reconciliation. That is the only acceptable response you can send.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/430938337http://blog.hallenius.org/post/430938337Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:51:45 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytloku9qX1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lucky Lab Overlook Tap Room coming soon to the old Roux site on N Killingsworth!</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/428586602http://blog.hallenius.org/post/428586602Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:53:10 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyskanuiHL1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat!</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/427610394http://blog.hallenius.org/post/427610394Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:25:32 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrov0ke0A1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Too early… We’ve got at least one more cold snap coming!</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/426480369http://blog.hallenius.org/post/426480369Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:06:31 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b12aglwd8QY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b12aglwd8QY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>A pretty excellent Downfall parody. If you’re a Catholic nerd, this will succinctly sum up what’s been happening since April 19, 2005.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/385968603http://blog.hallenius.org/post/385968603Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:38:13 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxe2iojBEG1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SuperJubel 2010</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/372904588http://blog.hallenius.org/post/372904588Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:01:35 -0800<a href="http://ihnatko.com/about/">Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth</a>: <p>Andy is just the most interesting tech writer out there. His reviews of tech products are readable enough for the layman, and yet in-depth enough to interest the technogeek. He peppers his columns with fun references, and isn’t afraid to let you know his biases. Hit him up for a great read!</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/354828210http://blog.hallenius.org/post/354828210Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:54:22 -0800<p>Jerry Wallace, who launched Hinzerling Winery in Prosser, Washington, in 1976, passed away Jan. 6. He was 90.</p> <p>Wallace was a Seattle police officer beginning in 1944. At one time, he was the Seattle mayor’s personal security office and driver. He retired in 1968 and took over security for the Federal Way School District.</p> <p>In 1972, he and his family moved east of the Cascades to Prosser, where they planted one of the earliest commercial wine grape vineyards in the region. Hinzerling Vineyard was the first in the state to use drip irrigation. Wallace and his wife, Dee, also founded the Roza chapter of the Enological Society of the Pacific Northwest.</p> <p>In 1976, Wallace and his son Mike launched Hinzerling Winery, making it one of the state’s oldest wineries. The winery is especially well known for producing some of the state’s top Port-style wines.</p> <p>In 2008, Jerry Wallace was nominated as a Legend of Washington Wine by the state wine industry.</p> <p>He also was an avid organist and keyboard player. He is survived by his three children, Mike, Pam and Steve, as well as eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.</p> <p>There will be a memorial service celebrating Jerry’s life at a later date at Hinzerling Winery, Prosser. Remembrances or inquiries about the service may be sent to JCW@Hinzerling.com.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/331925379http://blog.hallenius.org/post/331925379Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:09:49 -0800obituarywinefamily“And with Brandt as my witness, I will not abide another toe!”<br/><br/> - <em>Jeffrey “The Big” Lebowski</em>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/320116404http://blog.hallenius.org/post/320116404Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:41:37 -0800lebowski<p>Mr. President, I urge you to maintain the language and intent of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that was passed as part of H. R. 3962. You recently appeared on ABC television and said that you think that the language needs to be changed regarding abortion coverage, because you wanted to pass a health care bill, not an abortion bill.</p> <p>Stupak-Pitts simply ensures that this IS a health care bill by removing abortion from the discussion. <a href="http://politifact.org/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/nov/09/nita-lowey/lowey-says-stupak-amendment-restricts-abortion-cov/" target="_blank">Politifact.org confirms this analysis</a>, that Stupak-Pitts maintains the status quo.</p> <p>When you spoke to Congress, you said that your plan was to remain abortion-neutral. Stupak-Pitts makes that happen. If you remove or substantially change the language, you’ve tipped the bill into a pro-abortion stance, which makes your earlier statement a lie and a broken promise.</p> <p>If a bill comes before you that does not contain the exact provisions and language that Stupak-Pitts provided, I urge you to veto the bill.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/240447101http://blog.hallenius.org/post/240447101Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:22:52 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks38swNqnN1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ye Olde Tyme Holiday Ale</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/223079246http://blog.hallenius.org/post/223079246Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:55:48 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kru8majuEg1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Producer Christina in Studio 3B</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/218541162http://blog.hallenius.org/post/218541162Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:13:26 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsozcvLZ81qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>W/Gary Vaynerchuk - Crush It!</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/217796981http://blog.hallenius.org/post/217796981Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:11:40 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krq1odSnqx1qz8qu6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How providential!</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/216448483http://blog.hallenius.org/post/216448483Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:53:05 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lXh2n0aPyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lXh2n0aPyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Fun Theory, by Volkswagen.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/212992344http://blog.hallenius.org/post/212992344Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:21:40 -0700“There were no clear favorites this year, and Obama’s selection came as a shock to most. After all, the deadline for submitting nominees to the committee was Feb. 1 — less than two weeks after Obama’s inauguration.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113662477&ft=1&f=1001" target="_blank">NPR: The Secret Process for Picking Nobel Peace Laureates</a></p> <p>And people wonder why I’m stunned?</p> <p>“…less than two weeks after Obama’s inauguration.”</p></em>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/208551983http://blog.hallenius.org/post/208551983Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:35:59 -0700<p>The world’s intelligentsia have really fallen for the snow job, eh? Not a single tangible thing to show over the last 10 months, except words, words, words.</p> <p>Oh, and the largest federal budget deficit <em>ever</em>. And it’s still climbing.</p> <p>Absolutely stunning.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/208526892http://blog.hallenius.org/post/208526892Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:57:06 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tyl9wltqQZ4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tyl9wltqQZ4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“What possible reason could there be for you NOT to email us? Certainly, <em>ignorance</em> shouldn’t be a bar.” Hat tip: <a href="http://www.kungfugrippe.com/" target="_blank">Merlin Mann</a>.</p> <p>I am pretty sure Max and I will be using a clip of this on <a href="http://thebeautifulpeople.org" target="_blank">The Definite Article</a> soon.</p>http://blog.hallenius.org/post/205979896http://blog.hallenius.org/post/205979896Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:09:27 -0700