War on the Korean Penninsula soon?

It's been quite a while since I've kept a close eye on the Koreas, going so far as to assume that the North Koreans would soon lose control of their nation as it slid into poverty and communistic devastation. For one, I can't even understand how they've stayed a nation so long.



Hopefully the White House is calling former Bush administration officials for assistance in handling this crisis, this is no time for Rahm Emmanuel type crisis opportunism.

Words words and more rain on a blue rug

For those that are confused, here's the start of today's Speedblogging exercise ... I think it will end up 29 posts in less than an hour.

This was my original site, I'll keep it in place long after I shut down many of the other and odd 50-75 sites I've created or written on in the last 6 years. The original intent was easy, write about the daily news and put my own spin on it.

Sometimes political, other times international affairs, lots of times real estate and mortgage related. I hope you've enjoyed the ride as much as I have.

Next Exit - Giving advice about technology in an advice heavy world.

Thoughts on Haiti

It must have been two years since I posted regularly here on Daltonsbriefs, I can still remember the time four years ago that I wanted to know what a blog was, and started this site. Over the time this site turned into an international affairs site, and lost some of it's personal and local flavor as I started niche sites for my niche writing topics.

So as I sat down ready to write about my thoughts on Haiti, and the recent earthquake, I was for the first time in a while drawn back to this site. Only one week ago Haiti was merely a poverty stricken nation on an island in the Caribbean. I visited Haiti in 1985 with a mission youth group from Greenwood Indiana, my first overseas trip of many unbelievable experiences to come. I remember a few things from that trip 25 years ago:

• Poverty doesn't keep Christ's followers from worshiping, what an amazing worship experience.
• Americans really don't understand the world around them, time to get off that couch and flip off Fox News and go see for yourself.
• Christ is being witnessed in Haiti, but the spiritual battle is significant. Sadly the Catholic church in Haiti sold it's soul many years ago, and combined forces with the local made-up religions and vodoo. I personally watched a Catholic priest whack the head off a chicken and spread the blood around.
  

One thing that's important for me when I'm trying to follow a situation like the earthquake in Haiti is connecting to people on the ground, people who are feeding real information not the major media bologna we tend to get. So far I've enjoyed the updates from The Livesay Blog. Troy Livesay is also on twitter (my favorite live news source of course) ... I'll be updating this more as I keep an eye on Troy and any others I come across from Haiti.

Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. - Believe it. (from Troy's tweets last nite) I wonder if there are any NW Indiana missionaries in Haiti? Another project going forward.

God bless those who are ministering to those most in need in Haiti, use this horrible calamity for the furtherance of your gospel. We may not understand why you allow events like this, but we know that the world is in your hands.