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I am beginning to wonder if Tiger has even gotten out of bed since his world started crumbling. (There is a joke to be had here, but I will resist the temptation. Well, there is another joke to be had with the word “temptation” but I will resist that as well.) His pal Charles Barkley said Tiger changed his cell phone number after the front yard car accident and none of his celebrity friends can reach him.
As cynical as I have become, I am still shocked that a man could appear so under control and self-disciplined to the public, and yet be such an out-of-control philanderer in his personal life.
It makes you wonder why the guy got married in November 2003. Think about it. If even half these women are telling the truth, he would have had to have started his cheating about the time what remained of the wedding cake was put in the freezer. Why didn’t he just stay single and be an incredibly wealthy playboy? The morality of it aside, his putting himself in this situation doesn’t make any sense.
I have also noticed many in the “judge-not-lest-ye-be judged” crowd – the favorite Bible verse of those who don’t believe in the Bible – have gone to judging when it comes to Tiger. I am not in that camp. I have judged Tiger. He is a sinner desperately in need of God’s forgiveness and salvation. But some people need to realize what they are doing to their cause of moral relativism. They need to stay consistent and stop judging Tiger. If he wants to have sex with 1,000 women, who are they to say what Tiger did was morally right or wrong? Come on. Get off Tiger’s back. Don’t be a prude.
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Did you hear about the traffic job at the Copenhagen, Denmark, airport? Seems some 140 private jets dropped down from the sky delivering attendees to the international conference on Global Warming/Climate Change. Yes, these environmental preachers wanted to make sure they skipped the hassle of flying commercial with the little people. They wanted to be able to go straight to one of the 1,200 limousines leased out for the conference.
Sweet.
These are the people saying we are all going to die unless we greatly cut back on exhaust fumes from such things as jets and limos. For a “global-warming-is-caused-by man” proponent to fly on a private jet is Tiger Woods-type hypocrisy.
And then there is Climategate. Here is how the Buffalo Reflex website explained it: “The latest scandal is related to climate scientists, whose e-mails were hacked into, revealing lies, deceit and ‘cooking the books.’ This is huge, because trillions of dollars could eventually be spent around the world to fight so-called climate change, based on possibly flawed information from these scientists.
“The e-mails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit discuss how to censor views of dissenting scientists, of whom there are thousands. They also show that the scientists manipulated data, bullied magazine editors, thwarted freedom-of-information filings and tried to disrupt the peer-review process.
“In one e-mail, Kevin Trenberth of the National Center of Atmospheric Research admitted that climatologists ‘can’t account for the lack of warming’ in recent years, ‘and it is a travesty that we can’t.’
“Also, much of the raw data upon which the scientists’ theories have been based has been destroyed, so no outside scientists can check it. Other scientists have found evidence that the CRU scientists changed readings to show warmer temperature trends than the data would justify.”
I encourage you to do your own reading on this topic, but I don’t believe in man-made global warming. I believe the evidence shows the Earth’s weather patterns go in cycles regardless of what humans do or don’t do.
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On a personal note, I was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Jack Kahlstorf of Tupelo. The longtime obstetrics and gynecology doctor died a week ago of cancer. He was a fine Christian man whose life honored his family and the Lord.
Tim Wildmon is a community columnist who resides in Baldwyn. Contact him at twildmon@afa.net.
As for judging him? Well, I wonder how many among us laughing at the jokes could have withstood the temptations thrown at him. I have never been unfaithful to my wife, but then again, I've never been pursued -- except by the wife of a neighbor (who had already created many scandals in the community), truck stop lot lizards, and Times Square hookers. What if I had the opportunities presented to a man handsome, young, rich, and famous? I don't know, and will never find out.