for an example of Hugh Hewitt’s Ann Coulter-like lack of basic civility. Radio Blogger has a transcript of the Helen Thomas interview (February 2006). I’ve read through it and have not found anything resembling Coulter. As I posted in a comment, here is a transcript of the Andrew Sullivan interview (October 2006) and, again, nothing […]
Mormon-based RunMittRun now declares that Mitt Romney has been facing religious persecution.
The primary focus of RunMittRun.org has been to encourage Mitt Romney to declare his candidacy for president in 2008 in spite of the religious persecution that has been — and will yet be — heaped upon him.
And, what religious persecution might that be?
It is this […]
Is Michigan going shaky on Mitt Romney? Well, possibly. More here.
Here’s why this could be very damaging to Romney: Michigan is an absolute must-win state for him. Not only is it an early primary in a large swing state, but it’s also where Romney was born and raised. His father, George Romney, even served as […]
John “I Am For The Poor” Edwards has just sold his Georgetown (Washington D.C.) house for $5.2 million. He now lives in a very large house on a 100-acre estate in Chapel Hill. And, no, he did not take any Katrina poor-victims into his home. And, no, he does not plan to move to New Orleans […]
I read Hugh Hewitt daily. He is one of the best. He is someone I truly respect. But, when it comes to Mitt Romney his posts often make me gag. Please forgive me, Hugh. I am waiting for Romney to announce, and then reveal his Superman t-shirt (no, I did not say underwear).
Today, Hugh elevates Romney as […]
More on the source of global warming:
Uncontrolled fires burning in underground and surface coal deposits in numerous countries, including China, India, and Indonesia, are emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases and other pollutants into the atmosphere. These pollutants may pose other grave environmental hazards. In China alone, about 120 million tons of coal are consumed […]
Jimmy McCain, John McCain’s son, became a Marine on December 8th, and if troops are increased in Iraq as John McCain is calling for, then he knows that he is also sending his own son.
QUESTION: Besides John McCain, is there anyone running for president in 2008 that has served in the military/war combat, and has any […]
While some stubborn anti-environmentalists continue to claim that global warming is a fiction, President Bush’s Interior Secretary recommended today that the polar bears be listed as a “threatened species” due to the effects of global warming. See: “Global Warming Killing Polar Bears.”
We live in a representative government, and I believe that anyone running for the president of the United States - the Commander-in-Chief and the most powerful position in the world - must be scutinized, evaluated, and examined from head to toe. Why? Because Americans do not elect kings. There is nothing of their lives - past or present […]
The longest living and the only President not elected to that office, nor the office of Vice-President, has died.
Gerald Ford was drafted into the office of Vice-President when Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973. He became President some nine months later when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. He inherited a very difficult situation in the nation […]
To everyone, have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!
…to all red, blue, and purple Christians everywhere!
Merry Christmas
The new New Hampshire poll …
Democrats
Hillary Clinton 22%
Barack Obama 21%
John Edwards 16%
Al Gore 10%
John Kerry 7%
Wesley Clark 4%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
Joe Biden 2%
Tom Vilsack 2%
Evan Bayh2%
Bill Richardson 2%
Undecided 8%
Republicans
Rudy Giuliani 26%
John McCain 25%
Mitt Romney 10%
Newt Gingrich 8%
Condi Rice 6%
George Pataki 3%
Jeb Bush 1%
George Allen 1%
Sam Brownback 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Undecided 18%
What if the Republicans ended up nominating a Double-G Ticket in 2008, Giuliani and Gingrich?
What on earth would the social conservatives and the religious right do if the GOP nominated two alleged serial adulterers for President and Vice President, each married three times, one of them an unabashed supporter of gay marriage, abortion rights and […]
Deborah White, a Christian and Democrat, provides her analysis on the new Democratic Iowa poll on About’s Liberal Politics: U.S.
Democrats
John Edwards 22%
Barack Obama 22%
Tom Vilsack 12%
Hillary Clinton 10%
Al Gore 7%
John Kerry 5%
Wesley Clark 4%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
Joe Biden 1%
Evan Bayh 1%
Bill Richardson 1%
Undecided 11%
Republicans
John McCain 27%
Rudy Giuliani 26%
Mitt Romney 9%
Newt Gingrich 7%
Condi Rice 4%
George Pataki 1%
Jeb Bush 1%
George Allen 1%
Sam Brownback 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Undecided 22%
In need of a diversion from the socio-political cultural debates?
Check Ilona’s Loving Christmas blog (and you might as well visit her regular blog, as well).
Jay Sekulow the chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice founded by Pat Robertson has endorsed Mitt Romney and will serve as a paid - I assume - adviser.
Note on the origins of the manuscript:
Yesterday I was working on a manuscript related to Plato’s view of time and eternity in Timaeus. My daughter was playing Christmas music in the other room just as I was translating the odd section on numbers that puzzled even A.E. Taylor. Mary Kate hit a chord . . […]
Rudy’s new slick website. I found it interesting that he has a section on “Protecting Children” as one of his proven leadership characteristics. However, be aware, this does not include unborn children. He approves unborn children to be killed at a whim.
Smart Christian linked to a recent ABC News story on Global Warming’s correlation to cows.
But the scoop goes to Reasons to Believe where it was mentioned on-air back in October, and in print back in 2005 (also referencing the original study).
When his subjects referred to Herod as “the Great,” it certainly was not a commentary on his moral character and integrity. Herod was a skilled politician and an eloquent diplomat. At the same time, he was insanely jealous of his position and power. He stopped at nothing to retain his authority; he tolerated no rivals. […]
Deborah White, a Christian, who writes as the guide for About: Liberal Politics/U.S. posts about Hillary Clinton’s double speak on the Iraq war and her doubts that she will run in 2008.
Mary was bigger than Laura and she had a rag doll named Nettie…
- Laura Ingalls Wilder from Little House in the Big Woods
Not so, in 2006.
The only girls with a passion for fashion - otherwise known as the Bratz dolls - set their sights on girls as young as preschool age.
In the July / August […]
Picking up on the theme of what to do in the Middle East, I just read an article by Diane West in the Washington Times. This is provocative, to say the least:
Funny thing about the recent op-ed by Nawaf Obaid in The Washington Post outlining likely Saudi actions if the United States withdraws from Iraq: […]
[I’m in the midst of a twenty-three post series called Opening Your Spiritual Gifts over at my blog, Better Living: Thoughts from Mark Daniels. The series is made up of devotions I’ve written for the people of the congregation I serve as pastor, Friendship Lutheran Church, Amelia, Ohio. Tomorrow’s installment deals with the gift of […]
Think again.
A post I wrote in October received this response just yesterday:
Being the wife of a compulsive gambler that has borrowed $72,000 @ 20% interest, I completly agree with your blog on gambling. Our governments are allowing/encouraging this destrictive behavior to all. I use to go to the casinos with my husband, gamble $100 here […]
Dean Barnett blogging at Hugh Hewitt’s blog has really stirred up a hornets nest. He is advocating a pre-emptive strike against Iran. He lays out the argument that getting rid of the nuclear weapons misses the point. It’s not that Iran having nukes is the issue its who controls those nukes that is the problem.
For […]
Nothing whatsoever to do with RedBlue politics, btw…
“That’s when you know that I’m really on my last legs - when I start taking up golf.”
- Laura Ingraham, morning radio show on 12/15/06
(also ref. Mark Twain, “Golf is a good walk spoiled.”)
According to The Hill newspaper, Hillary has just hired the faith outreach guru from the House Democratic Caucus, Burns Strider:
Strider now heads religious outreach for the House Democratic Caucus, and is the lead staffer for the Democrats’ Faith Working Group, headed by incoming Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.).
Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) created the working […]
Extreme Mortman presents:
* “Top Ten Funniest Political Moments Of 2006.” Top of the list: Dick Cheney’s eventful hunting trip.
* “Top Ten Funniest Political Quotes Of 2006.” Top of the list: John Kerry’s reputation-killing crack about education and Iraq.
[Hat Tip: Joe Gandelman at The Moderate Voice.]
In somewhat of a farewell speech at the Truman Presidential Library and Museum, outgoing UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, chose to morally chastise President Bush, instructing him in the virtues of… well… virtue.
It is not my intention in this post to evaluate the merits of Annan’s critique or the lack thereof, but since one’s own moral integrity is […]
Deborah White at About Liberal Politics, a frequent RedBlueChristian commenter, has written an interesting piece about the brewing battle between Clinton and Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. See: “There’s Something Amiss about the Obama Buzz.”
White predicts Clinton will decide not to seek the nomination because she will not give up her […]
Sometimes, when a big news event hits, I make a deliberate decision not to mention it as I daily interact with people. That way, I have some notion of how important the event is to folks and I get a truer fix on what they’re thinking.
It’s an unscientific approach. But, I can be certain that […]
Since everyone is throwing out ridiculous recommendations for Iraq, I might as well toss my passing tongue-in-cheek thought into the ring. If Iraq was better off under Saddam, and we fear Shiite Iran is going to take over when we leave, then why not just release Saddam, give him back the whole mess, and support him in […]
The recent story of a terrorist plot to set off grenades in a mall in Rockford, Chicago, illustrates the diligence of those whose concern is our security. While the mainstream news media is loathe to have to report such good news, since they never met bad news they didn’t like, I want to take the opportunity […]
I got it right. Now you guess.
John McCain on the Iraq Study Group report. Video. There are three basic choices:
1. Bush/Many Conservatives - ”Stay the course” with present forces and lose.
2. John McCain - Overwelming force and win.
3. Democrats/Study Group - Negotiate, pull out, and lose.
As I have listened to the conservative radio over the last few days, all they want to do is complain […]
Jim, over at Stones Cry Out, has an interesting piece on a Christian’s personal responibilities, as related to global warming. He states,
I’ve been at the heart of the evangelical initiatives to engage the Christian community in an effort to combat human-induced global warming. For my conservative friends who still believe that all climate change […]
“Sublimely non-tendentious,” that’s the phrase I’ve always attributed to Alfred North Whitehead—a man who began his career as a Cambridge mathematician collaborating with Bertrand Russell and ended that career as a Harvard philosopher and metaphysician. Two things you can count on when reading Whitehead. First, he will look at the big picture. Second, he will […]
Media Shows Irrational Hysteria on Global Warming. When Oprah and Al Gore are the foci of global warming hype, one might want to take a second look at things. This piece illustrates the censorship and one-sidedness of the drive-by media AND of climate academics in the media-elite alliance.
The Iraq Study Group released its 160-page report today, presenting 79 recommendations regarding U.S. involvement in Iraq. The full report, titled “The Way Forward,” is available online here and is also available in bookstores.
“The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.” the report concludes. Unless significant change occurs, Iraq will continue its “slide […]
I am afraid this is not surpising. Once you slip down the slope of ethical relativity there is no right or wrong behaviour. Scary:
Children as young as 5 who display predispositions to dress like the opposite sex are being supported by a growing number of young parents, educators and mental health professionals. Read More.
Jim Wallis gives the weekly Democratic radio address without being a Democratic - what? This is a joke.
Chuck Colson calls for increased U.S. troop strength in Iraq. Arguing against the increasingly popular plan to withdraw troops now, Colson says to do so would: (1) embolden terrorists, (2) confirm Osama bin Laden’s belief that the U.S. is a “paper tiger,” (3) increase the likelihood of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, (4) […]
As anyone with half-a-brain predicted, Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez has been re-elected to a six-year term. This will also be the last time he is elected, because within the next six years he will do away with elections or they will have become nothing but a farse. No Communist ever elected gives up power. He may have won […]
