Is it Time to Draw Some Lines in the Sand?
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First, as I mentioned a couple days ago in Free for Coming, the courts in New Jersey ruled that eHarmony, founded by a Christian, Neil Clark Warren, had to offer a system whereby homosexuals could also be matched on “29 dimensions of personality”.
Now, of course, President-Elect Obama has promised that the Freedom of Choice Act would be at the top of his priority list; this godless legislation would effectively strike down all restrictions on abortion, and compel all hospitals with obstetrics programs to perform abortions. Never mind that a significant percentage of the nation’s hospitals are run by religious groups, notably Catholics, who are determined not to allow abortions to take place in their hospitals. And thus the question is raised:
Will the Catholic Bishops Shut Down the Hospitals?
In my humble opinion, the time has come to draw a line in the sand. Neil Clark Warren? Shut down eHarmony; your dream entailed helping couples find compatible marriage partners, not contribute to the moral decline of our nation. Catholic bishops? If FOCA is passed, and it comes down to it, shut down the Catholic hospitals. Will Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem close? Will others? There are principles at stake, and if people of faith do not defend the First Amendment against the encroachment of a government intoxicated with its own power, who will?
Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis
Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would: A Fresh Christian ApproachMight as Well Laugh…
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Dan Rooney: My 75 Years With the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
The Travels of Marco Polo: Edited by Peter Harris (Everyman's Library (Cloth))Bailing out the “Big Three”? Stupid, Stupid Idea
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This whole bailout thing has reached epic proportions of governmental stupidity, and now Detroit is crying and moaning about getting their fair share at the bailout trough. Here’s why it’s a bad idea:
Bailing Out the Automakers: Bad Idea
There are people who scream “Buy American”, particularly when it comes to cars (we buy our cars used anyway, so it doesn’t matter as far as we’re concerned, but that’s another story). My response is, “why?” Mostly inferior cars being produced at inflated prices because unionization has caused salaries and payments to go out the roof: that’s not my idea of a bargain. Government shouldn’t be “bailing out” anyone, but least of all is Detroit, IMHO.
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu (Vintage)
Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer (Travelers' Tales Guides)Why Apple/Mac Will Never Get my Business
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Apple has come down on the wrong side in the ongoing debate about marriage:
What I wrote to Apple:
Because of Apple’s decision to actively support the defeat of Proposition 8, the “gay marriage ban” in California, I have chosen to remove Apple products both from my personal computer and my work computer, and will encourage others, via my blog, to do the same. Apple will never receive my business as a result of this business decision. I believe in equal rights for all people, but “gay marriage” is not about equal rights, and is already having a negative effect upon real marriage.
Sincerely,
Byron D. Harvey
The Apple Grower: Guide for the Organic OrchardistWill Keith Olbermann Keep Lying?
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And the New York Times, and Margaret Carlson, and Linton Weeks, and Al Hunt, and ThinkProgress…now that the truth is out about Sarah Palin and her alleged “budget cuts” regarding Alaska Special Olympics.
Only in liberal La-La Land could a 10% increase in funding equal a “cut”.
And we wonder why we’re in the spending mess we’re in…
Thanks, regular commenter Warren, for finding time in your non-life to write this piece (here’s betting Kengor did all the work…).
Playboy Magazine / April 1998 - Linda Brava, Joe Eszterhas, Keith Olbermann
A Very Special Athlete
Special Olympics (True Books: Sports)Woody Allen and the $700 Billion Bailout
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Should the government bail out these financial buffoons and bumblers to the tune of $700 billion? To answer that question, let us consult the wisdom of Woody Allen, for his viewpoint on life would seem to be pretty spot-on with regard to the quandary before us. Allen said,
“Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable…”
That would seem to be the choice before us: it’s an utterly terrible, miserable, ridiculous thing to have our government fix the problems of these companies (problems that I blame our federal government for creating in the first place, in significant measure, by tinkering with the market so many times, and in so many ways, in the name of some liberal do-good/feel-good stupid plan, that the market has responded to these things instead of sound market principles. Not that the companies themselves don’t bear their share of the blame, of course.). The problem is that not doing this may have longer-term negative repercussions. It’s like another Woody Allen quote:
“More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”
It’s hard not to be pessimistic and cynical about our country when we are governed so poorly at a federal level. For my part, I’m not voting for any incumbents, not my Democrat U.S. Representative, nor my Republican U.S. Senator. Both will waltz to re-election; I’m not sure there are more than a handful of incumbents that deserve re-election, but the fact is that the American people are sheep, and we’ll put this same crop of losers back in to further their work of running us in the ground…
Eighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed: Anguish, God and Existentialism
Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank BailoutsRaise Your Hand if You’re Shocked at the Media
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Please compare the US magazine cover on the left, detailing all the “scandal” affiliated with Sarah Palin, with the glowing perfection of Mr. and Mrs. Messiah.
It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that this election will turn, in significant measure, on whether the majority of the U.S. public can get past the hyper-bias of the left-wing mainstream media, and compare the actual merits of the candidates.
If they can, it’s McCain in a landslide. If they can’t, we truly are headed somewhere fast…in a handbasket.
The Adventures of Polo
Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: A Companion to the Public Television Film
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
