Faultline USAFaultline USAA traditionalist wonders if this nation is on the verge of transition or a devastating seismic split. The Culture Wars are the struggles we Americans face daily to define the heart, soul, and identity of America. Our nation has become polarized by di Articles
Flight 93 Memorial Video
2007-10-15 22:07:00 Watch and be informed and enraged. (originally posted at Right Truth) From, and with many thanks to, Caos BlogA ?big picture? view of the Paul Murdoch architects? designed memorial for the Flight 93 crash site.I?m anxious to learn what people think about this and if the points are clearly made, and if there is any clarification that is necessary to keep it simple but clear.Most of it is information I obtained through Alec Rawls? book, Crescent of Betrayal, and scouting around on the internet to see if his claims were true. I learned a lot in the process?and hope that the points in the little movie are clear. I?ve already had some input from people before I uploaded it to youtube; it gets people pretty upset and angry to think this is happening anywhere in our country? (here)For background information please read Crescent of Shame in Honor of 19 Terrorists and Stop the Memorial Blogburst If you want to join the blogroll/blogburst for the Crescent of Betrayal blogburst, email Cao at c... More About: Video , Flight 93 Memorial , Flight 93
Why America Must Define Religion
2007-10-15 13:54:00 Does our America n Constitution , which offers blanket and unquestioning protection of religious freedom, create the very means by which the destruction of American sovereignty can be accomplished?When America was founded no one thought it was necessary to define the concept of religion. To this day America has failed to define what is or is not a religion.We must focus upon questioning the adequacy of our American Constitution (specifically the two clauses of the First Amendment concerning the relationship of government to religion: the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause).How can it be unconstitutional for government to establish a religion when the constitution hasn?t even defined religion? And isn?t it important to define religion so as to determine whether something is a "religion" for Establishment Clause purposes?Here?s a typical outmoded definition of religion as found in Wikipedia:A religion is a set of common beliefs and practices generally held by a group of p... More About: Religion , Define
SEO Tag! You Are It!
2007-10-13 13:00:00 Thank you for this tag, Akoni! I think this is really helpful for us to maintain our blog traffic.Start tag: Thank the person who tagged you. Copy all below. Add your three posts to the list. List the blog name and url of those you tagged. Post and publish. Update with those that comment.This is based on the SEO theory that links to posts inside your blog are more important than links to your home page. I have selected three posts I want to promote along with my site?s name. You will do the same thing. Keep it simple and spread our good work around to both share and build some ratings! Pick three posts that you feel are your best or those you simply want to promote. Your site name is listed with your 3 selected posts beneath. Once you have your post up: Add the sites and post links of the folks you tagged onto your post. Try to add the site and post links to anyone involved to maximize the effectiveness. Tag a minimum of 5 people! Try your best not to double tag people so it will sp...
Gore Snags 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
2007-10-12 14:57:00 The fact that Gore just snagged the 2007 Nobel ?Peace ? prize tells us much more about the prize than we probably care to know. For a list of all the previous winners go to The Elephant BarPerhaps it?s high time that we all worked very hard to see that Gore gets drafted into candidacy for the presidential nomination? He says that he?s not interested but Gore and the truth are not always close companions. Imagine the chills up Hillary?s spine!Leave your comment: Should Al Gore run for the presidency?Here?s the slant from the left . . .Excerpt from Mike Allen?s PlaybookGood Friday morning. Once lampooned and beleaguered, Vice President Al Gore is avenged. Denied the presidency in the chaos of the Florida recount of 2000, he now has received what is arguably the most prestigious award in the world. His obsession with the environment and global warming, which led former President George H.W. Bush to mock him as "ozone man," has now been certified on a global stage as a worthy and consequ... More About: Nobel Peace Prize
Baptist Seminary Offers Homemaking Major
2007-10-11 20:10:00 Originally posted at Right Truth Oh. My. Goodness! I'm wondering if they will offer degrees for 'previous experience' in the area? It's not that men and women aren't equals, the professors and students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary explain to the Los Angeles Times. God has just given them different responsibilities in life: Men make decisions; women make dinner. Starting this fall, the women enrolled in the internationally known seminary - one of the largest institutions serving the largest denomination of Protestants in America - will have a chance to get an academic degree in their special, God-given role. The academic program includes lectures on laundering stubborn stains and a lab on baking chocolate-chip cookies, as well as more philosophical courses such as "Biblical Model for the Home and Family," which teaches that God expects wives to graciously submit to their husbands' leadership. ( more at CBS) What do you say? More About: Offers , Major , Mina
Crescent of Shame in Honor of 19 Terrorists
2007-10-10 15:49:00 Crescent of Sham e in Honor of 19 Terrorists Stop the Memorial Blogburst: Why only 38 Memorial Groves?One prominently advertised feature of the Flight 93 Memorial is the ?40 Memorial Groves,? one for each of the murdered heroes:Why then does the actual design only contain 38?The Memorial Groves are built into the crescent of what was originally called the Crescent of Embrace. The crescent forms part of the symbolic heavens in architect Paul Murdoch's crescent and star shaped design. Infidels cannot be memorialized in the Islamic heavens, so the 38 Memorial groves have to be a memorial to someone else. Who?It is a simple geometric fact that a line across the most obtruding tips of the crescent of Memorial Groves points approximately to the White House:A line across the Memorial Groves has the same slope (129° clockwise from north) as a line between the crash site and area of Washington DC that contains the Pentagon, the White House and the Capitol.Notice also that the 38 groves can be... More About: Cres , Shame
Stop the Memorial Blogburst
2007-10-10 15:46:00 Stop the Memorial Blogburst Trackbacked to Cao's blog and Error Theory. Pennsylvania Newspapers Pretend There is No Direction to Mecca In September 2005, a half dozen different bloggers verified that a person facing into what was originally called the Crescent of Embrace memorial to Flight 93 would be facing almost exactly at Mecca. Some surrounding trees have been added to the design, but the giant central crescent remains completely intact in the Bowl of Embrace redesign: With Tom Burnett Sr. condemning the crescent design and refusing to allow Tom Jr.?s name to be used, there is now a big public controversy in western Pennsylvania over whether the giant crescent really is oriented on Mecca. In response, the Memorial Project has decided to deny that there is any such thing as the direction to Mecca, and Pittsburgh?s two major newspapers are both backing up this transparent falsehood. Professor Daniel Griffith, who is serving as a consultant to the Memorial Proje... More About: Stop
Politics and The ?Christian? Left
2007-10-09 18:03:00 There was a time in this nation?s history when religion and politics just didn?t mix, but that notion was really a myth. For example, the strength of the Black church in America has always been political activism. Religion and politics have never really been very far apart in America.For decades the left has raised red flags over the religious right?s political activism while silently working behind the scenes to create today?s current stranglehold on many Christian denominations. Until recently, there were few writers exploring the left?s political infiltration of Christianity.Here are some interesting blogs, with a variety of traditional viewpoints, with excerpts to explore.This is from Sister Toldja, Desperately seeking halo: Obama panders to evangelicals in South Carolina. . .It is when churches start allowing political correctness to seep into the pews and onto the pulpit that the word of God becomes deluded and, eventually, distorted into something it is clearly not. As an exa... More About: Politics , Left , Politic
Muslim Pharmacist Refuses to Give Morning After Pill on Religious Grounds
2007-10-09 15:01:00 hmmmmmm.....If this were a Christian Pharmacist, they would be crucified by the liberal main stream media.read more | digg story More About: Muslim , Morning , Give , Religious , Rounds
The Non-Scientific Poll That Counts
2007-10-09 04:07:00 Texas Fred has started a NEW site, TexasFred's Non-Scientific Poll ing Place where he will be posing some serious questions from us ? that is if they are good questions.All responses are anonymous because Texas Fred can't see who is actually voting.According to Texas Fred, ?I have NO tracking set on this blog, it is totally anonymous and I can't tell who uses the poll or who visits or anything, but if you post about it and link it, I need to know so I can return the favor with a link back to you and your site.?Now that?s a cool deal in itself!There are some great questions up right now:If Rudy Giuliani were to win the RNC nomination would you support him simply because he's a Republican?? Would you support him against ANY Dem candidate?Do you think Rush Limbaugh was disrespecting the troops with his statement regarding 'Phony Soldiers'?Go Vote Now!
Robin Wright on the Physics of Irreversible Momentum Journalism
2007-10-08 20:09:00 Robin Wright, of the Washington Post , has confirmed in writing that a new journalism standard is now in place at the Washington Post.Irreversible Momentum Journalism defined: A story may not be covered until it?s already too late to alter the outcome. A story may not be covered if reporting the story might accelerate the direction of current momentum towards an irreversible outcome. (Note: IMJ only applies to deniability when dealing with nosy conservatives who ask too many questions.)For those who like to throw thoughts right back here?s a great quote:?Momentous change is not always visible at the moment it happens -- in fact it doesn't always happen in a discrete moment. And a change can take on a nearly irreversible momentum long before it becomes the dominant phenomenon.?The following cross-posted with permission from Wake up America.[Update below with Robin Wright's [Wapo] response to my email from her contact form which is linked below]The new rules of Journalism, admitted b... More About: Physics , Robin
Midland Reporter-Telegram: Hatchet Job on Giuliani and the GOP?
2007-10-08 17:32:00 Is Giuliani in bed with the open borders NAFTA highway crowd??? You will have to decide.Here?s an excerpt from the Midland Reporter -Telegram article.Giuliani's ties to Houston law firm gives him Texas boostRepublican Rudy Giuliani -- thrice-married, liberal on social issues and a consummate New Yorker -- seems an unlikely White House contender to be embraced by a Texas' GOP establishment rooted in the energy industry and dominated by religious conservatives. But the former New York mayor has built a formidable political base in Texas with the help of well-connected Republican money men. He owes his advantage in part to his role as a name partner with a powerhouse, Houston-based law firm known for its impressive roster of energy-giant clients, Bracewell & Giuliani.His partnership in the law firm has also brought Giuliani unwelcome criticism in connection with some of the firm's more controverisal clients, including a Spanish contractor involved in planning part of a Texas supe... More About: Media Bias
The International Community Needs a Conscience
2007-10-07 17:06:00 By Stanford MatthewsBlog @ MoreWhat.comMore than one month ago continued reports of trouble in Burma were in the press, Protesting Continues in Burma Despite Crackdown. About the same President Bush issued preliminary comments, Bush Urges Burma to Stop Intimidating Citizens , that may have served as a warning shot accross the bow. The next report, US, Indonesia Urge China, India to Press Burma , may have overdone the warning theme and similar to other nation's impotent responses suggest with or without the Unit ed Nations there is little in the way of peer pressure on the international stage.An almost unnoticed statement from the UN, UN Human Rights Chief Voices Concern About Violations In DRC, Iran and Burma , demonstrates the useless rhetoric that appears to be the norm in these situations and likewise the norm of those who warrant the verbal chastisement to ignore the warning. It all seems to choreographed as if all the participants share the guilt equally.The second and third we... More About: International , Community , Conscience , The International
Did Obama Trip Over the Importance of Symbols or . . .?
2007-10-05 16:45:00 Symbols have the power to unleash the unconscious ? to act like a trigger - to evoke an emotional response on many levels. Those that well-understand the power of symbols may employ such power for good or for evil.?Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt egerneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.? - Alfred North Whitehead, (1861-1947), British Mathematician and Philosopher?There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.? - Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer of science fictionBy now the world already knows that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has announced that he will refuse to wear the American Flag pin. The conspicuous absence of a symbol is in itself an even stronger symbol. But since nature abhors a symbolic vacuum, one wonders what symbol will emerge from the Obama campaign to replace the American flag?Here?s what Obama said. H/T to Atlas Shrugs"You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a pin," Obama said... More About: Trip , Symbols
SCHIP: The S is for Socialized Medicine
2007-10-04 17:10:00 ?You have to wonder sometimes how Boehner and his Republican allies in the House can look at themselves in the mirror? ? Daily Kos?Well we don?t have to worry about these far, far lefties ever looking into the mirror. Like most social vampires, they cast no reflection!? ? Faultline USAHere?s an excerpt of ABC?s blather that passes for journalism these days.. . .Gathering on the White House lawn and the steps of Congress , the throngs were joined by children who pulled red wagons filled with over a million petitions, urging Congress to expand health insurance coverage for children.Yet, it appears that the effort may be in vain after Bush vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have renewed and expanded SCHIP . . .Health policy experts now say low and moderate income families like the Taylors will be hit the hardest if the veto stands, and individuals fear the social and financial consequences.Congress has already passed legislation which would reauthorize and expand the program by adding... More About: Medicine , Socialized Medicine
Did Iran Blink?
2007-10-04 02:51:00 By Stanford MatthewsBlog @ MoreWhat.comThere is little that is more entertaining than to watch representativesof a state sponsor of terrorism like Iran act so innocent in light ofprevious statements that the holocaust never happened and they intendto destroy Israel. Not to mention the default Islamofascist creedbent on killing all infidels which also includes other Muslims theydon't like.The sad part of the recent appearance of the Iranian President atColumbia University beyond the obvious was the number of closetliberals in the media tripping over themselves to attend a dinner withhim. Not understanding that they may be the only ones in theworld who actually believe their claim of doing it all in the name ofjournalism. So much so that their automatic defense of simplymentioning the first amendment is no longer presented with a supportingargument.Whether the Iranian President was too busy trying to fool otheraudiences this week or simply bored with the easy prey in Americanmedia... More About: Blink
MSM Hides Another ?Resident Alien? Murderer
2007-10-02 23:16:00 If you?ve watched enough local network affiliate news broadcasts, you get a feel for how it?s usually done ? especially when the story is about a gruesome murder. There?s always the on-the-scene reporter live at the scene. There are usually brief interviews with neighbors and relatives of both the victim and the suspect. If the suspect gets away, the story stays hot and little by little more and more is revealed about the suspect. And so it goes ? usually. But not so with this story! Not one peep from the MSM affiliates or the big newspapers about the suspect?s background. The silence about the suspect was so deafening I decided that there had to be more to this story.Last week 19-year-old Melanie Goodwin, a Denton, Texas resident, was bludgeoned to death, set on fire, and her charred body dumped by Ernesto Pina Reyes. We know this because . . .A business surveillance camera captured a grisly scene, showing a man dragging UNT student Melanie Goodwin?s body from her car and setting i... More About: Alien , Murderer , Resident
China bans bra, underwear, sex toy ads and more world news
2007-10-01 21:38:00 Originally posted at Right TruthNo more advertisements for bras, sexy undies, sex toys, or related items in China . That goes for "llegal 'sexual medication' advertisements and other harmful ads [which] pose a grave threat to society." The sex police say, "no more for you!" BEIJING - China has banned television and radio ads for push-up bras, figure-enhancing underwear and sex toys in the communist government?s latest move to purge the nation?s airwaves of what it calls social pollution. Regulators have already targeted ads using crude or suggestive language, behavior, and images, tightening their grip on television and radio a few weeks ahead of a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress at which some new senior leaders will be appointed. The latest move by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, or SARFT, also bans advertisements for sexual aids such as tonics that claim to boost performance in bed. The notice indicated that regulators were concerned about bo... More About: News , World , Current Events , World News
Killer amoeba eats human brain until you die
2007-10-01 21:35:00 Originally posted at Right Truth "A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die." It sounds like science fiction but it's true. (Hat tip Ron) Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future. "This is definitely something we need to track," said Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This is a heat-loving amoeba. As water temperatures go up, it does better," Beach said. "In future decades, as temperatures rise, we'd expect to see more cases." According to the CDC, the amoeba called Naegleria fowleri (nuh-GLEER-ee-uh FOWL'-erh-eye) killed 23 people in the United States, from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials noticed a spike with six cases ? three in ... More About: Humor , Medicine , Human , Killer , Brain
No Jews in State Department program, no Jewish bullets in Iraq, Afghanistan
2007-10-01 21:32:00 Originally posted at Right TruthIDIOTS!!! "Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan , U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday." via Useful Fools: Since the Army has other stockpiled ammunition, ?by no means, under any circumstances should a round (from Israel) be utilized,? said Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, the top Democrat on a House of Representatives Armed Services subcommittee with jurisdiction over land forces. [ ? ] Although the Army should not have to worry about ?political correctness,? Abercrombie was making a valid point about the propaganda pitfalls of using Israeli rounds in the U.S.-declared war on terror, said Rep. Curt Weldon, the Pennsylvania Republican who chairs the subcommittee on tactical air and land forces. ?There?s a sensitivity that I think all of us recognize,? Weldon told the Army witnesses, including Maj. Gen. Buford Blount, who led... More About: America , Iran , Jewish
Burma or Myanmar: That's not the question
2007-09-30 18:04:00 By Stanford MatthewsBlog @ MoreWhat.comIn late August of this year the Myanmar (Burma ) military government released a list of names of activists they wanted to apprehend. About the same time the US and UN voiced objections to the treatment of detained activists and the Myanmar government's treatment of protesters in general. The UN had asked for the activists to be released based on reports of torture and a hunger strike. During the same week the government closed the gathering that was intended to produce the country's constitution to be voted on by the public. The 40 year rule by the military government appears to be flexing their muscle by quieting public dissent and abandoning any attempts at reforms even if they are only symbolic in nature. The country has toyed with the idea of a constitution for 14 years.The US State Department expressed the requisite displeasure with Myanmar's constitutional efforts characterizing them as a sham. The same day a rights group was demanding ... More About: Question
Liberals and Conservatives in the News
More articles from this author:2007-09-29 13:16:00 By Stanford MatthewsBlog @ MoreWhat.comPositive news is always welcome. It has been in short supply lately. Some attribute the predominance of negative news to a liberal leaning MSM. But there are plenty of left leaning sources who claim the press is right wing while the right leaning sources claim it's left wing. Which means the audience must rely on their own judgment in checking news.A group of headlines viewed today are encouraging. An additional report on how Sarkozy is reinventing French politics reversing the trends from former leaders and a similar trend in the US Congress on views toward conditions in Iraq and Iran comes from the following reference. It is almost like people are beginning to understand what is at stake.France Flips While Congress ShiftsBy Charles KrauthammerSeptember 28, 2007On the largest possible stage -- the U.N. General Assembly -- President Nicolas Sarkozy put Iran on notice. His predecessor, Jacques Chirac, had said that France could live with an Ira... More About: News , Liberals , In the News , The News , Conservatives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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