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Quote of the Day
2006-12-23 21:30:12 "By excusing the behavior of the Republican Party, Christian conservatives set the party up for the 2006 defeat." --Ken Connor, former president of the Family Research Council and now chairman of the Center for a Just Society.Hat tip to Ted Olson. More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Kerry Insults Troops and Veterans
2006-12-02 15:14:22 John Kerry 's mask slipped a little, just before Halloween, at a speech at Pasadena City College in Pasadena CA. At a speech there on Monday, 30 October, Senator Kerry said: "You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't you get stuck in Iraq."Hanoi John hasn't changed much since his Winter Soldier days. He's still out there slagging the character of the American fighting man and woman to push a leftist and Anti-American agenda. Read here what Kerry had to say about an all-volunteer U.S. Army back when he ran for Congress back in 1972.Consistent with his Thurston Howell III persona, Kerry refused to apologize for a "misfired joke" until he finally issued a tepid apology on his blog late last night. Kerry claims the comment was meant to refer to President Bush, but anyone trained as a lawyer such as Kerry should be able to speak more clearly than this. You can make up your mi... More About: Veteran , Veterans , Troops , Tera
Al Gore is a hypocrite!
2006-12-02 15:14:22 I strongly reccomend reading this article, pointing out just some of Al Gore 's convienient lies.Gore, and other enviromentalist moonbats, want us to diminish our lives to "save the planet" from "Global Warming". Historical and climatological facts do not support the threat of Global Warming. During the last "Climatic Optimum", from 700 to 1200 AD, the planet was much warmer than it is now. This led to a population explosion in Scandanavia (which gave rise to the Viking Age) and the expansion of the Sahara Desert into the former bread basket of the extinct Roman Empire. Low lying areas in Wales and Cornwall were inudated by rising sea levels, giving tise to legends of lost citiesLater, during the "Little Ice Age" of 1400 to 1800, Norse settlements in Greenland were wiped out and Iceland nearly followed. A cycle of vicious drought ended the advanced agricultural Anasazi culture in Arizona. Clothing in Europe became heavier and was worn in more layers, giving rise to ornate fashions s... More About: Crit , Hypocrite
Quote of the Day.
2006-12-02 15:14:22 Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any AMERICA because some foreign soldier will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, USMCchesty pullermarine corps More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Quote of the Day.
2006-12-02 15:14:22 "The fact of the matter is that the Bush administration had one chance thatthey botched, and the Clinton administration had eight to 10 chances thatthey refused to try. At least at Tora Bora, our forces were on the ground."--Michael Scheuer, Former CIA terrorism analyst, referring to former President Clinton's assertion on Fox News last Sunday that he had tried to kill or capture Osama bin Laden during his administration More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Quote of the Day
2006-12-02 15:14:22 I decided that an appropriate quote for a Sunday would be a prayer. I may be a Southern Baptist, but I got there by way of being an Episcopalian (before that lot went completely to hell in a handbasket). So, I feel caught between Roman Catholic and Protestant worlds. So. today's quote is a prayer by St. Jerome, whose translation of the Bible into Latin stood for over a thousand years. What can I say, I had an aunt that was a Maryknoll nun..."O Lord, show your mercy to me and gladden my heart. I am like the man on theway to Jericho who was overtaken by robbers, wounded and left for dead. O GoodSamaritan, come to my aid, I am like the sheep that went astray. O GoodShepherd, seek me out and bring me home in accord with your will. Let me dwellin your house all the days of my life and praise you for ever and ever withthose who are there." --St. Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
In Memory of Steve Irwin
2006-12-02 15:14:22 Today's quote for the day comes from the Crocodile Hunter himself, Steve Irwin . The family watched his public funeral last night, and my wife cried. For me, the hardest part was when his daughter Bindy told us that her dad was her hero.Steve Irwin seemed invincible. But, as the Bible reminds us, flesh and blood will pass away. Australian friends have told me that they think Steve was a Christian, but this was one of the few parts of his life that he reserved for himself and his family.I am sure that there are a few readers who are young and physically fit who think of themselves as invincible. But, you never can tell what will happen tomorrow. Steve was scuba diving and observing a normally docile stingray. The last death from a stingray happened eight years ago.The body cannot be counted on. Nobody gets out of here alive. The only safe place in life is a relationship with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.I have read stories of retaliation against stingrays, especially in Aus... More About: Memory , Memo
Another Bad Idea from Capitol Hill
2006-12-02 15:14:22 Bestselling author John Weisman deconstructs Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham's grandstanding on the treatment of captured terrorists issue in an op-ed piece published at Military.com. I reccomend reading this for anyone who needs to put this issue in the proper perspective. Mr. Weisman discusses how the subhuman refuse filling out the ranks of the jihadis shouldn't be treated to Club Gitmo, but something a little more like Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Tent City" (with the "vacancy" light always kept on):Now, according to an al-Qa'ida manual that the Brits were kind enough tolet us see, these are the same terrorists who have been instructed that, whencaptured and asked by anyone in authority how they were treated, mustimmediately claim they have been tortured.Now I might be tempted to say let's make their claims come true.But we are, after all, a nation of laws. And we should follow the law. Like theArizona sheriff who puts his inmates in tents without air conditioning becau... More About: Other , Idea , Another , Hill , Capitol Hill
Arizona 9/11 Memorial Outrage
2006-12-02 15:14:22 The Left, with the connivance of our liberal democratic governor, Janet Napolitano, has hijacked Arizona 's 9/11 memorial. The memorial was dedicated this past September 11th on Wesley Bolin Plaza in front of the State Capitol building.Like many Phoenicians, I recently visited this monument and came away stunned. The memorial, which has a rather eccentric design, is inscribed with a timeline and various "key events" pertaining to 9/11. What should have been a solemn memorial to those who went to work or boarded a plane on a beautiful summer morning and never returned, is being used as leftist social commentary.Some of the inscriptions on the monument are: ?You don?t win battles of terrorism with more battles.?, ?Congress questions why CIA and FBI didn?t prevent attacks.? , ?Feeling of invincibility lost?, "Foreign-born Americans afraid", "Must bomb back", "Scottsdale students form cultural understand organization".I am mad as hell about a publically-funded monument being used as ant... More About: Mori , Rage , Memoria , Memorial
Talk Like A Pirate Day!
2006-12-02 15:14:22 Ahoy me hearties! Today be "Talk Like A Pirate Day". So, ye best be practicing yer "piratitude" or walk the plank! That scurvy dog, Hugh Hewitt, first brought this day to me attention two years ago. Arrrrrr, I don't know how this silliness began, but it be all in good fun. Besides, mateys, as that landlubber H.L. Mencken used to say, "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats".talk like a pirate day More About: Talk Like A Pirate Day , Rate
News From the Front
2006-12-01 23:46:06 Doubts about the abduction story of Marine CPL Wassef Ali Hassoun may have been laid to rest. Personal effects of his were found on the top floor of a three story commercial building in Fallujah. These include his military ID card, a uniform, and a book. We are glad to hear CPL Hassoun has long since returned to duty and hope his Marine career is more normal from here out.Terrorist sympathizer and traitor Kevin Sites has his own blog here. Sites is the dirtbag who filmed a Marine shooting an allegedly wounded and unarmed terrorist in a mosque in Fallujah. The same Marine had been shot in the face and had a buddy killed the day before, both by apparently wounded or dead terrorists. Sites also contributes his photographs to an antiwar site, Images Against War. We also note that Mr. Sites is 42 years old and is a resident of Pismo Beach, CA. To print any more personal information I discovered about Mr. Sites would be irresponsible. However, perhaps some Marines from Camp Pendleton coul... More About: News , Front
T-Ball Coach who paid to have Autistic boy beaned is sentenc
2006-10-18 05:30:02 Mark Downs Jr., 29, of Dunbar PA, was sentenced to 1 to 6 years for corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit simple assault. Mr. Downs was a T-Ball coach who paid another player $25 to bean Harry Bowers, now 11 and then 9, while warming up for a playoff game because he wanted to win. Bowers is autistic and mildly retarded. At first, Harry has beaned in the groin. When that failed to faze him, Harry was beaned in the ear. The shot to the ear caused bleeding and inner ear damage. The boy went to Coach Downs, who told that maybe he should just sit out the game. Then, Harry Bowers went to his mother in the stands. If the young Mr. Bowers had played, league rules mandate that he play at least three innings. The boy Downs paid felt guilty and told his parents after the game. At the trial, the player who Downs paid, Keith Reese, and another player who heard the whole offer, testified against Downs. The jury found the boys more believable than Mr. Downs who spoke in a deadp... More About: Bean , Paid , Have
Quote of the Day
2006-09-27 21:18:01 This quote seems very relevant these days. As we run up to the 2006 elections, the Dhimmicrats and the Moveon.org mob are preaching immediate withdrawl from Iraq. Perhpas another Orwell quote will put the issue in perspective. The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. -- George Orwell, Polemic, May 1946, "Second Thoughts on James Burnham" More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Quote of the Day
2006-09-27 03:12:02 People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell (attributed) More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
GOP Candidate Len Munsil Promises To Fix 9/11 Memorial
2006-09-26 09:09:02 I just got back from a patriotic rally to protest the "Blame America First" version of a 9/11 Memoria l that accompanies the war memorials at Wesley Bolin Plaza. If I had any warning of the rally before 0800 today, I would have taken pictures to share with you. We heard from three Gold Star parents about what a disgrace a "memorial" that equates our invasion of Afghanistan with the 9/11 terrorist More About: Prom , Dida , Mori , Promises
Quote of the Day
2006-09-26 09:09:02 "War is our best hobby. The sound of guns firing is like music for us. We cannot live without war. We have no other way except jihad. The Americans would be easier to defeat than the Russians. The Americans lead lavish lives and they are afraid of death. We are not afraid of death. The Americans love Pepsi Cola, we love death." --Maulana Inyadullah, Hez-b-Islam mujahadeen, quoted in the Daily More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Quote of the day
2006-09-19 14:24:02 "To educate a man in mind, and not in morals, is to educate a menace to society." --Teddy Roosevelt More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Islamic Extremists Rage-o-meter
2006-09-19 02:24:03 Ready for a good laugh? Go here and check out the latest meter at Wuzzadem! (HT to Tammy Bruce) islam More About: Islam , Islamic , Extremist , Rage , Mist
Quote of the day.
2006-09-19 02:24:03 "The violent reactions in many parts of the Islamic world justified one of Pope Benedict?s main fears. They showed the link for many Islamists between religion and violence, their refusal to respond to criticism with rational arguments, but only with demonstrations, threats and actual violence." -- Cardinal George Pell (HT - Orthodoxy Today) islam More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Pope Benedict's Speech calling for a dialogue with Islam
2006-09-18 18:41:00 Below is the speech given by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in its' entirety. It's a very formal and academic speech, given to a formal and academic audience. The speech is more of a critique of the Post-Christian Academy. However, the Pope does issue a call for dialogue with Islam , in particular discussing the role of violence in that religion. The response of Islam has been, "How dare you question our love of peace, now we will kill you!" As we have seen, Islam is so flimsy a foundation that it can abide no criticism. Witness Sudanese reporter Mohammed Taha, kidnapped after his newspaper, Al-Wafiq, published a series of articles questioning the origins of the Prophet Mohammed. Last week, his body was found beheaded. What of the firestorm after the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published cartoons depicting Islam's prophet? Why is author Salman Rushdie still under protection from an Iranian fatwa calling for his death? It is because jihad (violent ... More About: Calling , Call , Dialog
Free Gilad Shalit
2006-09-16 02:06:05 Palestinian terrorists affiliated with the Hamas government attacked an Israeli tank with an anti-tank missile. Two Israeli Defense Force soldiers in the Merkava tank were killed in the attack, as well as three terrorists. Corporal Gilad Shalit was abducted and is being held hostage. I offer my condolences and prayers to the families of the IDF soldiers. The terrorists belong to the "Popular More About: Free , Hali
Quotes for the day.
2006-09-16 02:06:05 ?I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. So far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion more to be More About: Quotes , Quote , The D
We'll miss Steve Irwin
2006-09-12 19:21:00 War, politics, and culture are big issues, but sometimes the things that make you think the most are closer to home. Everyone in my family is still distraught over the death of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin . Steve's show was the first show the family and I sat down and enjoyed together after the weight of September 11th, 2001. Personally, I don't even enjoy animal shows in general. But, there was something special about Steve Irwin . His enthusiasm for his work, joy for life, and love of his family were infectious.When I was a kid, we used to make fun of Marlon Perkin's "Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom" because it was obviously so staged. When you watched "The Crocodile Hunter" you had the feeling you were going out with your buddy Steve, family, and a small crew of pals to find out about wildlife in some far-flung locale. Steve went out, hung with the local conservationists wherever he was, showed you the local wildlife, got bit once or twice, and you couldn't help but learn somet... More About: Miss
America gains while the Netherlands loses
2006-09-12 07:45:01 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Dutch MP (member of Parliament) of Somali extraction, and an outspoken critic of Islam, has resigned her seat and will be leaving the Netherlands to come to the United States to work at the America n Enterprise Institute. Ali has done much to expose the inhumane treatment of women under Islam. She made a film about it, directed by the late Theo van Gogh. Van Gogh was later murdered by a homegrown Islamic terrorist while riding his bicycle home from the market. As a legislator, she demanded that Islamic immigrants be forced to intergrate into Dutch society. For this, and her public renunciation of Islam, she has lived under a fatwa (Islamic death sentence). Residents of her apartment building took her to court because they tired of her security detail. They won, de facto forcing her from her home. Recently, it was discovered that she had lied on her request for political asylum. While she was escaping an arranged marriage, she neglected to mention that she h... More About: The Netherlands , The Net , The N , Land
Europeans stand up to Islam
2006-09-12 07:45:01 As horrible as the results of the last few days have been internationally, it seems that Euro pe ans have passed the watershed as far as resistance to Radical Islam . Things that were unimaginable before have come out into the open. For example, a Dutch website is now holding a contest for the best satire of the Prophet Muhammed. My favorite is the Muhammed toilet paper. Personally as a Christian, I would rather see ALL religious symbols and expressions of faith be respected. Respect is a two-way street though. Why respect a Quran when Muslims view it as a religious duty to burn Bibles? Rome has a mosque but there are no churches, even for their foreign guests, in the entire Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Some Christians would tell me that we should turn the other cheek. But Christ reminded us that He came not to bring peace, but a sword. We need to be willing to fight the Islamofascist tide that threatens us. Most of Europe may be Post-Christian. For them to see the truth about I... More About: European , Europea
Things that make you go hmmmm....
2006-09-12 07:45:01 While watching more Islamofascist riots on TV, a certain question came to mind. Denmark has a grand total of just under 5 and 1/2 million people. That means that there are cities in the U.S. that have more population. So, how did all these knuckledragging neanderthals in the armpits of the Middle East get all these Danish flags? Is there any doubt all these "sponteaneous" protests are orchestrated? Do you think violent protests happen in police states like Syria and Iran without government sanction and/or participation? Ditto for the economic boycott on Denmark that started in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is another police state, with religious police searching out women whose wrists can be seen at the edge of their abayas and guest workers who dare to keep peddling their bicycles when the mullahs issue the call for prayer. Why would our alleged allies, the Saudis, want to do such a thing? Hundreds of pilgrims have died this year in two seperate incidents in Mecca, the holy c... More About: Hat , Make , Things , Thing
Quote of the Day
2006-09-12 07:45:01 "They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth." -Plato More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Danish cartoons were published in Egypt!
2006-09-12 07:45:01 The Belmont Club had an awesome article assembled from Egypt ian bloggers. The very same Danish cartoons, which have so inflamed the entire Muslim Ummah against all things Western, were printed in a large Egyptian magazine back in October. Not only were they published in Egypt, but they passed without the sturm und drang of recent days. Opinion Journal (the online editorial section of the Wall Street Journal) has an excellent piece by Amin Taheri. Mr. Taheri, a Muslim, puts a mainstream Islamic and historical perspective on the cartoon issue for Westerners: There is no Quranic injunction against images, whether of Muhammad or anyoneelse. When it spread into the Levant, Islam came into contact with a version ofChristianity that was militantly iconoclastic. As a result some Muslimtheologians, at a time when Islam still had an organic theology, issued "fatwas"against any depiction of the Godhead. That position was further buttressed bythe fact that Islam acknowledges the Jewish Te... More About: Cartoon , Cartoons , Published , Publish
Quote of the Day
2006-09-12 07:45:01 Europeans have foolishly replaced God by the State as the one on whom they rely to take care of all their needs from cradle to grave. The religious vacuum has led to a demographic vacuum, because those who lose faith in God lose faith in the future as well. A civilization that has created a religious and a demographic vacuum is bound to perish. The lights are turning out for Europe. If America follows Europe?s example Christendom is lost. - Paul Belien, in his blog, The Brussels Journal More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote , The D
Never Forget September 11th
More articles from this author:2006-09-11 08:17:00 On today, the fifth anniversary of the Sept ember 11th attacks, let's not forget that 2,996 normal American people got up and went to work or got on a plane. They did not come home. Here are their names, lest we forget. On a day that will live in infamy forever, let us remember those we lost.Let's pray for the survivors, many of whom are still having problems. After all, most of them did not even have anything to bury of their lost loved ones. Let's pray for those who frantically dug for survivors and later cleaned up the site. Many of them suffer from respiratory ailments now. Let's pray for our soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors in harm's way as they fight the Islamofascist terrorist scum who murder innocents in the name of their god. Most of all, let's pray for Almighty God to continue to bless and guide our nation and its' leaders.Then we need to remember those who plotted and carried out this evil. Al Qaeda itself is out to refute the leftist moonbats who push the li... More About: September 11 , Forge 1, 2 |
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