On Thursday's Late Show, actress Renee Zellweger recounted her “emotional” experience seeing Barack Obama's inauguration, but Obama isn't the only liberal politician she idolizes. Zellweger, who stars in a new movie that apparently ridicules small town America and Christians, told USA Today: “I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it. He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things.”
In a Friday “Life” section profile, “A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight,” reporter Donna Freydkin relayed: “So wowed was Zellweger that she waited in the blistering Manhattan cold for 2 1/2 hours on Monday to have the 39th President sign her copy of his latest book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work.”
Humorously, three pages later, USA Today film reviewer Claudia Puig trashed Zellweger's movie which opened Friday, The New Town, as not only “the worst movie of this fledgling year,” but as “one of the worst movies of any year.” Puig condemned it: “Not content to be merely inane and predictable, it is downright insulting, humorlessly deriding those who choose to live in rural America, labor in factories or have a strong Christian faith.”
Internet Movie Database's page for Zellweger, who is probably best-known for her title role in 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary.
Freydkin's profile included a look at Zellweger's quest to hear Obama's inaugural address:
With visible glee, Zellweger recounts her morning running around the capital, trying to find an unblocked street that would let her be near Barack Obama's new home and hear the swearing-in."And now it's 10 to 12. And I knew I wasn't going to make it. I'm feeling the energy of all these people," she says. "I feel that something magnificent is about to happen in our country, something very right is coming to be. So I had to get in earshot. I start running. There's a police barricade on First Street. I see an opening on one of those. There's a lady leaning on it. It just so happens that she's blind so she didn't need to stand up. I stand up behind her. I have no ticket, I have no plan. I just wanted to hear him."
From the top of Puig's January 30 review, “'New in Town': Don't go there, seriously,” which she gave just one star:
To say that New in Town is the worst movie of this fledgling year is to damn it with faint praise. It may be one of the worst movies of any year. Not content to be merely inane and predictable, it is downright insulting, humorlessly deriding those who choose to live in rural America, labor in factories or have a strong Christian faith.It treats this giant swath of Americans as foolish, if lovable, buffoons, essentially insulting viewers by making the audience unwitting co-conspirators simply by watching this dreck.
It follows a particularly abhorrent Hollywood formula: Ridicule the friendly, rural folks, show how stupid they are, then by the end, place their small-town values and inherent decency on a pedestal....
As dunderheaded as the folks of New Ulm, Minn., are portrayed, Lucy, the ambitious, self-absorbed executive played awkwardly by Renee Zellweger, comes off even worse. She's a citified cliché-and-a-half....
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Urp!!!
January 31, 2009 - 11:43 ET by mizflame98I think I'm going to be sick. Renee the Carter Girl (in reference to the Obama girl in case anyone was wondering).
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
→ Bridget Jones' Diarrhea
January 31, 2009 - 11:50 ET by Cool ArrowYou had me from "Yes We Can"
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country - Khalil Gibran
"Bridget Jones'
January 31, 2009 - 11:56 ET by Chris Norman"Bridget Jones' Diarrhea"
CA,
LOL. Only you would come up with that (and actually type it). :)
Her new movie looks like a reject from the Lifetime network. I guess Valerie Bertinelli turned the part down...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
OMG!
February 1, 2009 - 14:17 ET by RukusCool!
"Bridget Jones' Diarrhea"
I don't whether to LOL or URP!
Gary
Sorry Al, I've used up my allotment of "give a crap!"
Do these ditzes sign some
January 31, 2009 - 11:51 ET by Chris NormanDo these ditzes sign some sort of contract in Hollywood where they agree to publicly say the most stupid and silly things imagineable in support of liberals and liberal causes? They want to be "different" and "individualistic", yet they are the most politically predictable dumb stumps one could imagine.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Chris
January 31, 2009 - 13:35 ET by doug1950They say those things because most of them are stupid and silly. That part is not acting. People who worship these fools fall in love with those persona that actors "play" in roles. As a young man I was amazed at just how stupid and uniformed most were. You have one image of someone from the movies and then they come on a late night show and sound like village idiots. If it is any consolation, Hollywood is slowly dying and going the way of the dodo bird. Even their sales of DVDs is way down and ticket sales is at an all time low. No one cares what they think anymore and are showing it at the box office. I suspect one day soon Hollywood will be filled with hundreds of old used up has been actors looking for work. They can elect guys like Chevy Chase as their leaders.
doug, I was in theater in
January 31, 2009 - 15:01 ET by Chris Normandoug,
I was in theater in high school and college and I remember well the type of people who gravitated towards performing. They were self-styled "kooks" who craved attention - even negative attention. Most were on the left fringe politically. The Renee Zellweigers of that group are just the better looking ones who were able to go on professionally.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Chris
January 31, 2009 - 15:09 ET by sherylsimsI was in theater in college too, and remember it exactly as you described it. I sometimes just would stare at these people and wonder how someone could get so far away from reality and be so happy in their own little version of the world. My husband says these people must ALWAYS have a script because when they start speaking on their own they will reveal how shallow they are.
Exactly!
January 31, 2009 - 18:10 ET by doug1950You and Chris nailed it. Those people are almost always "on" in an attempt to be the center of attention but when they drop the facade for just a few minutes to be themselves they usually have the intelligence and personality of a dial tone.
OMG, these actors will say
January 31, 2009 - 11:56 ET by TN MomOMG, these actors will say anything to promote a movie. Carter? Seriously? Hey Renee, betcha Hamas has a crush on him also.
TNM, Hey, she probably
January 31, 2009 - 11:59 ET by Chris NormanTNM,
Hey, she probably "just adores" their beautiful scarves and "cute little" backpacks...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
That's right. He had them
January 31, 2009 - 12:53 ET by fitzfongThat's right. He had them at hello. He h-ad th-em at hel-l-o-ooo.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Last laugh
January 31, 2009 - 11:58 ET by DontFeedTheTrolls"New In Town" gets a 16% approval on Rotten Tomatoes. LOL
D
Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.
Bummer
January 31, 2009 - 12:00 ET by BKeyserLook, I thought she was gorgeous is Nurse Betty- I tune in just to see her pretty eyes.
Unfortunately, now she's another one on the list of un-watchables...shame.
Once again, why are we
January 31, 2009 - 12:02 ET by wiwfOnce again, why are we giving celebrities a megaphone here? Why does their opinion suddenly mean more than ours? *cuckoo*
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Oh come on now,
January 31, 2009 - 12:25 ET by 5kidsnadogthe eyes? The woman has a permanent squint -- you literally can barely see her eyes. To me she always looks like she's slightly annoyed or puzzled about where she put her lipstick last. The eyes?
I could actually see the
January 31, 2009 - 12:48 ET by BKeyserI could actually see the blue in them in that film. I think she laid off the dope for the majority of shooting...
What Eyes?
January 31, 2009 - 13:44 ET by slickwillie2001I have to agree with skidsnadog. I don't think I have ever seen her eyes. Most women complain that any weight gain goes to their thighs, but in Rene's case the design docs got mixed up and someone wrote 'eyes' instead.
Here ya go
January 31, 2009 - 14:12 ET by BKeyserHere and here- but like I said, just in that movie...
and it still doesn't change the fact that she's now unwatchable...
Renee don't smoke dope...
January 31, 2009 - 18:50 ET by whraglyn...and does no other drugs but for a rare alcoholic drink.
At least, she did so when i worked with her the entire time she waited tables at a strip club while in college.
She is a very talented actress. too bad her femlib POV limits her appeal to those of a like political mindset. Rembember, the role in which she got such worldwide notice was the very traditional Dorothy Boyd from 'Jerry Maguire'. She played a woman who wanted only a husband for herself and a father for her son.
Too bad Renee has failed, in every man-hating, marriage-hating, America-hating, and God-hating role she has chosen since then, to take such factors into account.
Cannot understand her political views, but she was truly nice back then to those on the bottom of the heap in the strip club world.
Imho, if one accuses her of being as foolish as those who abuse themselves with dope; or, if one were to say her opinions are as silly as those of dope smokers, well and good.
To impugn her character thus with no evidence does little good for one's credibility, and even less for the perspective one espouses.
What exactly happened to her baby daddy
January 31, 2009 - 22:39 ET by thebutlerdiditin that movie? I don't remember, as I was so disgusted by the creepy Tom Cruise, her whining, and Bonnie Hunt's feminazi rants.
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
Hay, Renee...
January 31, 2009 - 12:02 ET by CobraMan...Charles Manson writes poetry too. OMG, isn't he just adorable?
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
I don't know if you call it
January 31, 2009 - 12:10 ET by ricklailI don't know if you call it poetry but so does that weirdo that wrote the poem for the ONE's coronation.
Ricky Joe the Plumber
Time to order more barf bags
January 31, 2009 - 12:07 ET by R D HelmA crush on Jihad Jimmy?
What a brainless ditz.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
→ Kid you not RD
January 31, 2009 - 12:10 ET by Cool ArrowThe so-called "bad bank" will be called the
Cavuto and Glenn Beck were laughing about it yesterday.
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country - Khalil Gibran
Cool,
January 31, 2009 - 12:15 ET by R D HelmLOL-I wonder if that was totally by accident.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
That's appropriate
January 31, 2009 - 12:55 ET by CobraManB.A.R.F, now that an appropriate title as certain politicians seem willing to shove it down America's throat so that the entire country will choke on those bad debts.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
She's A Victim, I Tell Ya - A Victim!
January 31, 2009 - 12:30 ET by rammingspeedSweet Renee is part of the digesting bilge within the belly of the Beast we know as Hollywood. She and her kind are consumed by liberal idiocy, and then kept there, never to be exposed to the outer world again. From time to time they open their mouths and become the flatulence and fecal matter that is liberalism. Yet they still remain within the beast. Tragic.
Wow. How incredibly stupid.
January 31, 2009 - 12:46 ET by rbosqueWow. How incredibly stupid.
I believe that Carter wrote this poem:
January 31, 2009 - 13:11 ET by jefflebowskiI love a man who won't fit in a Yugo,
He's chubby, ugly and his name is Hugo,
All the money from his country he stole,
Now his country is a deep dark hole!
I don't know about you but I got a chill. Thanks Jimmah....the worst American in history!
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
My poem by Renee Zellweger
January 31, 2009 - 22:36 ET by thebutlerdiditRoses are Red
Violets are Blue
I Love Hamas
And Jimmy does, Too!
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
I have a crush on Renee Zellweger
January 31, 2009 - 14:16 ET by OxyCon... she makes my leg all tingly.
Yeah,
January 31, 2009 - 15:30 ET by UpNorthRenee just can't stand us bitter hicks who cling to our guns and religion. We're just so out of it, we don't feel the tingle when Zero appears on TV, or Jimmah tells us how wonderful Hamas is.
Zellweger is from Katy,
January 31, 2009 - 15:48 ET by ConservativeRexZellweger is from Katy, Texas. A suburb on the West side of Houston, right on I-10. This ingrate went, and goes out of her way, to make fun of Katy and the people therein.
It's the crybaby old case of.."I never fit in there, and they made fun of me", boo-freaking-hoo. They made fun of you because you are a world class oddball. You didn't want to get along with anyone. That's why today, you continue to poke small towns in the eye.
You are in the perfect town for world class oddballs, Hollywood.
Reminds me of Hillary...'It
January 31, 2009 - 15:54 ET by bigtimerReminds me of Hillary...'It Takes a Village...Idiot'.
Hollywood can have her
January 31, 2009 - 16:06 ET by Adam_MEI live a few miles east of Katy, and I'll be moving there in a couple months. She's probably been brainwashed by those leftist nutcases in L.A. cuz you won't find many folks down here who think Carter is a brilliant poet or appreciate the content of New In Town.
ConRex
February 1, 2009 - 03:25 ET by thebutlerdiditSo Zellweger has Janeane Garofalo syndrome? She just hated being the kid of that wealthy Exxon exec, living in a conservative home in a nice neighborhood, darn it! Those mean kids made fun of her, because she was a freak. WAAAAAAAA! That's how they end up in Hollywood, or like Billy Bomber, in academia.
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
typical hollywood half-witt.
January 31, 2009 - 16:08 ET by right of waytypical hollywood half-witt.
confirmed beyond doubt
January 31, 2009 - 16:37 ET by SickofLibsShe has always been a nut of the first order.
Renee!
January 31, 2009 - 16:49 ET by blazermaniacWas Renee alive when Jimmy Carter was president? She has no idea what our country went through during Jimmy Carter's administration. On second thought she might. Barack Obama is serving Jimmy Carter's second term.
According to IMDb.com,
January 31, 2009 - 18:24 ET by ChaitealoverShe was born in April of 1969, which would make her 7 - 11 during Carter's presidency. I'm sure she was politically aware at that age.
Maybe her brain power is why she and Kenny Chesney got annulled after only a few months.
Chai
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" Margaret Thatcher
"humorlessly deriding those who choose to live in rural America
January 31, 2009 - 18:41 ET by Army Bratlabor in factories or have a strong Christian faith.”
Nothing like alienating the vast majority of Americans...
Yet another "entertainer", that I will no longer be able to look at without being reminded of how incredibly stupid and uninformed they are.
Pity.. I wish these moronic Hollywood types, (not all are, as exemplified by Gary Sinise for one.), would just shut up and do their incredibly simple job.
Apparently Renee missed this...or she hates cats.
Happy Trails...
funny....zellweger is the same in real life as the
January 31, 2009 - 18:23 ET by porpoiseboycharactor she played in "appaloosa". conniving, always being attracted to who she perceives as "alpha male" and instantly spreading her knees for him. she afraid, very afraid.
"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason" Ben Franklin
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left
Hey PB!
January 31, 2009 - 18:30 ET by Trix RabbitI watched that film the other day and thought the exact same thing.
As for the clothing she wore to spout off about the worst President in U.S. history - and I include Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan, LBJ, and Clinton in the mix - don't ya just love the Wilma Fllintstone look?
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
yeah trix
January 31, 2009 - 18:38 ET by porpoiseboyeven without the empty head, just on a "looks" scale, she don't make it for me. the best way i can can put it is that although she certainly is not ugly she has one of those faces that can play "plain" and "plain ugly" too easily. :-)
cheers!
"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason" Ben Franklin
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left
I remember being dismayed
January 31, 2009 - 20:09 ET by RR GOPI remember being dismayed when Jimmy Carter got elected...I was in the 8th grade.
And even in hindsight, and with Jimmy clearly becoming more hateful and vicious over the years and this chick thinks he's 'the bomb' or whatever, doesn't say much about her mental/emotional stage of development.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Is the feeling mutual?
January 31, 2009 - 22:07 ET by ToddonCapeCodHas Jimmuh lusted in his heart for Renee?
OMG...I am gonna throw
February 1, 2009 - 04:52 ET by JebsterOMG...I am gonna throw up....
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Prepare for the coming revolution
I was only sweet 16
January 31, 2009 - 22:28 ET by Scout FinchBut here's how I saw him, from a young girl's eyes back in '76:
I thought he was a phony, and the newspapers and newspeople on TV either believed him or went along for the ride. When Reagan ran, I knew he was the real deal. My first presidential vote. I had conservative blood coursing through my veins from a very early age.
Scout... "Conservative"
January 31, 2009 - 22:43 ET by JerScout...
"Conservative" blood doesn't course through the veins...it just plods along, very...very...slow-ly.
Jer
As opposed to liberal blood,
January 31, 2009 - 22:57 ET by choselife3xWhich flows backwards rapidly, and avoids the brain altogether. :-O
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Coagulations, choselife...
February 1, 2009 - 00:00 ET by JerCoagulations, choselife...
Verrrry funny. Pardon me...I'm feeling a wee bit lightheaded.
Jer
Take a deep breath
February 1, 2009 - 00:13 ET by choselife3xAnd say 'Ann Coulter is a genius' three times. Problem solved. Now go out and win one for the Gipper.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Jer,
February 1, 2009 - 00:10 ET by RESTLESS 1"Conservative" blood doesn't course through the veins...it just plods along, very...very...slow-ly."
You just can't seem to get over the fact that dems are the ones that won't move on. They are the racists, they are the ones that only know to "tax more" as economic policy, they are the ones that advocate infanticide.
Think about it. Are these REALLY the people you want representing you at the Gates?
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Please, Restless... It
February 1, 2009 - 01:04 ET by JerPlease, Restless...
It was just a joke. No political or religious battles over this, okay? But, for the record, I don't plan on having anyone "representing" me at the Gates, and instead will be speaking for myself. And maybe a merciful God will see fit to forgive me for belonging to a party of baby murderers and racists.
Jer
Jer, I got the "joke"
February 1, 2009 - 01:20 ET by RESTLESS 1But as far as the gates go, how will you answer the question, "You knew they were baby murderers and racists, why did you continue to belong?"
Besides, you have yet to answer as to how all of those "conservative" racist, democrats aligned themselves with a party anathema to their beliefs.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
If you presume to know the
February 1, 2009 - 01:59 ET by JerIf you presume to know the questions I will be asked, then God bless you, Restless.
Jer
The question
February 1, 2009 - 02:12 ET by sherylsimsDon't you know? The question is, "Do you know my Son?" That's it.
sherylsims...Thanks, but I
February 1, 2009 - 02:18 ET by Jersherylsims...Thanks, but I believe your post should more appropriately be directed to Restless--the one who presumes to know the questions.
Jer
Whatever
February 1, 2009 - 02:22 ET by sherylsimsI am sure Restless will see it here. And the question will be directed to everyone. :o)
Hi Sheryl
February 1, 2009 - 02:41 ET by shawn228Its interesting that many of the more vocal Christians on this site that claim to know the son have interesting interpretations of the good book.
I believe one of the most famous teachings of the son is
"Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven."
That does translate into forgiveness right? Seems most Christans are relishing the chance to give Obama as bad a time as Bush got, does not sound very forgiving to me.
He had my vote
Shawn,
February 1, 2009 - 03:27 ET by RESTLESS 1I am patient, but I don't have the patience of Jesus. I cannot determine who has and has not Grace, but I can surmise that if the truth is givent to us, and we ignore it, it may prove troublesome down the road.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 11:12 ET by choselife3xI believe that Jesus tells us to forgive, not for the sake of the person who sins against us, but for our own sake. Bitterness and unforgiveness harm not their target, but he who harbors them.
An important point, is that there is a difference between forgiveness and stupidity.
Example: staying in an abusive relationship.
Also, don't assume that everyone saying they are going to give Obama a 'bad time' are Christians. And even if they were, you don't see people here advocating Obama's assassination like the left did for Bush.
I don't think that saying you hope these socialist policies don't get implemented indicates personal hostility.
(not to say that I think YOU think so, just wanted to be clear)
I hope that covers everything you brought up, my thumbs are tired! :)
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
you don't see people here advocating Obama's assassination like
February 1, 2009 - 11:50 ET by shawn228"you don't see people here advocating Obama's assassination like the left did for Bush."
There are exceptions to every rule and most the original post was deleted by management, but as you can see by the response of many members of this site, it shows why NB is leaps and bounds better than other sites left or right.
If someone has abused you, that is one thing, but most of the comments about revenge about the treatment of Bush came well before Obama was inaugurated.
The day he was inaugerated, many here jumped on him instantatiously when it was originally thought he flubbed his lines.
Agreed that people should be against his policies when you don't agree, but to be against him or not acknowledge him as President because you hate his party or him is vindictive and not Christian like.
edit
Yes that is link # 2. You just owe me 3 more. See I have not subjected you to Karl Marx yet right? ;-)
He had my vote
Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 12:18 ET by choselife3xI read pitter43's comment in full before it was deleted. So you still have 4 links. And one incident weighs lightly against literally hundreds on a liberal sight. Especially when the other posters object to it vigorously. But we agree on that, I believe. :)
Personally, I don't see how 'hating' on Obama equates to revenge for Bush.
I think that people who make remarks like that are venting their spleen about the hypocrisy of the left. It IS quite annoying to have the same people who claimed "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism!" when Bush was President, turn around and cry "Treason!" when someone says they hope Obama's policies fail.
And no, there is nothing Christ-like about hating. But there is a place for righteous anger, as in when Jesus drove the money-changers from the Temple.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 11:40 ET by sherylsimsI think everyone comes to God with their own preconcieved ideas about who He is and what He must want or think. The ONLY way we can really know God is to study His word and ask for His teaching through His Holy Spirit. Alot of people do things or say things in God's name that were never anything God wanted because of a misunderstanding of God's nature and plan.
I know there are some here who can give you scripture after scripture and then call you a turd because you don't agree with them. I don't think that is the Holy Spirit in them, I think they are just trying to be right. (Or making an argument, etc.) However, just because something is hard to hear doesn't mean it isn't from God. For instance, the prophets in the Old Testament had a pretty difficult job. They had to go and tell the Kings, or tell the people what God thought about their sin. For some reason though, I don't think they called them names while they did it. They just delivered the message.
Some Christians are genuinely offended at Obama's stand on abortion and other things that are offensive to God. It is not OUR place to forgive Obama for that, that will be God's place. But all in all, remember that Christians are just as human as other people, and even though it would be nice if they acted more like their Savior, often they don't. If they are real Christians they know the answer to the question though, and that is enough.
sheryl
February 1, 2009 - 12:02 ET by shawn228"I know there are some here who can give you scripture after scripture
and then call you a turd because you don't agree with them. I don't
think that is the Holy Spirit in them, "
I have met many great Christians on this website, I have had lots of great discussions with them offline on how to a better person and how to get through the gates of Heaven
However I find it sad on how some other Christians, some that even quote scripture in their taglines can be so mean spirited and have to resort to name calling to make them feel better about themselves.
He had my vote
Yeah Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 12:18 ET by sherylsimsI don't understand that either. I only can presume that I don't know that person or the motives behind what they say or do. I have met Christians (or people who say they are) who are very hateful and judgemental to people who don't have the same doctrinal beliefs or standards of "holiness" that they do. (Usually these people have shortcomings they are trying to cover, like pride, or maybe control issues)
I think that in the Bible, those people were called Pharisees, and Jesus didn't seem to like them much. So all in all, in the end, it is God who judges us, not we judging each other. There is a lot in the Bible about wolves in sheeps clothing, and wheat and tares, etc. but it isn't MY job to sort it all out. I am responsible for what *I* say. Sometimes I say stuff I shouldn't too. That is what I meant by being human.
Jesus said that the world will know we are Christians by our LOVE. That is the only way you can tell if someone is being truthful about his or her relationship with Jesus.
Right again Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 12:48 ET by cocodrieWe Christians give ourselves a bad name on occasion.
Sometimes scripture is twisted like others twist statistics to prove a point. I am guilty of this sometimes and hope you will point it out to me when I am.
Fortunately for us Jesus is not bound by human shortcomings.
My tag line comes from John 3:16 - "God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in Him may not perish but have eternal life."
God loves us even in our sin and we must do the same for one another.
Jesus Loves You
Good morning Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 12:23 ET by cocodrieYou quoted jesus correctly and we are required to forgive everyone
The parable immediately following this verse tells the story of the master who forgave a huge debt to one servant who then refused to forgive a fellow servant a much smaller debt. The master then threw the first servant into prison. He was not required to allow the servant to mistreat his fellow servants.
Jesus threw the crooked money changers bodily out of the temple. He was not required to allow them to steal from the public because He preached forgiveness.
Forgiveness requires us to not wish harm to befall Obama but does not require us to bend over and allow him to destroy us and our country.
Jesus Loves You
Good morning cocodrie
February 1, 2009 - 13:17 ET by shawn228"Forgiveness requires us to not wish harm to befall Obama but does not
require us to bend over and allow him to destroy us and our country."
Agreed 100 percent . You are good guy coco and with all due respect , sometimes you have difficulty answering a direct question,
Can you tell me that the Christians that said, I can't wait to give Obama as hard of a time as the libtards gave Bush, simply not allowing him to destroy our country or just plain vindictiveness?
He had my vote
→ I can wait
February 1, 2009 - 13:24 ET by Cool ArrowWell, at least i could wait, but now he's President and it was quickly necessary to begin pointing the obvious hypocrisy in his administration.
He preached about raising taxes, and he fills his administration with tax cheats, doesn't call Charlie Rangel on the carpet, ignores Dodd's and Frank's transgressions, Proudly rubs in the faces of Republicans "I won" and tries to pass of as stimulus that which is pork.
He's sliding by with a lot in his first two weeks.
Personally, aside from touching Joe Biden on the arm to get him back on topic after making fun of Justice Roberts, I don't see a whole lot of character in this man.
But it's not as though I just couldn't wait.
Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country - Khalil Gibran
Your right Cool Arrow
February 1, 2009 - 13:31 ET by shawn228Obama is doing many non partisian things with reversing the worldwide abortion funding ban and his stimulus plan.
In fact I remember you were one of the few people that said nice things about his inauguration.
I was more talking about the ones that looked at it more in terms of revenge than political disent, before he even took the oath.
He had my vote
Shawn
February 1, 2009 - 13:49 ET by cocodrieI have to admit, sometimes it is vindictiveness on my part. You have to ask the others about their motivation. At times I know Jesus was speaking directly to me when He said about seeing the speck in my brothers eye and not seeing the plank in my own.
I don't intend to give Present Obama a hard time about anything that is good for America. Unlike the libs who tried to destroy President Bush based on lies and misinformation, my opposition will be based on reality. I do not consider Obama to be a legitimate president and fear for the worst.
I suffered through eight years of left-wing extremist character assassination of President Bush and owe them no respect at all. Now they are trying to assassinate the Republican party and I will fire back with both barrels. Their corruption and lies are out in plain sight for everyone to see and there is no reason for me to let them off the hook.
There will be no compromise from me.
Jesus Loves You
"Do you know my Son?"
February 1, 2009 - 03:30 ET by RESTLESS 1Seems pretty easy to understand to me. What do you think His Son teaches? It ain't racism and killin' babies.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
restless
February 1, 2009 - 02:46 ET by shawn228Seems they are moving along their agenda at an alarming pace, and I admit it is making me very afraid.
He had my vote
Shawn,
February 1, 2009 - 03:32 ET by RESTLESS 1How ya doin' buddy. Go Cards as far as I am concerned.
I did notice how impressed Iran is with "that one".
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
get ready to take back
February 1, 2009 - 04:49 ET by Jebsterget ready to take back America....
"...the chair is against the wall..."
"...john has a long moustache..."
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Ya know, who cares what
February 1, 2009 - 03:51 ET by JebsterYa know, who cares what this chick says. She is one ugly, vapid broad. I mean, there is damn nasty ugly, then there is Renee Zellweger... yuck. If I had to wake up to this ugo every morning, I think I would turn gay.
I find her pretty hot
February 1, 2009 - 03:59 ET by mostlymoderateI find her pretty hot actually. Just because she is a doltish maroon that can't act, can't talk and can't add 1 + 1 together doesn't mean she is totally worthless. Assuming you could mute her somehow whenever she started talking, she might make a nice acquaintance.
MM
February 1, 2009 - 04:19 ET by thebutlerdiditI actually rarely watch tv or movies, but a friend brought both of the Bridget Jones movies to my house, sort of a chick flick weekend. I thought she was very good in that role. True, it didn't require major acting chops, but she was funny, and her accent was great. She goes from looking cute to frumpy in a bat of an eye. I have similar features, not so squinty on the eyes, so I refuse to say anything about her looks. LOL.
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned the dinner, let's get the dog to cook." PJ O'Rourke
Oh puuuleassse.....she is
February 1, 2009 - 04:29 ET by JebsterOh puuuleassse.....she is is disgusting!!! If my dog looked like this broad, I would shave it's azz and teach it to walk backwards. She makes me want to vomit everytime she flashes that friggin' nasty, butt-ugly smile. Hell, when she fell out of the ugly tree, she musta hit every branch on the north side and then climbed back up only to fall out again and hit every branch on the south side.
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No comment is needed
February 1, 2009 - 11:27 ET by cocodrieNo comment is needed about her intelligence
If she believes Jimmy Carter is superior to her, that says it all.
Jesus Loves You
Oh, please!
February 2, 2009 - 11:19 ET by Mary Louise TurnerWe do not need to hear any more whining from the Hollyweird left! It's bad enough that they all are gaga for Ears...but to have a "crush" on a man who was one of the worst Presidents ever?! Oh, puh-lease! Please go away!