In my e-mail, this note about compassionate non-conservatives:
“And I think it's a pity there isn't a hell for him to go to. … [Falwell is] a little toad … this horrible little person … I’m glad to see that he skipped the rapture and was found on the floor of his office. …” --Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens, video posted on homepage of The Huffington Post.
Falwell was“a hateful pig.” – blogger John Aravosis
“The gates of hell swing open and Satan welcomes his beloved son.” – blogger Amanda Marcotte, former blogger for John Edwards’ campaign
“Won’t the good preacher be shocked when he finds himself at the gates of Hell this morning! Man, I would love to post that video on YouTube. I must go now and mourn, as I can hardly contain my sorrow.” – Wayne Besen, author, blogger, former spokesman for Human Rights Campaign
"I'm glad to see that he skipped the rapture.." And this is from one of Time's 100 most influential people. I wonder, does this mean that Hitchens believes in the Rapture?
I have never seen such 'hatred' expressed on the death of anyone......This really proves to me that Falwell was, indeed, doing God's work.
Ann Coulter, as usual, said it best: Despite venomous attacks and overwhelming pressure to adopt the fashionable beliefs of cafe society, Falwell never wavered an inch in acknowledging Jesus before men. Luckily, Jesus' full sentence, quoted at the beginning of this column is: "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved."
Admitting that there are alot of hateful people in the world, of all political colors, I suspect that Falwell was hated less for doing god's work, than for the hateful way he went about it at times. In all my reading of the bible, I've found less than a handful of condemnations of homosexuality and/or of the wrath it can bring. On the other hand, the number of instances in which we're exhorted to forgive our enemies, to care for the poor, to give comfort to the sick, to shelter the homeless, to feed the hungrey, etc, run into the thousands. And when asked which is the most important commandment, Jesus didn't answer that we should love god and hate our homosexual neighbor. Yet at times, Falwell gave the impression that he did. Had Falwell spent as much time practicing christian love toward all Americans as he did politicing in dividing our country into Republicans and sinners, some of those sinners might have had some good things to say about him.
Contrary to the word of Falwell, god isn't a Republican, and any Christian who thinks otherwise only shows how little they understand their own religion.
The hate spewed above about Falwell is wrong. But let's not forget that he was responsible for his share of such mindless hate.
I believe there is a scripture that says, "Woe to the man that calls evil good and good evil"; (Isaiah 5:20) That is what I think of everytime I hear the godless talk about God or anything to do with Christians.
Thanks for the verse. Do you think Hillary carries it in her purse?
She is the disciplined, duty-bound Methodist, carrying her favorite Scriptures around in her briefcase and holding herself and others to a high standard; he is a more emotional Baptist who sings in the choir and gets misty-eyed when he introduced his boyhood friend Mack McLarty as his new chief of staff." -- Time writer Margaret Carlson, January 1993.
Isn't that funny, I did not know that about Hillary. I thought the left hated anyone who looked to the Scriptures for encouragement and help? I say that with tongue in cheek...
If Hillary carries it......her interpretation of it being that it's referring to how we conservatives view radical Islam in the scripture's second reference of good and evil.
I did that yesterday, haven't gotten a response yet. I expect to get a form letter from Martinez with the usual anwers. I also called but the lines must have been jammed, I couldn't get through.
I, too, got the "busy" message re: the two Massachusetts senators...I did get through to my representative's office though. Figured I'd at least get that one recorded before the House gets to vote!
Do you suppose snail mail is the way to go??? Will someone even read/record them? It is going to come to a grassroots effort - and I'll continue to do my part!
I wouldn't bother with snail mail. Last I heard, it was being diverted and checked before it even reached their offices due to the anthrax scare several years ago.
How about faxing your letter? Tedward's fax number is (202) 224-2417. Jean Claude Kerry's is (202) 224-8525. [Fax numbers for the other 98 are also easily obtained on their individual websites.]
e-mail does get through i sent mine yesterday and already got a reply from Barbra Boxer. Well it was to the effect that i needed to use a different address and re-send it but a quick copy and no problemo!
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
And the next time the trolls around here start blathering on about how our wounded veterans are being treated, I'm going to be sure to throw this into the conversation.
And of course, we've never once heard about this weekly event from the MsM. Hmmm.....doesn't fit their agenda now, does it?
Be forewarned, this link will bring tears to your eyes.
It also shows the quality of the leadership at the midlevels of our our military. Oh how I wish these men were in Congress instead of the self-serving blithering idiots we've apparently elected.
This parade has gone on, every single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.
I am extremely curious about Michael Moore's new film, particularly the "exemplary treatment" that Reuters says was given to the 9/11 workers that Moore took along.
Do they do CT scans in Cuba? MRIs? I wonder if Cuba has Cardiac imaging specialists who are just as skilled with an echocardiogram as ours in the US.
GE just rolled out a new multi-view color ECHO monitoring system. I got to see one of these bad boys up close & it's a real beauty. It's so new in fact, that many major US hospitals still don't have it yet. I wonder if Cuba has one. . .or even will?
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
The fact that the Senate came up with a plan that will give 10 millions plus illegals in this country amnesty is IMO disgraceful. That is a slap to all the other immigrants that have come here and travelled the long legal and sometimes painful road toward citizenship. Do we say to them it is okay to cut in line?
George Bush touted the bill on his weekly address and i am convinced if this awful bill makes it to his desk, he will sign it. What can we do as Americans to make sure it does not make it to his desk?
Instead of all of us standing idly by, regardless of party...if you don't like the legislation, bitch and moan at your Congresscritters!!! DO IT!!!! (That goes for everybody, and by every mode of communication you can muster...)
Oh, and by the way...how about them Suns? The most exciting team in the NBA???
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
The Suns had Amare and Diaw back for game 6 but could not pull it out. I don't agree with the supensions but the Spurs won fair and square. Don't underestimate the Jazz though:)
On
today’s edition of “The View,” a discussion on the propriety of male
nannies led Rosie O’Donnell to declare that she would never hire one to
care for her adopted children. Barbara Walters asked her, “Are you
worried about homosexual tendencies? Is that what you are saying?”
O’Donnell replied, “No, pedophilia has nothing to do with homosexual”
[sic]. To which Walters said, “Oh, pedophilia.” Shortly thereafter,
O’Donnell asked Walters if she would have hired a male nannie for her
daughter when she was growing up. Walters hesitated, and before she
could speak, Joy Behar interjected with the comment, “A priest
perhaps?” O’Donnell grimaced and the audience roared with laughter.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue outlined his strategy as follows:
“It
is obvious that Barbara Walters is begging for a fight with Catholics.
Consider it done. Over the past year, the Catholic League has
registered several complaints with Walters, who is co-owner of the
show, executive producer Bill Geddie, and Anne Sweeney, co-chair,
Disney Media Networks and president, Disney-ABC Television Group. None
has replied. While the anti-Catholic bigots have either been Rosie
O’Donnell or Joy Behar (today’s culprit), the person most responsible
for allowing this unrelenting assault on Catholic sensibilities is
Walters.
“Accordingly, beginning in mid-June, we will
commence a public relations campaign against Barbara Walters. When
we’re finished, so too will be her once stellar reputation. Today was
the last straw.”
In reading an article today from the New York Post entitled Cadets Battle On Home Front
Marya Rosenberg, of the Upper East Side, recalls of her decision to go to the US Military Academy after her graduation from elite Hunter HS.
"I had one girl ask me what I was thinking about doing for college, and when I told her, she said, 'How could you do something so immoral?' They made fun of me in the yearbook."
Rosenberg said she was hurt by the response she got at her old high school - not from kids but from teachers.
"One of the teachers, when I walked down the hall in my uniform, yelled, 'No blood for oil!' " she said. "Then I talked to my old art history teacher . . . and I wanted to tell him I'm taking a bunch of art history courses now. He was, like, 'Oh, so you'll know what [the] buildings are before you drop bombs on them.' "
Looks like things have not changed on the left in academia since I was an ROTC cadet 23 years ago. And they wonder why the military gives them ZERO respect.
Well I see our fearless ex President Carter is at it again....has anybody heard about the latest trash talk about our President and Blair regarding our foreign policy?
Carter vomits his koz-DU like hate about President Bush while giving an interview about his latest book on a collection of Sunday morning bible lessons.
When it is a democrat we hear very little of the hypocrisy of these people and the laws they attempt to or do cram down our throats....just look at Corzine and the seat belt issue recently.
Well here is a new one regarding cell-phones....Frisco area too....
thanks for the links, Jimmie has really become a wart. He just reminds me so much of the kid in elementary school who would hit you then complain if he got hit. The anti-semites foreign policy is the major cause of where we are today (he started it) and now he blames others for trying to clean up his mess.
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Here, in my hometown, we have an alternative news-weekly. Billed as the alternative to our generally left-leaning regular paper. This paper usually fills itself with a couple of well-written articles bashing the Police Department, and small-town people trying to make it big.
To be fair, it has some of the best written local-interest, non-biased writings in it as well. What really intriqued me, this week, is the following letter to the editor. It just struck a chord with me. I hope you all enjoy it as well:
WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE BIRDS
I have always thrown my scrap bread and such out to the birds to feed them. They are living creatures and have to eat. My neighbors and I have talked about how, in the last few years, there have been fewer and fewer cardinals and songbirds and a tremendous influx of blackbirds, crows, and grackles. They move in and chase the birds that were consider nicer and more desirable out. And they eat and they eat and they eat. And once a year, usually in the spring, they have baby birds like themselves so there are more of them.
I got a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within no time we had dozens of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table . . . everywhere.
Some of the birds turned mean. They would dive-bomb me and try to peck me, even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. Other birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on and around the feeder, and in the tree branches overhead, and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food. They even got to know me and would fly in low and wait when they saw me come outside, just expecting food, whether I had any or not, such as when I was just walking out to my car. They even watched me through my kitchen window. My neighbor complained that he was being inconvenienced by the birds’ moving over to his property and the extra amount of bird poop on his car.
After a while, it was unpleasant just to try to sit on my deck any more, so finally I took down the bird feeder, and in a week most of the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess. Soon the back yard was like it used to be — quiet, serene, and no one demanding their “rights” to a free meal.
As a 19th-century poet said, you can learn a lot from watching nature.
Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, and free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Others come in and try to take advantage of the gravy train as well. This is a country that punishes those who work, try to get an education, try to take care of themselves, try to do things the “right” and traditional way. Like the flowers, the birds neither reap nor sow; some at least give back to us with their song and their beauty. Then there are others that merely exist — they had their own songs and actions and characteristics but for the most part contribute nothing. It’s a give-and-take situation — we give, and they take.
Maybe it’s time for all of us to take down the bird feeder.
Jean Stables
Decatur, IL (as printed in the Illinois Times, 5/17-23/2007)
Please make sure your train of thought carries freight.
Editor at Large
Comments Policy
cheering falwell's fall
May 19, 2007 - 07:44 ET by Tim GrahamIn my e-mail, this note about compassionate non-conservatives:
“And I think it's a pity there isn't a hell for him to go to. … [Falwell is] a little toad … this horrible little person … I’m glad to see that he skipped the rapture and was found on the floor of his office. …” --Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens, video posted on homepage of The Huffington Post.
Falwell was “a hateful pig.” – blogger John Aravosis
“The gates of hell swing open and Satan welcomes his beloved son.” – blogger Amanda Marcotte, former blogger for John Edwards’ campaign
“Won’t the good preacher be shocked when he finds himself at the gates of Hell this morning! Man, I would love to post that video on YouTube. I must go now and mourn, as I can hardly contain my sorrow.” – Wayne Besen, author, blogger, former spokesman for Human Rights Campaign
"I'm glad to see that he skip
May 19, 2007 - 08:12 ET by rimsky"I'm glad to see that he skipped the rapture.." And this is from one of Time's 100 most influential people. I wonder, does this mean that Hitchens believes in the Rapture?
Never heard of this hateful pig Aravosis.
Marcotte needs a straightjacket.
Wayne Besen is terribly mixed up.
I have never seen such 'hatre
May 19, 2007 - 08:25 ET by SouthJersey1953I have never seen such 'hatred' expressed on the death of anyone......This really proves to me that Falwell was, indeed, doing God's work.
Ann Coulter, as usual, said it best: Despite venomous attacks and overwhelming pressure to adopt the fashionable beliefs of cafe society, Falwell never wavered an inch in acknowledging Jesus before men. Luckily, Jesus' full sentence, quoted at the beginning of this column is: "All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved."
No RINOs in '08 - Vote for a true conservative!
Admitting that there are alot
May 19, 2007 - 16:49 ET by curiousAdmitting that there are alot of hateful people in the world, of all political colors, I suspect that Falwell was hated less for doing god's work, than for the hateful way he went about it at times. In all my reading of the bible, I've found less than a handful of condemnations of homosexuality and/or of the wrath it can bring. On the other hand, the number of instances in which we're exhorted to forgive our enemies, to care for the poor, to give comfort to the sick, to shelter the homeless, to feed the hungrey, etc, run into the thousands. And when asked which is the most important commandment, Jesus didn't answer that we should love god and hate our homosexual neighbor. Yet at times, Falwell gave the impression that he did. Had Falwell spent as much time practicing christian love toward all Americans as he did politicing in dividing our country into Republicans and sinners, some of those sinners might have had some good things to say about him.
Contrary to the word of Falwell, god isn't a Republican, and any Christian who thinks otherwise only shows how little they understand their own religion.
The hate spewed above about Falwell is wrong. But let's not forget that he was responsible for his share of such mindless hate.
Tim,I believe there is a scr
May 19, 2007 - 09:47 ET by msh1973Tim,
I believe there is a scripture that says, "Woe to the man that calls evil good and good evil"; (Isaiah 5:20) That is what I think of everytime I hear the godless talk about God or anything to do with Christians.
Thanks for the verse. Do you
May 19, 2007 - 13:29 ET by Tim GrahamThanks for the verse. Do you think Hillary carries it in her purse?
Tim,Isn't that funny, I did n
May 19, 2007 - 13:49 ET by msh1973Tim,
Isn't that funny, I did not know that about Hillary. I thought the left hated anyone who looked to the Scriptures for encouragement and help? I say that with tongue in cheek...
If Hillary carries it......
May 19, 2007 - 20:39 ET by GregEIf Hillary carries it......her interpretation of it being that it's referring to how we conservatives view radical Islam in the scripture's second reference of good and evil.
An impromptu Shrub Report:To
May 19, 2007 - 08:20 ET by Roger the ShrubberAn impromptu Shrub Report:
To the Progressive, er, Socialist who was spouting off a few weeks ago: tell me again how the internet is saving newspapers?
Rosie is on vacation again?
Today's Global Warming's Impending Doom update.
Forget cancer, AIDS, and global warming; if this works, imagine what a better world we would live in!!!
Love the Rosie O'Gorilla st
May 19, 2007 - 08:41 ET by Jack BauerLove the Rosie O'Gorilla story....
Here's hoping that on Rosie's last day on The View, she refuses to "go quietly in that gentle night."
So they have to call in Jungle Jack Hanna with his trusty tranquilizer dart gun and giant Butterfly net.
It'd be like cornering a wounded rhino -- only funnier.
Another dem who thinks he kno
May 19, 2007 - 10:08 ET by FastEdAnother dem who thinks he knows better then the military.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Please write your represent
May 19, 2007 - 08:51 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsPlease write your representatives to express your disgust with the 'reward the criminal' amnesty bill.
D
A day without NewsBusters is like a day without sunshine.
Don't,I did that yesterday,
May 19, 2007 - 09:17 ET by msh1973Don't,
I did that yesterday, haven't gotten a response yet. I expect to get a form letter from Martinez with the usual anwers. I also called but the lines must have been jammed, I couldn't get through.
I, too, got the "busy&qu
May 20, 2007 - 10:47 ET by Cape ConservativeI, too, got the "busy" message re: the two Massachusetts senators...I did get through to my representative's office though. Figured I'd at least get that one recorded before the House gets to vote!
Do you suppose snail mail is the way to go??? Will someone even read/record them? It is going to come to a grassroots effort - and I'll continue to do my part!
Cape there is a link further
May 20, 2007 - 10:50 ET byCape there is a link further down to congress.org?(i posted it but got the link from some else here) you can e-mail
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
DFTT provided the Congress.or
May 20, 2007 - 21:48 ET byDFTT provided the Congress.org link, i just like it
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
I wouldn't bother with snail
May 20, 2007 - 19:45 ET by dahliatraversI wouldn't bother with snail mail. Last I heard, it was being diverted and checked before it even reached their offices due to the anthrax scare several years ago.
How about faxing your letter? Tedward's fax number is (202) 224-2417. Jean Claude Kerry's is (202) 224-8525. [Fax numbers for the other 98 are also easily obtained on their individual websites.]
e-mail does get through i sen
May 20, 2007 - 19:56 ET bye-mail does get through i sent mine yesterday and already got a reply from Barbra Boxer. Well it was to the effect that i needed to use a different address and re-send it but a quick copy and no problemo!
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Immigration Fallout
May 19, 2007 - 09:15 ET by pocomocoHere’s an NRO article you must read.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDZmOGI0MDc0ZjViOGZhOTE0OTYwNzUyMzI2YWRmMDQ=&w=MA==
Parody, not "article"
May 19, 2007 - 09:31 ET by RJWell...parody, not "article"...but interesting nevertheless, as it purports to be a crowing email from Howard Dean about the immigration fiasco.
Here's a parade I'd like to a
May 19, 2007 - 12:14 ET by BlondeHere's a parade I'd like to attend.
And the next time the trolls around here start blathering on about how our wounded veterans are being treated, I'm going to be sure to throw this into the conversation.
And of course, we've never once heard about this weekly event from the MsM. Hmmm.....doesn't fit their agenda now, does it?
Be forewarned, this link will bring tears to your eyes.
Great link Blonde!
May 19, 2007 - 12:28 ET by RJGreat link, Blonde! And it did bring tears to my eyes...of pride and gratitude. Please keep posting it periodically.
agreedSupreme Court, Nation
May 19, 2007 - 12:30 ET byagreed
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Thanks, guys.It also shows th
May 19, 2007 - 12:40 ET by BlondeThanks, guys.
It also shows the quality of the leadership at the midlevels of our our military. Oh how I wish these men were in Congress instead of the self-serving blithering idiots we've apparently elected.
This parade has gone on, every single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.
I am extremely curious about
May 19, 2007 - 12:36 ET by tracheostomyI am extremely curious about Michael Moore's new film, particularly the "exemplary treatment" that Reuters says was given to the 9/11 workers that Moore took along.
Do they do CT scans in Cuba? MRIs? I wonder if Cuba has Cardiac imaging specialists who are just as skilled with an echocardiogram as ours in the US.
GE just rolled out a new multi-view color ECHO monitoring system. I got to see one of these bad boys up close & it's a real beauty. It's so new in fact, that many major US hospitals still don't have it yet. I wonder if Cuba has one. . .or even will?
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
And another thing, wouldn't G
May 19, 2007 - 13:00 ET by tracheostomyAnd another thing, wouldn't Gitmo detainees be receiving medical care on the US's dime anyway? It's a military base.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Immigration Bill
May 19, 2007 - 16:21 ET by shawn228The fact that the Senate came up with a plan that will give 10 millions plus illegals in this country amnesty is IMO disgraceful. That is a slap to all the other immigrants that have come here and travelled the long legal and sometimes painful road toward citizenship. Do we say to them it is okay to cut in line?
George Bush touted the bill on his weekly address and i am convinced if this awful bill makes it to his desk, he will sign it. What can we do as Americans to make sure it does not make it to his desk?
And that it was done in the h
May 19, 2007 - 18:42 ET byAnd that it was done in the hush-hush; and now Reid wants it pushed through without debate; disgusting
DFTT linked this as one step
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Well, shawn...do what I do.
May 19, 2007 - 19:46 ET by UnsaneWell, shawn...
do what I do.
Instead of all of us standing idly by, regardless of party...if you don't like the legislation, bitch and moan at your Congresscritters!!! DO IT!!!! (That goes for everybody, and by every mode of communication you can muster...)
Oh, and by the way...how about them Suns? The most exciting team in the NBA???
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
Unsane,What are the Suns?I kn
May 19, 2007 - 19:53 ET by BlondeUnsane,
What are the Suns?
I know what Gators are, but Suns? :D
Of course, you know who the S
May 19, 2007 - 23:03 ET by UnsaneOf course, you know who the Spurs are... :-)
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
You said Suns, Unsane....I kn
May 19, 2007 - 23:17 ET by BlondeYou said Suns, Unsane....
I know what Spurs are....silly...I wear them on the back of my boots when I go horseback riding.
lol
May 20, 2007 - 06:50 ET by dahliatraverslol
Unsane
May 19, 2007 - 23:34 ET by shawn228The Suns had Amare and Diaw back for game 6 but could not pull it out. I don't agree with the supensions but the Spurs won fair and square. Don't underestimate the Jazz though:)
The campaign against Barbar
May 19, 2007 - 22:58 ET by Fairlighthttp://am.novopress....
CAMPAIGN AGAINST BARBARA WALTERS BEGINS
Catholic League
On
today’s edition of “The View,” a discussion on the propriety of male
nannies led Rosie O’Donnell to declare that she would never hire one to
care for her adopted children. Barbara Walters asked her, “Are you
worried about homosexual tendencies? Is that what you are saying?”
O’Donnell replied, “No, pedophilia has nothing to do with homosexual”
[sic]. To which Walters said, “Oh, pedophilia.” Shortly thereafter,
O’Donnell asked Walters if she would have hired a male nannie for her
daughter when she was growing up. Walters hesitated, and before she
could speak, Joy Behar interjected with the comment, “A priest
perhaps?” O’Donnell grimaced and the audience roared with laughter.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue outlined his strategy as follows:
“It
is obvious that Barbara Walters is begging for a fight with Catholics.
Consider it done. Over the past year, the Catholic League has
registered several complaints with Walters, who is co-owner of the
show, executive producer Bill Geddie, and Anne Sweeney, co-chair,
Disney Media Networks and president, Disney-ABC Television Group. None
has replied. While the anti-Catholic bigots have either been Rosie
O’Donnell or Joy Behar (today’s culprit), the person most responsible
for allowing this unrelenting assault on Catholic sensibilities is
Walters.
“Accordingly, beginning in mid-June, we will
commence a public relations campaign against Barbara Walters. When
we’re finished, so too will be her once stellar reputation. Today was
the last straw.”
* * * BREAKING NEWS B
May 20, 2007 - 06:58 ET by dahliatravers* * * BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS * * *
(Where's that teletype audio?)
Hillary was on the Board of Directors of that eeeeeeevil, anti-little guy corporation Walmart from 1986 - 1992.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/news/article_1306596.php/Clinton_was_%60savvy%60_insider_at_Wal-Mart
In reading an article today f
May 20, 2007 - 12:49 ET by BDIn reading an article today from the New York Post entitled
Cadets Battle On Home Front
Marya Rosenberg, of the Upper East Side, recalls of her decision to go to the US Military Academy after her graduation from elite Hunter HS.
"I had one girl ask me what I was thinking about doing for college, and when I told her, she said, 'How could you do something so immoral?' They made fun of me in the yearbook."
Rosenberg said she was hurt by the response she got at her old high school - not from kids but from teachers.
"One of the teachers, when I walked down the hall in my uniform, yelled, 'No blood for oil!' " she said. "Then I talked to my old art history teacher . . . and I wanted to tell him I'm taking a bunch of art history courses now. He was, like, 'Oh, so you'll know what [the] buildings are before you drop bombs on them.' "
Looks like things have not changed on the left in academia since I was an ROTC cadet 23 years ago. And they wonder why the military gives them ZERO respect.
Carter...at it again
May 20, 2007 - 15:25 ET by bigtimerWell I see our fearless ex President Carter is at it again....has anybody heard about the latest trash talk about our President and Blair regarding our foreign policy?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070519/D8P7O79O0.html
This coming from him.......Again....
What a disgrace he is.
Read it this morning---
May 20, 2007 - 15:41 ET by misterbillRead it this morning---it is hard for me to believe that , not only an American, but a former President would do this to his country.
Afternoon misterb...I figure
May 20, 2007 - 15:50 ET by bigtimerAfternoon misterb...
I figure he must be trying to gain favor for the Nobel Peace Prize again against Gore and Rush....
Seriously he is a disgusting piece of work.
JMO.
BT for that clown---
May 20, 2007 - 15:54 ET by misterbillBT for that clown---Carter--it will be the "No Bell" prize. He has an empty steeple.
Jimmy Carter the hypocrite (redundant)
May 20, 2007 - 16:04 ET by mikejTypical liberal hypocrisy on display.
Carter vomits his koz-DU like hate about President Bush while giving an interview about his latest book on a collection of Sunday morning bible lessons.
I just heard the WH has relea
May 20, 2007 - 16:37 ET by bigtimerI just heard the WH has released a statement regarding Carter's interview with the Arkansas Gazette.....
...summed up....Carter is becoming more and more irrelevant.
Personally, I don't see how that can be.
He has been a great part of the cause of the mess with Iran and the middle east.
talk about blatant hypocrisy
May 20, 2007 - 16:53 ET by bigtimerThis tickles me pink...what doesn't is the non-coverage of this.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_5937218
When it is a democrat we hear very little of the hypocrisy of these people and the laws they attempt to or do cram down our throats....just look at Corzine and the seat belt issue recently.
Well here is a new one regarding cell-phones....Frisco area too....
ROFL!
WH sv Carter
May 20, 2007 - 17:26 ET by bigtimerOkay...finally here is a link to the response from the WH to Carter's despicable BS.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2020522120070520?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
Hi BT thanks for the links, J
May 20, 2007 - 17:34 ET byHi BT
thanks for the links, Jimmie has really become a wart. He just reminds me so much of the kid in elementary school who would hit you then complain if he got hit. The anti-semites foreign policy is the major cause of where we are today (he started it) and now he blames others for trying to clean up his mess.
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
What I learned from the birds
May 20, 2007 - 19:02 ET by dmntd1Here, in my hometown, we have an alternative news-weekly. Billed as the alternative to our generally left-leaning regular paper. This paper usually fills itself with a couple of well-written articles bashing the Police Department, and small-town people trying to make it big.
To be fair, it has some of the best written local-interest, non-biased writings in it as well. What really intriqued me, this week, is the following letter to the editor. It just struck a chord with me. I hope you all enjoy it as well:
WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE BIRDS
I have always thrown my scrap bread and such out to the birds to feed them. They are living creatures and have to eat. My neighbors and I have talked about how, in the last few years, there have been fewer and fewer cardinals and songbirds and a tremendous influx of blackbirds, crows, and grackles. They move in and chase the birds that were consider nicer and more desirable out. And they eat and they eat and they eat. And once a year, usually in the spring, they have baby birds like themselves so there are more of them.
I got a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within no time we had dozens of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table . . . everywhere.
Some of the birds turned mean. They would dive-bomb me and try to peck me, even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. Other birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on and around the feeder, and in the tree branches overhead, and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food. They even got to know me and would fly in low and wait when they saw me come outside, just expecting food, whether I had any or not, such as when I was just walking out to my car. They even watched me through my kitchen window. My neighbor complained that he was being inconvenienced by the birds’ moving over to his property and the extra amount of bird poop on his car.
After a while, it was unpleasant just to try to sit on my deck any more, so finally I took down the bird feeder, and in a week most of the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess. Soon the back yard was like it used to be — quiet, serene, and no one demanding their “rights” to a free meal.
As a 19th-century poet said, you can learn a lot from watching nature.
Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, and free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Others come in and try to take advantage of the gravy train as well. This is a country that punishes those who work, try to get an education, try to take care of themselves, try to do things the “right” and traditional way. Like the flowers, the birds neither reap nor sow; some at least give back to us with their song and their beauty. Then there are others that merely exist — they had their own songs and actions and characteristics but for the most part contribute nothing. It’s a give-and-take situation — we give, and they take.
Maybe it’s time for all of us to take down the bird feeder.
Jean Stables
Decatur, IL (as printed in the Illinois Times, 5/17-23/2007)
Please make sure your train of thought carries freight.