Bill Whittle, Steve Green and ScrappleFace.com editor Scott Ott remember two men who fell in different ways on September 11, 2001. (Warning: This was difficult to record, and harder to watch today. Click the picture below to visit PJTV.com and watch.)
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1 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 11, 2009 at 1:43 pm
God Bless America
2 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Amen
3 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 1:54 pm
May God have mercy on America
4 RAM1 // Sep 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm
The day we were simply AMERICANS! No one has ever done a breakdown of how many of the 3000 were Liberals or Conservatives, nor should they have!
I pray that someday we can all put our differences aside and be Americans but, that is probably pie in the sky. At least for today, (in rememberance of those that fell or were afflicted on September 11, 2001), I vow to offer my "Olive Branch" and be "just an American"!
May such a tragedy never happen again!
5 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I'm with you!
6 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I'm with you!
We (Americans) truly are much more alike than different. The differences get magnified way out of proportion too often and for some reason we can't just discuss something, we feel compelled to fight about it…right from the start. Very odd
7 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 2:54 pm
My thanks to Bill, Scott and Steve for making it okay to remember and be enraged and horrified by this terrorist act of inhumanity against all Americans.
God Bless America!
8 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 3:27 pm
R.A.M. : "I pray that someday we can all put our differences aside and be Americans but, that is probably pie in the sky."
"Probably?" If I were you, I'd bet money on it, R.A.M. …
Please see following … ( post too long : must split it up. )
9 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Honoring September 11th: They Want Us to Forget by Mark Tapson.
It seems impossible to believe that that morning could be forgotten – just as it was once impossible to believe that our government could erase “jihad” and “Islamic” and “terrorism” from our national lexicon, preventing us from even naming the enemy, or that an American President could proclaim us no longer a Christian nation, but rather one of the world’s largest Muslim countries.
For the record: I am not trying to "stir it up". I think "it" has already been stirred up. I fully expect to be criticized for posting this "inflammatory" blog post, and for "politicizing" this day. Such is not my intent; I do think, however, that the issues raised here are important and need to be discussed. Scott, I sincerely hope you will agree with that view.
10 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Honoring September 11th: They Want Us to Forget by Mark Tapson.
It seems impossible to believe that that morning could be forgotten – just as it was once impossible to believe that our government could erase “jihad” and “Islamic” and “terrorism” from our national lexicon, preventing us from even naming the enemy, or that an American President could proclaim us no longer a Christian nation, but rather one of the world’s largest Muslim countries.
For the record: I am not trying to "stir it up". I think "it" has already been stirred up. I fully expect to be criticized for posting this "inflammatory" blog post, and for "politicizing" this day. Such is not my intent; I do think, however, that the issues raised here are important and need to be discussed. Scott, I sincerely hope you will agree with that view.
11 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 11, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Today should be a day of solidarity among all Americans, I cannot help but agree.
In the sense that "solidarity" is not of the kumbayah or ubuntu or group-hug genres but is, instead, of the "united in a common cause" species.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Truth, Justice and the American Way
God Bless America
God Bless Everybody
12 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 4:40 pm
boberin : "missed the point"? No, I don't think so … in fact, I might argue, instead, that a whole bunch of other people are "missing the point" … but that isn't the point, either.
FWIW, I've been unhappy - for years - with the way we memorialize September 11, focusing almost exclusively on the tragic aspects of the day (reading the names of the victims, and so on) ; unhappy with air-brushing out the images of people leaping to their deaths from the roofs of the Trade Towers from the TV coverage of the event ; and there are a number of other aspects I could mention if I wanted to go on and on. But I kept my mouth shut, and I told myself that "everyone commemorates things in his or her own way".
(cont.)
13 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 4:42 pm
(cont.)
Now, I grant you, I would not be made any happier by making 9/11 into another move-it-to-next-Monday-shop-til-you-drop-watch-football-pig-out-on-chips-n-dips holiday, either, but - "National Day of Service and Remembrance"? Should we go plant a tree while we're at it?
IMHO, I can't say that keeping my mouth shut is an approach that has "worked out for me" …
14 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 4:53 pm
We could try "national kill a jihadist" day but that'd be messy and difficult to coordinate…at best
15 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 5:08 pm
While we're at it …
Honoring September 11th: Not a Tragedy by Robert J. Avrech
16 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 5:08 pm
How about "Kill an America hater Day" ?! That would be a whole lot easier…..
I know, I know…..but I join you, Chile in getting crazy when these dweebs try and make it all go away…not a threat…nope….
17 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Two great articles at Big Hollywood, Chile. Thanks for the links.
18 ChileSerrano // Sep 11, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Upnorth : "Kill an America hater"? Where would be the sport in that? I believe the applicable phrase would be, "Like shooting fish in a barrel".
BTW, while we're on the topic, did you read Van Jones and the 'Truthers' by Charles Krauthammer yet?
19 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Another "must read" here .
20 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 6:02 pm
And James Lileks did a good job with this one.
21 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I hope that you're referring to foreigners of some sort because, black, white, yellow or brown (apologies to any color left out) EVERYONE that I know that lives here (America) loves it just fine.
Admittedly some do not hold that America is "better" or "more deserving" of dignity/respect than other civilized nations but that does NOTHING to lessen our love of the land.
I'm thankful daily that I, in effect, "won the lottery" by being born here. That does not lessen my knowledge that had it gone aonther way, I'd live somewhere else and probably love that too (in most cases) and, if that were true I'd hope that America would treat my land with dignity and respect.
22 gafisher // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Bober, that's beneath you.
23 gafisher // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Tremendous.
24 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:27 pm
I was trying to placate Red…talk him down off the ledge so to speak
25 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:35 pm
I didn't finish reading it….I was too disappointed in Dr. K…. was it good?!
I'm sad to say I think I just participated in Obey-me's national day of service by doing what I've done the past seven years. Having two friends who are fire fighters, I baked two pans of brownies and just delivered them. I thanked them and refused their thanks…just accepted their hugs. They know I love and respect them.
26 NurMahal // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:51 pm
If you liked Part I :
Listening to a Liar: Part II by Thomas Sowell.
27 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:55 pm
and if one wasn't fond of part 1…then what?
28 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 4:07 pm
We're all in this together…but none of us will get out of it alive.
29 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 4:08 pm
At first blush it would appear that you missed the point…tomorrow is another day when we could (and probably will) easily get back to beating one another senseless in hopes of swaying our opponent but hey, everyone commemorates things in his or her own way I guess.
I hope your way works out for you!
30 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 11, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Dr. Sowell hit another one out of the park!
31 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 8:11 pm
What do you suggest that would be more appropriate? Seriously, I'm open to good ideas. What did you have in mind? I'm no fan of the "reading the names/ringing the bell thing either!
32 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 8:13 pm
What do you suggest that would be more appropriate? Seriously, I'm open to good ideas. What did you have in mind? I'm no fan of the "reading the names/ringing the bell thing either!
and the "kill the jihadist" day doesn't seem to be going over too well. It's not a A-1 suggestion but I thought it was better than a -2. Guess not
33 onlineanalyst // Sep 11, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Eight years later…and I still have no words to express how a little of me died that day. Yet the American spirit rose from the ashes of that despicable act of inhumanity and hate. May we re-find the bond and courage and fineness that we shared on 9/11.
Thanks to all who have posted the exceptional links.
I, for one, will never forget.
34 onlineanalyst // Sep 11, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I am rather taken with what Jonah Goldberg posted at NRO's "The Corner" today:
For the record, I never much liked the idea of a monument at "ground zero." I wanted the World Trade Center rebuilt, even bigger. As I wrote at the time: "When the World Trade Center was first constructed it was the tallest building in the world. When it was destroyed, it was the fifth. America isn't fifth at anything worth being first at. It's time we had the tallest building in the world again."
And, "America will find an appropriate way to mourn. But if we must have a shrine or monument for our remorse, let's put it on the 200th floor, right next to the antiaircraft guns."
I always liked the reader suggestion to name the new towers "Freedom" and "Unity" and let al-Qaeda figure out what the initials stand for.
35 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I hope that you're referring to foreigners of some sort because, black, white, yellow or brown (apologies to any color left out) EVERYONE that I know that lives here (America) loves it just fine.
Admittedly some do not hold that America is "better" or "more deserving" of dignity/respect than other civilized nations but that does NOTHING to lessen our love of the land.
I'm thankful daily that I, in effect, "won the lottery" by being born here. That does not lessen my knowledge that had it gone another way, I'd live somewhere else and probably love that too (in most cases) and, if that were true I'd hope that America would treat my country with dignity and respect.
I note that someone gave this comment a "thumbs down"…most excellent. Thanks!
36 boberinyetagain // Sep 11, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Indivisible people…indivisible!
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
37 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 12, 2009 at 1:31 am
YAY!
Michelle Malkin reports that The Census Bureau has cut all ties to ACORN!
[smilie]
38 SGT_USMC_1ea // Sep 12, 2009 at 2:25 am
Boberin, how you can fail to see the distinction between Their actions vs ours totally is beyond my comprehension. You seem to equate our failed system with theirs. I actually feel silly reminding you that there are degrees of failure or accomplishment, God Bless America is not a demand but a plea. God have mercy upon America is a plea as well, but you seem to utilize it as a condemnation saying that as a whole we have never done a thing more worthy of blessings than the mideast countries who support the terrorism that murdered those 3.000 people 8 years ago. There is a difference and if you cannot notice it then please stop with the moral equivelancies.____
39 gafisher // Sep 12, 2009 at 9:44 am
"Yet the American spirit rose from the ashes …"
… and for two weeks we were "One nation, under God, indivisible."
40 gafisher // Sep 12, 2009 at 9:47 am
All ties? Census has moved back out of the White House?
41 MoMadeMeDoIt // Sep 12, 2009 at 2:29 pm
How does that old saying go?
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with … ***".
It's called "Playing For Time".
42 MoMadeMeDoIt // Sep 12, 2009 at 2:34 pm
How does that saying go?
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with … ***".
It's called, "Playing For Time".
43 RAM1 // Sep 12, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Sgt: This may not be a good explanation for how different people see 9/11 but, the other day when the media showed new pictures taken by the Hubble telescope, it occured to me that when I see these pictures I marvel at the magnificent things my GOD has created, while atheists, (and even SOME Christians "marvel" at the fact that "man" can build a telescope to take these pictures.
All in who a person "makes their god" out to be I guess.
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44 RAM1 // Sep 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I was a little disappointed on the last thread when I said the Earth was only about 6000 years old, to which I was challenged about that "theory", and even another poster was asked if he believed that "6000 year old theory" for which he did not answer either yes or no.
Evolutionists would have us believe that a "big bank, followed by water dripping on a rock making a "soup" created everything.
That takes MUCH more "faith" to believe that "fairy tale" than to believe in a CREATOR!
In fact, the poster called "6000 year old Earth" a "theory", when it is Darwin's tripe that is actually the REAL "theory"!
45 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 12, 2009 at 2:56 pm
The scientific theory of the age of the universe (13.5 billion years or something) and the Biblical account of Creation are not mutually exclusive.
Although He gave it to us, Almighty God is not constrained by time.
46 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 12, 2009 at 3:39 pm
OLA - Good day, and loved it!! I heartily agree…Freedom and Unity!! Today at NRO there's a funny photo of the won by the David Kahane article, "Of Me I Sing". Mark Steyn also (unfortunately for us) hits another one out of the park. Pretty ominus stuff.
47 RAM1 // Sep 12, 2009 at 3:42 pm
GOD is not, man IS! Our system of time on this Earth is in years and we have had about 6000 of them. In six days GOD created the Heavens, Earth, and Man, and then rested on the seventh day. So how did those "billions of years" get between when HE created Earth and Man?
As for the "scientific theory" about the age of the Earth, the figures, (years/billions/millions), keep changing, like Obama's costs of his programs.
48 ChileSerrano // Sep 12, 2009 at 4:20 pm
JL3 : Oh no! The Census Bureau is cutting all ties to ACORN !?!??
You do realize that now we'll never see Spock, Worf and Seven of Nine become our fellow citizens …
49 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 12, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I'm just not convinced that those first seven "days" were of 24-hour duration.
50 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 12, 2009 at 8:06 pm
I wonder if they'll still get all that "stimulus money" oooh, that all just took on a whole new meaning didn't it?! Tsk, tsk….
51 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 12, 2009 at 8:08 pm
What about the billions in grants promised them for community (agitating) organizing?!
52 MoMadeMeDoIt // Sep 12, 2009 at 8:09 pm
"My name is Judea Pearl. I am the father of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal South Asia bureau chief who was abducted and brutally murdered in Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 31, 2002."
We Need a New Legal Regime to Fight the War on Terror.
For starters.
53 MoMadeMeDoIt // Sep 12, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I got no natural rhythm
But I go dancin' every night
Hopin' one day
I might get it right
I'm a dancin' fool, I'm a
Dancin' fool
I hear that beat; I jump outa my seat,
But I can't compete, 'cause I'm a
Dancin' fool, I'm a
Dancin' fool
I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
FOOL
The beat goes on
And I'm so wrong
The beat goes on
And I'm so wrong
The beat goes on 'n' I'm so wrong
The beat goes on 'n' I'm so wrong
The beat goes on 'n' I'm so wrong
I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
Dancin' fool, I'm a
Dancin' fool
I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
FOOL
Hey darlin'…can I buy ya a drink?
54 ChileSerrano // Sep 12, 2009 at 9:29 pm
I guess that depends on the meaning of the word "stimulating", darlin' …
55 ChileSerrano // Sep 12, 2009 at 9:35 pm
"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy" ~ Bill Clinton, looking at 'Juanita', a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic museum
56 SGT_USMC_1ea // Sep 12, 2009 at 11:20 pm
JL3,
Believe the Bible or do not. Geneologically speaking according to the Bible the time man has been here to record time is betwween 6k-to 8k years. I was not there myself and cannot say for sure, but I will trust in the Word! Trying to reconcile the arbitrary time frames that man places upon the world with what GOD actually says is perhaps a fruitless effort. I am incapable of fathoming the infinity of GOD and time, or his measurment of it. I have found the following website helpful in attempting to understand: http://www.icr.org/ncsf/
More particularly if you seek evidence of a young world: http://www.icr.org/article/1842/
Deus est Semper Fidelis
57 SGT_USMC_1ea // Sep 12, 2009 at 11:42 pm
RAM,
I am not aware of the "Big Bank" theory- I assume that it means if you deposite enough pennies for billions and billions of years then compound interest will make you a trillionare. Sorry- I know it was just a typoh. I recall a debate wherin an evolutionist made fun of a creationist about his hypothesis which stated that all of the thousands of dog species in the world came from a very few breeds carried on the Ark and developed within the past 4000 years. The creationist came back with "It is just micro-evolution, not so hard to believe compared to you telling these folks that all of them came from a rock!
Deus est Semper Fidelis
58 WhizBang // Sep 13, 2009 at 12:39 am
Where is Darthmeister when we need him ? Actually miss his lively comments, believe it or not.
59 SGT_USMC_1ea // Sep 13, 2009 at 12:49 am
Okay, Intensedebate seems to be eating comments. If it posts later I apologize.
JL3,
Believe the Bible or do not. Geneologically speaking according to the Bible the time man has been here to record time is betwween 6k-to 8k years. I was not there myself and cannot say for sure, but I will trust in the Word! Trying to reconcile the arbitrary time frames that man places upon the world with what GOD actually says is perhaps a fruitless effort. I am incapable of fathoming the infinity of GOD and time, or his measurment of it. I have found the following website helpful in attempting to understand: http://www.icr.org/ncsf/
More particularly if you seek evidence of a young world: http://www.icr.org/article/1842/
Deus est Semper Fidelis
60 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:03 am
61 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:04 am
62 gafisher // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:27 am
Fortunately, another group has stepped up to the plate and will do the job ACORN couldn't be trusted with. Coincidentally the new group, CORAN, has virtually identical facilities and manpower to those originally promised by ACORN.
63 gafisher // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:28 am
Apparently another group has stepped up to the plate and will do the job ACORN couldn't be trusted with. Coincidentally the new group, CORAN, has virtually identical facilities and manpower to those originally promised by ACORN.
64 gafisher // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:32 am
I found no need to repeat myself for the amusement of someone who mocks the convictions of others, RAM1. I stand by my statement in the previous thread; I know enough science to see the glaring flaws in Dr. Jannes' and Prof. Jambres' pathetic effort to counterfeit what no reasoning human being can deny was miraculous.
65 gafisher // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:34 am
"I'm just not convinced …"
I am.
66 SGT_USMC_1ea // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:39 am
hmmmm,
so 7 days is like 7000 years and not 3-30 billion?
67 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 13, 2009 at 1:06 am
68 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:39 am
I would hope you would be convinced by the BIBLE then Fred. I also would hope you would OBJECTIVELY read and/or watch from this website from Dr. Kent Hovind:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
If that link doesn't taker you directly to it, click the link for "the age of the Earth".
Please let me know if you are not convinced after hearing Mr. Hovind.
69 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:49 am
Sorry SGT, I nor5mally catch mistakes like that. Funny comeback!!!
Have you ecver heard Kent Hovind? He was a science teacher for 12 years until he had enough of the secular school system and started challenging evolutionists one on one, (and sometimes one on hundreds!), and making them look like the fools they are! He did such a good job that they trumped up and twisted a tax evasion charge and sentenced him to 10 years in prison to shut him up. His story seems a bit like "Paul's" doesn't it?
Check him out, he is very interesting and pretty humorous too:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.drdino.com/
70 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:49 am
Sorry SGT, I normally catch mistakes like that. Funny comeback!!!
Have you ecver heard Kent Hovind? He was a science teacher for 12 years until he had enough of the secular school system and started challenging evolutionists one on one, (and sometimes one on hundreds!), and making them look like the fools they are! He did such a good job that they trumped up and twisted a tax evasion charge and sentenced him to 10 years in prison to shut him up. His story seems a bit like "Paul's" doesn't it?
Check him out, he is very interesting and pretty humorous too:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.drdino.com/
71 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:50 am
Sorry SGT, I normally catch mistakes like that. Funny comeback!!!
Have you ever heard Kent Hovind? He was a science teacher for 12 years until he had enough of the secular school system and started challenging evolutionists one on one, (and sometimes one on hundreds!), and making them look like the fools they are! He did such a good job that they trumped up and twisted a tax evasion charge and sentenced him to 10 years in prison to shut him up. His story seems a bit like "Paul's" doesn't it?
Check him out, he is very interesting and pretty humorous too:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.drdino.com/
72 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:51 am
Sorry gafisher. I should have realized that.
73 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:57 am
SGT USMC 1ea: My problem is, I KNOW the WORD says the Earth is about 6k years old, I am just not smart enough to "pull up" all the facts of that out of the Bible on a minutes notice. That is why I love guys like this:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.drdino.com/
74 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 9:58 am
SGT USMC 1ea: My problem is, I KNOW the WORD says the Earth is about 6k years old, I am just not smart enough to "pull up" all the facts of that out of the Bible on a minutes notice. That is why I love guys like this:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.drdino.com/
If Hovind was a liberal who beieved in evolution he could be in Obama's cabinet. The reason I say that is in the second link.
75 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 10:05 am
I forgot to say to click on the link in the top of the middle column, "Seminar Review - Age of the Earth".
76 RAM1 // Sep 13, 2009 at 10:22 am
SGT USMC 1ea: My problem is, I KNOW the WORD says the Earth is about 6k years old, I am just not smart enough to "pull up" all the facts of that out of the Bible on a minutes notice. That is why I love guys like this:
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.kent-hovind.com/
http://www.drdino.com/
If Hovind was a liberal who believed in evolution he could be in Obama's cabinet. The reason I say that is in the second link.
77 onlineanalyst // Sep 13, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Setting the record straight: http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/09/13/not-the-pa...
Congratulations, Patriots, for your 9/12 March on Washinton. Prez Obamao, unfortunately, was out of town, to conduct yet another staged and paid town hall in Minnesota, but niether he nor Congress can duck the reality of America's revolt against taxation without representation.
78 onlineanalyst // Sep 13, 2009 at 2:45 pm
er, Washington…
79 onlineanalyst // Sep 13, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Setting the record straight: http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/09/13/not-the-pa...
Congratulations, Patriots, for your 9/12 March on Washington. Prez Obamao, unfortunately, was out of town, to conduct yet another staged and paid town hall in Minnesota, but niether he nor Congress can duck the reality of America's revolt against taxation without representation.
80 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 13, 2009 at 11:27 am
I'm a hard-core Bible believer and I do not deny the length of [Earth] time since the Creation of man; I thought the topic was the theoretical, scientific age of the Universe versus God's Word.
I really don't mean to belabor the point which, to me, is nothing more than a distraction from the actual wonders of Creation and this may not even be the proper venue for such a discussion but…..
That first day, why does it have to have been 24 hours? How long was "the Spirit of God…hovering over the waters" before "God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness?"
Please, do not get the impression that, for me, this is any more than a fleeting glimpse into the Glorious Attributes of Almighty God which I would never claim or even hope to fathom. For me, this is nothing more than one of those questions that will be answered in the sweet by-and-by; what is important is that I was washed in the Blood of Jesus about 24 years ago. I only have spent any time on this topic in order to be prepared to counter a non-believer's claims (and the topic often comes up in conversation) that science somehow trumps God's Word or vice versa.
The veracity of each and every precious word of the Bible is, in my mind, heart and soul, indisputable. I do not need the science to prove it but whenever the occasion arises, I will always assert and explain as best I can that science actually proves God's Word. For example, the Hubble telescope-along with the attendant chatter about the "mysterious" Big Bang-makes a good segue; directly to Genesis 1:1.
81 MoMadeMeDoIt // Sep 13, 2009 at 3:41 pm
OK, that's a tough one.
I'll hazard a wild guess and say "not".
"But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." — Dennis Miller
82 ChileSerrano // Sep 13, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Here we go … again!
"I tended to agree with some Obama advisers that Democratic presidents typically have provoked a frothing response from paranoids — from Father Coughlin against F.D.R. to Joe McCarthy against Truman to the John Birchers against J.F.K. and the vast right-wing conspiracy against Bill Clinton.
But Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted “liar” at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it."
Boy, Oh Boy by Maureen
GarofaloDowd." … a frothing response from paranoids … "?
Do you ever read your own columns, Mo?
83 ChileSerrano // Sep 13, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Ah, yes, Dennis Miller!
Here's one of my favorite Miller quotes. Somehow, it seems appropriate here …
“Washington, D.C. is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.”
84 gafisher // Sep 13, 2009 at 4:54 pm
During the Rally The President's helicopter flew over the Mall bearing him to the airport for his flight to Minnesota (obviously when it comes down to "flight or fight" Obama votes "Absent"). It's unknown whether the big O made one of his trademarked 1-finger salutes to the crowd, but it's pretty unlikely he was able to avoid noticing the millions of patriots assembled in front of The Peoples' House.
CNN is reporting that the "Tea party movement has anger, no dominant leaders." No dominant leaders — no community organizers — just lots and lots and lots of grass roots.
85 gafisher // Sep 13, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Wilson's paying a heavy price for his outburst. With 48 hours over a million dollars had been contributed to his campaign fund. One can only wonder how many billions he'd have received if he'd stayed quiet …
86 gafisher // Sep 14, 2009 at 1:05 am
I like Dennis Miller, but that comparison (D.C.:lying = Wisconsin:cheese) could get him sued for defamation of cheese.
87 onlineanalyst // Sep 14, 2009 at 1:27 am
"CNN: Making It Up As Usual": http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/09/024...
88 onlineanalyst // Sep 14, 2009 at 1:27 am
"CNN: Making It Up As Usual": http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/09/024...
89 onlineanalyst // Sep 14, 2009 at 1:27 am
"CNN: Making It Up As Usual": http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/09/024...
90 onlineanalyst // Sep 14, 2009 at 1:34 am
Good old Maureen Dowd. First, she makes a reputation by buttressing her opinions with ellipsis, cutting people's actual remarks so that they are not recognizable from the context of the orignal. Her Dowd-ification to fit her preconceived narrative is legendary.
Now, she uses the opposite tactic, putting words into people's minds.
What she did in her piece trashing Rep. Joe Wilson is quasi libelous.
Are journalistic ethics dead in that poser? Did Maureen Dowd ever have them?
91 onlineanalyst // Sep 14, 2009 at 3:30 am
Honestly, I did not post the same comment three times.
92 RAM1 // Sep 14, 2009 at 3:59 am
Perhaps Moron, er-I mean Maureen is related to Elwood P. Dowd, who ALSO saw things that were not there? Not a fair comparison since Elwood was a fictional character.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/
93 RAM1 // Sep 14, 2009 at 4:02 am
Red, please see my reply to OLA below about Maureen. I think I am on to something.
94 RAM1 // Sep 14, 2009 at 4:07 am
If you have not heard, another activist Judge has ordered a 10 year old home schooled girl to attend public school because of the "rigidity" of her mother's religious views and said the 10-year-old needed to consider other worldviews as she matures.
Great, now she will be subjected to the "rigidity" of the views of public school that teach NOTHING about GOD at all!!!
Seems fair, —well to MOST secular libs!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/04/h...
95 ChileSerrano // Sep 14, 2009 at 2:11 pm
ola : Clearly, IntenseDebate is hungry. Your comments have gone where the shrimp go - the barbie!
Stop me before I grill again …
96 MoMadeMeDoIt // Sep 14, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Good news for the Media!
According to a poll released Sunday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 26 percent of the respondents said the press is careful to avoid bias.
Twenty-six percent !
After everything the media has done - for years & years & years - 26% still trust them !
Amazing how stubborn some folks can be -
97 boberinyetagain // Sep 14, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Mo, even funnier is that 26% are still republicans
98 ChileSerrano // Sep 14, 2009 at 5:18 pm
AP Poll: A year later, worries linger on economy
Personally, I'd say that headline is something of an understatement.
… seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown …
Even more — 80 percent — rate the condition of the economy as poor …
… a majority worry about their own ability to make ends meet.
Half of those surveyed said deficit reduction should be a national priority over increased spending on health care, education or alternative energy.
(more …)
99 ChileSerrano // Sep 14, 2009 at 5:20 pm
(more)
In a glimmer of good news for the administration, 17 percent of those surveyed said the government's massive economic stimulus has improved the economy, a 10 percentage point increase over July. Nearly six out of 10, however, said they are not confident that $787 billion that Congress approved to lower taxes and inject spending into the economy will do any good.
Well, I <>guess that's good news … if you insist …
100 ChileSerrano // Sep 14, 2009 at 5:21 pm
(more)
In a glimmer of good news for the administration, 17 percent of those surveyed said the government's massive economic stimulus has improved the economy, a 10 percentage point increase over July. Nearly six out of 10, however, said they are not confident that $787 billion that Congress approved to lower taxes and inject spending into the economy will do any good.
Well, I guess that's good news … if you insist …
101 ChileSerrano // Sep 14, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Of course, how the questions are asked is crucial. Here's a recent Gallup poll, for instance, on the most important problems facing the country.
Top two issues :
Economy (in general) 29 %
Healthcare 26 %
Pretty close, right? However :
Unemployment 15 %
Federal budget deficit 9 %
Read into the story a bit further, and you'll find that a total of 57 % cited one of the "economic issues" as "most important". (I got a number in excess of 60 %; guess maybe due to rounding, or maybe it depends on what you consider to be an "economic issue"!)
Wonder what the result would be if you polled people on whether a) the economy, b) healthcare, or c) something else is the most important issue? Just asking …
102 Upnorthlurkin // Sep 14, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I keep remembering the best poll question ever posed:
"Would you rather walk to work, or carry your lunch?"
103 RAM1 // Sep 14, 2009 at 9:02 pm
My reply to OLA has been "scrubbed", so I will try to recreate it from memory.
I said something like, Maybe Maureen is related to Elwood P. Dowd ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/ ), who was famous for also seeing things that are not there.
The main difference is he was fictional and likeable, while MA-reen is just a typical Obama-bot!
104 gafisher // Oct 5, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Jameson, if you're interested you might want to take a listen to (or a look at) a well-reasoned Christian discussion of the issue (links above).
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