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Big Journalism : Liberals Hate Mormons

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:16:22 +0000

BTW, I don't know how it was lost in the translation, but the two tweets referred to here are identical.

Big Journalism : Liberals Hate Mormons

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:14:20 +0000

Hysterically funny that the genius Sean Penn refers to the "Mormon movement." Figures he can't manage to utter the words "religion" or "faith."

Godfather Politics : Media Outlets Deceptively Doctoring Jimmy Hoffa's 'Violent Speech'?

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:02:09 +0000

I have often been disturbed what I have noticed on this site as slight misreadings of various political and theological news items. However, this is over the line. First, your headline implies that you are open-minded on the subject, but your text flatly proves you have made up your mind. In your view, Fox is "deceptive." I disagree. The speech, particularly the "SOB" part, demonstrates the Obama campaign's inability to discern the character of those they allow to speak for them, as well as the pure contempt that Union bosses and liberal democrats hold for the Tea Party. I have previously been slow to accept the claims of this website, and have not believed it until I saw at least one other source with the same information. At this point, I'm not sure I can grant it any credibility at all.

Big Government : Root Causes: In Iowa, Sarah Palin Lays Out a Governing Philosophy that Should Worry Both Sides of th

Sun, 4 Sep 2011 02:16:00 +0000

It should be kept in mind, however, that she has to be a declared candidate by 10/31 in order to be on the FL ballot. That might be important.

http://elect-sarahpalin.com/debate.html/ : Sarah Palin for president

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:07:56 +0000

I would like to see Sarah Palin enter the race via Facebook, Twitter, and a simultaneous interview on radio (with those guys in Alaska she promised to tell; don't recall their names) and Greta Van Susteren on tv, on Thursday night, before Labor Day. That gives enough time for the Palinistas to get to Iowa en masse, and not enough time for the LSM to rip her apart. (They can talk about her nonstop, but it's a holiday weekend and few will pay attention to them. Most people will learn she is running, then stop watching the news to go have a holiday.) I would also like to see several candidates drop out before the next debate (I love them, but we need a clearer stage--McCotter, Cain, Santorum, Gingrich. Also get rid of Huntsman and Johnson.) I would like to see the field Palin, Bachman, Perry, and Romney. I know, I know--Ron Paul won't drop out until next year. I think Palin can beat anybody, but it's a better debate when everybody gets some time to talk. Also, could we request no more stupid this/that questions, or other "human interest" nonsese? "Governer Palin, are you a dog person or a cat person?" "Well, really, I'm more of a Moose person!" Engaging, but stupid. I hope they stop doing it.

Big Hollywood : Obama's Palace Guards: Desperate Maher, Colbert & Jon Stewart Go All In to Save the Democrats

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:56:20 +0000

If you watch the evidentiary tape, you will see that the story she tells is about how she went out with a Wiccan. They went to a movie, then--unbeknownst to her--they had a picnic on an altar. Watch the tape. It's a silly story about something that happened when she was young. It's not clear what point she was making--having watched PI quite a bit, I imagine it was probably in response to Maher's standard claim that [blank--insert something Christians believe in here] isn't real. In fact, it was probably a Halloween discussion, given that it was the end of October. She didn't "worship the devil"--she dabbled in witchcraft, as most young girls did during the 70s and 80s, especially if they went to any kind of college. When I was in high school, every girl had a Ouija board, many read Tarot cards, and approving of or even "dabbling in" witchcraft was practically a required rite of passage into junior feminism. Remember, in the late 70s and early to mid 80s, the occult was everywhere. So what? I hope Maher releases every piece of PI tape he has with her. Then everyone will see how strong in the faith she has been for a long time.She was on the show as the representative of the Savior's Alliance for Lifting the Truth (SALT), so anything he has will only be scary to liberals and anti-Christians--not voters. Her position as SALT director wasn't undermined by those statements--it was reinforced by them. During that period, I remember her saying "I know what it's like to live without principle." What's next? The breathless revelation that Star Parker had abortions and was on welfare, revealed by someone who (gasp) read one of her many books about it?

Big Hollywood : Cronkite's Legacy Includes the Killing Fields of Cambodia

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:02:53 +0000

Thank God somebody said it. Walter Cronkite was a fraud, a Communist masquerading as the voice of Objectivity. After he retired, he let it all hang out, but by then nobody cared that the truth had been tortured to death under his reign. I'm surprised the MSM hasn't requested a state funeral for him. Or at least a gigantic stadium memorial service. I'm sure Magic and Kobe can think of something to say about him. Did Uncle Walter eat fried chicken? (that was the greatest moment of Magic Johnson's life. Uh huh.)

Big Hollywood : Moonwalker: The Difference Between Achievement and Artifice

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:30:35 +0000

"Armstrong did an amazing thing, but he did it a loooong time ago. He is certainly a hero but historical figures/acts don't become part of people's daily lives in the way that music does.." This may be the saddest commentary on America I've ever seen. America may not survive this generation--and maybe we no longer deserve to.

Big Hollywood : Moonwalker: The Difference Between Achievement and Artifice

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:28:10 +0000

Are you serious? The point of comparison is MOON WALK. It's a play on words. The article is a musing on cultural priorities, based on the convenient linguistic similarity between "walking on the moon" and "moon walking." It's clever. Apparently too clever for the room.

Big Hollywood : Moonwalker: The Difference Between Achievement and Artifice

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:25:49 +0000

Except that Leonardo Da Vinci was an inventor, not an entertainer.

Big Hollywood : Moonwalker: The Difference Between Achievement and Artifice

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:23:24 +0000

Oh, please.

Quite clearly I did NOT watch the documentary.� I merely rested the channel there for a moment.� I would not subject my seven year old to the sight of Michael in the condition he was in at that time.

It does not matter to me whether he was found guilty of the legal definition of child molesting.� I do not think it is appropriate to lionize someone who clearly lived outside the boundaries of moral behavior, whether we are talking about his sleeping with other peoples' children or taking illegal drugs, Michael Jackson was a personal mess.

And, by the way, I like a lot of his music.� And I was watching when he first did the moonwalk, and it was breathtaking.� But he just invented it.� Others can now do it.� It's inventive, but not magnificent.� Honor him in a musical hall of fame.� But not in the US Congress or as an entity worthy of global mourning.�

As to the question of the President's citizenship, I've been looking into this quite a bit.� It would appear that the only way he could not be a citizen would be for him to be born in Kenya AND for the Supreme Court to rule that a \"natural-born\" citizen must be born IN the US to TWO US citizens.� That, or it might be possible to rule him out if his mother renounced his US citizenship on his behalf (which I'm not sure is legally possible) when she married Lolo Soetoro and moved to Indonesia.� He was listed in school in Indonesia as an Indonesian citizen, but I'm not sure that anyone can make him one on his behalf.

If he was born in Hawaii, he's a US citizen.� If he was born in Kenya and you only need one American parent, he's a US citizen.

The only way to work it is if the Supreme Court decides as I have said that \"natural-born\" requires BOTH parents to be citizens if one is born on foreign soil.� That, as a rule, would make sense to me (we don't want foreign women marrying American soldiers just to make their children citizens, after all), but I have been unable to find out the legal answer to this question.

Thanks for the comment,

Big Hollywood : Moonwalker: The Difference Between Achievement and Artifice

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:24:08 +0000

This is the difference between being an objective observer and being a blind follower: Compare "I do not think Michael Jackson was a truly great artist and I don't care who knows it " to "He was also the best entertainer ever, wheiter you agree or not." Notice that the objective observer acknowledges his position as an opinion ("I do not think that...") and asserts that he is unperturbed by the opposition of others ("I don't care who knows it.") The slavish acolyte, however, asserts his opinion as unassailable fact ("He was...") and is not at all unperturbed by the opposition; indeed, he is instead outraged by it and assigns it no reality. The objective opinion stands alone as opinion, but the brainwashed assertion stands against all other opinion and masquerades as fact. Unless the artistry of Michael Jackson is being elevated to a theological argument, the use of the phrase "whether you agree or not" with an evaluative term ("best") should be avoided in the service of rational discourse. But to know where I'm coming from, I laughed out loud when Queen Latifah said, "Michael was beautiful," because we had happened upon the Martin Bashir special the night before, and when the channel changed and the visage of Michael appeared on screen, my 7-year old literally screamed in terror. Not beautiful--scary and freakish.

Glenn Beck - The 912 Project : 3/29/09 - 4/1/09

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:56:26 +0000

Look what George Soros got caught doing a month after our economy collapsed. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/finance/113068... Coincidence?

Glenn Beck - The 912 Project : 3/25/09 - 3/28/09

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:40:18 +0000

I would like Congressmen and Senators to be housed in dormitories in DC, women separated from men, and stay there except when Congress is out of session, when they can go back home. They have to stay in the dorms at night, and they can't have visitors. Their families stay in their home districts, as though their legislators are overseas on military assignments. They are in Washington to work, not play. Any trips they go on should be posted on the Internet, and they should pay for them out of their salaries. They should also get the same food as the military gets when deployed. Maybe that would make them want to go home after two years. PS: I would like the President to stop having parties for Congressmen Senators, and I would like the President's wife to be banned from using DC schoolchildren as free labor to plant her garden (or anything else she might use them for under cover of "inviting them in" to "share" her life in the White House.)

Glenn Beck - The 912 Project : 3/25/09 - 3/28/09

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:32:43 +0000

"Also noone can run for office that are finanically secure, wealthy, or in the "social" privlidged! Put real people that have common since of how the world really works." I disagree with this. This is class warfare. Every American has the right to run for office. And every American has the right to vote or not vote for that person. There are a lot of very fine people who have wealth, many of whom are very knowledgeable of how the world works, having come up through it. Also, this rule would rule out virtually all talk show hosts you have ever heard of. Financial security should be a goal we all have--not a disqualifier for public office. If someone is a good steward of their own money, they might have a good idea of how to handle tax money, as well.

Glenn Beck - The 912 Project : 3/25/09 - 3/28/09

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:35:45 +0000

"Did anyone notice that the GIVE act was passed?" Actually, govtrack says it has only passed the House. It is pending in the Senate. The bill is clever, in that it stripped churches of the right to avail themselves of such volunteers by changing the old language in the Clinton authorization from "churches and religious organizations" to just "religious organizations," which some people might think mean the same thing, but are vastly different to the IRS. Also, has anyone noticed that the Obama meaning of "volunteer" seems to include the options "mandatory" and "paid?" I always thought those things made something NOT voluntary. I don't see why we need to spend MONEY on VOLUNTEERS.

Glenn Beck - The 912 Project : 3/25/09 - 3/28/09

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:24:32 +0000

My list of stuff I want from the government: 1. obey the constitution, as written. 2. if you are going to keep printing money, stop taking it from us. End all federal taxation. 3. If you don't do #2, stop printing money and spend only WHAT WE REALLY HAVE. 4. Return the economy, the educational system, and all health care entirely to the private sector. 5. NO money for imaginary problems--like "cap and trade" for "global warming." 6. Abolish the Federal department of education 7. Abolish the Federal department of energy 8. Restrict the Cabinet to Departments that deal with Constitutional requirements. 9. Abolish the use of unelected, unconfirmed "commissions" and "committees" and "working groups" and any other form of quasi-governmental bodies that are unaccountable to the people. 10. Politely ask the United Nations to find a new base of operations, and open the land it's on to private investment. 11. Until we do #2, set the maximum tax rate at 10% (why should I give my government more than I give my God?)