March 27, 2007
Michael Savage
I listen to Michael Savage. Incidentally, I'm listening to him now... Some of you know this, others may not. I find him a small dose of sanity. Here's a little about him. If you would like to try him, he's on from 9:00PM to 12:00AM every weeknight.
Reasons to listen to Savage:
The man consistently uses facts to base his arguments on. This is the number one reason I listen to him. When he talks about world politics and global issues he quotes the Bible, and references specific relevant historical events.
His show helped start Protest Warrior with this phone call. Reason enough...
He is a definitive voice on everything. When he talks the stuff that he says is true! One has an extremely difficult time attempting to find others that talks about things in the way that Savage does.
Reasons not to listen to Savage:
He speaks the Truth. This would seem like an oxymoron. However, this is a reason not to listen to Savage. He speaks the Truth. About America, about the President, about the War, etc. And it's painful. I'm the first one to admit that.
He yells, screams, rants, raves, and calls obscene names. He tears people apart. He crosses the line of not attacking people personally, because he does.
He does not allow his callers to talk. There are some hosts that a very good at allowing their guests to finish sentences, talk, and disagree. However, when you disagree with Savage, he calls you a liberal and hangs up on you. It's his show, he can do that.
Do you listen to Savage? Like him? Love him? Hate him? Drop it in the comments.
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March 26, 2007
Steak Out Our Future
Glenn Beck has a revealing feature up on his website about hypocritical celebrities that campaign about the environment but live up to their own ideas.
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January 25, 2007
George W. Bush's kids
This is an interesting site. They are mighty cute.
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January 23, 2007
State Of The Union
It's right here
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January 22, 2007
I'm In
View image Isn't this gorgeous? OMG!
*puts gun in mouth*
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November 17, 2006
Link: Desperate Congresswomen of Hysteria Lane
Ann Coulter: Desperate Congresswomen of Hysteria Lane
Ann Coulter has a great piece this week on Nancy Pelosi. It's worth your reading and considering. And, while you're in a political mood, Briefly Put has a piece on the elections recently posted.
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November 16, 2006
Iran... Is anyone serious?
This article from Drudge is scary. At least it is to me. Maybe it's becuase I take half-crazed despot nations seriously. Am I a paranoid freedom-freak? Or is the rest of the world careless... or what? Iran is a threat. That's easy enough. Why don't we do something? A much harder question. The old argument; "do we have the right to police the world?" comes up. The answer? In my book, I don't know. At first glance, no. But, when does a nuclear program of an outlaw nation become a significant threat to my safety that I do something about it? This is why geo-politics are frustrating to me. Also, when do we do something? At the first site of despotism? Or afterwards; perhaps when it's to late...? Once multiple cities are vaporized, whether by dirty, carry-in bombs, or by missles from other nations, it's to late. Some thoughts on the world.... What are yours?
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November 08, 2006
Election Returns 2
Democrats have control of the House, and they are on the verge of controlling the Senate. Right now, it hinges on Virginia and Montana races to be final.
In Missouri:
As of 10:12AM:
Claire McCaskill beat Jim Talent with a 49.5% margin.
Amendment 2 passed with a 50.7% margin.
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November 07, 2006
Election Returns
As of 11:44PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 49.8% margin.
Amendment 2 is failing with a 51.1% margin.
As of 11:06PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 51.0% margin.
Amendment 2 is failing with a 52.2% margin.
As of 10:24PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 51.1% margin.
Amendment 2 is failing with a 52.6% margin.
As of 9:28PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 53.4% margin.
Amendment 2 is not passing with a 54.0% margin.
Prop B (Raising Min. Wage) is passing with a 72.0% margin.
Amendment 3 (Tobacco Tax) is not passing with a 54.9% margin.
As of 9:08PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 53.2% margin.
Amendment 2 is not passing with a 53.6% margin.
As of 8:44PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 52.7% margin.
Amendment 2 is not passing with a 52.7% margin.
As of 8:21PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 51.5% margin.
Amendment 2 is not passing with a 52.4% margin.
As of 8:09PM:
Jim Talent is leading with a 52.1% margin.
Amendment 2 is not passing with a 51.5% margin.
As of 7:48PM:
Jim Talent and Claire McCaskill are tied at 48.8%.
Amendment 2 is tied yes/no at 50.0%.
As of 7:33PM:
Jim Talent is leading by a 49.3% margin.
Amendment 2 is passing by a 54.0% margin.
As of 7:15PM
Amendment 2 not passing by a 52.7% margin.
Jim Talent is leading by a 50.5% margin.
Available here.
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Mid-Terms
Today is the mid-term elections. So, although you perhaps already have; VOTE! On another note, this is my first election. I'm tickled to be able to finally take part in the most basic fundamental right of free society. On another note, Josh's new album "Awake" came out today. I purchased it at Wal Mart. I'll be listening to it and posting the best songs to the Addison Todd Player over the next few weeks. So, today is a great day for me. ;)
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August 21, 2006
Link: Is Tomorrow Doomsday
The Blotter: Is Tomorrow Doomsday?
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August 20, 2006
August 22nd: Does Iran Have Something In Store?
August 22: Does Iran have something in store?
BY BERNARD LEWIS
Tuesday, August 8, 2006 4:30 p.m. EDT
During the Cold War, both sides possessed weapons of mass destruction, but neither side used them, deterred by what was known as MAD, mutual assured destruction. Similar constraints have no doubt prevented their use in the confrontation between India and Pakistan. In our own day a new such confrontation seems to be looming between a nuclear-armed Iran and its favorite enemies, named by the late Ayatollah Khomeini as the Great Satan and the Little Satan, i.e., the United States and Israel. Against the U.S. the bombs might be delivered by terrorists, a method having the advantage of bearing no return address. Against Israel, the target is small enough to attempt obliteration by direct bombardment.
It seems increasingly likely that the Iranians either have or very soon will have nuclear weapons at their disposal, thanks to their own researches (which began some 15 years ago), to some of their obliging neighbors, and to the ever-helpful rulers of North Korea. The language used by Iranian President Ahmadinejad would seem to indicate the reality and indeed the imminence of this threat.
Would the same constraints, the same fear of mutual assured destruction, restrain a nuclear-armed Iran from using such weapons against the U.S. or against Israel?
There is a radical difference between the Islamic Republic of Iran and other governments with nuclear weapons. This difference is expressed in what can only be described as the apocalyptic worldview of Iran's present rulers. This worldview and expectation, vividly expressed in speeches, articles and even schoolbooks, clearly shape the perception and therefore the policies of Ahmadinejad and his disciples.
Even in the past it was clear that terrorists claiming to act in the name of Islam had no compunction in slaughtering large numbers of fellow Muslims. A notable example was the blowing up of the American embassies in East Africa in 1998, killing a few American diplomats and a much larger number of uninvolved local passersby, many of them Muslims. There were numerous other Muslim victims in the various terrorist attacks of the last 15 years.
The phrase "Allah will know his own" is usually used to explain such apparently callous unconcern; it means that while infidel, i.e., non-Muslim, victims will go to a well-deserved punishment in hell, Muslims will be sent straight to heaven. According to this view, the bombers are in fact doing their Muslim victims a favor by giving them a quick pass to heaven and its delights--the rewards without the struggles of martyrdom. School textbooks tell young Iranians to be ready for a final global struggle against an evil enemy, named as the U.S., and to prepare themselves for the privileges of martyrdom.
A direct attack on the U.S., though possible, is less likely in the immediate future. Israel is a nearer and easier target, and Mr. Ahmadinejad has given indication of thinking along these lines. The Western observer would immediately think of two possible deterrents. The first is that an attack that wipes out Israel would almost certainly wipe out the Palestinians too. The second is that such an attack would evoke a devastating reprisal from Israel against Iran, since one may surely assume that the Israelis have made the necessary arrangements for a counterstrike even after a nuclear holocaust in Israel.
The first of these possible deterrents might well be of concern to the Palestinians--but not apparently to their fanatical champions in the Iranian government. The second deterrent--the threat of direct retaliation on Iran--is, as noted, already weakened by the suicide or martyrdom complex that plagues parts of the Islamic world today, without parallel in other religions, or for that matter in the Islamic past. This complex has become even more important at the present day, because of this new apocalyptic vision.
In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time--Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined. Mr. Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as "by the end of August," but Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise.
What is the significance of Aug. 22? This year, Aug. 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to "the farthest mosque," usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind.
A passage from the Ayatollah Khomeini, quoted in an 11th-grade Iranian schoolbook, is revealing. "I am decisively announcing to the whole world that if the world-devourers [i.e., the infidel powers] wish to stand against our religion, we will stand against their whole world and will not cease until the annihilation of all them. Either we all become free, or we will go to the greater freedom which is martyrdom. Either we shake one another's hands in joy at the victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours."
In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning. At the end of time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter will be the final destination of the dead--hell for the infidels, and heaven for the believers. For people with this mindset, MAD is not a constraint; it is an inducement.
How then can one confront such an enemy, with such a view of life and death? Some immediate precautions are obviously possible and necessary. In the long term, it would seem that the best, perhaps the only hope is to appeal to those Muslims, Iranians, Arabs and others who do not share these apocalyptic perceptions and aspirations, and feel as much threatened, indeed even more threatened, than we are. There must be many such, probably even a majority in the lands of Islam. Now is the time for them to save their countries, their societies and their religion from the madness of MAD.
Mr. Lewis, professor emeritus at Princeton, is the author, most recently, of "From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East" (Oxford University Press, 2004).
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August 15, 2006
The Sad Moral Degradation of America
Recently a co-worker of mine got married after living with her boyfriend for awhile. After she got married and came back into work, one of the other manager's asked how married life is. She replied; "the same".
That's really quite sad. She'd been living with him for so long, that married life was really no different than un-married life for her. That sure won't be the case for me. We've come so far that almost every couple I know lives together before they get married. That's a stark reminder of where our nation is headed.
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May 16, 2006
Castro says he's not wealthy, Forbes story untrue
Castro says he's not wealthy, Forbes story untrue
Like a Communist would lie!
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