Conservatives attack Sotomayor
Perhaps conservatives have gone too far already in their criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Here is what Newt Gingrich said about her:
I think that the only reason she was nominated to the Court is because
she is Hispanic. I don't believe she would have been appointed had she been white. And
the reason is, I think it was a cynical ploy by President Obama.
The Washington Times criticized the selection as serving a "narrow partisan interest" and rejected the use of "life experience" as a defense for her selection:
As the nation waits to learn more about Sonia Sotomayor, the questions
will concern not so much her talent but her character. Even her rise
from poverty and racial isolation will be less interesting than how
that experience has affected her regard for other Americans and whether
she understands how their lives and rights are affected by law and
official action.
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The vapid shallowness of Liberalwood
Two stories that broke today set the Twitterworld afire. Each of them taken individually was sufficient enough to dampen the brightness of even Hollywood's plastic sun. However with the confluence of the events in one day, it was enough to cause succinct twits about the dreadfulness of this day. A day which forever shall live in infamy.
Not only did the California Supreme Court uphold the voter approved Proposition 8, establishing marriage as being between one man and one woman, but news leaked that filmmakers were contemplating relaunching the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise with a movie that would not involve the actors who made the TV show a cult hit or creator Joss Whedon. Oh the humanity, how could they possibly survive these two assaults in the same day?
Obama and his administration setting new benchmarks for spending AND lying
I hate to be negative, but today's PajamasMedia article Where Are the Cries of ‘Obama Lied, Jobs Died’? made me realize how much leftist spin there is in the media, and how little they hold him accountable. Here's some goodness from the article:
Do the ends justify the means?
Last night 24 ended season 7 begging the question – do the ends justify the means? Jack Bauer's edged closer to death not regretting any specific action he had taken to save lives, yet somehow still regretting the path he had chosen. Tony Almeida justified virtually any action in order to enact personal revenge for a tragic loss. While Renee Walker saw the toil engaging in (and being the victim of) torture and dehumanizing tactics had taken on Jack, but still chose to continue her own descent down the same road.
The questions the characters wrestled with are the same ones that our culture and us as individuals face on numerous instances. As a general rule do the ends justify the means? Is there any end that justifies any means?
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Evidence continues to support global non-warming
Just a short note to show that (a) the ice caps are not melting, (b) the media is lying and recycling and continuing to misrepresent global 'warming' photos, and (c) ocean temps other temp data show no change. NO change.
Basically, liberals need a cause that they can leverage to take our money for centralized government, and the environment is their trump card. And they need causes to which they can devote themselves, so their eco-religion makes them totally sold on the Global Warming Panic. I have a feeling that they should, but won't hide their faces in shame when they find out they've been duped like sheep. Thanks for nothing, Al.
Liberalism’s warped morality: condemn waterboarding, condone femicide?
One accusation that both conservatives and liberals make against one another is that their opponents' hierarchy of values is out of order, if not outright contradictory.
For instance – Conservatives, how can you say you are concerned for the poor if you want to cut social programs? Why do you get so bent out of shape about homosexuality when seemingly more pressing social issues are at hand?
Conservatives, of course, have responses to these challenges, but I am not sure that they convince their liberal detractors.
But in the case of abortion, it seems hard for us conservatives to understand how liberals fail to recognize the humanity of at least the late term fetus. In light of this, their outrage at using waterboarding, a non-lethal (though not kind) interrogation technique seems laughable.
Even worse, the liberal reluctance to define the humanity of the fetus is now leading us down the slippery slope towards infanticide.
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Quote of the Day #025: Unity at all costs?
It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.
Obama does us a favor and refuses to participate in National Day of Prayer
Yesterday, President Obama announced that he would not participate in the National Day of Prayer. And while some conservatives see this as just another slap in the face to our Christian values and heritage, others are rightly seeing this as a good decision. I mean, how can a man who supports homosexuality and abortion be someone who shares the values of our God and savior?
You may argue that the NDOP is supposed to be ecumenical, so it should not be limited to the Christian God, and in some sense, you might be right. But just considering plain justice and righteousness, if we come to God unrepentant about such obvious sins, not to mention the others that we excuse, can we consider ourselves spiritual?
Truth be told, the NDOP is run and dominated by Evangelicals, and has been for some time, even though it is an officially declared national observance. But that was done back when we actually commonly believed in the Biblical God as a populace. Not so now.
Anyway, these are 'secondary' doctrines over which Christians can disagree, but they are not unimportant. Self-proclaimed Christians who think this way may in truth be born-again believers, but they are not thinking biblically. This is the same as saying one can be a Christian but support slavery. Sure, you *can* support such evils and be a Christian, but is your support really Godly, or sinful and a shame to yourself and God?
Reproduced below is the newsletter I received today from American Vision, entitled Why Obama Should NOT Participate in Day of Prayer. And I say AMEN.
Former Atheists: A. N. Wilson
Andrew Norman Wilson (b1950), is an English teacher and award winning writer. His biography of Tolstoy won the Whitbread Award (now the Costa Book Awards) for best biography in 1988.
Wilson entered Oxford on the path of ordination in the Anglican Church, but quit after the first year, and in the 1980′s came out as an atheist. In 1991 he published a pamphlet entitled Against Religion, and wrote other historical and fiction books critical of religion, including God’s Funeral: The Decline of Faith in Western Civilization (2000), his 2004 Jesus: A Life, which is critical of the historicity of the gospels, and his fictional piece My Name is Legion, a satire attacking both the British Press and the Anglican Church. But it seems that all those opinions may now be his FORMER positions on such matters.
