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Governor Perry’s RLC speech
Roger Kimball has an interesting take on the Governor’s speech in New Orleans yesterday. He was struck by the passage where the Governor said that it is time for Republicans to stop trying to curry favor with people who will … Continue reading
by the way
when thinking about the national jobs picture, it is useful to remember that the Texas model of low tax (low government services) low regulation works. Here is a nice graphic demonstration of the fact that Texas has produced more private … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative, democrat, freedom, jonah goldberg, liberal, low-services, low-tax, politics, regulation, republican, taxes, texas on the brink, thomas friedman
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differences in tone here at the end
here at lunch the day before the midterm election, take a moment and watch these two “closing argument” advertisements. notice the differences in tone between them. just sayin’. one looks and feels like a winner and one looks and feels … Continue reading
politics and the Christian
thoughts from Wayne Grudem Wayne Grudem on Politics and the Christian from Adrian Warnock on Vimeo. HT to Vitamin Z.
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Tagged Christian life, christians, politics, Wayne Grudem
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Early Voting
Julie and I early voted this afternoon for my boss, Governor Rick Perry. Below is the text of an email that I received from someone else who works for the Governor, explaining why it is important to vote for him … Continue reading
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Tagged Early Voting, Eva Guzman, Governor Perry, politics, Republican primary, Texas primary
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james cameron's intent
let’s ask the man what he intended with Avatar. my emphasis added below. the director with his star Zoe Saldana said that “Avatar” — with its depiction of mineral exploitation on a distant planet and a cadre of trigger-happy mercenaries … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, culture, environmentalism, james cameron, pacifism, politics, politics and culture
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perfect book at the perfect time
on a secular economic and political note, Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism is celebrating its two year anniversary today. What a perfect book for today’s political climate. A fairly easy to read but still quite serious and unvarnished look at … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, jonah goldberg, liberal fascism, politics, progressives
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more like this please
Chris Isaak knows his limitations. this is one of the best answers I have heard in a while. Maybe you could draw on your student council experience to help sort out the enormous budget crisis in California. Any remedy for … Continue reading
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Tagged big hollywood, chris isaak, christian toto, economics, humility, music, politics, wicked game
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new polling on abortion
these are some very interesting numbers. A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves “pro-life” on the issue of abortion and 42% “pro-choice.” This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, culture, Gallup, politics, polling, pro-choice, pro-life
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"shut up!" they argued
“shut up” is never a good argument. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHgUE9AD4s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
Roe v. Wade @36 part 2
further to Ed Whelan’s point below regarding the effect of Roe v. Wade in bypassing democratic processes, here is Father Neuhaus’ article regarding this awful anniversary. These are the issues addressed in a remarkable new book out this month from … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, democracy, first things, party of death, politics, ramesh ponnuru, richard john neuhaus, roe v. wade, supreme court
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for political junkies
for political junkies, this website is just too much fun. A great way to waste time on a holiday.
a useful reminder
here is a useful reminder from Stephen Nichols. He is returning to the same theme that I pointed out here. Stephen says in part: Now back to the Red and Blue divide. What will it take? It will take a … Continue reading
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Tagged engaging political issues, kingdom of heaven, politics, stephen nichols
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you don't replace something with nothing
As I have said before several times and as I will keep saying as long as I am allowed, you don’t replace something with nothing. A post-christian, post-modern culture is not one of rational empirical scientific harmony. It is one … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign 2008, election 2008, maggie mertens, obama as jesus, obamamessiah, politics, religion, smith college, superstition
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of Palin and Pipelines
The editors of the Washington Post have noticed that Sarah Palin proved palpable political prowess with her work on the natural gas pipeline project. (the Wall Street Journal had already noticed this project.) their conclusion: But it is also a … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign, competition, election 2008, natural gas pipeline, politics, sarah palin
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Sarah Palin
Tim Challies has a political post up. He is right that this has been the most entertaining political campaign ever. The primaries were awesome and the general election is positioned at this point to go to the wire. Challies focus … Continue reading
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Tagged attack, election 2008, left, loony left, politics, role of women, sarah palin
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To what have we come?
Joseph Bottum has a sobering post up at the First Things blog. It contains some quite shockingly frank admissions from radical leftist commenters at Daily Kos. Here is one of them, but go read the other one which is even … Continue reading
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Tagged character assassination, destruction, lies, politics, reputation
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the election
Stephen Nichols has some excellent advice for Christ followers in the United States during this election year. The whole short post is worth your time. His first point is to dial down the rhetoric a notch, here are his last … Continue reading
transitions
transitioning a conversation to the gospel requires the intention to do so and the opportunity. Joe Thorn has a list of eight topics from which the gospel is an easy leap. There are more in the comments. Here are the … Continue reading
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Tagged church, community, conversation, evangelism, missions, politics, sin
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politics
John Podhoretz takes Barack Obama’s conception of politics to task and points out how the President’s misunderstanding in this area is what is going to get the Democrats thrashed this November. here is a bit to tease you over there, … Continue reading →