O, great Government, we bow down to Thee

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Greenwald Snarks at MSNBC: I Defend Snowden Like You Defend Obama ’24 Hours a Day’

Mediaite  ... "Things got heated when MSNBC anchor Kristen Welker cited critics who’ve accused Greenwald of “crossing a line” in his defense of Snowden. “What do you say to your critics who say you’ve become more of a spokesman for Edward Snowden?” she asked.
 '“I think that’s ludicrous is what I say to that,” Greenwald shot back. “Every journalist has an agenda. We’re on MSNBC now, where close to 24 hours a day the agenda of President Obama and the Democratic Party are promoted, defended, glorified, the agenda of the Republican Party is undermined. That doesn’t mean the people who appear on MSNBC aren’t journalists, they are.' ”
 

Hospital Bans Christmas Carolers From Singing Religious Songs

CBS Atlanta
"When the students arrived to sing at the hospital Friday, they were given a list of only 12 Christmas songs that the hospital’s Pastoral Service had “deemed appropriate for celebration within the hearing range of all Veterans,” the Athens-Banner Herald reported."
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“From our point of view, the purpose of Christmas and its carols is to celebrate and honor the birth of Jesus, and if that goal is taken from us, it is an issue we do not want to be a part of,” he said. “We do not think it is a good idea to systemically weed out religious Christmas songs from being sung in certain places.”

Which of these is hate speech? (Language advisory)

The Comical Conservative

A&E; the submissive forces behind political correctness

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A+E’s Duck Dynasty Dilemma   "It had never happened before. When big, powerful TV executives ask a star to apologize for what they deem inappropriate comments or behavior, the star simply complies. A team of publicists is assembled, the star does the obligatory apology tour for the press and promises never to do or say what he did or said again. Ever.

"But the TV gods never met a man like Phil Robertson. Or his family." ... 

Censorship by Stigma  ... “The challenge,” it turns out, was not intellectual at all. In fact, I have a hard time remembering more than a few civil, interesting classroom exchanges. Instead, I remember the boos, the jeers, and the hastily scrawled hate messages left in my mailbox (“Why don’t you die, you f***ing fascist”). I remember the efforts made to get other conservatives fired from their future jobs through obscene and angry messages left on judges’ voice mails." ... David French 

Time to Stock Up on Incandescent Bulbs Before They Go Out Permanently

Heritage

 

....  "Proponents of government-imposed efficiency standards and regulations will say, “So what? There are still plenty of lighting options on the shelves at Home Depot; we’re saving families money; and we’re reducing harmful climate change emissions.”
"The “so what” is that the federal government is taking decisions out of the hands of families and businesses, destroying jobs, and restricting consumer choice in the market. We all have a wide variety of preferences regarding light bulbs. It is not the role of the federal government to override those preferences with what it believes is in our best interest.
"Families understand how energy costs impact their lives and make decisions accordingly. Energy efficiency has improved dramatically over the past six decades—long before any national energy efficiency mandates." ...

 

At least we were all a lucky choice.

Via Fred Higgins at  Things that make you go ... Hmmm

Thanks, Duck Dynasty, for the Christmas Gift (Updated)

Lloyd Marcus  "Duck Dynasty gave me an unexpected wonderful gift for Christmas: a renewed hope in America.  Polling on various social issues confirm that liberals have made significant inroads towards secularizing America into a culture in which anything goes.
"The norm on TV is disrespectful kids scolding their parents, cussing, youths sleeping around, the promotion of homosexuality, and poking fun at Christians.  Traditional principles and values are on the chopping block."
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"So thank you, Duck Dynasty.  Thank you for letting me know that the battle for the culture of America is not over.  Perhaps, Phil Robertson's leadership will inspire more Americans to push-back against the tyranny of political correctness."
Lloyd Marcus is the songwriter and vocalist of the "American Tea Party Anthem." He currently serves as president of NAACPC (National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of Color). His website is here: http://www.lloydmarcus.com/

UPDATE: The highest-risk sexual behavior   The CDC confirms what Mr. Robertson said.

Damn those rednecks at Obama’s Centers for Disease control! Who do they think they are for basically saying the same thing Phil Robertson said to GQ?
Read more at http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=218544#uYr3CchT560ueOBS.99

Damn those rednecks at Obama’s Centers for Disease control! Who do they think they are for basically saying the same thing Phil Robertson said to GQ?
Read more at http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=218544#uYr3CchT560ueOBS.99

Damn those rednecks at Obama’s Centers for Disease control! Who do they think they are for basically saying the same thing Phil Robertson said to GQ?
Read more at http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=218544#uYr3CchT560ueOBS.99

 

Merry Christmas

 

 

 

The Star of Bethlehem from a Christian View

Dr. Ray Bohlin   ... "The Gospel of Matthew states that the star informed the magi of the birth of the King of the Jews and actually led them to Bethlehem once they had arrived in Jerusalem. The star of Bethlehem has been the subject of scholarly discussion ever since the first centuries after Jesus' birth. Some believed it was a supernova explosion, others a comet or a conjunction of planets associated with specific constellations that would herald the birth of a king in Israel. Some have suggested that none of these astronomical events can adequately account for all that Matthew tells us within the context of his worldview. In this discussion, I will be investigating the more common explanations to see if we can come to some understanding as to just what the magi saw 2,000 years ago." ...

Raymond G. Bohlin is Vice President of Vision Outreach at Probe Ministries. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois (B.S., zoology), North Texas State University (M.S., population genetics), and the University of Texas at Dallas...

Celebrating Christmas  ... "Dr. Keiper walked with him over to his office and, calling him by name, said, "Have you ever read the text carefully?" The professor replied that he thought he had. Keiper then took his Bible from his briefcase and turned to Luke 2:14, to the verse that is our text, and then read with his professor, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" (KJV). He asked him to examine the last clause of the verse carefully: "good will toward men." He explained the full force of the original language which literally means "Glory to God in the highest and peace among men of peace." He then assured the professor that the reason why the Christmas message was an apparent farce to him was not God's fault. The trouble lies with men. Keiper concluded, "When men are truly men of good will — seeking to do God's will — this text becomes a mighty force. When men seek to have their own way, it becomes a mighty farce. Because man is at odds with God, there cannot be peace on earth. What we sow we shall reap.' "
 

Merry Christmas from Rich Terrell, the mad Photoshopster

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Have a merry Islamic Christmas

Merry Christmas from our Muslim friends in Canada  "Right at holiday time, a Muslim "charity" in Toronto has started a highly offensive advertising campaign in the Toronto subway declaring Jesus is no God. Just for a micro-second, imagine what hell would break loose if a Christian group on the eve of Ramadan (or heck, any day of the year), sponsored subway ads declaring Mohammed was no prophet." ... 

 

This Islamic teaching aligns with that of  the Watchtower Society - known as the Jehovah's Witnesses - whose literature is used by Muslims to refute Bible-based claims about the nature of Christ.

A Muslim friend I knew at work was a fervent man from Pakistan, very committed to converting those of us around him to Islam. A shelf above his desk was full of literature he used to equip himself to refute all aspects of Christianity. On that shelf I saw several books published by the Jehovah's Witness organization, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.

An organization that refers to itself as the only true Christians produces literature used by a Muslim to refute the claims of the Christian faith.