Pole dancing and the Family Circus. Seriously.

From the “I’m really, really not making this up” category, I offer two pole dancing related items (What, only two?).
First, a Family Circus cartoon that poked fun at pole dancing.  Let’s just say that Bill Keane must have been having an off day.

Side note: Family Circus is a mini-running joke in our house.   We’re pretty [...]

Wow, an email from the White House!

Just got this today from Nancy-Anne DeParle at the White House (whoever she is) with the title of Help the Vice President debunk this myth. That was odd because the only corresponence I’ve had with the White House was to point out flaws of the ObamaCare program.  But I’m a loyal citizen and love to [...]

Roundup

Is the death penalty a deterrent?  Of course it is.
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Another provocative one from the Wintery Knight: His guidelines on courtship for Christian men and women.  I would tweak it just a bit myself, but overall I find it to be very solid, biblical and insightful. 
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I liked the Bumbling Genius’ take on the police officer who [...]

Obama botches Honduras situation

The Wintery Knight notes that Obama cuts off aid to pressure Honduras into communist dictatorship.
The Obama Administration is about to cut off aid to Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Earlier, the Obama Administration blocked travel to the United States by the people of Honduras.
Not only is Obama playing counterproductive games to [...]

The Telephone Game Part II

As I wrote back in 2007, many people are familiar with the telephone game often used with kids to show the challenges and importance of clear communication.  It usually works with a message being given to one person, who has one chance to pass it along to another person.  By the time it gets to [...]

Thoughts on health care

It isn’t like all the projections of ObamaCare are hypotheticals.  You can already see what government controlled health care looks like in pockets of the U.S. 
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And just who “created this mess?”  But our “bipartisan” President insists that it was those who oppose him, so of course he wants to shut them up.  But the facts [...]

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If you are going to have a productive discussion about predestination, it is important to have a clear understanding of what each party means by the term free will. Stan’s son does a nice job of summarizing it in the link.
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Remember, it was acceptable for Ted Kennedy to joke about Mary Jo Kopechne’s death but [...]

Euthyphro’s Dilemma

Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason has thorough response to Euthyphro’s Dilemma, which asks,
Is an act right because God says it’s so, or does God say it’s so because it’s right?
The question is used by skeptics, such as the late Bertrand Russell, to posit that Christianity must be false because either choice would disagree with [...]

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40 Years Ago Today in Steelers History: Rocky Bleier Fights Back — I grew up watching the 70’s Steelers on TV but had forgotten the details of his story.  It is an amazing tale, and not just for Bleier’s unbelievable passion to overcome serious war injuries but for the owner of the Steelers who cared enough [...]

Witnessing to the Witnesses

I was working from home today and took a break to talk with a sweet old lady from the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Please pray that a seed was planted and that she rethinks her beliefs.
My strategy was to stay focused on the JW’s mistranslation of John 1:1, where their Bible says the Word (Jesus) “was a [...]

Sounds more like a concession speech to me

Via Hot Air » Blog Archive » Dems’ new rallying cry: Let’s pass this trillion-dollar travesty for Teddy – Really?  That’s their plan?  One blogger referred to it as the Mary Jo Kopechne Health Care Program. 
Hot Air has it right: Why not have a conservative rallying cry of opposing it in the name of Ronald Reagan?
Seriously, [...]

How to spot a theological liberal

And yes, you do need to be able to spot them (though it isn’t that hard).  Their unspoken mission statement is Sending people to Hell, unoffended and full of self esteem, so you must avoid them yourself and warn others about them.
1. Just listen to them talk about the Bible.  They have supreme confidence in [...]

“The Other McCain” on unions

Be sure to read all of Palin causes unprecedented event:Labor unions condemn ‘lying’ by The Other McCain (great blog — accurate conservative content and good humor).  Some choice bits:
What is most interesting about anti-Palin fanatics is how uninteresting they are. Insanity is interesting; stupidity is not. And never have such dull people gone so hopelessly mad.
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Roundup

If Obama fails, it isn’t his fault– the excuse making has begun in earnest.
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Evangelical Christians now thanking Allah– Just more evidence that Emergent “Christians” like Brian McLaren are just flavor of the day false teachers.
On McLaren’s personal blog, he recently announced his intentions: ‘We, as Christians, humbly seek to join Muslims in this observance of [...]

The religion vs. science false dichotomy and other myths

Melinda at Stand to Reason has a good analysis of Robert Wright’s The Evolution of God, which “offers a negotiated settlement between science and religion.”  It fails.
The atheists and religious believers are not wrong for the same reasons.  The atheists who are philosophic materialists have a presuppositional bias that excludes any conclusion from the evidence [...]

Capitalism even helps the religion of global climate change

For the sake of discussion, assume that we are completely convinced that human-driven CO2 emissions must be reduced and that we, as a society, are willing to spend some of our limited funds for that.  Key word: Limited.  (If you can make the case that we have unlimited resources I’d like to hear it). 
If that [...]