This past week has brought a number of things in the public sector for which Anglicat is both thankful and hopeful. In addition to the many blessings in her personal and family life, Anglicat gives thanks:
*for Joe Lieberman: Hold to that "No!" Joe.
*for Sarah Palin's coming out: Great to learn what she would have said had the McCain campaign let her speak her mind. Note to McCain: a good offense is the best defense, and your muzzling Sarah cost you the election.
*for Obama's FINALLY making a decision on the need for troops in Afghanistan. It's three months late, and it won't be all that the military needs, but let's hope that December 1 will bring a step in the right direction.
*for Saturday Night Live: satirizing Obama's screw-ups is a big step towards switching the light of truth on a guy who has avoided media scrutiny for far too long.
*for The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island: time to hold Roman Catholic politicians accountable, and the Kennedy clan is a great place to start. Will you step up to the plate on issues of human sexuality as well?
*for Bob Ainsworth, Britain's Defense Secretary for criticizing Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan. Since you're neither Chavez, Castro, Putin, nor Ahmendenejab, Obama's won't listen to you, but it's important to make the effort for the record's sake.
*for Israel: the free world's ace in the hole for security as long as Obama is in office.
*that the irresponsible "science" used to substantiate anthropogenic climate change is, at last, coming to be recognized as the garbage it is.
* that Jethro Leroy Gibbs finally joined his NCIS team for Thanksgiving dinner at Ducky's.
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Best wishes to everyone for a happy day of giving thanks!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Why to Scratch Barbie off your Shopping List
Mattel has demonstrated that it will do anything for a buck. The "Burka Barbie" attempts to socialize little girls into believing that wearing a full-body burka is a good thing. Selling Burka Barbies is the moral equivalent of selling Plantation Ken and Barbie dolls, each dressed in slave garb and ready to step lively to serve their massa.
If there weren't already a dozen reasons not to buy Barbies in the 21st Century, this should tip the scales. Listen to an Arab woman explain the harmfulness of Burka Barbies.
If there weren't already a dozen reasons not to buy Barbies in the 21st Century, this should tip the scales. Listen to an Arab woman explain the harmfulness of Burka Barbies.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Just a Few Seconds....
NOTE: Latest polling shows that public support for Obama's health care reform now making its way through the Senate is down to 38%. See Rasmussen.
While discerning readers are over on the Fox News website seeking fair and balanced news coverage, CNN is polling its readers on whether they want the current health care reform bill to pass. It's a short, one-questions poll, found on the right-hand side of CNN's website, about half-way down. Please take literally just a few seconds to vote, and ask your friends to do so as well. We don't want CNN to have an inaccurate picture of what America thinks, do we? CNN poll . Thank you ! [NOTE: The CNN poll has already been removed from CNN's home page. Appears they just can't stand showing results they don't like]
While discerning readers are over on the Fox News website seeking fair and balanced news coverage, CNN is polling its readers on whether they want the current health care reform bill to pass. It's a short, one-questions poll, found on the right-hand side of CNN's website, about half-way down. Please take literally just a few seconds to vote, and ask your friends to do so as well. We don't want CNN to have an inaccurate picture of what America thinks, do we? CNN poll . Thank you ! [NOTE: The CNN poll has already been removed from CNN's home page. Appears they just can't stand showing results they don't like]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
They're Still Checking for Constituent Pulse
If you're like most rational Americans, you're really tired and appalled by the relentless push on health care reform. The astronomical debt it will create, the rationing of care, especially to seniors, the intrusion of the government's bureaucratic inefficiency in what should be private decisions, and now even the threat of prison for not buying into the plan--it's just too horrible to comprehend, and we're becoming numb to the horror.
Resist that numbness. Senators each have staffers taking a running poll on constituent caller's opinions on health care reform. Succumbing to HRIS (Healthcare Reform Induced Stupor) will result in those Organizing for America callers to outnumber the opinions of the average working Joe and Jill.
Take a moment to call your Senator's office. Truly it takes only a moment, because those staffers are extremely eager to get you off their phone lines. Tell them you're their constituent and that you want your Senator to vote NO on the motion to proceed on the health care reform vote.
For Minnesotans, the numbers to call are:
Sen. Franken 202-224-5641
Sen. Klobuchar 202-224-3244.
Out of state readers can call the switchboard and ask for their own Senators by
name: 202-224-3121.
Please demonstrate that your dissatisfaction hasn't gone away.
For an excellent analysis on why the bill facing the Senate (as best as we can determine, since it hasn't been released!) please mosey over to the WSJ article .
Call about health care reform every few days, as the issues change slightly and those daily pulse readings are important. Do it for health's sake: your own and the nation's.
Resist that numbness. Senators each have staffers taking a running poll on constituent caller's opinions on health care reform. Succumbing to HRIS (Healthcare Reform Induced Stupor) will result in those Organizing for America callers to outnumber the opinions of the average working Joe and Jill.
Take a moment to call your Senator's office. Truly it takes only a moment, because those staffers are extremely eager to get you off their phone lines. Tell them you're their constituent and that you want your Senator to vote NO on the motion to proceed on the health care reform vote.
For Minnesotans, the numbers to call are:
Sen. Franken 202-224-5641
Sen. Klobuchar 202-224-3244.
Out of state readers can call the switchboard and ask for their own Senators by
name: 202-224-3121.
Please demonstrate that your dissatisfaction hasn't gone away.
For an excellent analysis on why the bill facing the Senate (as best as we can determine, since it hasn't been released!) please mosey over to the WSJ article .
Call about health care reform every few days, as the issues change slightly and those daily pulse readings are important. Do it for health's sake: your own and the nation's.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Psalm 109:8--A Prayer for our President
Circulating all over the internet, this message gleaned from a bumper sticker is simply too funny not to repeat:
Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8
***Psalm 109:8 reads: "Let his days be few; may another take his office."
Lest anyone be accused of wishing the president ill: nay--we ardently wish our President many days of post-presidential retirement. May he have countless hours to play innumerable games of basketball, in between perfecting his bow. Perhaps then we can obtain the definitive answer as to how low he is able to go.
Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8
***Psalm 109:8 reads: "Let his days be few; may another take his office."
Lest anyone be accused of wishing the president ill: nay--we ardently wish our President many days of post-presidential retirement. May he have countless hours to play innumerable games of basketball, in between perfecting his bow. Perhaps then we can obtain the definitive answer as to how low he is able to go.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Not at the Name of Jesus...
...but to the Saudi King and the Japanese Emperor: bow of surrender .
Was it for this that our brave vetarans of the battles at Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, and countless others sacrificed their lives? No other foreign head of state bows; certainly no American President should ever bow to a foreign leader. How odd that the guy with the bowing reflex did NOT bow to the Queen of England....
Update: for a summary of previous American President's bowing protocal, please see: Only Obama .
Was it for this that our brave vetarans of the battles at Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, and countless others sacrificed their lives? No other foreign head of state bows; certainly no American President should ever bow to a foreign leader. How odd that the guy with the bowing reflex did NOT bow to the Queen of England....
Update: for a summary of previous American President's bowing protocal, please see: Only Obama .
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Oba-Mao: the Chinese Call it as They See It
It's not just Americans who increasingly recognize Obama's--ahem--radical ideology. See how a comparison between Chairman Mao and President Obama is finding its way into the Chinese marketplace: Chairman Obamao. How long before a little book of Obama quotations begins circulating in America's schools?
GAFCON Primates' Gracious Response to Rome
Let it never be said that the GAFCON Primates are lacking in graciousness. They were extremely gracious in responding to Pope Benedict's efforts to entice disgruntled Anglicans into joining his flock through offering an "Apostolic Constitution" for Anglican priests with congregations to hop the Tiber together.
It is wise always to publicly assign the best motives to a colleague, especially when those motives can never be fully discerned. The Primates went on to temper their appreciation for the Pope's gesture with a recognition of the sad state of affairs within Anglicansim that prompted the Pope's gesture:
The Primates concluded with an affirmation of what Anglicanism has to offer the world, providing the very reasons that we probably won't see many Anglicans accepting the Pope's offer anytime in the immediate future:
Way to go, Primates! Faithful Christians may be destined for unity--but not yet. An equally gracious effort on Benedict's part may have been to commend GAFCON to the world's faithful Anglicans as he did when (still known as Cardinal Ratzinger) he commended the preliminary work accomplished in Plano in November of 2003.
We believe that this offer is a gracious one and reflects the same commitment to the historic apostolic faith, moral teaching and global mission that we proclaimed in the Jerusalem Declaration on the Global Anglican Future and for this we are profoundly grateful.
It is wise always to publicly assign the best motives to a colleague, especially when those motives can never be fully discerned. The Primates went on to temper their appreciation for the Pope's gesture with a recognition of the sad state of affairs within Anglicansim that prompted the Pope's gesture:
We are, however, grieved that the current crisis within our beloved Anglican Communion has made necessary such an unprecedented offer. It represents a grave indictment of the Instruments of Communion whose very purpose is to strengthen and protect our unity in obedience to our Lord’s clear command. Their failure to fully address the abandonment of biblical faith and practice by The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada has now brought shame to the name of Christ and seriously impedes the cause of the Gospel.
The Primates concluded with an affirmation of what Anglicanism has to offer the world, providing the very reasons that we probably won't see many Anglicans accepting the Pope's offer anytime in the immediate future:
We are convinced that this is not the time to abandon the Anglican Communion. Our Anglican identity of reformed catholicity, that gives supreme authority to the Holy Scriptures and acknowledgement that our sole representative and advocate before God is the Lord Jesus Christ, stands as a beacon of hope for millions of people. We remain proud inheritors of the Anglican Reformation. This is a time for all Christians to persevere confident of our Lord’s promise that nothing, not even the gates of hell, will prevail against His Church.
Way to go, Primates! Faithful Christians may be destined for unity--but not yet. An equally gracious effort on Benedict's part may have been to commend GAFCON to the world's faithful Anglicans as he did when (still known as Cardinal Ratzinger) he commended the preliminary work accomplished in Plano in November of 2003.
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