Would Jesus pack heat?
An easy question you say, since Jesus told his followers to “turn the other cheek”, and this quote is often quoted by those opposing all war or violence of any sort…mainly by those living in safe suburbs and working in tenured academic jobs.
Yet this article states that some pastors in the Detroit […]

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In describing the Taliban’s destruction of the two colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001, The Wall Street Journal noted:
History has accustomed us to the persecutions that intolerance exercises on those persons whom it intends to subjugate and to the destructions inflicted on the monuments that represent their beliefs and convictions. … The case of […]

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They’re at it again. The Center for Responsible Lending, the corrupt “charity” that consistently and fraudulently attempts to ban payday loans to fill their own coffers with competing products, has released the results of another “Study”. This time, in an attempt to remove consumer choice from Ohio and Arizona, they trot out a […]

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M.I.T. graduate Will Bradshaw is co-founder and President of Green Coast Enterprises, using innovative procedures to rebuild New Orleans homes devastated by Katrina. He is pro-life. He is voting for Barack Obama.
When Bradshaw describes himself as “pro-life,” he is speaking about an issue that goes beyond the simplistic code word that usually refers only […]

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Caylee Anthony has been missing since mid June and now everyone except for the Anthony’s are saying the little girl is dead. Her mother, Casey Anthony has been named as a suspect now in Caylee’s disappearance. Casey refuses to talk to authorities and won’t tell anyone the truth about what happened to her daughter which […]

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If there is one empirical factor in determining if a movie is actually a good movie it is this: how many times did I look at my watch. If you told me I was about to sit through two hours about the lawsuit over who actually invented the intermittent windshield wiper I’d have probably asked […]

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Barack Obama’s campaign got wind of oppo researcher Stephen Marks’ plans to air the “The Real Barack Obama” ad produced by his 527 group pH for America on five TV stations in the battleground states of PA and MI starting this week, because his “smear-fighting” Web site has launched an attack on the attack ad.
Referring […]

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With Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, you have a two-senator ticket - all talk, no executive action; no “favorite son” advantage in a key swing state with a huge chunk of votes in the electoral college; and a man whom voters resoundingly rejected when he was running for the […]

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 … But he’s going to make the media and punditocracy wait until he declares his choice via  text message on Saturday, after which he plans a joint appearance with his running mate at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL, where he announced he would run for president. [Update: It’s Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), according […]

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Hundreds of pounds of garbage including medical wastes along with hypodermic needles and prescription bottles have suddenly washed up along a stretch of Lake Michigan Beach between Portage Lake and Ludington. Most of it washed up along the shores in Manistee and Mason counties Monday.
City crews loaded up 12 cubic yards, which equals to 2 […]

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The class of 2008 at Detroit Southwestern High School was eager to accept their diplomas during Monday night’s commencement, and for one grad, the anticipation of accepting his diploma was seventy years in the making. 90-year-old John Lawrence Locher, who now resides in Cape Coral, Florida, made a special trip to his former hometown of […]

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(The idea for this “satire” came weeks ago. But after the 5-21-08 stories reporting Hillary’s unnerving references to the 2000 recount, you’ve gotta wonder….) 
Back during Hillary’s third or fourth presidential term, someone explained her near maniacal tenacity: “Hillary Clinton is a pit bull who was chained to the tree too long when she was a […]

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Jumping off a sinking ship and jumping on the bandwagon are just doing what comes naturally, right? Not for Hillary Clinton’s supporters in KY, who stuck by their candidate, despite the certainty that Barack Obama’s win in OR would push him past her in pledged delegates. And as in WV and other states in which […]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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April 22 is here–Earth Day, and Scorched Earth Day in Pennsylvania. Only fools predict political outcomes this year. I qualify. So here’s what’s going to happen.
Hillary will probably win the primary. If she wins by any more than two percent, she will trumpet her triumph as a come-from-behind victory, even though she started with a 20 […]

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Florida Democrats have been unable to agree on a solution for their primary mess, but it looks like Michigan may have a plan.

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Ron Paul News Roundup for Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Paul to continue Presidential Bid
The Rise of “Ron Paul Republicans”
Will there be More “Hotties 4 Ron Paul”, the Sold Out Calendar? 

The big news this morning is that Ron Paul has announced that he will stay in the Republican presidential race.
And that the “Hotties 4 Ron Paul” calendars […]

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“. . . and we are political junkies.”–“Hi, Mark; hi Mom!”
You’ll never catch Mom or me at a Twelve Step meeting. I don’t want “serenity.” I want adrenaline. I want to roll up one sleeve, plug my high speed internet cable into a vein, let my eyes roll back, and quiver uncontrollably when I hear […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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  ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Will A  Year of Firsts Yield 
More of The Same Old, Same Old?
 
January 30, 2008
 
By RB Scott
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Note:  RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.
 
As  the barrow pit alongside the campaign expressway collects more roadkill  (Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, […]

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ABOUT THE PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES:
—If Romney ends up losing the election, as a consolation prize how about turning over our welfare system to the Mormons? They have one for their own members that functions quite well. Since ours performs like a blind elephant playing hockey, what have we got to lose?
—Hillary now seems to be carrying the […]

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Boston, MA.
January 18, 2008
 
Although Irish Setters have been sleeping around the family manse for years, it is apparent that Mitt Romney has failed to absorb and grasp the subtle messages and extensions of the adage “let sleeping dogs lie.”  
That may be changing.
Romney’s flare-up yesterday (1/17/2007) with the Associated Press’ Glen Johnson at a press […]

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Randy Gray, the Midland County, Michigan coordinator for the Ron Paul campaign is also a longstanding active and vocal organizer for the Knight’s Party faction of the Ku Klux Klan.
A number of people have brought this to the attention of the Paul campaign, to which they have had no response. However, quite mysteriously the list […]

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Hillary Clinton was the only first-tier Democrat on the ballot in the MI primary, but that doesn’t mean voters had no choice but to vote for her.
And MI Dems exercised their right not to vote for Hillary by staying home (turnout was low, with only 20 percent of registered voters participating); voting for Dennis Kucinich […]

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In a surprisingly strong second place finish, the Uncommitted Party’s Senator Nobody dogged the heels of Senator Clinton, claiming a “moral victory” in the Michigan primary. The two senators tied in number of delegates won–zero. Also winning zero delegates were non-candidates Don Imus, O. J. Simpson, and charming razor-mouth Ann Coulter.
“We didn’t expect to do […]

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The Fred Thompson Campaign Picked Up a Key Endorsement
Evangelical Author, David Jeffers, Endorsed Thompson
Jeffers Not Only Offered His Endorsement, But Offered Reasons Why Thompson Was to Be Preferred by Evangelical Voters Over Rival Mike Huckabee
Thompson Good Choice For Jesusland

Fred Thompson picked up an endorsement sure to help in the battle with Mike Huckabee for conservatives, […]

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By RB Scott
Boston, MA.
January 13, 2007
 
A respected national newspaper recently reported that Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney, “reeling from defeats in New Hampshire and Iowa,” decided to suspend advertising in South Carolina and Florida, a decision that “laid bare the dire condition of his run for the White House…”
 
Leads of newspaper stories are supposed to be […]

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BY RB SCOTT
Boston, Massachusetts
January 12, 2008
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this column appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune January 11; another version was scheduled to run in The Detroit Free Press January 12th.

Several months ago, W. Mitt Romney said presciently that he had only himself to fear.
Despite his millions, the picture-perfect family that really is everything it […]

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Before your New Year’s resolutions have all been broken and forgotten, the presidential nominations could be a done deal, what with IA holding its primary January 3rd, followed in rapid succession by NH on January 8th , MI on January 15th and more than 20 states holding primaries or caucuses Feb. 5th. Reports the Los Angeles […]

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Last month, New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) would reverse a post-9/11 policy by the Pataki administration to deny a driver’s license to anyone who could not prove legal status – immediately prompting at least a dozen county clerks who operate DMV offices as agents of […]

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