Watch out, France and Co, there is a new surrender monkey on the block and, over the next four years, he will spectacularly sell out the interests of the West with every kind of liberal-delusionist initiative on nuclear disarmament and sitting down to negotiate with any power freak who wants to buy time to get a good ICBM fix on San Francisco, or wherever. If you thought the world was a tad unsafe with Dubya around, just wait until President Pantywaist gets into his stride.
The Case for the Real Jesus
Lee Strobel - 2007 - 309 pages
* Scholars respond to modern assault on character and nature of Christ. Unapologetic apologetics validate canonical gospels, resurrection, messiahship of Jesus.
The Edge of Evolution
Dr. Michael J. Behe - 2008 - 320 pages
* Darwinian evolution by selection of favorable mutations not possible. DNA sequences incredibly complex. Malaria and Sickle Cell best case studies.
Genetic Entropy
Dr. J.C. Sanford - 2008 - 232 pages
* Genetic mutations break things. Random mutation plus natural selection does not lead to human evolution. We are devolving, not evolving.
By Design
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati - 2008 - 260 pages
* Amazing compilation of design elements throughout creation. Some highly technical language, but well worth working through. Gecko feet are cool.
Some books I've read recently, reviewed in twenty words or less;
Real American Heroes
Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrel - 2007 - 392 pages
* Western media kills. Harrowing tale of Murphy's Ridge. Out of options, seals wage war. Lone survivor sees Providence during battle.
Alamo in the Ardennes
John C. McManus - 2007 - 296 pages
* Ordered to hold position "at all costs." Many paid it all. Their courage set stage for victory. Outstanding, mortifying read.
Action and (YAWN) Adventure
Extreme Measures
Vince Flynn- 2008 - 416 pages
* Page turning action, interspersed with pointless vulgarity. Good guys mostly win, some bad guys to return in sequel.
Black Ops
W.E.B. Griffin - 2008 - 464 pages
* What a waste of paper. Boring! Author overindulges in pointless, redundant dialogue. Did I say boring? So much paper wasted.
As I've stated before, I will accept no apologies, and really don't care for excuses. The fact of the matter is, I barely have time to read everything on the interweb anyhow. If anyone should be apologizing and making excuses, it should be the readers, not the authors.
Here are some potential excuses and apologies readers might offer up.
"Sorry, I was watching all the episodes of "Total Drama Island" I TiVo'ed, and forgot to read your blog."
"Ever since the bank foreclosed on my house, I've had a tough time keeping up with my RSS feeds."
"I've come down with a nasty case of the plague... the doctor has put me on bed rest and says I should cut back on my blogospheric intake."
Posted by Glenn in
Islamism
Tuesday, December 2. 2008
Among all the posts on this blog, a handful of them seem to stand out. This post, which culminates a long standing feud I had with my toilet, has also helped several other people come to terms with their defective flusher.
There's also the amazing twenty dollar bill conspiracy! Is it a hoax? Is it for real? I merely present the facts... You, the reader, must decide for yourself.
One of my own personal favorite posts is on The Amazing Hypnotic Writing Wizard! Unfortunately, the PayPal functionality seems to be under performing.
While all of these posts have been fun, I do occasionally delve into deeper, more serious waters. A couple of the weightier subjects I've discussed are Abortion and radical islamism. While I don't regularly respond to most comments on this site, I did want to respond to some issues Sara recently brought up regarding my rantings against radical islamism. Portions of her comment, with my response, follow the jump...
Words mean things, and the word "Marriage" has always meant, and still means, "The union of a man and a woman." No civil or political action can change the meaning of the term.
Ellen was never married to her partner. She may have gone through a ceremony and had the California Supreme Court say it was a marriage, but that does not change the fact that no relationship between two women (or two men, for that matter) can properly be understood to be a marriage. The whole "gay marriage" debate basically revolves around the desire of some to legitimize and justify what has always been generally understood to be deviant behavior.
Now, before you call me a hate filled bigot, (too late, you say? How hatefully bigoted of you!) consider this...
Those on one side of the issue claim to merely "want the same rights" that the other side has. In actuality, what they are demanding is that the structure and limits of that particular relationship which has always been understood to be called "marriage" be torn down so that the word really means nothing at all. After all, if marriage does not mean "one man, one woman, united," then what else can it mean? Why should the limits to the definition include only two consenting adult humans? Why must the line be drawn at two, or consenting, or adults, or even human? Why can a cowboy not marry his horse? Why a son not his mother? Why should there be any limits at all placed on what is legitimately recognized as marriage?
Yes, I know, it's the old "slippery slope" argument. But when you're standing at the top of a wet hill, shouldn't you call the slick incline by its real name?
Bartiromo Talks with Sarah Palin
Great interview (though I cringed at the "McCain=Maverick" meme...) Best part comes at the end.
I'm doing a pro-life speech. Four months ago, my fifth child was born with Down syndrome…so I value innocent life. It took many months for me to get my arms around the idea of, first, having a fifth child at my age, but also knowing that my child would have an extra chromosome. But I prayed the whole time, "God, just prepare me, prepare my heart and prepare my family." And talk about confirmation of that prayer, I mean, Trig is just—he is to me—absolutely perfect. And everybody's in love with him, and he's the sweetest little baby in the world.
Still not convinced to vote for McCain, but I could vote for Lapin.
It's been a couple of years since I last looked around the TTLB ecosystem. I was once a worm, then grew an exoskeleton. While I wasn't paying attention, I seem to have sprouted some feathers. Here's a brief glimpse at some of my winged neighbors...
No Jello to Nail Here
It's hard to pin this guy down exactly, because the blog-dude at a dog-eared town seems to have a beef against everybody. Big Government RINOs, John McCain, Ralph Nadar, B-H-O, and even Ron Paul fall into his crosshairs. No one is safe! That's the kind of blog I like.
Across the Pond
Paulie espouse timeless wisdom within the title of his blog... Besides not trusting hippies, he stays up on UK politics and guitar, including some cool percussion.
Tim Challies brought this hilarious clip to my attention, with a very thoughtful reflection on our tendency to couch our sin in layers of justifications and obfuscations. The key to effectively dealing with sin? JUST STOP IT!
A Fungus Among Us... and the Cowardly Response of Bureaucratic "Risk Managers"
The City of Bryan's brave firemen are chased out of their station by some slime growing behind the shower stall... meanwhile, environmental consultants and project planners and remediation contractors are laughing all the way to the bank. Give me a bottle of bleach and a box of Tide, and I'd clear that problem up for half the cost, with change left over!
Lower Than Termites, But Deadlier Jawa Report has clips (GRAPHIC) of the Fitna movie up... at least until Google Video pulls them. This 15 minute film is as important to view as the entire three days of coverage following the original 9-11 attacks. This film puts into context the nature of the enemy we face. The Islamists want to conquer and destroy. Nothing less than the fate of western civilization is hanging in the balance.
John McCain is Bob Dole minus the charm, conservatism and youth. Like McCain, pollsters assured us that Dole was the most "electable" Republican. Unlike McCain, Dole didn't lie all the time while claiming to engage in Straight Talk.
I also agree with every word of what she says here, even when it comes to campaigning/voting for Hillary over McCain.
See, Hillary at least acknowledges that she is a democrat. Sadly, many in the republican party are sharing McCain's delusion that he somehow represents the conservative republican base. This mass hallucination is leading to the self-destruction of the republican party.
Slightly unrelated... this mystery bears some looking into.
Separated at birth... Rick Santorum and Bob Sagget
Posted by Glenn in
Politics
Monday, December 3. 2007
Hey, all you northeast establishment republicrats trying to shove Guiliani down our red state throats, listen up: Iowans see him as a worse choice than Ron Paul!
- Thirty-four percent of likely caucusgoers see him as one of the worst choices for the Republican nomination. Paul ranks second in that category, at 26 percent.
- While 61 percent regard Giuliani favorably, 38 percent have unfavorable feelings toward him. Only Paul has a higher unfavorable mark in the poll, at 44 percent.
"He's too New York," Whittaker, the retired teacher, said of Giuliani. "He doesn't understand us. He doesn't care to understand us."
Twenty Word Book Reviews We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder With the Marines Who Took Fallujah
Patrick K. O'Donnel - 2006 - 244 pages
* Book needs editor. Brave marines fight, die, remember. Fallujah hell. Harsh language, harsh combat. Heroes all, living and dead. Semper Fi.
Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie - 1988 - 561 pages
* Made my eyeballs bleed. Vulgar, bizarre, droning, psychotic. Mohamed opportunistic, manipulative, fraudulent. Mo made it up, illiterate muslims target author.
Ivanhoe
Walter Scott - 1874 - 300 pages
* Fun read. Medieval knights, chivalrous and conniving. Poor Isaac can't catch a break. Wamba the fool most noble of all.
Son of a Wanted Man
Louis L'amour - 1984 - 194 pages
* Easy read. Bad guys die. Good guy gets the girl. It's a L'amour book, how much more can I say?
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