tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95578412024-03-06T22:41:59.046-06:00SHEEP'S CRIB - ISSUES<br><br><i>For those with a Judeo-Christian world-view; interested in morality, ethics, religion, politics, and social and cultural trends from a Kingdom of God point of view ...</i>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2002125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-69031361065539227332012-05-01T12:32:00.001-05:002012-05-01T12:32:24.562-05:00Obama vs Romney? What's the Difference?Actually about two to three feet!
On the one hand is the left-middle finger; while on the other is the right-middle finger! Thus our people are caught between the two.John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-40771590502498989652009-04-03T08:21:00.006-05:002009-04-03T10:01:28.645-05:00BOOK REVIEW: The Rose Conspiracy; Craig Parshall, Harvest House, 2009<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Please don't let this case get to the death-penalty phase. Do that for me, will you?"</span><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Antagonist to her Protagonist attorney</span><br /></div></blockquote></blockquote></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>I evaluate books on the basis of our worldviews; clearly we select our reading material on that basis. The following are <span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">ten </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">worldview </span></span></span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">factors</span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span></span>considered relevant to an objective review of <a href="http://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/books_fictionbook.cfm?ProductID=6915141">The Rose Conspiracy</a>:<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/images/cover_fronts/200/9780736915144_200px.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 243px;" src="http://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/images/cover_fronts/200/9780736915144_200px.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moral Offense</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">/Personal</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> factor:</span> very low<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Agenda/</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Worldview </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">factor</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> high/religious<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Readability factor:</span> high<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Interest/</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Attention factor:</span> high - slow to start but ultimately high<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fog/Confusion factor:</span> low<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Historical factor (if applicable):</span> strong<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Educational factor (if applicable):</span> medium to strong<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Novelty factor:</span> high<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finish factor:</span> medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overall Rating:</span> On a scale of one to ten - an eight point five; if you're not a history fan, or you're an anti-religion zealot, you may not see it my way ... but, then, I don't really care!</span><br /></blockquote>See below for the key to these factors.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">OVERVIEW</span><br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/">Harvest House</a>, the publisher ... <blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Parshall takes his readers to the nation’s capital, where a hitherto unknown </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a>]</span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> document has turned up...and turned into murder.<br /><br />As the Smithsonian’s president examines a newly discovered account of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, an intruder steals in, kills him, and disappears into the night with the document.<br /><br />Vinnie Archmont, an accomplished and stunningly beautiful artist, is implicated. She hires the brilliant but secretly guilt–burdened criminal law professor J.D. Blackstone.<br /><br />Blackstone finds himself uncovering the Mystic Freemasons’ most guarded secret. He reluctantly turns to his uncle, a Bible–quoting Anglican priest and occult–religions expert. Enemies like a sorcery–obsessed billionaire English lord, a powerful U.S. Senator, and a ruthless prosecutor force Blackstone to employ all his cunning.<br /><br />In the process, he is compelled to choose between </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[the]</span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> spiritual counterfeit and </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[what is presented as]</span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Gospel truth, </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[between] </span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">guilt and forgiveness ... </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[as well as between]</span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> destruction and a new beginning.</span></i></blockquote>Parenthetical inserts are The CRIB's clarifications.</blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Overall I enjoyed the read; though not as engrossing as I prefer, it was a pleasant read and not a waste of time as so many are after you've read a couple thousand books in your lifetime; by that I mean the author overcame my overread prejudices.</span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></i><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Those prejudices tended to make the characters and plot somewhat predictable and, in many ways, poorly developed. However, after finishing the book and looking back, I see this criticism as relatively undeserved.<br /><br />The intent of the author and the publisher was to present a Judeo-Christian wo</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">rldview in the context of an historical setting. Did they accomplish that? I would answer that with a qualified yes. Simply put "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ" and so I would have preferred a frontal assault on the subject.</span><i style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">By chapter 46 a subtle Judeo-Christian witness picks up and becomes quite well conceived and presented.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">At at least one point (about Ch. 28) the reading slowed to a crawl and at another point (about Ch. 37) I began to feel like there were too many cliches being thrown in ... however, in both cases the distraction brief.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">As a big fan of historical fiction, I would have enjoyed a greater development of the Lincoln assassination and the plethora of Civil War connections. But on the whole the work did not suffer from their absence.<br /><br />I would recommend this book to any reader; especially those who enjoy criminal or historical fiction, specifically those with a Judeo-Christian worldview.<br /></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><blockquote>AUTHOR</blockquote></span><blockquote>Craig Parshall is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the National Religious Broadcasters Association, and the author of six legal–suspense novels: the five books in the Chambers of Justice series, and the stand–alone Trial by Ordeal. He speaks nationally on legal and Christian worldview issues and is a magazine columnist. He has coauthored five books with his wife, Janet, including the historical novels Crown of Fire and Captives and Kings.</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><blockquote>DISCLAIMER</blockquote></span><blockquote style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I am not an employee of Harvest House Publishers, nor am I associated with them or the author; additionally, I've received no compensation for this review; the book was provided to me at no cost for the purpose of review by <a href="http://www.activechristianmedia.com/">Active Christian Media</a>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br />FACTOR KEY </span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moral Offense/Personal:</span> did the author include material I found personally or morally offensive?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agenda/Worldview:</span> did the author use his work to push an agenda or personal worldview?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Readability:</span> how did the text flow; did I have to stop and go back? A little or lots?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interest/Attention:</span> Was I grabbed early on and held there to the end?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fog/Confusion:</span> did the author write more than needed? was his style or plot line confusing? did I feel uncertain about where the author was going at any time?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Historical:</span> Since I read lots of historical stuff, were there a lots of historical goodies for me to munch on as I read? (Note: full coarse meals earn "very high" ratings)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Educational:</span> did I learn anything I did not already know or had forgotten?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Novelty:</span> did the author present novel approaches in his plot and people?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finish:</span> did the author leave me hanging? did I feel cheated after sacrificing my valuable time to read his stupid book? In other words, did he finish his effort in a valiant way?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overall Rating:</span> the author's final grade; a one is an "F", a five is a "C", and a ten is an "A."</span></blockquote></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-77168403444229907562009-01-10T09:38:00.003-06:002009-01-10T09:44:02.166-06:00CRIB NOTE: Been away!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>Family, work and the holidays took me away from blogging for awhile. I'm also over at <a href="https://twitter.com/jgillmartin">Twitter</a> evaluating its effect on my blogging. Plus I need to evaluate my overall blogging goals - especially at <a href="http://cristophobiawatch.blogspot.com/">Cristophobia Watch</a>.<br /><br />Give me a few days and I'll be back ... maybe differently but I'll be back.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-32094458136463151242008-12-26T10:48:00.000-06:002008-12-26T19:10:46.348-06:00BUSH 43: A very good man!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote><a href="http://jeffemanuel.net/bio">Jeff Emanuel</a> has put a post up as a follow-on to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/a%20very%20good%20man">a Washington Times piece</a> on the positive side of the Bush-Cheney legacy.<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whatever problems and disagreements we all may have with President Bush (and I have more than my share, starting with '04-'06 Iraq, '07 Israel, '07-'08 North Korea and Iran, TARP, immigration, NCLB, the Auto Bailout, and many, many more), there's one fact which all who are not blinded by the most irrational form of Bush Derangement Syndrome can agree on: a very good man is leaving the White House in just under a month. </span></i></blockquote>I've my problems with the man too, but bottom-line I'd love to call him friend.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-34226811374932384012008-12-24T11:36:00.004-06:002008-12-24T11:42:03.187-06:00POLITICAL: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning all things political ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>GUNS: More people in America are <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/7bj7nt">killed by pit bulls</a>, than by NRA card holders.</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>JUSTICE FOR ALL: Not hardly - California's judicial system is <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7yrhjp" target="_blank">thoroughly irrational</a> and out of the control of the people.</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>SPLIT PERSONALITY: Time Magazine makes Obama "Man of the Year" one month and then calls him a bigot the next! A little <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5yby3a" target="_blank">conflicted</a> wouldn't you say?</i></span> [News Busters]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>OBAMA AND GUNS: He says "<a href="http://tinyurl.com/93jaxn%20" target="_blank">take me at my word"</a> - Hmmmm!!! Seems his base did and are not happy now!</i></span> [American Thinker]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Air America <a href="http://tinyurl.com/88vr6g" target="_blank">agrees with Rush</a> Limbaugh on the fairness doctrine - Jon Sinden of AA says libs don't need FD to compete - WOW</i></span> [News Busters]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>GLOBALISM: Denials aside, I'm convinced <a href="http://tinyurl.com/9rdlus" target="_blank">if the USA is taken over</a>, it will be from the inside by outsiders. </i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>LIBERTY: Maggie's Farm has <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7d2q97" target="_blank">some thoughts</a> on the subject.</i></span> [Maggie's Farm]<br /></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a><br /><br /></div></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-64455100746188742642008-12-24T10:12:00.003-06:002008-12-24T10:18:21.003-06:00FAITH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning people and events of faith ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>MARRIAGE: <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1781a">Well written response</a> to Newsweek's diatribe duo, Meacham and Miller - WARNING: Traditional view presented</i></span> [Tennessee Baptist Convention]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>HAGGARD: it's hard to forgive <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/Oohg">this guy</a> - but the Lord says we must.</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>ELIMINATIONALISTS: WSJ via <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/qnuI">Maggie's Farm</a> - Rick Warren and the left are "<a target="_blank" href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/17/obama-selects-eliminationist-preacher-warren-for-inauguration-pulpit-the-audacity-of-hate/">eliminationalists</a>" - I don't believe the former, but I do the latter</i></span> [WSJ; Maggie's Farm]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>EUTHANASIA: <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/NPMd">a rational argument</a> against it - Physician Assisted Suicide not justifiable - it's an act of individualism.</i></span> [Doc Is In]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Counselor <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/9f7bpt">caught on video</a> resigns - now will the rest of them follow her example?</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>CONSTITUTION: Here's <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6azfn7" target="_blank">Separation of Church and State</a> I can live with ... can't have cake and eat it too ... I hope! </i></span> [Yahoo! News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>CHILD PORN: appellate <a href="http://tinyurl.com/84gmpl" target="_blank">court gets one right</a> - sexual images with kids, even if drawn or digital, are illegal.</i></span> [FOX News]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-13252200997455382152008-12-24T09:43:00.002-06:002008-12-24T09:45:50.612-06:00SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning church & cultural decay ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/getting_away_with_murder" target="_blank">Getting away with murder</a> in the land of the free and the home of the brave: despite the popularity of TRU TV's Forensic Files and CBS's CSI triumvirate, the homicide clearance rate in the good ole USA has dropped by a third in a third of a century.</i></span> [Yahoo! News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>DEEPAK CHOPRA: <a target="_blank" href="http://spectator.org/archives/2008/12/17/guru-malpractice">skillfully debunked</a> by someone who, until recently, didn't even know the nonsense guru existed. Chopra blames his adopted country for the world' problems but makes no mention of Islamic fundamentalist's murderous global Jihad.</i></span> [Am Spectator]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>SECULAR HUMANISM: Interesting <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/3hsy3b">Telegraph UK piece</a> that comes alongside <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/44d7r8">my posted review</a> of Herb London's "America's Secular Challenge" </i></span> [Telegraph UK; Sheep's Crib]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>SOCIAL ENGINEERING: Explain <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/3uqqnj">this</a> to me - it's okay for your adolescent children to have tattoos and body piercings but not our pets / Hello!</i></span> [Yahoo! News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>ENDANGERED SPECIES: California Supremes put <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-good-samaritan19-2008dec19,0,4033454.story" target="_blank">the Good Samaritan</a> on the list.</i></span> [LAT]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>2008 WRAP-UP: Brussels Journal has <a href="http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3711" target="_blank">an excellent wrap-up</a> of "signs" from the UK and the Continent.</i></span> [TBJ]</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div></span><br /></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-14913030313102799042008-12-24T08:34:00.004-06:002008-12-24T08:40:32.375-06:00SCIENCE / TECH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning the scientific & technological ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>I'm fascinated by old (even deceased) publications ... <a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081210/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_google_magazines" target="_blank">this is great</a> ...<br /><blockquote>Google has added a magazine rack to its Internet search engine. As part of its quest to corral more content published on paper, Google Inc. has made digital copies of more than 1 million articles from magazines that hit the newsstands decades ago.<br /><br />For now, the old magazine articles can be found only through Google's search service for finding digital copies of books. But the Mountain View, Calif.-based company plans to eventually include magazine articles in its general search results.<br /><br />Users who want to restrict the scope of their inquiries to magazines can choose that option through the book search's "advanced" function.</blockquote></i></span> [<a target="_blank" href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081210/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_google_magazines">Yahoo! News</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Excavation <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_ancient_brain" target="_blank">unearths</a> British Mensa ... </i></span><blockquote><span style="color:#333399;">British archaeologists have unearthed an ancient skull carrying a startling surprise — an unusually well-preserved brain. Scientists said Friday that the mass of gray matter was more than 2,000 years old — the oldest ever discovered in Britain. One expert unconnected with the find called it "a real freak of preservation."</span></blockquote> [Yahoo! News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://theblackkettle.blogspot.com/2008/12/american-society-of-reproductive.html" target="_blank">SANCTITY OF LIFE:</a> OK and rain causes wet grass ... duh?</i></span> [Black Kettle]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Faith & Science have been at war for 3 centuries: <a href="http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1245" target="_blank">a commentary</a>.</i></span> [First Things]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Somnambulism yes but <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6fbtjv" target="_blank">somnpostalism</a>? Naw!</i></span> [Telegraph UK; h/t <a href="http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2008/12/17/sleepmailing" target="_blank">Brain Terminal</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Ten </i></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>2008 </i></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>health stories FOX News thinks <a href="http://tinyurl.com/8trfrm" target="_blank">you need to know about</a> ...</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>KID'S HEALTH: CDC recommends "23 vaccine injections (item 3) for kids by time they turn 2two years old" <a href="http://tinyurl.com/8trfrm" target="_blank">What are they thinking</a>?</i></span> [FOX News]</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div></span></div><br /></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-60679865958736562832008-12-21T11:42:00.006-06:002008-12-21T12:43:44.556-06:00SANCTITY OF LIFE: Right to life declared in 1776!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>While "<a href="http://twitter.com/jgillmartin">tweeting</a>" on Twitter this am (shame on us we skipped church) I was urged to click over to <a href="http://www.redstate.com/ljmiller96/2008/12/12/%25e2%2580%259cright-to-life%25e2%2580%259d-vs-%25e2%2580%259clicense-to-kill%25e2%2580%259d-a-libertarian-case-for-pro-life/">Red State</a> and read ...<br /><blockquote><i><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpNN0shMI6aj4SROrLSllc9BjahHdtaQRgkv-gBvU5hJ9ewSO8K-8LJV7xeE8gMWkuir_OaW4UsiFO614fdhvvt77Qll7OeiutIAck_7tUYDAyxyJ5Nc5xF2qskbq4SnoIeZU2A/s1600-h/Preg%5EFootprint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpNN0shMI6aj4SROrLSllc9BjahHdtaQRgkv-gBvU5hJ9ewSO8K-8LJV7xeE8gMWkuir_OaW4UsiFO614fdhvvt77Qll7OeiutIAck_7tUYDAyxyJ5Nc5xF2qskbq4SnoIeZU2A/s400/Preg%5EFootprint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282314548201580034" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Declaration of Independence, in which our Rights as Americans and humans were so eloquently advanced, stated that all humans are created equal and endowed by their Creator with unalienable (intrinsic, non-severable) Rights. It does not state that humans are born equal, but created so. For this reason it matters when human life is created. For the answer we turn to science.<br /><br />Ask any geneticist when life begins and (assuming sexual reproduction) they’ll tell you it’s when the ovum is fertilized by the sperm. At that point the fertilized egg has the same genetic structure it will have for its entire life, and much of the course of its future life is set, unless interrupted by accident or violent attack. Life begins when the genetic structure is in place and the biological processes begin. It’s the same with a human as it is with a kangaroo or an amoeba. Life, human or otherwise, begins at the beginning. That is the instant of creation. The act of creation invoked in the Declaration is found at the beginning of life.</span></i> [Red State - <a href="http://www.redstate.com/ljmiller96/">LJ Miller</a>]</blockquote>I would highly recommend my readers do what I did and read this fine piece. Lot's of comments over there.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">One thought we must grasp from this:</span> from a pro-life and Constitutional perspective one must see the DNA of A, impregnated with the DNA of B, combining to create the DNA of C; C's DNA didn't exist till the genetic combination of DNA from donors A and B.<br /><br />C's DNA does not equal A's DNA or B's DNA (unless A and B are identical twins), it is unique.<br /><br />Since human life is schematically represented by its DNA (something it mysteriously acquires at or immediately following impregnation; the egg losing its donor's uniqueness, and the sperm losing its donor's uniqueness), life as we define human life must by default begin at or immediately a following impregnation.<br /><br />It boggles my mind that so many fail to see the simplicity of this: to abort a fetus is to end a human life and, also by default, violates that American's right to equal protection.<br /><br />I don't claim to have all the answers but you don't have to be a genius or a Phd to see this.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-22892905228177724522008-12-20T21:14:00.003-06:002008-12-20T21:20:08.752-06:00POLITICAL: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning all things political ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>FAIRNESS DOCTRINE: look out Beck, O'Reilly and Dobbs - Solis the Socialist is coming through <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3kbbc6" target="_blank">the back door</a></i></span> [Yahoo!]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>INSANITY: "Like putting Cheney in charge of gun control," Joy Behar </i></span> [<a target="_blank" href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/12/18/joy-behar-obama-picking-rick-warren-cheney-charge-gun-control">News Busters</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>MSM: Obama seems to be ending up on the floor a lot lately; <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/o2zy">odd considering being in bed with them</a> during the whole campaign.</i></span> [News Busters]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>ECON 101: <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/6Mx6">classic article</a> on basic economics - The Pencil - 1st read this via Sowell several years ago. </i></span>[FEE; h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/OcyK">Am. Digest</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>MSM: "Ann Curry, you can't handle the truth." And Rick Warren <a target="_blank" href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/12/19/warren-nature-inclines-me-have-sex-every-beautiful-woman-doesnt-ma">gave it to her</a>!</i></span> [<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">News Busters</span>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>SOCIALISM: NYT helps move USA to left then complains when <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7hnpf9" target="_blank">China censors them</a>?</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>NATO: America's retreat to <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/9b2nyz">fortress foreign policy</a> will replace NATO's dependence on US defense umbrella w/ all the attendant risks.</i></span> [Brussels Journal]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a><br /><br /></div></span></span></div></blockquote>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-59452239573728447302008-12-19T22:51:00.002-06:002008-12-19T23:00:53.897-06:00POLITICAL: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning all things political ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>You have to admit Obama's campaign logo was and is effective ... l<a target="_blank" href="http://www.nextgengop.com/2008/12/16/obamas-logo-decision/#comment-160">ike to know how</a> it came to be?</i></span> [Next Gen GOP]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Does the Hill have her own Constitutional Crisis? Yes she does, <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/5bpjmd">according to some</a>.</i></span> [Am Spectator]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>FAIRNESS DOC: again & again we're told by the left they won't seek reinstatement of fairness doctrine but <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6d996k" target="_blank">here it is again</a></i></span> [NewsBusters]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>E!! points us to <a href="http://www.politicalcompass.org/" target="_blank">a political grid test</a> - where do you land? Left/right? Authoritarian/Libertarian?</i></span> [Political Compass; h/t <a href="http://tinyurl.com/55vbsf" target="_blank">E!!</a>]<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Coming to our shores soon - <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5gy9xx" target="_blank">censorship the European way</a>; "Freedom is what freedom does!" - Forrest Gump</i></span> [Brussels Journal]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Interesting <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3hsy3b" target="_blank">Telegraph UK piece</a> that comes alongside <a href="http://tinyurl.com/44d7r8" target="_blank">my posted review</a> of Herb London's "America's Secular Challenge" </i></span> [Telegraph UK; Sheep's Crib]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>IRAQ VICTORY: death rate in Basra, Iraq, now lower than that of Detroit, Mich. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5y7p8h" target="_blank">Cobb says</a>, "smells like victory"</i></span> [Cobb]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a><br /><br /></div></span></span></div></blockquote>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-3115277305848820782008-12-19T09:25:00.003-06:002008-12-19T09:34:56.029-06:00FAITH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning people and events of faith ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>If it's true that Prez Elect BHO will offer up his first post-inaugural speech in a major Muslim nation, perhaps he should listen to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kOCxu0dvk" target="_blank">this guy</a>?</i></span> [YouTube]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://guymuse.blogspot.com/2008/12/church-within-church.html" target="_blank">Another fine article</a> on the church at The M Blog; one I entirely agree with.</i></span> [M Blog]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Faith & Science have been at war for 3 centuries: <a href="http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1245" target="_blank">a commentary</a>.</i></span> [First Things]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>The Establishment Clause did not establish <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008/12/17/christmas_symbols_deserve_more_respect_than_atheist_insults" target="_blank">what revisionists say it did</a> ... but they control public podium, so it means whatever they want it to mean.</i></span> [Medved: Townhall; h/t <a href="http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/what_the_establishment_clause_doesnt_mean/" target="_blank">View From 1776</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.russellmoore.com/index.php/2008/12/17/christopher-hitchens-on-jesus-for-president/" target="_blank">Russell Moore</a> links to and comments on <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2206713/" target="_blank">Christopher Hitchens' cristophobic and incoherent rant </a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2206713/" target="_blank">at Slate</a> </i></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>(Jesus for President)</i></span> [Slate; h/t Moore to the Point]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Interesting <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/3hsy3b">Telegraph UK piece</a> that comes alongside <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/44d7r8">my posted review</a> of Herb London's "America's Secular Challenge" </i></span> [Telegraph UK; Sheep's Crib]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>David Dockery <a href="http://www.tnbaptist.org/BRARticle.asp?ID=2758" target="_blank">writes</a> response to Newsweek's diatribe duo at TBC</i></span> [Baptist & Reflector - TBC]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-8606433805805246972008-12-18T07:37:00.006-06:002008-12-18T09:59:13.913-06:00BOOK REVIEW: America's Secular Challenge - Herbert London<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>As the effects of and depression from Mistake '08 begin to wear off, my mind swirls with questions, issues, imperatives, responsibilities, and choices.<br /><br />Often I imagine I must write a book on all of this, especially radical Islam, but the jumble of thoughts won't coalesce: hard and soft jihad, terrorism, taxes, America's socialistic drift, family, finances, deeply held spiritual concerns, children and grandchildren, collapse of traditionally democratic Europe, AIDS, political malfeasance, Sanctity of Human Life, absence of godliness, voter ignorance, biblical ignorance, and public ignorance ... to name a few.<br /><br />But my main concern has been the continuing rise of secular humanism - a menacing cultural, geopolitical, and philosophical hydra - <span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">among our people, and its debilitating affect upon our will to defend ourselves.</span></span><br /><br />Well, Herbert London (bio below) has had the same concerns and written a 97 page book which expresses them better than I <span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">ever </span></span>could have.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">From the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.hudson.org/Bookstore/itemdetail.cfm?item=3033">Hudson Institute</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> web site</span> (CRIB's emphasis)<span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span></span><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.hudson.org/product-images/bookstore/book_reg_EE20CC1B-0445-1E76-B70C3211DDBFDFEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 211px;" src="https://www.hudson.org/product-images/bookstore/book_reg_EE20CC1B-0445-1E76-B70C3211DDBFDFEB.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this timely and wide-ranging book ... London argues that the pervasive culture of secularism in the United States is <span style="font-weight: bold;">an inadequate response to the challenge of radical Islam</span>. As London explains, in the so-called war of ideas, our reflexive belief in relativism has handicapped our ability to thwart the inroads of fanaticism.<br /><br />Taken together, traditional religion, multiculturalism and cultural relativism, materialism, and the belief in scientific rationality as the ultimate arbiter of human value <span style="font-weight: bold;">underwrite a view of life that is ill-equipped to meet the challenge of a zealous enemy with totalitarian ambitions</span>. In undermining the traditional roots of America, secular humanism has destroyed the West’s only beliefs worth defending.<br /><br />This anemic remodeling of our culture has <span style="font-weight: bold;">left us exposed in the monumental battle against ideological forces</span> with radical global ambitions. America’s Secular Challenge is a sobering wake-up call and a battle plan for the political and existential trials of the twenty-first century. </span></i></blockquote><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=LondHerb">Author's Bio</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Herbert I. London is president of the Hudson Institute, a world renown think-tank in Washington DC. He is professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University. And he was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992. This school was organized to promote the study of "great books" and classic texts.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />In 1989, Dr. London was one of the Republican candidates for Mayor of New York City. In 1990 he was the Conservative Party Candidate for Governor of New York garnering more votes than any third party candidate in the state's history. ....</span></i></blockquote>Order your copy of this must read book <a href="https://www.hudson.org/Bookstore/itemdetail.cfm?item=3033">here</a>. Look, it's only 97 pages, who can't read 97 pages of really readable counsel. And for $18.00, the content cost less than 20 cents per page. And if you are a believer in American traditionalism and exceptionalism you would be wise to read <span style="font-style: italic;">America's Secular Challenge</span>.<br /><br />I actually made copious notes to prepare for this review but have decided the above is sufficient to the purpose here. If you have questions, leave a comment or email me.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-39647451983981400592008-12-17T08:36:00.004-06:002008-12-17T08:41:13.092-06:00JIHAD (Hard & Soft): Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning Jihad, both soft (activist) & hard (militant) ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>HARD - </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>re imminent bio-terror attack - with any luck, Jeb Bush will be elected 45th POTUS in 2012 so the Dems, the Libs, and the Leftists will have <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/ap_on_go_ot/wmd_study" target="_blank">a Bush to blame</a> for it in 2013. </i></span> [Yahoo! News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>HARD -</b> <i>re the above terror warning, <a target="_blank" href="http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/12/inevitability-of-a-wmd-attack/">Threats Watch</a> has a readable summary of the report and the threat.</i></span> [Threats Watch]</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SOFT -</b> <i>ALLAH is not the “express image of the invisible God” only <a target="_blank" href="http://praisegodbarebones.blogspot.com/2008/12/mark-dever-on-allah-and-yahweh.html">_____</a> is!</i></span> [Bart Barber; h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://www.russellmoore.com/index.php/2008/12/06/mark-dever-on-allah-and-yahweh/">Moore to the Point</a>]</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SOFT -</b> <i><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/ts_nm/us_crime_usa_arab" target="_blank">Repugnant name callers</a> call name calling a "violent hate crime."</i></span> [<a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/12/04/rueters-calls-name-calling-violent-hate-crime-against-arab-ameri" target="_blank">Yahoo! News</a>; h/t News Busters]</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SOFT -</b> <i>A Muslim slaughterman's attempts to discredit the New Zealand meat industry have <a target="_blank" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/4783784a24035.html">drawn the attention of the country's spy service</a>.</i></span> [The Press; h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://europenews.dk/en/node/17063">Europe News</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SOFT - </b><i>Anti-Christmas: tell me the difference between <a href="http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/islamophobia-watch/2008/12/10/mad-mullah-rants-ban-evil-christmas.html">this irrational Muslim protest</a> and <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35732">this rational American</a> voice?</i></span> [Islamophobia Watch; WND]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>SOFT -</b> <i>Deepak Chopra <a target="_blank" href="http://spectator.org/archives/2008/12/17/guru-malpractice">skilfully debunked</a> by someone who until recently didn't know the nonsense guru even existed. Chopra blames his adopted country for the world' problems but makes no mention of Islamic fundamentalist's murderous global Jihad.</i></span> [Am Spectator]</li><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></ul></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-51701268407076843312008-12-15T22:37:00.003-06:002008-12-15T22:44:31.551-06:00POLITICAL: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning all things political ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Eight really, really <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.market_gurus.fortune/4.html" target="_blank">scary predictions</a>.</i></span> [Fortune Mag.; h/t <a href="http://justintapp.blogspot.com/2008/12/8-predictions.html" target="_blank">Justin Tapp</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Every where we look people are warning about <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/obamas_abortion_socialism.html" target="_blank">pres-elect's abortion program</a> plans. </i></span> [Am. Thinker; h/t <a href="http://theblackkettle.blogspot.com/2008/12/obamas-abortion-socialism.html" target="_blank">Black Kettle</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Vet's <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/vets_widow_benefits" target="_blank">widows wronged</a> and it ain't right!</i></span> [<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Yahoo! News</span>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article5337699.ece" target="_blank">Right to die</a> ain't a right but is fashionable.</i></span> [Times Online UK; h/t <a href="http://theblackkettle.blogspot.com/2008/12/conspiracy-to-commit-murder-is-what-i.html" target="_blank">Black Kettle</a>] </li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Are there three parts to freedom? <a href="http://www.redstate.com/nighttwister/2008/12/14/the-three-parts-of-freedom/" target="_blank">Night Twister at Red State</a> thinks so ... go there and see if you agree!</i></span> [Red State]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>I was referred to Kudzo 630's Blog by the Kudzo himself ... he's posted a<a href="http://kudzu630.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/the-need-for-principles-ch-2/" target="_blank"> brief review of Ch. 2</a>, "The Need for Principles", from Russell Kirk's 1957 non-fiction The American Cause (may be out of print); Ch. 1, Ignorance: A Dangerous Luxury, is <a href="http://kudzu630.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/the-american-cause-ch-1/" target="_blank">here</a>. The reviews are pithy and relevant.</i></span> [Kudzo 360's]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Here is why I don't believe our intervention in Iraq will have lasting results ... <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783608.stm" target="_blank">these people </a>are nuts!</i></span> [BBC]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a><br /><br /></div></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-62333722954519156872008-12-15T19:25:00.005-06:002008-12-15T20:04:13.014-06:00SHOUT OUT: Second Amendment Book Bomb!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>Don't usually do these, but <a href="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/">this one really excites me</a>! Not much time to get involved so decide right now to help<br /><br />h/t <a href="http://www.paxparabellum.com/2008/12/second-amendment-book-bomb.html">Pax Parabellum</a><br /><br />According to the originator ... <blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/wp-content/themes/starkers/images/book_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/wp-content/themes/starkers/images/book_thumb.jpg" alt="Second Amendment Book" border="0" /></a>December 15 marks America’s Bill of Rights Day, the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. To commemorate this event, we have created the Second Amendment Book Bomb [read about the book below], a unique and powerful way to communicate the importance of the Bill of Rights’ Second Amendment for the protection of liberty. With your help, we can launch constitutional rights to the top of national book bestseller lists, making a loud and clear statement that Second Amendment rights are inalienable!</span></i></blockquote>The goal as presented ...<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Second Amendment won a historic victory on June 26, 2008, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own and bear arms. To secure that right, however, the American public must be made aware of the reasons why the Founders sought to protect this right.<br /><br />The goal of the Second Amendment Book Bomb is to help educate more Americans about this right, informing one million Americans about Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook’s remarkable book, The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, during the 2008 Holiday Season and throughout the New Year ahead.</span></i></blockquote>About NOON today ...<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Halbrook's book </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[was] </span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">up to No. 327. ... Amazon </span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[is] </span><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">sold out, and they said a resupply is being shipped today, and should be available to fill orders within a couple of days.</span></i><br /></blockquote>The book and author ...<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The renowned Second Amendment scholar and lawyer <a href="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/author">Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook</a>, Research Fellow at <a href="http://www.independent.org/">The Independent Institute</a>, was key to the Heller victory—as well as to three previous gun-rights victories in cases before the Supreme Court. And his definitive defense of the Second Amendment is now available in <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/the-book">The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms </a>the first in-depth, book-length account of the origins of the Second Amendment and the most readable, comprehensive, and compelling work ever assembled arguing that the right to own a gun is as fundamental under the U.S. Constitution as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.</span></i></blockquote>What you can do ...<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Let’s make the Second Amendment Book Bomb a publishing phenomenon so great that even the mainstream media will have to take notice. Let’s spread The Founders’ Second Amendment so far and wide that Americans across the political spectrum, and all walks of life, will be discussing the Second Amendment in every possible venue.<br /><br />With your help, we can make Stephen Halbrook’s book #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. To make this happen, please <a href="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/pledge">pledge to buy at least one copy</a> of the book before or on the December 15th Second Amendment Book Bomb date (or even afterward, if this is your only option), and then <a href="http://www.secondamendmentbook.com/spread-the-word">spread the word</a> to others. Let’s make this the most amazing and explosive event ever on the right to bear arms, and declare in no uncertain terms that the Second Amendment will be around for a very long time to come.</span></i><br /></blockquote>You're on your own; I'll order my copy as soon as this post leaves my harddrive.<br /><br />Place your order on back order today - don't wait for the restock ... if you want it now call around or try other booksellers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-40654209730028074952008-12-13T18:43:00.003-06:002008-12-13T18:49:07.621-06:00ODDS & ENDS: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning whatever won't fit elsewhere ...<br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461928,00.html" target="_blank">Warning</a>: watch how you approach the guy in the corner, the drooler in the wheelchair, he's armed.</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Check out something called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_rot" target="_blank">CD/DVD rot</a>.</i></span> [Wikipedia; h/t <a href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/10040-CD-Rot,-and-St.-Augustine-on-Time.html" target="_blank">Maggie's Farm</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a target="_blank" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_sc/sci_elephant_health">Elephants live longer</a> in wild than in zoos</i> You think?</span> [Yahoo! News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a target="_blank" href="http://senseofevents.blogspot.com/2008/12/hitler-hates-cussing_11.html">Great mashup of Hitler</a> film clip</i></span> [Sense; h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/blodder_award/hitler_i_had_to.php">Am Digest</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466225,00.html" target="_blank">That's sad</a> ... no way to start a democracy!</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Ten months at sea, rowed over 9,500 nautical miles, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466624,00.html" target="_blank">Italian adventurer quits </a>65 miles from goal.</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/foxnews/latest/%7E3/2MRzpnXj-x4/0,2933,466684,00.html" target="_blank">This</a> ain't right ... people change and jobs are tight! This kind of retribution is wrong!</i></span> [FOXNews]<br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-80057065962296753372008-12-12T18:09:00.005-06:002008-12-12T18:19:45.771-06:00MILITARY: Spec. Forces team garners ten Silver Stars - a record!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>Capt. Kyle Walton and his Spec. Forces team from ...<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081212/capt.499167f93f294ef690cf09cda510393f.ten_silver_stars_ny143.jpg?x=213&y=159&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=305&q=100&sig=8zxXGFbmTgwnbKqIxwFWKw--"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 181px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081212/capt.499167f93f294ef690cf09cda510393f.ten_silver_stars_ny143.jpg?x=213&y=159&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=305&q=100&sig=8zxXGFbmTgwnbKqIxwFWKw--" alt="Capt. Kyle Walton" border="0" /></a>the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group had been sent to kill or capture terrorists from a rugged valley that had never been penetrated by U.S. forces — or, they had been told, the Soviets before them.<br /><br />He peered over the side of the cliff to the dry river bed 60 feet below and considered his options. Could he roll the wounded men off and then jump to safety? Would they survive the fall?<br /><br />By the end of the six-hour battle deep within the Shok Valley, Walton would bear witness to heroics that on Friday would earn his team 10 Silver Stars, the most for a single battle in Afghanistan.</span></i> [<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_re_us/ten_silver_stars">Yahoo!</a> News]</blockquote>We owe these guys a really loud ho-rah ... God bless you and your team Captain.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-46212783145510843682008-12-12T17:53:00.003-06:002008-12-12T17:59:48.475-06:00FAITH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning people and events of faith ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Tolerance, justificatory liberalism, freedom of religion, and California's Proposition 8 ... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1239">what they have in common</a>.</i></span> [First Things]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>I know it's sacrilegious but I think <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/hi-im-baby-jesus-hope-you-enjoy-my-blog/">it is creative</a>.</i></span> [MacCleans]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Our government is so good to us lowly citizens ... <a href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081210/god-references-added-to-capitol-visitor-center.htm" target="_blank">they've agreed to display</a> a copy of our Declaration of Independence in their new $621 million Capitol Visitors Center and even use some God speak (like "In God We Trust") ... well, whoop dee do!</i></span> [Christian Post]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Obama family <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE4BA2MR20081211" target="_blank">nativity</a> ... HO-HO-HO!</i></span> [Reyters; h/t <a href="http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2008/12/12/messiah-20" target="_blank">Brain-Terminal</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081211/poll-belief-in-ufos-matches-belief-in-ot-nt-as-word-of-god.htm" target="_blank">POLL:</a> One-third of Americans believe OT & NT are word of God</i></span> <blockquote><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">That’s about the same as the percentage of people who believe in UFOs (36 percent) and less than the amount of people who believe in ghosts (44 percent), Harris Interactive found through its online survey. </span></blockquote> [Christian Post]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>David Dockery's <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5q9hd9" target="_blank">reading list</a> for 2008</i></span> [Tim Ellsworth]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Really, except for researchers and theologians, <a href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081211/researchers-jesus-was-born-in-june.htm" target="_blank">what difference does it really make</a>?</i></span> [<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Christian Post</span>]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-1776298377235785092008-12-11T07:16:00.007-06:002008-12-12T18:09:24.177-06:00FAITH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning people and events of faith ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>NAE in hot water again ... this time for <a target="_blank" href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081208/nae-president-reassures-critics-of-pro-life-stance.htm">an NAE executive's personal views</a> concerning traditional values (abortion, gay marriage) as they relate to elections and candidate qualifications.</i></span> [Christian Post] <span style="font-weight:bold;">UPDATE:</span> <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/12/12/evangelical-spokesman-resigns-after-telling-npr-gay-marriage-abortion-ar">Exec resigns</a>.</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Sky-Real-Lives-Shows-Craig-Ewert-Suicide-Death-On-Day-Daniel-James-Assisted-Suicide-Inquest-Opens/Article/200812215176021?lpos=UK_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15176021_Sky_Real_Lives_Shows_Craig_Ewert_Suicide_Death_On_Day_Daniel_James_Assisted_Suicide_Inquest_Opens" target="_blank">EUTHANASIA:</a> American retires to UK in order to go to Switzerland to end his suffering now a docu-celeb! I don't begrudge him his choice but it doesn't change who gives and takes life (Deuteronomy 32:39).</i></span> [Sky News; h/t <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464125,00.html" target="_blank">FOXNews</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>If you are a regular at The CRIB you may have noticed there's no </i></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>ephemeral </i></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>category for "Sports." That's because we stopped being a fan when <a href="http://www.topix.com/forum/football-players/plaxico-burress/TRLNA9D2THDO0J1G7" target="_blank">athlete felonies</a> exceeded hail-marys.<br /><br />But then I didn't know about <a target="_blank" href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081209/nfl-players-choir-to-return-for-10th-super-bowl-gospel-celebration.htm">this</a> ... awesome! I'd love to attend! Nothing better than a squad of God's men singing His praises!</i></span> [Christian Post]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Yea, and we have the "right" to be <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464245,00.html" target="_blank">self-indulgent fools</a> as well, I guess!</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Lisa Miller in her <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/172653" target="_blank">Newsweek cover story</a> offers an excellent example of what happens when you buy into the teachings of liberal theologians. Speaking out of the natural man rather than the supernatural man, rather than change her worldview to accommodate His message, Miller redacts His text in order to fit her message.</i></span> [Newsweek; h/t <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/12/08/newsweeks-miller-plays-armchair-theologian-defend-same-sex-marriage" target="_blank">News Busters</a> (related: <a target="_blank" href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/12/09/jon-meacham-newsweek-editor-religious-right-bring-it">Is Newsweek's Meacham challenging religious America?</a>)]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/09/bush-says-creation-incompatible-evolution/">This</a> is the reason I'm more forgiving of Bush 43's record concerning issues of faith over the past 8 years ... he simply doesn't know any better!</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>The Cardinal, the Madonna, and the Dictator (or more relevantly - <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_en_mu/lt_chile_madonna">the apostate, the sinner, and the oppressor</a>) ... definitely a sign of the times!</i></span> [Yahoo! News]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-59932099793239919602008-12-10T08:15:00.006-06:002008-12-10T08:52:49.661-06:00POLITICAL: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning all things political ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>I have not been a fervent supporter of Bush 43 since the end of his second year in office, his unbridled spending and repeated failure to veto disturbed me .... however, we're about to draw the drapes on the Bush mausoleum and forget this somewhat unpleasant component of our history.<br /><br />But along comes Philip Klein with <a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2008/12/02/learning-from-the-bush-legacy" target="_blank">a well-written and well-justified tribute</a> to one of the lamest ducks in that history. </i></span>[American Spectator]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>This may put the quietus on <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/03/clintons-confirmation-spark-constitutional-battle/" target="_blank">Hillary's confirmation</a> as SOS ... one that even Slick Willie may not be able to circumvent.</i></span> [FOX News]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2008/12/more_unenforcea.html" target="_blank">More effort</a> to lay war crimes at the feet of Bush 43 and those in or formerly in his administration.</i></span> [Classical Values]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Now <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_re_as/as_korea_mass_executions" target="_blank">this</a> is disturbing ... </i><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Government investigators digging into the grim hidden history of mass political executions in South Korea have confirmed that dozens of children were among many thousands shot by their own government early in the Korean War.</span></blockquote></span> <i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And there's apparently evidence our military was complicit in some of the horror! Damn! </span></i><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">[Yahoo! News]</span></li></ul></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i></i></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><i><a href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/10051-They-are-still-at-it.html" target="_blank">BREAKING:</a> The United States of America started the Pacific part of WWII.</i></i></span><i> </i>[Maggies Farm via <a href="http://wimw-ford.blogspot.com/2008/12/of-false-facts-and-preemptive-strikes.html" target="_blank">Dan Ford</a>]<i><br /></i></li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><i><a href="http://ezralevant.com/2008/12/who-is-john-milton.html" target="_blank">Ezra Levant</a> offers a timely reminder of <a href="http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1040625" target="_blank">John Milton's relationship to freedom</a> from censorship ... "give me liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience."</i></i></span><i> </i>[Financial Post; Ezra Levant] <i><br /></i></li><i><br /></i><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><i>"I thot I saw <a href="http://topconservativesontwitter.org/" target="_blank">a Twitter Bird</a>? I did! I did! I saw a Twitter Bird." Conservatives Unit!</i></i></span><i> </i>[TCOT; h/t <a href="http://www.urbanconservative.com/2008/12/08/conservatives-unite-online-using-social-media-and-twitter/" target="_blank">Urban Conservative</a>]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a><br /><i><br /></i></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-60511738678374568012008-12-09T20:18:00.004-06:002008-12-09T20:43:37.935-06:00SINS: They will find you out!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><blockquote>For thousands of years man has tried to hide his dark side, to redact his history, and to spin events in such a way the harsh things of life simply tickled their ears (2 Timothy 4:3-4).<br /><br />But the sins of man will always rise to the occasion (Numbers 32:21-23).<br /><blockquote><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Who lies beneath the more than 30 white metal crosses — bearing no names or dates or other details — at a makeshift cemetery near the grounds of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where youngsters were routinely beaten and abused in the 1950s and '60s.</span></i></blockquote>Two memories exist of this time 50 years ago; one recalls horror and abuse, the other recalls juvenile delinquents getting their just rewards. Time will tell; the state of Florida plans a forensic investigation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault"> Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></blockquote></span></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-20854026031626416532008-12-09T09:12:00.003-06:002008-12-09T09:20:50.256-06:00SCIENCE / TECH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious concerning the scientific & technological ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Global <a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456767,00.html">warming fix is now certain</a> ... </i></span> [FOXNews]<blockquote><span style="color:#333399;">A group of western Pennsylvania college students are hanging 350 bras, underwear and socks out their dorm windows as part of an environmental message.</span></blockquote></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/opinion/27thu1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">NYT advocates world commitment</a> to 100 trillion dollar expenditure ... to global financial crisis??? No! Duh! To lower global mean temperature by 1 degree centigrade!</i></span> [NYT; <a target="_blank" href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/11/27/nyt-counts-obama-go-crazy-green-despite-economy">News Busters</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Same model made to appear 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 ... exceptional combination of photography, cosmetic art, and cosmetology ... <a href="http://picdit.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/a-20-year-old-model-photographed-as-if-she-were-10-20-30-40-50-and-60-years-old/" target="_blank">clearly a ten</a>!</i></span> [picdit]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Six consecutive named hurricanes hit mainland USA for the first time in history; "<a target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/foxnews/latest/%7E3/468719539/0,2933,458790,00.html">experts not sure</a> if global warming has anything to do with it." I can clear that up ... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1085359/Global-warning-We-actually-heading-new-Ice-Age-claim-scientists.html">NO!</a> (h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://theblackkettle.blogspot.com/2008/11/global-warning-we-are-actually-heading.html">Black Kettle</a>)!</i></span> [FOXNews]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>36 PhD candidates perform interpretive dance routines of dissertations ... the result is <a href="http://gonzolabs.org/dance/contestants/" target="_blank">36 YouTube sensations</a></i></span> [Gonzo Labs; see <a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1120/2" target="_blank">Science Now</a> for winners and abstracts; h/t <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459845,00.html" target="_blank">FOX News</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,591972,00.html">A living hell?</a> Sounds to me like Heaven, but with a memory of our temporal existence (Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:3-4).</i><blockquote><span style="color:#333399;">What would it be like to have an immaculate memory, so that every detail of life was instantly inscribed in the brain?</span></blockquote></span><span style="color:#000000;"> A living hell is too gentle!</span> [Der Spiegel; h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2008/12/hell_is_a_perfect_memory.php">Science Blog</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Viewing several autopsies while in Junior college was extremely educational; however, witnessing the dual autopsies of twin still borns was the end of the line ... too much for my 21 year-old mind and heart! But to see the autopsy of a relative or friend would have been unthinkable ... in fact <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463364,00.html" target="_blank">this was thoughtless</a>!</i></span> [FOXNews]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Darwinist/naturalist fool comes <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-horton/and-then-god-said-let-the_b_149035.html" target="_blank">unhinged</a>.</i></span> [Huffington Post; h/t <a href="http://areopagus.us/home/2008/12/08/david-horton-calls-creationists-fools/" target="_blank">Aeropagus</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Are <a href="http://junkscience.com/ByTheJunkman/20081208.html" target="_blank">reports of dangerous toys</a> over reaching?</i></span> [Junk Science]</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div></span></div><br /></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-3287615452418771332008-12-08T10:16:00.003-06:002008-12-08T10:25:31.355-06:00SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious ... <ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Speaking of Catholics, it seems they have <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112011.html">a better grasp</a> on the signs of the times ... and yet they are self-critical of their own voice in today's culture.</i></span> [LifeSiteNews; h/t <a target="_blank" href="http://theblackkettle.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-world-order-is-gaining-ground.html">Black Kettle</a>]<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>"A Canadian student association has <a target="_blank" href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/278833.php">voted to drop cystic fibrosis research as a charity</a>. On the grounds that the disease isn’t 'inclusive' enough, as it mainly affects whites, and men."</i></span> [ACE]</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081130/traditional-tomb-of-abraham-a-magnet-for-strife.htm" target="_blank">This</a> will not be the problem; one day the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque&ei=ErgySeSvLpTmMPDoiZ4L&usg=AFQjCNHBif9ymhffX0ZDEEK_YKCT-n-UrQ" target="_blank">Al Aqsa mosque</a> will be.</i></span> [Christian Post]</li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/foxnews/latest/%7E3/472962320/0,2933,460626,00.html" target="_blank">This kind of behavior</a> is bizarre in any era, but today it is a sign of the times.</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461647,00.html" target="_blank">BREAKING NEWS:</a> Terrorists take over Lego product facility ... demand release of Muhammad</i></span> [FOX News]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20081205/lego_condemns_custom_bin_laden_toy-id-1043692.html" target="_blank">UPDATE:</a> Forces (lawyers and the MSM) opposed to those behind the above rallied to take Muhammad by force if necessary. A full Lego Battalion has be formed to move on the rogue facility.</i></span> [Money Times (In.); h/t <a href="http://europenews.dk/en/node/17011" target="_blank">Europe News</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Hedonism in a culture of society has always spiked just before God's judgment; <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,462124,00.html" target="_blank">vanity surgeries</a> are a sure sign of this godless, self-obsessed philosophy.</i></span> [FOXNews]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Here are 20 celebrity hedonists who went <a href="http://www.customizedgirl.com/blog/?p=73" target="_blank">too far</a>.</i></span> [CG Blog]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/10051-They-are-still-at-it.html" target="_blank">BREAKING:</a> The United States of America started the Pacific part of WWII.</i></span> [Maggies Farm via <a href="http://wimw-ford.blogspot.com/2008/12/of-false-facts-and-preemptive-strikes.html" target="_blank">Dan Ford</a>] tb = http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/comment.php?type=trackback&entry_id=10051<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN0746551320081207" target="_blank">Christ must be cringing</a> ... </i><blockquote><span style="color:#333399;">With sport-utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry.</span></blockquote></span> [Reuters; h/t <a href="http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2008/12/christ-must-be-cringing.html" target="_blank">Brutally Honest</a>]</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div></span><br /></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9557841.post-3013707132881683562008-12-08T09:58:00.004-06:002008-12-08T10:10:58.094-06:00FAITH: Ephemeral links by their common ancestry!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The CRIB's periodically fugacious ...<br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Russell D. Moore at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary leads off <a target="_blank" href="http://www.russellmoore.com/index.php/2008/12/07/blaming-the-pro-lifers-a-response/">his pro-life commentary</a> with this ... </i><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Ross Douthat heroically <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/opinion/07douthat.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=all">engages</a> the attempt to blame the meltdown of the Republican Party on pro-lifers.</span></blockquote></span> [NYT; Moore to the Point]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>CELEB TESTIMONY #1 - </b><i>Celebrity testimonies give me a pain where the grass won't grow. Here is <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/12/022236.php" target="_blank">an entertaining testimony</a> by a well-know celebrity ... and not a single mention of Jesus, sin, confession, forgiveness, or the need for a Savior.</i></span> [Powerline; h/t <a href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/10057-Two-for-Advent.html" target="_blank">Maggie's Farm</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>CELEB TESTIMONY #2 - </b><i>Jessica Simpson wants to return to <a href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081205/jessica-simpson-mulls-religious-studies.htm" target="_blank">her roots</a> ... will her public give her a chance? Based on her behavior and her words, I'm curious </i></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>just </i></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>who her father might be?</i></span> [John 8:48; Christian Post]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>CELEB TESTIMONY #3 - </b><i>Have you ever wondered about <a href="http://www.russellmoore.com/index.php/2008/12/03/is-willie-nelson-an-orthodox-christian/" target="_blank">Willie Nelson's faith</a>? Well, wonder no longer!</i></span> [Moore to the Point]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><a href="http://christianpost.com/article/20081206/spiritual-movement-within-one-time-bloodiest-prison-to-air-nationwide.htm" target="_blank">The Miracle of Hope</a> ... no not BHO's, Angola's ... no not the country, the prison. Yeh! The one in Louisiana.<br /><br />We watched the documentary last night and was blessed. I wonder though how long it will be before the ACLU and the other God haters try to shut down the success of this faith-based effort?</i></span> [Christian Post; buy the DVD at <a href="http://store.brooklyntabernacle.org/bookstore/product.cfm?pID=740">BrooklynTabernacle</a>]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Atheism vs Christianity; especially the latter as it relates to our nation's foundations</i></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> <a href="http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2008&month=11" target="_blank">from the mind of a critical thinker</a></i></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>.</i></span> [Hillsdale; h/t <a href="http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/how_christianity_shaped_the_west/" target="_blank">View from 1776</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Montana is not that far from Oregon, so <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463069,00.html" target="_blank">this is not surprising</a>; what continues to be surprising is the arrogance of man.</i></span> [FOXNews]</li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Words have meaning; <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3569045/Words-associated-with-Christianity-and-British-history-taken-out-of-childrens-dictionary.html" target="_blank">without words</a>, there is no meaning; without traditional and historical words, traditions and history lose meaning, without which a nation has no meaning!</i></span> [Telegraph UK; h/t <a href="http://theblackkettle.blogspot.com/2008/12/words-associated-with-christianity-and.html" target="_blank">Black Kettle</a>]<br /></li><br /><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>The Grand Duke of Luxembourg (a Catholic) is opposed to euthanasia (and so is the Vatican); refuses to sign a law permitting the practice. However, the Prime Minister (also a Catholic and leader of the country's "Christian" Socialist Party) endorses <a href="http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2008/12/catholic-grand-duke-of-luxembourg.html" target="_blank">killing the unwanted and inconvenient</a>; he is in a position to push legislation that would downgrade the Grand Duke's legislative role. Three cheers for murder! Yahoo!</i></span> [<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5282483.ece" target="_blank">Times Online</a>; h/t Cranmer]</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com">Fav The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/"> RSS The CRIB!</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/ig/add?source=bstp&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsheepcrib.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault">Google The CRIB!</a> -- <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://sheepcrib.blogspot.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle">Stumble The CRIB!</a></div><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></div>John Gillmartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985997360287568530noreply@blogger.com0