January 2010
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Justice by You is Wrong
A guilty verdict was just handed to Scott Roeder, the 51 year-old man from Kansas City, MO, who shot notorious abortionist George Tiller on May 31, 2009. He is sentenced to life in prison, for first-degree murder - a rightful sentence. A predictable end to a sad situation.
What is left now is a self-righteous man who murdered someone, and a monster who is now crowned a saint.
George Tiller was a...
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This exchange right here between the President and the Supreme Court is potent and captures the problem with the current direction of our country. Never before has the President of the United States attacked the Supreme Court so publicly.
Their response: stone cold stares.
The President doesn’t define justice and should never intimidate in such ways. He has a right to his opinion, but...
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State of the Union Goodies
Two painful events in one day. Can I take such stress? First Apple let me down, now the President of the United States let me down.
Instead of ranting paragraph after paragraph, I thought I’d speak on some of the positive things about this State of the Union address…in real-time…as it happens. Behold some goodies:
Joe Biden’s purple tie rocks.
Pres Barack...
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The 4 Weirds of January 26th
Today proved to be an interesting day in the ever exciting life of me, The Romantic. Turn away your eyes now if you were expecting something mushy and gushy, however. This is pure ranting; a spewing of inner brain matter all over cyberspace. <- lovely
When pulling out of street and heading to the library this afternoon, I turned the radio on to WLAC - conservative talk radio - in an attempt to...
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New Glenn Beck Program Theme
A the first of the year, Glenn Beck featured a brand new theme on his daily radio show. As we who are familiar with radio know, program themes sort of define the ambiance of the type of show.
I really dig this new one from Beck:
It’s very potent and emotional.
I dig it.
Transcript of Opening:
We search for answers everywhere, we will be the key.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER:...
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Unwrap a Question
In this innovative world, conversation has been destroyed. Presidential debates are YouTube events, tweets relentlessly force 140 character conversations, Facebook has the façade of friendship, etc. Few people actually sit down and plumb the depths of their comrade’s mind.
Think about your closest friends. You talk to them each day and feel like you have a pretty good grip on what’s...
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