- Guests:
- Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
- Frank Gaffney of the Center For Security Policy.
- John Derbyshire.
- Governor Don Siegelman
- Topics:
- Is hate speech from the pulpit any different than hate speech from other venues?
- Afghanistan: 20 years of war or 3 cups of tea?
- "We are doomed" or are we?
- When will DoJ investigate political corruption in Alabama?!
- Bumper Music:
- For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield (video).
- Listen up!, The Gossip (video).
- Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.
- Go to the Mirror!, The Who.
- Change, Bart Crow.
- Ghost Chickens in the Sky, Sean Morey.
- Place Out On The Ocean, Jamey Johnson.
- It's Your Life, Loverboy.
- Call Me, Blondie (video).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.
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- Clip:
"“Let us pray. Almighty God, today we pray imprecatory prayers from Psalm 109 against the enemies of religious liberty, including Barry Lynn and Mikey Weinstein, who issued press releases this week attacking me personally. God, do not remain silent, for wicked men surround us and tell lies about us. We bless them, but they curse us. Therefore find them guilty, not me. Let their days be few, and replace them with Godly people. Plunder their fields, and seize their assets. Cut off their descendants, and remember their sins, in Jesus’ name. Amen."
Gordon Klingenschmitt. - Clip:
"Let us pray. Almighty God, we pray you rebuke the cowardly bureaucrat in the Pentagon, (whose phone number is 703-695-9664), who decided for the first time in 42 years to deny a request for a military plane flyover at the "God and Country Rally" honoring our veterans in Idaho, because the event might "appear to benefit a religious or ideological movement." Since when are God, Country, and Veterans groups too ideological? God we recall Revelation 21:8, the cowardly...their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. In Jesus name, Amen."
Gordon Klingenschmitt. - Clip:
"Let us pray. Almighty God, we again pray imprecatory prayers against Mikey Weinstein and his atheist complainers at the anti-Christian “Militant Religion Foes Foundation,” who just announced their secret plans, “we're ready to drop the bomb on Klingenschmitt,” following Mr. Weinsteins threat “I would like to beat the **** out of [Klingenschmitt] in a boxing ring or in an alley behind a Safeway.” God I welcome their beatings and persecution, which honor me as Jesus predicted in John 15:18, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.” In Jesus name, Amen."
Gordon Klingenschmitt. - Article: Is it 1966 in Washington? Or 2003, with a Shinseki moment. by George F. Will..
"In February 1966 there were about 200,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam—the number would peak at 537,000 in 1968—and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee invited the distinguished diplomat and historian George F. Kennan to testify about the war. He said:
"There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives … Our country should not be asked, and should not ask of itself, to shoulder the main burden of determining the political realities in any other country, and particularly not in one remote from our shores, from our culture and from the experience of our people. This is not only not our business, but I don't think we can do it successfully." "
- Article: The Obama doctrine: Capitulation sugarcoated with smart words By Frank J. Gaffney Jr..
"Undermine our allies. Embolden our enemies. Diminish our country.
Those nine words define the Obama doctrine with respect to American security policy. All three elements were much in evidence in the president's benighted decision last week to cancel the "third site" for intercontinental-range missile defenses in Eastern Europe. They will be on display as well during this week's several conclaves with foreign leaders."
- Member of the day: Geph gets a signed copy of "Threshold" for...
"Talibangelists or Talibangelicals is useful and concise title.
Kurt Vonnegut stated the situation well in “Cold Turkey”:
“For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes.
But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that’s Moses, not Jesus.
I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.
“Blessed are the merciful” in a courtroom?
“Blessed are the peacemakers” in the Pentagon? Give me a break!” "
