tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55766572011-04-21T18:55:10.307-07:00Pushers for a Theistic Conservative agenda. Shining the light of truth on the muddy waters of moral relativism.David Z. Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185818873396099951noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1137994278799463902006-01-22T22:04:00.000-07:002006-01-22T22:35:57.476-07:00

by David Z. DentHugh Hewitt just posted on the topic of the Columbia School of Journalism and the inevitibility of MSM decline. A thought occurred to me while reading all of the various links;Post-modernist, secular humanists, of the sort that inhabit CSJ and most of the country's newsrooms have a philosophical barrier to their very mantra of objectivity. Post-modernism doesn't believe in

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by Andy The first preview video of the Narnia movie was released. Something to look forward to December 2005.

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By Jason Merry Christmas, Dave and Andy!

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By Jason Where do the kids get the money to buy video games at $20+ per game? Was I the only one who had to mow lawns to by Space Invaders for my Atari 2600? I also notice that many teens drive newer, more tricked out cars than I do. Is this part of a greater phenomenon of parents buying their kids whatever the kids want?

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by Andy Illinois has proposed legislation making it a misdemeanor to sell mature video games to minors: Yahoo! News. I would like to see the rating system in video games enforced by retailers, but I am not sure I buy into this type of legislation.

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1102915997630745462004-12-12T22:01:00.000-07:002004-12-12T22:33:25.530-07:00

An interesting article on the subject of video game violence. The author seems to draw the same conclusions as I do. Anyway, it is good to see those close to the gaming industry pushing back against the depravity.

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by Andy There are plenty of violent video games out there. From Mortal Combat to Doom, they have been criticized for many years. I have played many of these games and some of them disturb me considerably while others concern me very little. There is a quality to the game that should be considered above and beyond just the presence of violence. Many shoot ‘em up games place the player in a

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by Andy As a fan of dolphins I was very interested in this story about a pod of dolphins that saved several people from a great white shark. I’m fascinated by this story because it is difficult for me to see a reason why a dolphin, or any wild animal, would be interested in saving an unknown human. This behavior cannot be because of our mammalian commonality, as there are many species of

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1100377033661801532004-11-13T13:14:00.000-07:002004-11-13T13:17:13.660-07:00

by David The latest toll is 1200 dead terrorists to 25 dead Marines. The Iraqi forces took 7 dead. Around 170 wounded Marines. 80% of the city is under our control. The Iraqi forces did pretty well. They didn't run. They stood their ground and did a good job. They will be the core of a new Iraq. Let's pray for our boys over there.

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by David Our US Marine Corps is kicking the unholy snot out the terrorists in Falluja right now. Please visit the Belmont Club for all of the details. Get angry at your main stream media for not covering this war properly and showing the incredible skill, hard work and heroism of our young men and women in Iraq. Our combined arms and technology must be like fighting invisible demons to these

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by David I found out Saturday that I will have a third son on or about tax day in 2005. The entire family on both sides were hoping for a girl, but our two boys now are so beautiful and wonderful that everything will be fine. I reassured my wife that she need not feel guilty about being disappointed. We will love this new boy for all the things that he is and will become. And we will love

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by David Hugh Hewitt, once again our Field Marshall in this war of ideas, directs us wisely with respect to Arlen Specter. Wretchard, over at the Belmont Club puts Hugh's point clearly...time is on our side. The long term trends are all in favor of conservatives. The beautiful thing about our great nation is that it corrects itself over time. This is a conservative country and is becoming more

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By David In lieu of gloating, I am struck by a profound sense of relief. (I am very pleased that such a divisive partisan as Tom Daschle was sent packing from the Senate. He is the perfect example of what is wrong in politics). I thought Kerry was very gracious in his acceptance speech and I thank God for the Secretary of State in the State of Ohio for being prepared to block any shenanigans,

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by David This is UNBELIEVABLE...except that its source is the Associated Press. Some company reports bogus exit polling data, and somehow they attempt to afix the blame on people that read it and act on the information??? If you don't want people to read things, don't write them down. If you don't want to be heard, keep your mouth shut. If you don't want people to report your polling data,

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by Andy The networks won't call it but I will. Kerry has a 120,000 margin to make up in Ohio which is simply not possible. My faith in the American people has been recharged. We have overcome the opportunism of Kerry and his campaign, the hate mongering of Michael Moore, the vandalization and fraudulence of the democratic partisans, the disingenuity of the media, and most of all, the

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by Andy I sense that there is some frustration among Republicans because there seems to have been little change in the polls due to the three videos put out by terrorists last week that virtually endorsed Senator Kerry. To most Republicans those videos are obvious reasons why you would want to keep Bush in office. I believe one of the reasons why Kerry has not been hurt in the polls is

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1099288214479610952004-10-31T22:45:00.000-07:002004-11-01T10:31:12.863-07:00

by Andy There is considerable talk from the left on how devastating the war in Iraq is and the amount of chaos that is there. In order to put this into perspective, I thought I would drum up some statistics of US military casualties (source: http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/casualty/castop.htm). Year       Active Duty Casualties 1992          1,293 1993          1,213 1994          1,075 1995

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1099173682317044582004-10-30T13:45:00.000-07:002004-10-31T21:26:08.626-07:00

by Dave The great divide in this country has been the topic of many articles this election season and I thought I would add one more straw to the haybale here. Several years ago I read an interesting book by Rabbi David Lapin called "Americas Real War". It was a response to the overused and misused term "war" applied to every political football of that time; the drug "war", the "war" on poverty,

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by Andy This election has become full of anxiety and stress, but through it all it has helped remind me what a great leader we have right now. Part of the Republican campaign is to emphasize the heart and soul of this President, and for good reason. I believe those aspects of him are very strong. Certainly, being with a woman for 27 years will change a person, so I figure Laura has something

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1099106676935675162004-10-29T20:24:00.000-07:002004-10-31T23:28:39.373-07:00

by Andy After seeing bin Laden's new message, this is what I thought of. Clearly, Osama was trying to tap into the popularity of Michael Moore's film by mirroring the same rants. After all, Fahrenheit 9/11 is responsible for generating more hatred for America and her leader than any other single publication since as long as I can remember.

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By Andy Well. My initial reaction is that Osama clearly received this week’s DNC talking points. Although he appears to have missed the blame Bush for the Hurricanes point.

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by Andy According to this billboard, the hurricanes are now Bush's fault. After the debates, we were actually joking about Kerry accusing the President for the Hurricanes since it makes about as much sense as most of the other blames. I didn't actually think that there are people out there that are really that out there.

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by Andy We should always take terrorist threats seriously, but in this case we have a good reason to believe that this new video is a bluff. Quite obviously it is a political tool meant to manipulate the election, but is there anything real behind it? I doubt it. Why would they show their hand before an attack? They did not warn us before 9/11. To do so could have ruined years of planning

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by Andy This is too rich. An insurgent organization has put out a video stating they have stolen the Al Qaqaa explosives and they are threatening to use them against our troops. First off, why tell us about them? Why not just use them if they have them? The answer, of course, is because their purpose is to manipulate the people who watch the video. More significantly, why come out with this

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I wish it had better distribution... looks like a winner: In the Face of Evil

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by Andy I am stunned. It is mind-boggling how the Kerry campaign has jumped at this missing munitions story. Talk about not thinking it through. It is now coming out that Russia helped Saddam get those munitions (and most likely other weapons) out of Iraq and into Syria before the war. The evidence is now so heavily in favor of Bush it is ridiculous. Talk about a backfire. Kerry shows what

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by Andy This is odd... they lived as recent as 18,000 years ago according to the dating techniques.

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This ad put out by Progress for America is one of the best ads I have seen from a 527. If you haven't seen it, take a look: www.ashleysstory.com.

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by Andy The sport of football is a great illustration of the traditional American ethic. When you play football, you have to be willing to pick up the ball and charge into a pack of 350 pound men who want to tear you in half. It is this sense of self sacrifice for the purpose of something you believe in that encapsulates the ethics of the Republican Party. The amount of punishment endured by

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by Andy Clinton aspires to be the next UN General Secretary? This is a big reason to make sure Bush is re-elected. Is it just me, or is this a terrifying prospect of Kerry being President and Clinton running the UN at the same time?

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by Dave Almost Done. Less than two weeks left in a very tiring and draining campaign for all those that care. The temptation is to relax at the end, at any sign of good news. But we can't. The stakes are too high. This election is about one thing: Terrorism. Bush will win by more than the polls are showing in the popular vote and he will win comfortably in the electoral college. In

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by Andy We all know that the post-debate polls on news sites such as FoxNews and CNN are not accurate. Before the first debate, Terry McAuliffe sent an email to democratic supporters encouraging them to hit all of the online polls to make sure their numbers look good. It seems many enthusiasts took it a bit further and actually wrote automatic bots to inflate the polls for their guy. A bot is

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by Andy I was happy with how well Bush did in this debate. He nailed Kerry on most of the issues and was able to offset Kerry's polish and articulation with passion and sincerity. By the end, I am not sure how many non-biased viewers could take Kerry seriously and nothing more than a phony suit. The one issue I thought Kerry came across strong was on the dividedness of the country. I believe

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by Andy If you haven't seen them, check them out. They should be effective.

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by Andy Currently the left is yearning for the European way of life. In Europe, pleasure and recreation takes precedence over hard work. They emphasize the community over the individual and they embrace a secular society. The current divide in our country between the left and the right mirrors the divide between traditional American values (right) and the European values (left). How do 30-

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by Andy All in all, the President did very well last night. He certainly held his own in domestic issues. There is no doubt that Kerry talks on both sides of an issue, and Bush needs to point that out in the next debate as a reiteration that it is important to look at this Senator’s voting record instead of taking what he says at face value. Foreign policy is Bush’s strength and it showed

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by Andy First, of course, is Bush's last opportunity to debate foreign policy. But then immediately after the debate, the Afghans will be conducting their first election. I hope all goes well for the Afghan people and the success of this election.

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by Andy This morning on Regis and Ripa, Edwards compared the VP debate to the movie A Few Good Men. Of course Edwards was Tom Cruise and Cheney was Jack Nicholson. I find this interesting because it shows a mentality that is degrading the importance of the War on Terror and giving the greatest importance to exposing the supposed immorality of the current administration. I do not think this

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by Andy Well, it looks like the primary strategy of the Kerry campaign now is to undermine people's trust in the Bush administration. Both Edwards and Kerry are repeatedly stating that President Bush has misled the country. This is unbelievable coming from a pathological liar. As far as I can tell, their belief that Bush has deceived the country is only based on the fact that the President

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Newsweek has the race back to neck and neck. However, according to Little Green Footballs, the poll sought opinions of a disproportionate number of Democrats. Sloppy? Or Bias?

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Kerry is the Master d'Bater.

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by Andy We can all feel at ease that if John Kerry is elected President and he has to debate Osama Bin Laden, he will win that debate. Thank goodness. Nevermind how he has performed in the Senate for 20 years and how he has run his campaign. Kerry's two primary weaknesses with foreign policy were that he is indecisive and he will make our military weak. I am not sure why Bush decided only

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1096637759271663882004-10-01T06:30:00.000-07:002004-10-01T06:35:59.270-07:00

I don't think the President came off as strong as he could or should have last night. As far as presentation, I have to declare Kerry the winner. In substance, I side with Bush, but I am partisan. I will note that 90% of Kerry's statements were criticisms of Bush without any real plan of his own. When he did have a plan it was something ridiculous like hosting a summit regarding Iraq that

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by Andy Two Tucson Surgeons, Dr. James Balserak and Dr. Eric Kendle, have volunteered to leave their comfortable lives and families here in Arizona to serve the U.S. armed men and women in Iraq. Balserak is the chief surgeon at Tucson Medical Center and was the skilled doctor who removed my gallbladder last year. These deeply patriotic and heroic Americans insist the soldiers get the best

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by Andy I watched the PBS special from the past two weeks on the Question of God. It focused on the influences and lives of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. Obviously, Lewis was the supporter of theism and Freud the opponent. Half of the show was a documentary of these two men, and the other half of the show featured conversation between a discussion panel of various experts with a variety of

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by Andy There is a swarm of news now about the potential involvement of Kerry's campaign in the CBS hoax. This should not be a surprise considering the ends that CBS went to protect their source. It seemed like Rather would have been willing to insist the sky is green before revealing his "unimpeachable source". If it turns out the Kerry campaign is culpable, it will not be surprising if

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1095469139801805982004-09-17T17:42:00.000-07:002004-10-12T23:27:45.036-07:00

by Andy ABC has published an interview with Col. Walter Staudt, who is mentioned in the forged documents. This from World Net Daily on the interview: "No one called me about taking George Bush into the Air National Guard," he said. "It was my decision. I swore him in. I never heard anything from anybody." Staudt told ABC he came forward because he saw erroneous reports on television. Bush

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by Andy This in from the Washington Post: "I know that I didn't type them," Knox said of the Killian memos. "However, the information in there is correct," she said, adding that Killian and the other officers would "snicker about what [Bush] was getting away with." Don't tell me the snickering is her evidence it must be true. Is this really news worthy? And is Ms. Knox trustworthy for making

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1095279447946774742004-09-15T13:15:00.000-07:002004-10-12T23:26:56.840-07:00

by Andy This is an image produced by Little Green Footballs. It switches between the document provided by CBS and one recently typed with Microsoft Word. For all those media broadcasters that are not convinced this is a hoax ... (Click to enlarge)

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by Andy I am glad to see the Washington Post seems to be taking this issue seriously. The article concluded with the following: Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, called on the network to apologize, saying: "The CBS story is a hoax and a fraud, and a cheap and sloppy one at that. It boggles the mind that Dan Rather and CBS continue to defend it."

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by Andy Last week was a monumental landmark in the American media when CBS defended its position on the recent Bush National Guard documents. I find it significant for two reasons: 1) The documents are obviously forged and the CBS defense of them is absurd. Hugh Hewitt has an excellent break down of the facts. 2) The documents are used for a character assassination of the President of the

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by David Dent About a week before RR died, I saw The Passion with my wife. It was very difficult to watch. I physically had to restrain myself from getting up during the march along the Emmaus road. That was the first movie in a long time, perhaps ever, that invoked such a strong response from me. I wanted to leap onto the screen and carry the Cross for Him. I was crying a lot. This is the

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by David Ronald Reagan defined my generation. Like it or not, agree with him or disagree with him, he defined the decade and changed the political landscape of America and the world forever...and for the good. I found myself crying and rejoicing during the memorials for the greatest icon of my political conscience. A few places of note for me: 1. I got choked up seeing the boots backwards in

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This gentleman is a bigger man than I.

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Is there any excuse within the civilized world for this? I challenge to defenders of the Palestinian cause to condemn this attack. They won't. Israel should be admired for its restraint. If this had been my wife and children, I would arm myself, walk into the nearest Palestinian settlement and begin shooting at every Palestinian I saw until I was dead myself. The fact that this has not

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1082797466237207652004-04-24T02:04:00.000-07:002004-04-24T02:07:27.250-07:00

by Jason Stonefeld See Peggy Noonan's column here for background on this outstanding American who has made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. I am at a loss to describe my admiration for this young man who gave up the material comforts of a great athletic career to defend this country against the islamist threat. As long as our country produces men like this we will never be conquered

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1081363931646159442004-04-07T11:52:00.000-07:002004-04-07T11:55:22.373-07:00

By Jason "The overeducated idiot" Stonefeld I got about half way through this list before I realized it was a joke. However, can't you just image the mainstream media saying these things?

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1079380918316690712004-03-15T13:01:00.000-07:002004-03-15T13:04:19.733-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld Second letter, second post at Weekly Standard online. Click here for my brilliant anaylsis.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1079368760650435562004-03-15T09:39:00.000-07:002004-03-15T09:41:41.390-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld This pastor who writes in Today's WSJ online has an interesting take on the whole homosexual marriage issue. I hope he is wrong, but fear he is right.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1077822169961866122004-02-26T12:02:00.000-07:002004-03-04T13:47:17.420-07:00

by Jason Stonefeld Remember how conservative politicians and pundits were and are ridiculed for alleging KGB influence over the anti-war movement of the 1960's? This guy is priceless as a first-hand witness to this. No wonder no-one has heard of him, just like the Venona Project.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1074659525006159162004-01-20T21:00:00.000-07:002004-10-12T23:49:16.480-07:00

by Andy I got around to reading the very popular book The Da Vinci Code, and I must admit I am very disappointed. Dan Brown does a good job of running the reader through a compelling, suspenseful story, filled with riddles and cliffhangers. However, I was turned off by the presence and magnitude of anti-Christian statements. At times, Brown displays some positive sentiments towards

Andy Tofelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1073886186353093912004-01-11T22:43:00.000-07:002004-01-12T23:08:13.653-07:00

by David Z. Dent I finally saw the final installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy movies last night. For the entire series, I have to give those that made the film an "A" grade. The special effects and casting for most of the film was excellent. But I am a long-time fan of Tolkien and no film could have been made of this story without criticism from me. I am wont to ignore minor

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By David Z. Dent This morning, as I was taking my two-year old to his twice a week half-day at school, there were two bobcats squaring off to rumble sixty feet from my driveway. Beautiful cats. And they were big. It made me a little apprehensive about my pooches, honestly. My dogs are about 75 and 65 pounds, respectively, but they don't have the weapons a cats has and these kitties were at

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By David Z. Dent No. I don't mean guys like Ghandi. I'm talking about dog collars. I have just purchased two new dog collars for my rambunctious hounds and I am like a new man. I brought home two pups while still in college and raised them myself. It was a pain. It was impossible to train two at once. They are rowdy and excitable and chase anything that moves. Walking them has always

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by David Z. Dent I was preparing to watch the Sugar Bowl between OU and LSU last Sunday night and I had the television on about fifteen minutes early and caught a little bit of ABC's World News (I think that is the title). They had some horrible images of Bam, Iran (may God have mercy on all those lost souls), and then they went into a segment on college sports just before the Sugar Bowl was to

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by David Z. Dent Happy New Year to everyone! Mark Steyn has a great year opener - read it here. My own predictions, although still in flux, include a serious motion regarding our seive-like borders with Canada and Mexico. I believe that the Mexican trucks on US roads, Amnesty vs. Guest Worker visa argument and the health care conundrum that our border states are having, will drive this issue

David Z. Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185818873396099951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1072848864417277062003-12-30T22:34:00.000-07:002003-12-30T22:35:29.936-07:00

by David Z. Dent What? Do people in Arizona play football? Not very well this year. ASU was supposed to compete with USC for the PAC-10 title - didn't happen. The Cardinals will always be a joke as long as the franchise is owned by a Bidwell. The UA finally hit rock bottom. Thank God for Mike Stoops. I believe he will be a savior for the UA football program. He is getting a very warm

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by David Z. Dent The Wildcats just narrowly avoided a loss to Lousianna-LaFayette. Of course the cats were asleep at the wheel and the Cajuns were shooting out of their minds tonight. This Wildcat team is an amazing one to watch. The Cats start the PAC-10 season on Saturday in Tempe to beat down another upstart Sun Devil team. The sports guys on Fox Sports Net keep suggesting that ASU is up

David Z. Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185818873396099951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1072829910871202532003-12-30T17:18:00.000-07:002003-12-30T17:19:36.403-07:00

by David Z. Dent Check out this poll I found on my favorite Iraqi Dentist's weblog, Healing Iraq. I wonder how many major media outlets will print it, or even give it a bit of analysis to determine its accuracy. It is hard to like this information if you were against the war. I guess the only part that the anti-war crowd could get excited about would be the part about Iraqi's feeling

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by David Z. Dent Hat Tip to Andrew Sullivan for this great article. Carl Rove has got to be soaking his outer garments with saliva awaiting to jump into the ring with any one of these Dem-weanies. I really appreciated the part about the rising income levels of Blacks in our country. It is something that I have had a hunch about for some time. There has been a rising black conservative

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By Jason Stonefeld Here is a gem about Kwanzaa the fake holiday that is now recognized amongst the cultural elite.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1072121664706751192003-12-22T12:34:00.000-07:002003-12-22T16:59:13.936-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld This article pretty much sums up why most (not all) poor are in poverty. (Yes, that is a redundant statement).

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1067490666734819342003-10-29T22:11:00.000-07:002003-10-29T22:11:01.746-07:00

by David Z. Dent Why is the US so disappointed in France? Why are we so much more emotionally upset at France than of Germany or Belgium? I think the answer is many-fold and - like most answers sought in politics and foreign policy - can be found in history. The answer, or at least a healthy and unmentioned part of it, is that we love France. As toxic as their hatred of us is, as ridicuous

David Z. Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185818873396099951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1066158497243558672003-10-14T12:08:00.000-07:002003-10-16T14:58:29.160-07:00

by Jason Stonefeld Your humble scribe submitted some commentary to the Weekly Standard Online, which was featured as a letter to the editor. Click here

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1065678318732461892003-10-08T22:45:00.000-07:002003-10-08T22:45:18.253-07:00

by David Z. Dent I haven't blogged in a while. Been sorta busy with a new baby, a booming business and, try as I might, I just can't seem to operate on less than 7 hours of sleep for very long. Eventually, my body siezes control and gets the sleep it needs, planned or not. I wake up from a disappointed haze to find that since my last blog, good news from Iraq is surfacing in even the

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by David Z. Dent My second son was born on August 30, 2003, just three weeks ago. The second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks came and went and now the east coast of the US is recovering from a brush with a hurricane. The American press corps has done a supremely incompetant job in reporting the world events. I read Iraqi newspapers, French papers, Brittish papers and then I read US papers.

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by David Z. Dent Here is a great article. Read it.

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by David Z. Dent I saw an article on Fox News' website that made me smile. Check it out here. The title is very clever. I was driven to post it as I had just seen an interview the other day with Bill O'Reilly, so her existence was fresh in my mind. In the interview, she reiterated the droning whine from the left that is a massless, baseless, frictionless, formless, complaint against the Bush

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By Jason Stonefeld I actually agree with Alan Dershowitz. See his column here. Actually, Professor Dershowitz is fairly intellectually honest. He believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided though he personally believes that abortion should be legal.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1062118705697473672003-08-28T17:58:00.000-07:002003-08-28T17:58:25.573-07:00

by David Z. Dent What is the real difference between Communism and Fascism? Multiculturism and Racism. That's it. I submit to this audience that Communism is worse because it tells a bigger lie than Hitler's 'Big Lie' and has better marketing appeal to the 'think with your heart, not with your head' crowd. Hitler limited his support group to blondies living in Northern Europe, while

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By David Z. Dent There is a non-profit, but thus far privately funded, organization trying to create a memorial to all the innocents slaughtered by the greatest cancer to humanity ever invented by Fallen Man - Communism. Check it out. Send money. http://www.victimsofcommunism.org/ Spend some time looking and reading, and you'll realize that the current lingering threat of communism makes the

David Z. Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185818873396099951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1062105094076785062003-08-28T14:11:00.000-07:002003-08-28T14:11:34.123-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld Do not click on this link unless you want to see the picture that has broken the hearts of my blog brother and I. If you are a parent, do not look at it. If you don't believe in human evil, do not look at it as it may change your mind.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1062104694795564992003-08-28T14:04:00.000-07:002003-08-28T14:04:54.826-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld What else is the explaination for this. Its OK to make fun of Conservatives and Republicans, but Taco Bell having fun is rigging an election?? Ay, Caramba!

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1062103978871658172003-08-28T13:52:00.000-07:002003-08-28T13:55:24.613-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld Yes it is true. I am afraid Ann Coulter may have made some inadvertent errors in her latest column at WorldNetDaily.com. Click on the link, read her column first, then return here. 1) The left's favorite leader after Saddam is Fidel Castro, not Chiraque. (I base this upon Castro's treatment by Members of Congress and Hollywood. Of course, the left's lack of pilgrimage to

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061997345379309852003-08-27T08:15:00.000-07:002003-08-27T08:19:37.500-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld A Wall Street Journal article discusses the growing appeal of NASCAR outside of the South. This makes perfect sense as this country is returning to embrace masculine values that have been so maligned during the last 30+ years of radical feminism (sorry for the redundancy). The patriotic expressions at NASCAR events are even more indicative of most normal thinking people

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061934295144126932003-08-26T14:44:00.000-07:002003-08-26T14:44:55.176-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld Can we now break the myth that the National Organization of Women is a mainstream women's group? They have now endorsed Carol Mosely Braun, the least likely of democratic contenders for the nomination. This should prove once and for all that NOW has made itself irrelevant to everyone but the mainstream media who think NOW speaks for all american women. By endorsing a sure

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061872082994178862003-08-25T21:28:00.000-07:002003-08-25T21:28:02.983-07:00

By David Z. Dent There is an elephant in the room, the emperor is wearing no clothes, or there is a tie on that pig - whichever turn of phrase pleases you. This elephant is invisible to the world because of the poison of multiculturism and liberal ideology and an overcompensation from the horrors of WWII. This elephant is the solution to the insane level of violence in the Middle East right

David Z. Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185818873396099951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061851176410727602003-08-25T15:39:00.000-07:002003-08-25T15:43:45.116-07:00

By Jason Stonefeld Can we finally dispense with the media created fiction that Howard Dean is really a moderate with a dash of conservatism? This Letter to the editor will hopefully put that lie to rest. Howard Dean is to the left of Mondale, Dukakis, Carter, etc. and his own words prove it. The liberal media know that a liberal will never be elected, so it disguises a liberal as really being

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061336540022440782003-08-19T16:42:00.000-07:002003-08-19T16:42:20.076-07:00

The article mentioned by Mr. Stonefeld did not address my real moral concern for socialism, or compulsory charity. The main concern is that charity is an expression of love of Mankind and the "love thy neighbor" part of the mitzvot or commandments handed down by G-d. In Christian theology it is the second part of the two-part commandments that are the most essential according to Jesus Himself.

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Here's another article on a favorite topic of my blog brother. Essentially, charity comes from voluntary giving, not government coercion. I once had to tell this to a birkenstock wearing woman at Pacific Lutheran University who tried to tell me that it was unchristian to desire lower taxes.

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061230533266348592003-08-18T11:15:00.000-07:002003-08-18T11:15:33.266-07:00

Here is an interesting article on why Nazis are closer to todays left wingers as opposed to the right. The terms Nazi came from the party's acronym NASD. The S stood for Socialism. Roughly translated, the party was named the National Socialist Democratic party. Sure Hitler and Stalin hated each other but because they were each on the same end of the political spectrum. Intra-ideological

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061220811420818162003-08-18T08:33:00.000-07:002003-08-18T08:33:31.486-07:00

Click here to see an article making the same point I did in my last post, though much more elegantly.

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All the weeping and nashing of teeth regarding the power failure "How can this happen?!" "It is obviously George Bush's fault because he is a Texas Oilman!" Etc. proves that the chattering classes (media, politicians, university faculty (in decending order of irrelevance) who are also overwhelmingly liberal) are absolutely incapable of surviving outside of a modern society. There are two

Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576657.post-1061009632630101672003-08-15T21:53:00.000-07:002003-08-15T21:53:52.026-07:00

For lack of a better topic here are some of the websites I review on a daily basis in order to keep abreast of news events from a conservative point of view: Wall Street Journal Online Media Research Center Drudge Report Jewish World Review World Net Daily that will do for now

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by David Z. Dent I just read an article from the Associated Press, that bastion of fair and balanced news reporting, titled "Third World Laughs at Blackout Woes". First of all, I doubt sincerely that the entire Third World is overjoyed at every US misfortune. I doubt that the people interviewed for this story are representative of the public at large around the world in these countries.

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By David Z. Dent After being baptized in the Episcopal Church as a half-step between my paternal family's Catholicism and my maternal family's convenience-store style of Church-of-the-Nearest-Corner selection whenever they moved, I was raised an agnostic atheist by default by a single mom after a divorce. My paternal grandmother died when I was 10 and with her went the last person in my family

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It has been revealed that the paintball hunting was a hoax. Check out Kathleen Parker's latest column at Jewish World Review . com.

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I am beginning to align my sympathies with the spunky Ann Coulter and her declaration of treason in regards to the behavior of the anti-everything-Bush-does crowd. There is a great piece by Charles Krauthammer that is especially uplifting, and the reports from Andrew Sullivan's page about all of the amazingly good things happening in Afghanistan and Iraq are truly moving. They really instill a

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by David Z. Dent I read some disturbing stuff regarding the news business on AndrewSullivan.com: a. CNN is sucking up to the Mullahs in Iran now, as if the Iraq debacle wasn't enough. There was nearly a revolution started on July 9th, a couple of weeks ago by some students. No where in the media. There are some brutal things being done in that country by the powers-that-be and CNN has

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Race, Color and Democrats by David Z. Dent I went to a birthday party on Saturday. It was the second birthday of a little girl in one of my son's "play-groups". "Play-groups" are a modern reaction to the dynamic, and sometimes dangerous world we live in. Because of a need for a safe place for kids to play and interact with other kids, a place to take active children, having a busy life that

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