tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236679142011-12-14T21:32:39.411-05:00To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842586712858728713noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23667914.post-1154027825787892342006-07-27T15:16:00.000-04:002006-07-27T15:17:05.800-04:00

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From the American Thinker, on Jean Francois Revel, and my take on the Peter Beinart article below.

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There will be some changes coming soon, stay tuned. We will soon have a new format and server location. Plus many more features and information on Politics, Books, and more!

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Gates of Vienna: Putting the Pieces TogetherI just can't say it any better, so I won't even try.

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Product Name: Godless: The Church of LiberalismAuthor: Coulter, AnnRating: 5 StarsThe first half of the book is a tremendous expose of the Liberal tendency to lie, cheat, and steal in order to get their way. The second half rips to shreds the arguments and "evidence" belonging to every proponent of evolution that she can get her hands on.A wonderful read, highly recommended!Refer instead to this

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John McIntyre of the RCP blog has a post in the theme of my last entry:Anti-Americanism and Hewitt vs. CamposYesterday morning on RealClearPolitics we posted a column by Paul Campos of the Rocky Mountain News in which he attacked Hugh Hewitt, Glenn Reynolds and Peter Beinart for what he calls a "Rose-Colored View of History." Later in the day, Hewitt had Professor Campos on his radio show for a

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The Missed Opportunity of the WW IV LiberalThere was an article in the NY Times Magazine on Sunday, 30 April, that I just can’t get out of my head. It purports to have a lesson for Liberals as to how to express their philosophy for the 21st century. I fact, in the second paragraph, Peter Beinart is dismayed that “Democrats…cannot tell a coherent story about the post-9/11 world.” He goes into

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From The Northern Online, file under "Inappropriate Speech"Right to Life group to press charges against protestorsStudents plan vigil to protect displayBy: Sarah Loman, Amy Ehrnreiter and Amanda JoeringMembers of the Northern Right to Life are camping out Thursday to protect their display of anti-abortion crosses, following the damage and removal of the display on Wednesday by protestors. The

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I would like to begin with a thank-you to Nargess, because I may have presented my last two posts without setting the stage properly. Keeping your mind open and your intellect set on "rational thinking", let me just set something straight for everyone: I believe in complete freedom of speech (barring, of course, the yelling - "Fire" - in - the - theatre - situation), and I believe that the best

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This is my favorite of the Danish Cartoons, I am going to order one of the T-shirts!

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In the spirit of Freedom I hereby post this pic from South Park.Mohammad,Muhammed, Mohamed,Mahomet,Whatever.This is still America.

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I came across this on a news site, and I've lost the link, but it's still worth putting out there:Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, [ Hillary Clinton ] claimed her work on behalf of New York constituents would run afoul of the House bill setting penalties for anyone who knowingly assists or encourages illegal immigrants to remain here."I realize I would be a criminal,

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“Two Failed Elections and a Surrender”John F’ing Kerry has published yet another screed, entitled Two Deadlines and an Exit. Well, his grammar is correct but that is about the extent of it. Mr. “we can’t fight communism all over the world” seems to be advocating a rerun of the withdrawal from Vietnam (…did you know that John Kerry served there?…). His main thesis seems to be that President

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I am in the middle of reading Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Red Book of Selling, and I must say that it has me really jazzed. I have been in sales for 10 years now, and I can honestly say that no book has had this kind of impression on me since The 7 Habits! It is not just another book of lists, nor is it particularly "inspirational" in the feel-good sort of way. It is a great kick in the pants

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Good morning, and welcome to CPHD. I have been doing a lot of reading lately, and I want to share some of these books with you. First, a disclaimer: I am a certifiable book addict. My wife thinks that my collecting and reading habits are excessive, to say the least. As a supplement to my collection of books, I have been keeping a list of all of the books that I have read, or started to read,

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