Comments on: A WAR NOT OF OUR OWN CHOOSING

By: The Owner's Manual

The Owner's Manual — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 04:03:29 +0000

#80 Best of Me Symphony
You say Falklands, I say Malvinas. What is it about geographical place names that brings out peculiar pedantry in pretentious pooftahs? Idler-Yet asks Why Must the G Be So Hard? No one wins them all, and your failures, when

By: byrd

byrd — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:53:10 +0000

The only message those among the left generally have for Christians is “pay whatever taxes I say you should pay, and otherwise shut up and go away.” I have mixed feelings about this. It’s rude and usually hypocritical in whatever argument they’re making when they say it, but it does have the positive effect of contributing to their endless electoral losses.

Now libertarians are saying “give us your vote and otherwise shut up and go away.” I find that a bit more vexing.

But that’s just me. If I were more impressed with Democratic candidates, maybe my opinion would be the reverse.

By: Classical Values

Classical Values — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:57:26 +0000

April Fools Afterburner
This week’s Bonfire of the Vanities is hosted by Will Franklin, who has a nifty blog and was nice enough to warn people about my “I will defend to the death your right to make me vomit!” post. (Definitely not…

By: WILLisms.com

WILLisms.com — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:37:43 +0000

The Bonfire Of The Vanities.
WELCOME TO THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES. New to the Bonfire? The Bonfire is “a self-submitted collection of the worst posts by otherwise excellent bloggers.” Each week, there’s someone new hosting it. First, some April Fools Related Items: The Zero…

By: WILLisms.com

WILLisms.com — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:37:25 +0000

By: Sue Dohnim

Sue Dohnim — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:52:01 +0000

Not all religious people are Christians, and as you’ve illustrated so well, everyone who values human life is not necessarily religious.

I was doing research on Dr. Ronald Cranford and came across this uncannily-timed online presentation from the U.S. Holocaust Museum. It’s about how the medical community from the post WWI era slowly forgot its proper role in society. It’s definitely relevant to so-called bioethics today.

In reference to hatred of religion and its role in the inhumanity in German doctors, I found this chilling account (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS) of the actions of Dr. Josef Mengele:

One morning in July 1944 I spotted my mother among a long line of women moving toward the gas chamber. Mengele called me in and gave me an errand to the crematorium. He knew I would see my mother go to her death. A couple of days later he asked me if I still believed in God.

By: Romeocat

Romeocat — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 16:45:54 +0000

SH, thanks. You are seriously on a roll this week!

I consider myself one of those “nutty Christians,” but I like to civilly discuss various viewpoints with lots of people who think differently from me. Generally, when I feel my reactions are geting out of hand, I will withdraw myself from the discussion. And usually, I have a “live and let live” attitude. Certainly, there are a lot of things people do that I think are wrong, and I’ll tell them so in appropriate circumstances. But, y’know, I’m hardly perfect, so it’s rather stupid of me to condemn others, right?

Now, I think most Christians feel pretty much like I do. So why can’t the MSM or the libertarians or the liberals see that?

I appreciate people like you, SH, because even though we may differ on some issues, we can still discuss and debate without villifying each other and resorting to ad hominem attacks. Thanks for your well reasoned opinions and your courteous attitude, I am pleased to consider you a friend.

By: superhawk

superhawk — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 13:40:46 +0000

Boko:

Thanks for proving my points so spectacularly. And to the rest of my readers, no I did not hire this moonbat to post this comment, he did it of his own free will.

By: Boko

Boko — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 12:51:49 +0000

What bile! CHRISTIANS! CONSERVATIVES! In my candid opinion, forget about the Cartesian cogito.. You all should be boiled down to make soap… And you can thank your lucky stars I’m a liberal! Or it would be the worse for you…
Your loving uncle Boko

By: T. D. Melrose

T. D. Melrose — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 06:23:33 +0000

I was surprised by the shallowness of the libertarian argument which boiled down to the Cartesian “cogito ergo sum.” And if you don’t do what libertarians recognise as thinking, you ought not exist apparently. This is too utilitarian for me. Every human has intrinsic worth and is worthy of respect and dignity, every one. Yes, even leftist moonbats. And libertarians. The libertarians at least are often open to reason; if their positions have hardened past reason, well, conservatism is still the big tent party and there’s always hope of conversion.