Les Miserables- On My Own

There is something about Les Miserables that I enjoy. Here is a great song from the 25th Anniversary concert.

Suffering Children Should Be Smothered

Yiles! I think the younger woman's face says it all. She can't even believe she just said that if you really love your child and they are suffering, it is better for you to put a pillow over her head and smother her.

Osteen Said What?

Here is a video that the Museum of Idolatry did that goes through portions of one of Joel Osteen's talks to see if what he says lines up with Scripture. It is a little distracting because it is like watching an Asian Old Time Kung Fu movie (his lips don't line up perfectly- at least not when I watched it).

But if you can get past that and realize what he is teaching to folks and how the author of the Museum of Idolatry goes through, questioning his theology.

What do you think? Is he accurate in his comments during the video?

Holy Ghost Hokey Pokey

I am sorry. I don't even know what to say with this. This was apparantly at a revival and part of the service was singing the Hokey Pokey and then folks giving testimonies after they "put their left/right leg in"...

Can God heal anyway he wants? I am sure He can...This just seems ridiculous. I would pray that these folks get grounded in the Bible and not simply seek these emotional experiences. It kind of makes me sick. Where is the Biblical grounding?

As one of the commenters points out, "the video is simply great evidence that the lack of real faith in what is broadly called “evangelicalism” is wide-spread, and that hi-jinx like this have replaced liturgy, preaching, prayer, fasting, confession (both credal and personal sin), and humility."

We need to get back to seeking Christ and His fulness and not the Hokey Pokey. How far have we come that this passes as acceptable expression of the Christian experience or church service? There seems to be more to Christ than the Hokey Pokey.

By the way: You don't need to watch the whole thing to get the gist of it.

Your thoughts?

Celebrating Obama's Job Creation

Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa Claus

While this is late, here is a funny little clip for all the 24 fans out there. Be warned there is at least 1 NSFW word. I may be posting a little more in the next few days, since I am taking a Facebook "Vacation" for a couple weeks (Maybe a month...if I can handle it. :-) ) Happy New Year!

Video: Late, Late for and Important Date

This is a nice video showing just some of the time Senator Obama has shown up late for the Senate Foreign Relations hearings. Sorry, if you don't see this till after the voting. :-) I'm sure you've made your decision and hopefully it will be an informed vote.

Video: Fingerpicking From Antoine Dufour

Enjoy this fingerlicking, I mean fingerpicking goodness. D.B.

Video: I'm Voting Democrat

Here's a clever video respose to a prior one called "I'm Voting Republican" from the Left. Don't worry folks. I have not gone over to the dark side. :-)



I'm not sure that everyone should vote. Be informed about your vote, who you are voting for and what values are being represented. Don't just vote because it makes you feel good (or a candidate does) or because the candidate makes you feel good. Vote because you have put more than a little thought into it.

D.B.

Video: I'm Not Here To Make Friends

Anyone who has watched any reality shows will understand this. It is about 3:20 worth of folks not on the show to make friends. Pleas eto enjoy.

Video: McCain Ad - Lies and Sighs

Here's a list from Hot Air detailing 14 of the "fabrications" the McCain Campaign had to to choose from, following the Biden/Palin debate.

1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY.

2. AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it.

3. OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.”

4. TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage.

5. OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate.

6. ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times.

7. HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people’s health insurance coverage — they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false

8. OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska — she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it’s not a windfall profits tax.

9. AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan.

10. REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation — he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie.

11. IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right.

12. TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more.

13. BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.”

14. REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won’t pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan.

Click the title link for more on this story.

Video: McCain Ad- Joe Biden Silliness

I like the one that has Biden commenting "what am I talking about?" He had just asked some guy that he "knew" to stand up...Except the man was in a wheelchair. :-/ Yikes! That is pretty embarassing.

Video: McCain Ad- Week

I think McCain made a good stand and showed that he was a good leader when he stopped his campaign, a little too short in my opinion, to try and come to an agreement on the bailout.

He seemed more interested in showing he could put America ahead of his own bid for office. Much better than Obama's response of well, if you need me...

Video: McCain-Better Off

Here's Hot Air's Ed Morrisey's comments. Does it make complete sense to, in a sense, punish the large corporations by taxing the crap out of them? Does the Left think this is going to encourage that company to make more jobs, or less? read on for more comments.
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Team McCain has managed to erode Obama’s lead on economic policy by continuing to attack his positions and votes on taxes and spending. Obama likes to cry foul at this, saying that his tax hikes would only affect the top 5% of American earners. That’s true, as far as direct impact, but Obama plans plenty of tax increases that would have an indirect and yet significant impact on the American economy, including a hike of capital-gains taxes that would cut off job creation and send a teetering economy further into a recession.

Future ads should make that more specific. Talk about how taxing investment means fewer jobs, and how payroll taxes mean fewer jobs, and how vastly increased government spending means fewer resources for the private sector — and fewer jobs. We also need more spots on how a kitchen-sink energy policy creates jobs and keeps American wealth inside America, which McCain discussed at the last presidential debate.

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Video: Obama spokesman won’t deny he knew McCain’s injuries limited his computer use

McCain Ad: Crisis- Obama- McCain's a Liar

After seeing how loving the Mainstream Media is towards Senator Obama, it is not surprising that the quotes he gives (in the next ad) are from several publications that have not been unbiased in their coverage of McCain/Palin. This seems simliar to some racist white person quoting all his Arian friends in how much they dislike blacks to try and prove black people are bad. It seems to stack the deck a little.

I am not sure that this ad makes Obama look better. Check the link here for more commentary as to why Barack could be accused of the same type of things he is accusing McCain. that is what is difficult with the idea of "mudslinging" in a campaign. Both sides run the risk of appearing petty and whiny.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1786848892

Matt Damon Speaks About Governor Palin

---In the spirit of silly celebrity comments, here is Matt Damon. Below the video are the Hot Air comments from their blog post. Also, the comment about dinosaurs and if she banned books...a simple google search to snopes.com or factcheck.org would have cleared that up. Dennis Prager said it well when he suggested that celebrities stick to entertainment. They are enjoyable as celebrities, but say silly things when talking politics.



We cannot afford the possibility of an Alaska hockey mom with no experience having to face down Vladimir Putin, which is why we must elect an Illinois suburban dad with no experience who’ll definitely and immediately have to face him down. Who’s already embarrassed himself with the weakness of his response to Putin’s incursion into Georgia.

The odds he gives for McCain surviving his first term are also off, of course. Exit question: He sneers that Palin was picked for “political purposes” and nothing more. Remind me again, which important policy proposals landed trial lawyer turned first-term senator John Edwards on the national ticket four years ago? And whom did Matt Damon endorse at the time?

McCain Vs. Obama: Maverick?

Maverick and Hot Air's commentary



I guess Barack Obama doesn’t read Hot Air, nor listens to wisdom from our own Allahpundit. Team O got so flustered by today’s “Original Mavericks” ad that they rushed this new spot out today, apparently before doing some rudimentary fact-checking. Obama argues that the Bridge to Nowhere shows him to be the real Maverick: (Thanks Hot Air) You'll have to follow this link to see Obama's attempt at a response)

It’s true that Palin didn’t start off opposing the bridge, but as Governor she made the decision to kill it. At least she moved in the right direction. Who voted for it in the first place? Not John McCain; he derided it on the Senate floor, despite it being a pet project from a Republican colleague. Two of the votes came from … Barack Obama and Joe Biden:

---Check it out for yourself.

McCain Ad: Temple

---Here's an ad from a week or so ago, aired shortly after Invesco Field at the DNC. I thought the commentary was good over at hotair.com so I have added it as well. Please to enjoy. :-)

John McCain’s latest ad attempts to leverage the Greek temple from Barack Obama’s Invesco Field acceptance speech while tying him to the rest of his party as “more of the same”. The spot, called “Temple”, hammers the meta themes of higher taxes, more spending, and underscores their definition of Obama as a doctrinaire liberal rather than a post-partisan with new ideas on governance:

Expect more exploration of this theme as the general election proceeds. Obama likes to claim that he can heal the partisan divide, but he has no track record at any level of being anything more than what Power Line describes: a go-along, get-along careerist who works within the Democratic machine. This answers the silly McSame theme from the Democrats, who claim that McCain voted with his party 90% of the time (actually 88%) during the Bush administration. Obama voted with his party 97% of the time.

Team McCain needs a parallel theme to this, because while this spot is effective, it may be a little too subtle. New spots should demand an answer to this question: What has Barack Obama ever accomplished, as a reformer and as a “post-partisan”? With Sarah Palin on the ticket, John McCain can answer both questions with solid track records. Obama, on the other hand, can only point to some nice speeches he gave.

"Fixing" Trig's Hair

Here's the 9 second version of the cute video from the RNC and Piper Palin "fixing" Trig's hair. Cute stuff. Still not particularly fond of the name Trig (or Track) Sorry Governor.