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13 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - NYT's Carr Defends Art... · 0 replies · +1 points

"All The News That Fits The Spin"

13 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Marco Rubio v. Science · 0 replies · +4 points

Q: Senator, if one of your daughters asked you—and maybe they already have—“Daddy, did god really create the world in 6 days?,” what would you say?

A: What I’ve said to them is that I believe that God created the universe and that the six days in the Bible may not be six days as we understand it … it may not be 24-hour days, and that’s what I believe. I know there’s always a debate between those who read the Bible literally and those who don’t, and I think it’s a legitimate debate within the Christian community of which I’m a part. My belief is that the story that the Bible tells about God creating this magnificent Earth on which we live—that is essentially true, that is fundamentally true. Now, whether it happened exactly as we might understand it reading the text of the Bible: That, I don’t presume to know.

The Daily Caller reveals the name of the senator in this exchange, in case you haven't guessed already. (not Marco Rubio)

13 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Yes, Obama’s Bio Lie... · 0 replies · +2 points

It is not true that Barack Obama is a messiah, a latter-day Jesus Christ.

The only thing Obama has in common with Jesus is the same middle initial.

13 years ago @ Commentary Magazine - Yes, Obama’s Bio Lie... · 0 replies · +9 points

After the 2004 election, John Kerry promised to release the complete medical records from his naval service, to refute the claims made by his fellow Swift Boat crewmen.

More than seven years later, we're still waiting to see those records.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - The Top 10 Best Film C... · 2 replies · +4 points

I was wondering why John Barry was not on the list (Dances With Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger and other Bond films). And where's Maurice Jarre? (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago)

How about James Horner? (Legends of the Fall)

14 years ago @ Big Peace - Iran Aggression Vindic... · 0 replies · +4 points

Actually, since neither George W Bush nor anyone else in an official capacity (Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, etal) ever published a single authoritative white paper labeled "Bush Doctrine", it was possible for different people to characterize (or mischaracterize) it differently.

Remember when Sarah Palin objected to Charles Gibson's question, "Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?"

"In what respect, Charlie?"

Eventually she got tired of his failure to get specific about what he was asking, so her answer referred to ridding the world of Islamic extremists. A good answer but probably not all-inclusive.

Then Gibson offered his own opinion, that preemptive attacks are sometimes warranted. That's also part of it, but hardly original with Bush 43.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Trailer Talk: 'Abraham... · 0 replies · +3 points

If this movie takes off, however, I can foresee the day when all that young people know about Abraham Lincoln is that he was an awesome vampire killer.

Freed the slaves? Saved the union? Blank stares.

14 years ago @ Big Peace - The Obama Administrati... · 1 reply · +7 points

Obama is making the world a far less safe place, and his defense cuts are diminishing our safety.

But Obama won't be around when the really nasty stuff happens, so the next president will end up taking the blame.

Rumsfeld said, you go to war with the army you have, not the one you want. In the next war, we'll have to go to war with the army that's left over after Obama gets through slashing the budget.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - BH Interview: Adam Bal... · 0 replies · +2 points

I agree, but I never believed Morgan as a sidekick spy. The series went in directions after the first year that just did not make sense.

14 years ago @ Big Peace - How to Counter the Chi... · 3 replies · +1 points

Unmanned drones linked to over-the-horizon targeting systems can now replace the need for ship-borne helicopters in many situations. Oh, there are tasks such as SAR that require helos, but keeping track of enemy shipping is not one of these tasks.

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