tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59372572011-04-21T14:09:21.719-07:00Manning the outer reaches of the BlogosphereJoe Carternoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066858392132146632003-10-22T14:33:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:17:08.393-07:00

Wizblog has a hilarious “What if the tables were turned” scenario:*** Laura Bush has been placed in charge of the formulation of all major domestic policy legislation and decisions in the Bush White House, it was learned today. Dismissing critics' concerns that she is neither elected nor officially "appointed", and is therefore unaccountable, the Bush team emphasized the fact that Mrs. Bush is

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066849390627079662003-10-22T12:01:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:17:54.930-07:00

Remember that dreadful Robin Williams’ movie What Dreams May Come? Apparently, many people were under the impression that was based on sound theology. According to a recent Barna Research study: “Half of all atheists and agnostics say that every person has a soul, that Heaven and Hell exist, and that there is life after death. One out of every eight atheists and agnostics even believe that

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To the surprise and horror of Mother Jones, Nascar Dads (at least 49% of them) are pro-Bush. But how can that be! What could cause them to go against their own rational interest? Could it be they're just stupid? (“One possibility is that the Nascar Dad is not well informed; that indeed, like the rest of us, he's been duped.") Or perhaps they need someone to look up to. (“Maybe it's because Bush

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066669124164035162003-10-20T09:58:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:45:29.716-07:00

If the open-heart surgeries on the Discovery Channel make you queasy then you might want to avoid the reality programming by this group. Maybe Discovery Health can fit it in their schedule somewhere between Life's Little Miracles and Birth Day. Now that Time Warner has dropped AOL from its name, could this be the next big media merger?

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066599345527085012003-10-19T14:05:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:47:52.073-07:00

With the Dec. 31st deadline fast approaching, major media journalists are rushing to submit their “quotes” for the “2003 Maureen Dowd Misleading Quote Award.” For the past several months it looked as if an “obscure Washington Post reporter” would be walking away with the coveted award. But NBC news "military analyst" Bill Arkin recently leaped over the competition with his story on Lt. Gen.

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066588349569925282003-10-19T11:26:00.008-07:002006-10-25T09:48:29.723-07:00

Methodist minister and fellow blogger Richard Hall has taken exception to my claim that Lt. Gen. Boykin's comments were based on indisputable truth:The truth of Boykin's comments are very much beyond question. Do you not understand that Islam comes from the same root as Christianity? They worship the God of Abraham. They know him by a different name and understand him very differently, but that

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066525330367220122003-10-18T18:02:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:49:00.163-07:00

Several months ago, an Army General, a decorated veteran of the Bosnian conflict, stood in full uniform and made the following statement during an address in a mosque: "I knew Allah was bigger than [the Bosnian warlord's god]. I knew that Allah was a real God and Christ was an idol." Is your blood boiling yet?Before you call for the General's head, let me point out that no Muslim General ever

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Turns out that I was not the only one who noticed the discrepancies in the Post's summation of the Stars and Stripes article and the series...

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066400963270329482003-10-17T07:24:00.001-07:002006-10-25T09:51:39.703-07:00

On the Internet you'll find people who read newspaper articles, add their own spin to what they've read, and post them on their own websites. These people are called bloggers. At the Washington Post you'll find people who read newspaper articles, add their own spin to what they've read, and print them in their own publication. The Post calls these people journalists.The initial Stars and Stripes

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066276421948068202003-10-15T20:56:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:53:12.406-07:00

"If you are a 12-year-old girl or boy,” says Quentin Tarantino, “you must go and see 'Kill Bill.'“ Since the movie contains approximately 132 sword related deaths, most parents might be disinclined to agree. (Though if you substitute “jawbone of an ass” for “samurai sword” you practically have a Sunday School story.)Most Christians won't be taking their children to see Kill Bill. Most Christians,

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066238191097070342003-10-15T10:14:00.000-07:002006-10-25T09:53:46.426-07:00

Joshua Harris takes on the real "love that dares not speak it's name..."

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Bad school districts produce poor students. Good school districts, according to Harvard law professor and author Elizabeth Warren, produce poor parents.In a study of 2,000 U.S. families that had gone bankrupt, Warren found that parents often purchase more housing than they can afford in order to put their kids in a better school district. Inflated mortgages, Warren contends, rather than

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066077729538922432003-10-13T13:42:00.000-07:002006-10-25T10:06:39.410-07:00

Can you name the prominent Christian leader who recently wrote the following:"The church should insist that the biblical formula calls for adulthood to mean marriage and marriage to mean children." and"The shocking reality is that some Christians have bought into this lifestyle and claim childlessness as a legitimate option. The rise of modern contraceptives has made this technologically

Joe Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937257.post-1066081836992481432003-10-13T13:00:00.000-07:002006-10-25T10:07:06.083-07:00

If you are under the age of 45 and haven't picked up a copy of In, But Not Of: A Guide to Christian Ambition and the Desire to Influence the World then stop reading this and go buy the book.Hugh Hewitt's latest book should be the vade mecum for any young Christian aspiring to a life of influence. The advice ranges from the obvious but often ignored (#36 - Be slow to show your knowledge) to the

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