tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89420942011-08-24T09:25:51.791-07:00Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-30606365102250518282010-11-26T08:48:00.000-08:002010-11-26T08:51:28.030-08:00

Here is Senator Jeff Sessions' memo on the problems with it. (See my note at the bottom of the post.)Ten Things You Need To Know About S.3827, The DREAM Act1. The DREAM Act Is NOT Limited to Children, And It Will Be Funded On the Backs Of Hard Working, Law-Abiding AmericansProponents of the DREAM Act frequently claim the bill offers relief only to illegal alien “kids.” Incredibly, previous

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-82602382225990511992010-09-29T07:33:00.000-07:002010-09-29T07:37:36.397-07:00

From "Who Will Lead the Recovery? Start With Texas" by Josh Freedman, National Journal, 9-11-10.Freedman maintains that there is agreement between experts on which state will lead the country to a solid economic recovery. "Nobody's messing with Texas." Although the economy has slowed in recent months the prospects for a robust recovery are still looking up for the Lone Star State. Texas

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-39609420477245036052009-07-16T20:06:00.001-07:002009-07-16T20:12:27.671-07:00

On page 16 of the new 1,002 page Health Care Bill, it says that no NEW private health insurance may be purchased after the bill is passed. That means, for instance, that if you changed jobs and lost health insurance, you could not buy new private health insurance to replace it. More and more, year by year, there would be less and less private health insurance. That would mean fewer and fewer

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-37171200427664647902009-06-08T08:37:00.000-07:002009-06-08T08:59:32.047-07:00

What matters with deficits is not so much the actual size of the deficit, but how much of the GDP (Gross National Product) it takes. With deficits, it is the PERCENTAGE of GCP that matters. Our present deficit is a country-eating monster.This deficit is 13% of the GDP. The biggest previous deficits never reached more than 6%, not even during major wars or the Great Depression. Would closing

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-22426481079537120842008-11-11T08:59:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:01:20.853-08:00

What is "fairness" where taxes are concerned? Equal tax rates for all? Or a "progressive" tax rate, where the rich are taxed at a higher rate than the poor? Americans have come to accept that progressive tax rates are "fairer." But - how much more do the rich need to be taxed for "fairness?" That may have become "how much more do the rich need to be punished for being rich." For many, "

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-38091595365436712772008-10-27T08:54:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:16:57.932-07:00

With scant elegance, nuance or tact, this "bird's-eye view" is a rough picture of what will happen if we go over this particular cliff at this, "our moment" in history, and why we may never regain what will be lost if we do.The problem is not only with the presidency. Increasingly, Congress is the problem. Congress has much more power than the President now. If the Democrat majority grows, it

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-18305916964415971222008-09-23T12:57:00.000-07:002008-09-23T13:00:56.627-07:00

"A trillion here, a trillion there and next thing you know, you're talking real money."Time is short. Congress is getting set to act, possibly this week. We need to stop them.First, do we want to have this crash now or later? One way or another, we will have it.Our choice is to have this financial crash now, or to postpone the very same crash until later. Having it later will be even more

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-3164515980960552752008-09-19T14:38:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:40:31.808-07:00

What a mess - the 2nd biggest financial meltdown ever! It is as if the accelerator in Switzerland started a black hole after all, and most of the globe was getting sucked into it. How did it begin?It started with very good intentions. About 30 years ago in the most powerful economy in the world - the U.S - it started as a way to fight racism, and then poverty too. Some banks would not lend

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-49904050269778105942008-09-16T08:55:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:56:23.507-07:00

Going to dentist right now, but will try to get back to this later. Meanwhile, these urgent suggestions:1. Pay off your debts2. Cut back on spending3. Save money like crazy, and hang on to it4. Do not put your money at risk - invest extremely carefully5. Finance your own retirement.6. Tithe! (You should want the blessing, if nothing else.)These two links will give a good running start on

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-10729243835063514782008-09-15T10:01:00.001-07:002008-09-15T10:14:21.971-07:00

Is the stock market plummeting? Yes. Could it go lower - a lot lower? Yes. Will some businesses close? Yes. Will some jobs be lost? Yes.Then - is this a real economic crisis? Not exactly. It is a financial crisis, limited so far to the financial sector of the economy. But not an "economic" crisis, not for the whole economy. For example, the transportation, energy, utility,

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-74977900093379535462008-09-12T16:04:00.000-07:002008-09-12T16:39:10.816-07:00

From "The Biggest Missing Story in Politics", Bruce Walker, American Thinker, 8-25-08, at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/the_biggest_missing_story_in_p.htmlThe Battleground Poll, the most respected and thorough of all public opinion polls, released its latest results on August 20th. Walker says, "I always zip past the first 15 pages and go straight to Question D3, which... proclaims the

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-50931908860728643282008-09-10T08:37:00.000-07:002008-09-10T08:41:15.576-07:00

If you come from only a natural point of view, and speak only of what nature requires for species to survive, what is paramount is first, reproduction and second, defense against predators and raiders. Species that abort are at a reproductive disadvantage. So are species where the males, physically more powerful and faster than females, will not do battle to protect themselves, their mates or

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-5294794436336564232008-09-07T15:07:00.000-07:002008-09-07T15:12:39.426-07:00

This is from an editorial in the Investor's Business Daily, 9-4-08 at http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=305420655186700. Democrats' reintroduction of militant Michelle Obama in Denver was supposed to show her softer side. But it only highlighted a radical part of her resume: Public Allies.Barack Obama was a founding member of the board of

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-65322345059161205632008-09-05T06:24:00.000-07:002008-09-05T07:08:13.169-07:00

Palin's good looks almost get in the way of taking her seriously. But much more is at stake in this election than simply an election. Investor's Business Daily outlines here the importance of Palin in our national security.Security: The impact of prolonged high oil prices is moving well beyond economics. Russia now takes license to assault Georgia, and intends worse. John McCain's Alaska

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-48874384837335974152008-08-30T08:10:00.001-07:002008-08-30T08:14:02.838-07:00

Our entire world view can be permanently altered merely by moving from non-boss to boss! It is that drastic a change. The level of decision making and of responsibility is the greatest, however, for the boss of bosses, the CEO (Chief Executive Officer.) Every organization has to have a CEO. Why? Simply because very few organizations can be run by a committee. Ultimately, there must be one

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-64779160484917738362008-08-29T14:25:00.000-07:002008-08-29T14:47:34.151-07:00

First Impressions:We know she is a hugely popular (80% favorables) reform Governor of Alaska. We know she is Senator John McCain's choice for running mate. But who is she? You can look her up on Wikipedia. But this is how she struck me. She is refreshingly direct. Though a real beauty, she gives a strong impression of plainness - plain in speech, action and thought. She could be doing her

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-772115411037323282008-08-13T19:25:00.000-07:002008-08-13T19:27:20.287-07:00

Michael Phelps told the interviewer about being an ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) kid, in a long magazine article a couple of years ago. He simply had incredible surplus energy. He told about how he would check in at home after school, then leave for the park. There hs would tear around, trying to burn off as much energy as he could, so that when he returned home, his behavior would not

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-24484931780245199202008-08-12T15:27:00.000-07:002008-08-12T15:29:09.793-07:00

It will be awhile before the smoke clears and better-verified information comes in about Russia's attack on Georgia. With apparent efforts to obscure the record, we may never have an undisputed view of what really happened. But so far, this is what seems to have happened. The situation in South Ossetia was bad. There had been considerable firing from the South Ossetian town of Tskhinvali into

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-68912881097472168052008-07-17T17:56:00.000-07:002008-07-17T17:57:39.689-07:00

It's a perfect storm. Soaring food prices and world hunger. Soaring oil prices and inflation. An imploding housing market. Banks going under. A weak dollar. A growing trade deficit. Foreigners buying up our businesses. GM in trouble. Lay-offs everywhere. The dizzying collection of problems is still growing. No wonder the economy is hurting!And all this somehow came from good intentions?

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-5811073344203607192008-07-12T10:38:00.000-07:002008-07-12T10:40:46.208-07:00

They never knew quite what to do about their respect for Tony Snow. The problem was, he wore his Christianity on his sleeve. When he had a Fox News show, he often closed with a short, sometimes frankly Christian editorial on his thoughts about something. That embarrassed a lot of his colleagues in the press. But he just did his work so darned well! No one could help respecting him for his

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-31996746162271089662008-07-11T16:56:00.000-07:002008-07-11T16:58:05.691-07:00

The media never tires of pointing to George Bush's low approval ratings, which hover around 30%. But at the same time, they keep ignoring the much-lower approval ratings of Congress. Today one poll reported Congress' approval rating had dropped to 12%. The Rasmussen Poll, 7-1-08, showed a new low of 9%. Single digits! Maybe the fact that they can't even have a vote on letting us drill for

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-19437428908886198362008-07-10T10:55:00.000-07:002008-07-10T11:04:16.411-07:00

Who are our Presidential candidates - really? That is, what is their character? How do they behave under pressure? Or when no one is looking? Would they put us first, no matter what? Can we trust them? At a gut level we know that strength and quality of character is the single most important thing we want in a President. Leading the most powerful country ever known, day after day, requires

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-87349718131231554772008-07-01T08:11:00.000-07:002008-07-01T08:12:34.616-07:00

In this morning's news is evidence that Exxon-Mobile may be moving toward going out of business in a few years, at http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/IsExxonMobilsFutureRunningDry.aspx. . Why? And what would that mean for the U.S.?It is routine for the U.S. Congress to haul in the CEOs of big U.S. oil companies, slap them around before the cameras, threaten them with

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-59417277796488059642008-06-28T05:59:00.001-07:002008-06-28T06:01:44.556-07:00

October 7, 2007, by Jonah Goldberg, "How the Dems Plan to Take Down Their Real Opponents, Rush and O'Reilly" at http://www.nypost.com/seven/10072007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/bum_rush.htmIn the parable of the million monkeys banging on typewriters for a million years, the reward is supposed to be the complete works of Shakespeare. But have you heard the parable of the million interns? Here, the

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-82526642064982667362008-06-27T21:43:00.000-07:002008-06-28T12:42:04.334-07:00

By Rocco DiPippo, The American Thinker, 6-7-09, at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/the_audacity_of_the_democrats.htmlThere was a pre-Lewinsky time, before moral relativism blurred America's vision, when associating with people like Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers would have automatically excluded someone from attaining the highest office in the land. Back then, anyone with well known

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-89728881431746930622008-06-25T22:09:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:46:52.272-07:00

Herb Meyer on Demography, Culture and Survival of the West at Davos, SwitzerlandThis is a paper presented some time ago by Herb Meyer at Davos, Switzerland, a meeting which was attended by most of the CEOs from all the major international corporations-- a very good summary of today's key trends and a perspective one seldom sees. (http://thetemple.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-88240194183226317912008-06-20T07:56:00.001-07:002008-06-20T07:59:36.877-07:00

Chuck Colson writes (Breakpoint, 6-11-08):A few years ago, a film called A Day Without a Mexican took an amusing look at our dependence on Mexican labor...both sides of the immigration debate share one assumption: There is virtually an endless supply of people from Mexico - and the rest of Latin America - who are ready to come here and work.This assumption may be wrong. Mexico is having an

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-20117391653423406482008-06-19T13:58:00.000-07:002008-06-19T13:59:55.709-07:00

One of the things I learned in my 7 1/2 years in prison was that every prisoner I ever knew assumed all drug users are thieves. Period. I never ran across one prisoner who did not absolutely believe that. They would have laughed at anyone who thought otherwise. Personally, I never talked to a drug user in prison, including those arrested only for drug possession, who did not admit to

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-59576300984488377492008-06-10T13:07:00.000-07:002008-06-10T13:10:29.367-07:00

Exxon-Mobile is a tiny oil company (even though it is the biggest of the U.S. oil companies.) At 18th in the world, it ranks way down in the scales. The other 17 companies are the real oil giants. They are all government-owned oil companies. Saudia Arabia. Kuwait. Venezuela. Pemex in Mexico. It is a very different picture from what you may have been thinking, or hearing from Congress.You

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-53058086438398013102008-06-04T15:21:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:28:14.261-07:00

OK. We've seen "Hidalgo" and watched Viggo Mortensen eat locusts in the desert. And we've seen people eat worms on "Survivor." But you seriously want us to make bugs a diet item? Oh, it might help the environment? Well then...maybe when we go to the Olympics in China this summer. Maybe. Say, are there any insect dishes that look OK - sort of? Actually, there are. Well, kind of. See the

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-37751622411244201602008-05-30T10:37:00.000-07:002008-05-30T10:46:25.162-07:00

Worried about too many people breathing and eating burgers, messing up the environment? That puts the focus in the wrong place, as Robert Knight outlines here. Instead of worrying about too many people, we need to be worrying about two few people. "Demographic Winter" is coming, and is much scarier than alarmist environmental worries. The really frightening future is a human race that is

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-34256662527600521802008-05-28T11:07:00.000-07:002008-05-28T11:19:52.014-07:00

That is, Scott's Dad Barr McClellan wrote a book attacking former employers and benefactors, accusing them of bad things.Barr McClellan's book, Blood, Money and Power, attacked former employer and benefactor Lyndon Johnson and former employer Ed Clark by claiming they arranged the assassination of JFK.Barr McClellan's book got a fresh boost in February 2008 when a man surfaced claiming to be JFKs

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-15275893100779350502008-05-26T07:00:00.000-07:002008-05-26T08:27:14.938-07:00

This is from Richard Fernandez, the "Wretchard" of the famed "Belmont Club, here. A Harvard-trained Filipino, he speaks eloquently of the his childhood memories of the fabled Filipino heroes who fought back against the Japanese occupation of the Phillipines during WWII:I thought they would never die; that through some mysterious process sheer bravery would save them from old age and death. As I

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-61203883091265826892008-05-15T15:36:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:44:04.798-07:00

(From Chuck Colson's Breakpoint today, at www.breakpoint.org:)The news from Myanmar/Burma keeps getting worse. As of May 11, nearly 300,000 were dead or missing. The UN said 1.2 - 1.9 million were struggling to survive after the storm.But the conduct of the Burmese junta is even more appalling. It actively hinders relief operations. After it seized food aid last week, the UN had to stop

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-23043473285444992892008-05-10T13:05:00.000-07:002008-05-10T13:19:25.713-07:00

Apparently the globe has stopped warming (if it was actually warming) and has started cooling (if there actually is a cooling trend.) But we are still rushing ahead with drastic, often harmful, measures to stop global warming..Shouldn't we be stopping what we are doing to cool the earth? Should we start trying to warm the earth instead? Or should we stop everything about warming or cooling

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-12756739872463898642008-05-09T13:20:00.001-07:002008-05-09T13:24:08.285-07:00

"UN Halts Aid to Myanmar After Junta Seizes Supplies," at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90I3ORG0&show_article=1Why would they do that?When there is a major disaster in a poor country, the major obstacle in getting aid in is usually that country's government. Very often, it steals the aid supplies and sells them for its own profit. If somewhat democratic, it is simply corrupt. If a

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-73871153635788702152008-05-07T22:48:00.000-07:002008-05-07T23:15:38.203-07:00

This is excerpted from the dean of American economists, Robert Samuelson, at realclearpolitics.com.What to do about oil, as the price soars and is likely to keep soaring? Samuelson says we are almost powerless to affect oil prices, because......we didn't take sensible actions 10 or 20 years ago. If we persist, we will be even worse off in a decade or two. The first thing to do: Start drilling.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-49050487111853239062008-05-05T13:46:00.000-07:002008-05-05T13:52:52.177-07:00

This is from "Watch the Web for Climate Change Truths", by Christopher Booker, The Telegraph, May 4, 2008, here.The big story should have been the evidence pouring in against the idea that the world is heating up. Now some are ruching to modify the computer models that are being contradicted by the facts.Two weeks ago, as North America emerged from its coldest and snowiest winter for decades,

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-19233129364889577132008-04-27T22:12:00.001-07:002008-04-27T22:14:11.885-07:00

This is from an article by Bruce Walker, from The American Thinker. at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/03/the_lawyers_party.htmlThe Lawyer's PartyThe Democrat Party has become the Lawyers' Party. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are lawyers. Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama are lawyers. John Edwards, the other former Democrat candidate for president, is a lawyer and so is his wife Elizabeth.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-10061160287470545642008-04-20T16:59:00.000-07:002008-04-20T17:08:10.647-07:00

Recently Spengler wrote something that opened up for me a new possibility that could explain the rabid, inexplicable hatred of Muslims for Israel and the Jews. Here is the quote: Islamic governments cannot accept the return of the Jews to Zion according to Biblical prophecy, for this would question the Koran's claim to be a final revelation to supplant the Judeo-Christian scriptures. That is, if

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-40366083737914255352008-04-17T14:05:00.000-07:002008-04-17T15:25:14.262-07:00

Environmentalists are objecting to biofuels? Just what is going on? Well, exactly what was predicted.The hand-wringing is getting frantic. Yesterday Simon Jenkins wrote in "The Cost of Green Tinkering is in Famine and Starvation" in The Guardian, that "Biofuels threaten food supplies, rain forest and climate - yet our leaders push them in the name of the environment" Jenkins begins:Farewell

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-36583891870729935212008-04-16T15:55:00.001-07:002008-04-16T16:20:03.406-07:00

So writes award-winning environmentalist and professor, George Monbiot, in Britain's The Guardian yesterday, at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/15/food.biofuels . His headline says: A food recession is underway. Biofuels are a crime against humanity. But - take it from a flesh-eater - eating meat is worse.He writes:Never mind the economic crisis. Focus for a moment on a more

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-67020466332857336822008-04-15T10:25:00.000-07:002008-04-15T11:08:36.408-07:00

So writes George Weigel in the April 21, 2008 Newsweek, at http://www.newsweek.com/id/131774?GT1=43002.This Pope is not a superstar like John Paul II, but a master teacher. People came to see John Paul. They come to hear Benedict XVI.John Paul helped bring the USSR down by his purely religious, non-political visit to Poland in 1979. The USSR took him so seriously that they attempted to

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-70716207574469851982008-04-14T22:22:00.000-07:002008-04-14T22:25:54.069-07:00

Al Gore's estimated fortune is over $100 million. His speaking fees are around $175,000. He also owns a big bundle of Google stock acquired at a very low price. His estimated wealth was only $2 million, partly inherited, when he left office in January 2001. That means his earnings have averaged around $14 million a year for each of the last 7 years.Now he stands to profit still more from

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-9213703185322036252008-04-12T08:16:00.000-07:002008-04-12T08:31:10.580-07:00

The following report, based on the World Bank report below, is from outsidethebeltway.com yesterday at http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/biofuels_starving_worlds_poor/The drastic rise in prices for corn, rice, and other staples that is wreaking havoc in parts of the developing world is due in large part to Western investment in biofuels, according to a recent report of the World

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-24169492551957929052008-04-11T07:53:00.000-07:002008-04-11T07:57:31.432-07:00

This editorial from the NY Times today, "The World Food Crisis" 4-10-08, at ://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/opinion/10thu1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin .Most Americans take food for granted. Even the poorest fifth of households in the United States spend only 16 percent of their budget on food. In many other countries, it is less of a given. Nigerian families spend 73 percent of their budgets

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-14764148020677327012008-04-05T11:42:00.000-07:002008-04-06T09:41:19.098-07:00

We talk about the poor a lot. We arrange our politics around the poor. Our religion points us toward the poor. There have been revolutions about helping the poor. But when it comes down to it, many of us are ready to throw the poor overboard.Food prices are soaring all over the world. Three billion people subsist mostly on rice. Yet the price of rice has soared again, rising by 10% this

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-49182525582628724972008-04-01T11:01:00.000-07:002008-04-01T11:05:22.864-07:00

No she's not! April Fool's! Gotcha, didn't I?Over the years, there have been millions of April Fool's Day Hoaxes. Rubel Shelley brings us some of the best efforts, below, from the last 150 years.Today is a day to be on your toes. It's April Fools' Day - or April Fool's Day or April Fools Day, depending on your choice of spelling. Believe me, I'll be especially careful. I work with a guy

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-46939766493691972552008-03-27T17:42:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:53:14.429-07:00

"What you see is what you get" writes Benjamin Manaster about John McCain in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120640701463560977.html?mod=djemEditorialPage. He begins:"The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves." -- Peter Ustinov"Once upon a time there was a no-name generation that went about its

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-75187775736588650232008-03-24T21:46:00.000-07:002008-03-24T21:49:42.182-07:00

If Bush were to resign, this is what he might say:Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans." Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-57659806118935140222008-03-24T10:54:00.000-07:002008-03-24T11:19:40.557-07:00

By Malcolm Moore in London, Telegraph.co.uk., 3-19-09, here Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, has acknowledged his Christian faith for the first time, paying a surprise visit to pray at the tomb of St Francis of Assisi.Accompanied by his daughter Irina, Mr Gorbachev spent half an hour on his knees in silent prayer at the tomb.His arrival in Assisi was described as

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-43138500581110943842008-03-21T09:57:00.000-07:002008-03-21T10:30:54.218-07:00

Senator Barack Omama and Rev. Jeremiah WrightIn the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web Today, 3-18-08 James Tarranto describes how Rev. Jeremiah Wright describes his own theology as "Black Liberation Theology," and talks about its source in the writings of James Cone:"...from what Wright himself, in the "talking points" page of his congregation's Web site, describes as "systematized black

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-73770046469242334572008-03-17T17:37:00.000-07:002008-03-17T17:55:51.283-07:00

Why are Americans so upset about the rantings of Obama's pastor? Because he brings a major, huge question to front and center, where it cannot be ignored. That issue - the so-far-unnamed issue with most Americans about Barack Obama - is not whether America is willing to elect a black President. That issue was settled years ago by Colin Powell. According to polls taken then, Americans would

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125715698465366932005-09-02T19:35:00.000-07:002005-09-04T07:26:38.303-07:00

In yesterday's post, I pledged to post as rapidly as possible a book on how to best help the poor. This introduction is the first installment on that pledge. I will post the other chaptersas fast as I can.(These are not the things that need to be done in the next few days or during this immediate emergency. Rather, this is for the time after that, in which refugees will be moving from getting

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125638338653071432005-09-01T22:10:00.000-07:002005-09-02T10:04:31.143-07:00

Many American refugees from Katrina are already arriving in other cities. I know of three shelters in Texas already, in Houston, San Antonio and the covered Burger Statium here in Austin. Arkansas has some too, and more are coming.As an old hand at helping poor people move up out of bad situations, I want to make a suggestion to all those trying to help these storm victims. Whether they were poor

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125510015159793812005-08-31T10:39:00.000-07:002005-08-31T10:40:15.166-07:00

Just now, coming back in from my daily "walk-in-the-heat" program, I saw two empty taxicabs in the parking lot of my apartment house. They did not look like the taxis from around here. Then I saw their license plates said "Louisiana."We will probably be seeing more and more "refugees" from New Orleans very soon. Although, since they may not be labeled "Louisiana" like these taxis, we may not

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125505531890489582005-08-31T09:24:00.000-07:002005-08-31T09:27:02.316-07:00

Thousands finally reached the designated 'safe place,' the Superdome, yesterday. They have been outside, on a raised concrete platform, for 12-24 hours now, wondering when someone will come for them.They see the air full of helicopters, but none are coming for them. Why not? Well, they are still trying to find people worse off than them. Just yesterday the helicopters rescued over 3000 people,

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125501659106221102005-08-31T08:19:00.000-07:002005-08-31T08:20:59.113-07:00

In New Orleans, the people who found 'ultimate shelter' in the Superdome, now are having to be evacuated. There is no water in the Superdome. Toilets are running over. Hot, no cooling system, dark. Getting these people out of their 'safe shelter' now has become an emergency. A convoy of buses will carry them over 300 miles to the unused Astrodome in Houston.More and more water is flooding

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125442967637926312005-08-30T15:57:00.000-07:002005-08-30T16:02:47.643-07:00

It is early to consider this; but with some things, the earlier they are considered, the better.What kind of sense does it make to have a city near the Gulf and its hurricanes which is the size of New Orleans, in a bowl 8 to 20 feet below sea level? If it does not make much sense, should it be rebuilt there?We do not yet know how much of New Orleans will have to be rebuilt But we can guess that

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1125346502701390722005-08-29T13:13:00.000-07:002005-08-29T17:53:53.476-07:00

Watching the devastation from hurricane Katrina, and the rescue and restoration efforts afterwards, we should remember how much was lost in big natural disasters in other countries. The Tsunami tragedy less than a year ago; the recent floods in Bangaladesh; the earthquakes in Iran; and others. Especially, we should note how much less the loss of life and property is here during Katrina, and think

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1124945341443688262005-08-24T21:45:00.000-07:002005-08-24T22:19:00.523-07:00

Amazing that Arminians and 'Reforms' get along at all. We do, of course. But can't help noticing where we do part company, sometimes. One thing that stands out is the way our differences in doctrine sometimes can affect what we actually do about evangelism.Many 'Reforms' do believe in evangelism, even practice it, although they believe that who will be saved is already pre-determined. Others

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1124941211207024692005-08-24T20:35:00.000-07:002005-08-24T20:40:11.216-07:00

Last night I had the pleasure of picking up my grandson at the airport, as he came home on the way back to college from his summer job. We were all having a good time in the car when I asked him how it was to be home. "Good" he said. "I'm hearing my grandmother's voice from the driver's seat, just like always." Music to a granny's ears!Later at the house, there were photos of him, his new girl

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1124727375274694952005-08-22T09:15:00.000-07:002005-08-22T09:16:15.283-07:00

Is evangelism more important than helping the poor? Or is giving the hungry food more important than telling them about the good news of the gospel? Where should we come down between these two positions, seemingly at opposite poles? In fact, what about all the other questions about the poor? Is helping them even commanded by God? If so, what is the Christian way to do it? These questions are

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1124462900441437632005-08-19T07:47:00.000-07:002005-08-20T13:10:23.846-07:00

“WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?”So cried out the jailer to Paul and Silas, haven fallen trembling to his knees, when he found that although an angel had opened all of the doors of the jail in the night, the prisoners were still there. And they answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” (NKJ, Acts 16:30-31) If he must do more than that in order to be saved,

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1124300977904424762005-08-17T10:48:00.000-07:002005-08-17T10:52:43.476-07:00

Yesterday I saw “The Great Raid.” I cried, and actually clapped and cheered, more than once. And I thought “This is one the best movies made in many years.” Powerful and moving, it tells the true story of how a large campful of American POWs were rescued, from behind Japanese lines, by a small band of Army Rangers and some valiant Filipino guerrillas in World War II. It is based on eyewitness

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1124076831921674282005-08-14T20:31:00.000-07:002005-08-14T20:33:51.933-07:00

First, using “Abnormal” to describe this kind of discipling was a mistake, because it sounds like something bad. (It meant statistically abnormal, outside the “normal” range of the statistical majority or “norm.”) Actually “Pre-Basic” is a much better description of the kind of discipling needed outside the majority of cases.Statistically, some 80-85% of Americans have some kind of vague

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1123742345883259582005-08-10T23:34:00.000-07:002005-08-10T23:39:05.890-07:00

Discipleship is trying to grow in Christ by obeying his commands. It takes: 1. Knowing why we should obey them; 2. knowing what they are; 3. Being willing to obey them; and 4. once willing, finding the strength.Knowing why is the easiest, since Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” Since he said the greatest commandments were first, to love God with all our hearts, souls,

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1123651172662889432005-08-09T22:18:00.000-07:002005-08-10T21:35:51.133-07:00

No one becomes a disciple in one step, at the moment of conversion. Evangelists should learn not even to expect it.Many converts have no clue that there is such a thing as discipleship. Most are reluctant, but will respond to persistent efforts to disciple them. Like the rest of us, they grow in the Lord by stops and starts. But a shepherd can help them grow. (Evangelists soon become shepherds

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1123606222295456142005-08-09T09:21:00.000-07:002005-08-09T09:50:22.326-07:00

Today I was being my usual workaholic self. While still in bed, I was inspired about something to write for my blog. Without eating, coffee, washing, dressing or anything, I got on my computer and started typing. And typed until I finished, a few minutes ago. (I will post it on the blog later today.) As soon as I finished typing, I realized that I was in my nightie, unwashed and unfed.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1123558107407684452005-08-08T20:17:00.000-07:002005-08-10T21:39:10.866-07:00

Are they even saved? Sometimes we wonder. Is coming to Christ, without going any further, just inoculation against ever being a disciple? When people see Christians who do not live a Christian life, doesn’t that turn some people away from Christ?If converts never become disciples, is it even worthwhile to bring them to the Lord? After all, the Great Commission (Matt. 28) commands us to make

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1122961716091307832005-08-01T22:47:00.000-07:002005-08-01T22:48:36.100-07:00

(For my good friend Shane Raynor at www.wesleyblog.com, Joe Carter at www.evangelicaloutpost.com, and those who commented there)All this angst over how offensive some evangelistic methods seem. How conversion is pointless and maybe even harmful if the convert does not grow much in Christ. Just like you, I’ve had those concerns too. And then I’ve had my comeuppance. A street preacher (anything

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1121058485676178572005-07-10T22:06:00.000-07:002005-07-10T22:08:05.680-07:00

At www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1120017294864120292005-06-28T20:54:00.000-07:002005-06-28T20:54:54.870-07:00

For story, see www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119909565736376962005-06-27T14:54:00.000-07:002005-06-27T14:59:25.743-07:00

But somehow in their article on his achievements, Discovery 'forgot' to mention his historic role in ending 45 years of the Cold war, mentioning only 'Reagonomics' and 'the Great Communicator.' Hmmm.See story at www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119906141389745832005-06-27T14:00:00.000-07:002005-06-27T14:02:21.390-07:00

Thursday's Supreme Court's Kelo decision will lead to lower property prices all over the country. For rest of story, visit www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119906023309893052005-06-27T13:58:00.000-07:002005-06-27T14:00:23.310-07:00

Until yesterday, private property could be taken by eminent domain for public use only. Now it can be taken for private use as well.For rest of story, see www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119905869481427662005-06-27T13:54:00.000-07:002005-06-27T13:57:49.480-07:00

Senator Dick Durbin had to apologize for comments comparing our Guantanamo military to guards at Hitler's death camps, the Soviet Gulag death camps and Pol Pot's death camps in Cambodia.Now the Democrats are demanding apology or resignation from Karl Rove for criticizing U.S. liberals.What's the difference? See rest of the story at www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119905675984843182005-06-27T13:50:00.000-07:002005-06-27T13:54:35.986-07:00

Karl Zinmeister, editor of The American Enterprise, was embedded in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. He just returned from another embedded tour April-May 2005, and said this in www.taemag.com:"Contrary to the impression given by most newspaper headlines, the United States has won the day in Iraq...It will take some time, but Iraq has begun the process of becoming a normal country."See rest of story at

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119905409422810032005-06-27T13:42:00.000-07:002005-06-27T13:50:09.426-07:00

Freedom has spread to at least three more countries because of it. Free countries will not attack us. Their freedom helps protect ours.For story, see www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119347458951471462005-06-21T02:49:00.000-07:002005-06-21T02:50:58.956-07:00

Looks like a big day in the Senate today. See article at my new blog, www.gerrycharlottephelps.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119039093270725262005-06-17T12:09:00.000-07:002005-06-17T13:11:33.313-07:00

There are few things in life that I appreciate more than seeing a good father with his children. Partly that is because it is a beautiful, heart-warming sight. And partly it is because my past work in getting some thousands of homeless families out of homelessness, and welfare families into jobs and out of dependency, taught me some radical things about how essential good dads are. These facts

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1119034978533674712005-06-17T11:35:00.000-07:002005-06-17T16:32:02.486-07:00

Recently an autopsy on Terri Schaivo showed irreversible brain damage, that she did not die of starvation, and there were no signs of abuse. Those facts are being used to give the impression that her defenders were wrong on the facts. But these are not the only facts of her case.Of course she did not die of starvation: she died of thirst. That happens weeks before death from starvation, when

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1116939255312831672005-05-24T05:24:00.000-07:002005-05-24T05:54:15.326-07:00

Dear Senator Warner,What have you done? You do not in any way understand what it cost us citizens, how we sacrificed, to reach a 55-45 Senate majority. Don’t you understand that it was mostly to regain the courts? It was our high-cost victory that you just gave away, not yours.All the sacrifice in this deal came from the Republicans. All the gain went to the Democrats. And you expect this to

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1115353754194418152005-05-05T20:57:00.000-07:002005-05-05T21:37:11.640-07:00

It would seem that Tony Blair is still England' s Prime Minister, but with a greatly reduced majority. That fewer voted for him probably reflects many Brits' unhappiness with his support for the war in Iraq. That he was not thrown out of office entirely shows that it was not as bad as it might have been. As UK papers are putting it, they kept him but showed their displeasure by giving him a "

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1115328709163042602005-05-05T14:23:00.000-07:002005-05-05T14:31:49.170-07:00

Frank Decker writes about new movements to Christ among Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu populations. (No link is available to his article in Good News Magazine, May/June 2005, p. 43.) In these fast-growing movements, people accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, but deny being ‘Christians.’ That is because in their countries the word “Christian” does not mean what it does to us.A Thai convert explains

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1115159369240934332005-05-03T15:25:00.000-07:002005-05-03T15:29:29.240-07:00

GOOD THING THEY HADN’T REMOVED HIS FEEDING TUBE! Fighting a fire ten years ago, Donald Herbert had a falling roof bury him. He was without air for about six minutes and suffered brain damage. See story here.During all this time he has not spoken, and still cannot feed himself. But Saturday he suddenly said “I want to talk to my wife.” Soon she arrived, then their four sons, then

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1114139794489112542005-04-21T20:03:00.000-07:002005-04-21T20:16:34.493-07:00

Old friend Ben Blankenship gave me permission to pass on his article to you, below:"Doing your "civic duty" or else."Did you get your tax return in on time? Attaboy, citizen. I'm sure Washington appreciates your timely "contribution.""That's the term also used for your portion of the payroll tax that goes to fund Social Security."The term is a misnomer in both cases. You have no choice in either.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1113930499583260402005-04-19T09:29:00.000-07:002005-04-19T10:08:19.586-07:00

The white smoke has come out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, the bells are ringing wildly. In Rome, people are flooding into St. Peter's square. Rome's police are not prepared. People pushing baby strollers stream across seven lanes of traffic, trying to reach St. Peter's on time to see the new Pope come out onto the balcony and be introduced. They want to hear his first words to the world.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1112557309509055132005-04-03T12:34:00.000-07:002005-04-03T19:29:11.096-07:00

This is what I emailed my grandson during the death vigil for the Pope:"Having a busy day, yet keeping watch with the pope as he is dying."Just now listening to a Pole tell how the Pope helped set Poland free from cruel communist dictatorship under the USSR, when he came to Poland as new Pope in 1979 and spent 2 weeks there, over the objections of the puppet government, and surrounded by about ¼

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1112288384977117992005-03-31T08:58:00.000-08:002005-03-31T08:59:44.976-08:00

More later.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1112155569447024202005-03-29T20:05:00.000-08:002005-03-29T20:06:09.446-08:00

Jessie Jackson is in Florida to help save Terri Schiavo. He has persuaded 2 black democratic Florida State Senators to change their vote. If he gets one more vote, it is believed that the Senate may vote to pass a law that would reinstate food and water for Terri. Please - Pray!And thank God for Jessie Jackson!(Terri is not only still conscious as she enters her 12th day without water, but

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1112044262710060122005-03-28T12:53:00.000-08:002005-04-18T07:57:51.176-07:00

IT SEEMS THERE'S THE DEVIL TO PAY.My old friend Ben Blankenship sent me this email, in response to my "Food and Water not 'Artificial Life Support'" (the post below this one):"Gerry, I have to disagree with you on this one. Not the point about artificial life support, but the efforts to keep Terri alive. Such heartbreaking decisions happen every day. The family squabbles should not have occupied

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1111606332973718802005-03-23T11:28:00.000-08:002005-04-18T13:03:20.416-07:00

Wednesday, March 23, 2005Never again should anyone be compelled to die of thirst or starvation. Never again. It is a slow, horrible, cruel death.Personally, I don't think Terri Schiavo will last much longer. When they say it takes a week or two to die of thirst, that is the maximum possible. She has been through this twice before. There is system damage each time. Her tongue is already swelling.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1111521425398077512005-03-22T11:55:00.000-08:002005-04-18T13:32:51.026-07:00

Just now noticed the date. Thirty-six years ago today, March 22, 1969, was the beginning of 7 1/2 years of imprisonment for me. (You can read the book, for free, at www.outoftheironfurnace.blogspot.com)There's another anniversary today too. Twenty-two years ago today, March 22, 1983, we opened the Good Shepherd Shelter, a 156-bed homeless shelter in Bakersfield, California. It is still going.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1111505696415165722005-03-22T07:31:00.000-08:002005-04-18T13:36:34.856-07:00

IF ONLY SHE WERE A CONVICTED MURDERER.He can pardon convicted killers. But before the growing power of our courts, he is helpless to commute the death sentence of an innocent person like Terri.The courts are now so powerful that they can thwart the will of the people. All the elected government of Florida, the legislature and the Governor, made laws to save Terri. The liberal Florida Supreme

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1111379378124958652005-03-20T20:28:00.000-08:002005-03-20T20:29:38.126-08:00

You can guess the answer. See the article at www.highwindow.blogspot.com.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1111301541685531062005-03-19T22:49:00.000-08:002005-03-19T22:52:21.686-08:00

We do not even do this to convicted murderers. For article, see here.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1111036777435176862005-03-16T21:12:00.000-08:002005-03-16T21:19:37.436-08:00

Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is to be removed Friday March 18. There is no recourse left for her in the state of Florida, after efforts by the Governor and Legislature have been overruled and her legal remedies exhausted.But a Senator and a Congressman have introduced bills to protect her, and others like her. It needs to be passed before Friday! Please contact your Senators and Congressman/

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1110525677615692152005-03-10T23:19:00.000-08:002005-03-10T23:24:47.286-08:00

Go to www.outoftheironfurnace.blogspot.com. So many problems on Blogger lately that it seemed best to post the whole book at once.

Old Neoconnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942094.post-1110342802587945932005-03-08T20:32:00.000-08:002005-03-08T20:33:22.590-08:00

Go to www.outoftheironfurnace.blogspot.com. I will be posting a new chapter every day.

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