Conservative Musings

Latest Talking Points

I'm sure by now you've heard the latest talking point from the left, something to the tune of "Jesus Christ was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor."  No doubt left as to who, in the presidential election, is being equated with whom.

A caller from Atlanta yesterday on Bill Bennett's radio show reminded me of the Good Friday story.  In Luke 23, verses 1-25, the story of Pilate is told.  Along with the parallel story in the other 3 gospels, this showed a man struggling with making a decision either up or down, yes or no.  Finally, in a desperate decision, he gave in to the wishes of an almost riotous crowd.  The rest as they say is history.

To paraphrase the caller from Atlanta, Pontius Pilate was the one who voted "present" in the story.  As a side note, Jesus' answers seemed to always be yes or no.  He even preferred yes or no answers (See Matthew 5:37).

These things coming from the Barack Obama campaign, like this, the pig/lipstick issue, and the McCain email issue, seem to show a campaign that can't get their stories quite straight.

-Colonel Steve

Obama gets illegal donations

According to WorldNetDaily, Obama accepted donations from Monir Edwan and Hosam Edwan, totaling $29,521.54.  They were listed as being from a street called Tal Esaltan and it is located in Rafah, GA.  The problem is this GA is not Georgia USA, it is the Gaza Strip in Rafah.  These are two brothers who live in Hamas governed Gaza.  This is against election laws. 

More and more we are seeing who Obama really is. 

-Lady Colonel

Did Rep. Delahunt mean what he said?

On June 26th, David Addington, VP Cheney's Chief of Staff was testifying before a House subcommittee regarding interrogation practices.  When David Addington refused to discuss specific techniques because Al Queda could well be watching the proceedings, Rep. Bill Delahunt replied, "Well, I'm sure they are watching and I'm glad they will finally get to see you Mr. Addington."  All this with a smug smile on his face. 

Why do Democrats not get it?!!!  This was an outrageous statement and he should not be allowed to get away with it.  He later said he meant no ill will.  Yeah, riiiggghhtt!  What do you think?  Watch the video.  Also read Pat Dollard's blog.

-Lady Colonel

Islam Filling the Void

Anglican bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is suggesting that the collapse of Christianity in Britain is wrecking British society.  Islam is jumping in and filling the void left by this collapse.

Amen.

This goes right along with similar logic presented by Mark Stein in America Alone.

-Colonel Steve

Quote of the Day

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” – Barack Hussein Obama, in The Audacity of Hope

In print, for all to see.  Can't take it back.  Maybe republish, in a George Orwell 1984 style of doing things.  But it's there, for all to see.

(HT: ChicagoRay)

-Colonel Steve

Benazir Bhutto Assassination

As noted by headlines everywhere, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today in Pakistan.

Don Surber has thoughts on the issues leading up to this murder.  I agree with the gist of his remarks.  Many folks, including presidential candidates like Barack Obama, think we should have been applying U.S. like actions in the midst of the turmoil surrounding Bhutto's return to the country.  However, Pakistan finds itself far removed from the stability found the U.S.   Even it's politics is drastically different.

-Colonel Steve

Separation of Church and State....

only applies to Christianity.  So would say the 9 democrats who voted "Present" (correction: Nay) on the House resolution marking Christmas.  These same 9 vote Yeas for a similar resolution marking Ramadan.

My suggestion, for a country as diverse as ours, is to recognize ALL holidays.  That's what diversity is all about.

Representatives, don't be choosy. Your bias comes out very quickly these days.

(Our Louisville representative, John Yarmuth, voted Yeas for the Ramadan resolution but Present for the Christmas resolution.)

(HT: Texas Rainmaker, Hot Air)

-Colonel Steve

A Not So Real Simulation

It's a great thing to get trained in an almost real simulation.  Take today's modern flight simulators.  Or the training the military does at the Fort Knox Zussman Urban Combat Training Center.

Now we have the folks at Burlington Township High School holding a mock hostage situation for police training purposes.  Only this time, it's a pretend right-wing Christian group.

For realism, huh?  Just how often does a Christian group held folks hostage?  The rest of the simulation may have been accurate, but I'm certain this part wasn't.

-Colonel Steve

Australian Muslim Cabbies Turn Away Blind

As noted by Little Green Footballs, Australian Muslim cab drivers are turning away the blind who happen to have guide dogs.  This is also occurring in Britain.  This is due to Islamic law stating that dogs are unclean unless they are used for such things as herding.

I catch myself between the stereotypical rock and a hard place on this one.  On one side, Lady Colonel and I train service dogs that are used for the physically handicapped and hearing impaired.  We've had to deal with many of the issues of folks not understanding just where these dogs are allowed by law.  Since these dogs allow independence for anyone who has them, I'm all for it.

However, I also understand it as a religious issue.  Remember the RU-486 pharmacists issue?

Like Washington’s pharmacy board, states have been struggling with how to balance the rights of patients to get access to Plan B and the rights of health care providers to follow their religious or moral convictions.

 

Pharmacists have lost their jobs in Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin for their unwillingness to dispense emergency contraception.

The answer in this case was people actually losing their jobs in the process of enforcing a law.  As much as I dislike the idea that their jobs were lost, it also sounds to me like a precedant had been set.  With the drug and with cab drivers, either allow both to operate based on their conscience, or fire them both.  There's very little in between.

-Colonel Steve

Pope's Statement

Maybe someone could explain to me how these statements from the Pope could trigger these violent expressions from those representing the religion he spoke about. 

Of course, I admit I do have a bias in this affair.  I reside in a country where, when words are expressed, the usual result is alternate words being expressed back (sometimes heated, but in the form of words none the less).  In this country, when words are returned with violence, the law gets involved to punish the violence.

We as a country have been known to return violence when violence has been expressed, but not when only words are expressed. 

-Colonel Steve