Hitchens attacks Gore Vidal for being a ‘crackpot’
Christopher Hitchens ought to know how to spot a crackpot! Mr. Hitchens enjoys some sort of success by peddling the same vitriol and clap-trap he decries in others.
There is a small bit of a feud playing across the pond.
“It does seem like a kind of bizarre personal vendetta being carried out on the pages of Vanity Fair, replete with factual inaccuracies and not very much substance.”
“Factual inaccuracies and not very much substance” seems to be the stock and trade of Mr. Hitchens! And it is correct that Mr. Hitchens makes money from “the crank-revisionist and denialist history he is now peddling."
One man is a literary genius and the other a philosopher. These so-called intellectuals, read that as we’re smart – you are dumb, have tangled themselves into the tin-hat crowd.
Ask yourself, do these two men really encourage you to live a better life? I thought not. So do we really care when the intellectual elite fight amongst themselves?
Sorry I brought it up! 
Hitchens attacks Gore Vidal for being a ‘crackpot’ – News, People – The Independent
Print This Post
Filed under news, views
| Tags: conspiracy, CULTure, editorial, elite, Hitchens, philosophy, scoffers, society, stupidity, Vidal |
Comment (0)
» Funnies: Big Spending Edition – Big Government
» Funnies: Big Spending Edition – Big Government
Print This Post
Filed under Humor, news, views
|
Comment (0)
The government has your baby’s DNA
I am not shocked that this has occurred. We are not free anymore.
What I want to know, is why?
The government has your baby’s DNA – CNN.com
Print This Post
Filed under news
|
Comment (0)
Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel
Whilst we must all be Bereans and be very careful that what we are taught is what is written in scripture… this article is very poignant.
This false prosperity gospel borders on heretical… In this country we have comfort, and people are urged to expect that from God as some sort of birthright. Does this not eventually produce the signs Paul warned us about in 2 Timothy 3:1-5?
This danger is so prevalent in our society and our churches… where there is a prevalence of this shallow Christianity. It is a symptom of a baby Christianity sustained on a diet of milk. These people never grow, and eventually demand teachers who dilute the milk of the gospel. They look for teachers that tickle their ears, telling them what they want to hear. Not necessarily providing truth, but a sort of feel good thing with a tiny bit of truth.
What then shall we do?
It means digging out our Bible and feeding for ourselves. We all must learn the deeper truths of what God is telling us on our own… For we cannot learn that from the pulpit of even the most gifted speaker!
Thankfully, God provides the true prosperity gospel in 2 Peter 1:5-11. It starts with yielding to the Spirit within, and with His help reading the Bible for ourselves! We must seek the true prosperity offered there, and add to our faith. We must grow!
And we shall find God is faithful… faithful in all that He says. He will give to us true joy. A joy that transcends all.
But, there is only one catch… Since it is freely given to us, we must therefore, give it away. If we do not it stagnates!
Theologian: Most Christians Infected with Prosperity Gospel | Christianpost.com
Print This Post
Filed under CloserToGod, news, salvation, views
| Tags: End Times, God, Joy |
Comment (0)
One Light Bulb at a Time
A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn’t slow a train very much, a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American ..
Good idea .. . . one light bulb at a time . . . .
Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China . The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA . Start looking ..
In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else – even their job . So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track . Let’s get behind her!
My grandson likes Hershey’s candy . I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.
My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico … now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything ..
This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets . I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, “Everyday Value . ” I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats – they were the same except for the price ..
The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in – get ready for this – the USA in a company in Cleveland, Ohio .
So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here ..
So on to another aisle – Bounce Dryer Sheets . … . yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada .. The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA ! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA – the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!
(We should have awakened a decade ago … . .. . . . )
Let’s get with the program . . . .. help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U . S . A …
Print This Post
Filed under News&Views, email, views
| Tags: Made in USA |
Comment (0)
Balance
Print This Post
Filed under BibleStudies, CloserToGod, RobinsCorner
|
Comment (0)
Rev 6:8 Critters
When God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, God released ten “plagues” on the Egyptians to convince them to release the Hebrews. The plagues were specifically targeted at ten of the gods worshiped by the Egyptians.
In a similar fashion, the various “plagues” released during the seal, bowl and vial judgments in the Revelation are similar to what we are doing to corrupt the earth, only magnified. For an example, let’s look at Revelation 6:8.
Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
We have great ingenuity creating weapons and systems for so people can “kill with sword”. Between religious practices that make certain animals sacred, causing food to be wasted to the point where humans starve and political acts that result in famines, we kill with hunger today. I am not sure what killing with death is, but we probably do it. The last method is killing with the beasts of the earth. Some of what is happening with beasts today may surprise you.
Apparently bears are becoming more aggressive because of acclimation to the presence of humans and human encroachment on their habitat. It is on the History Channel and in the newspapers. According to one resident of Alaska there used to be maybe one bear attack on humans every ten years. Nowadays there are at least 2 attacks every year.
For some smaller beasts, just look to the hybrid Killer Africanized Bees. There was a geneticist in Brazil in the 50’s that tried to create a bee that produced like African bees and was gentle like European bees. Oops! Before the work was finished an assistant removed the guards that kept the queens inside the hives. A bunch of queens left for the wild with their colonies right behind them. The swarms have made it as far north as Flagstaff Arizona, breeding with local honeybees and picking up traits that allow them to survive in high altitudes and cold temps. Swarms hit people and sometimes kill them, others survive as many as 4000 stings and end up in ICU.
There are even smaller beasties we have killing people. Besides weaponized versions of anthrax bacteria and smallpox and ebola viruses, we have some nasty critters in the wild, such as MRSA and “flesh eating bacteria” or necrotizing fasciitis. These are bacteria that have adapted to the insane measures taken to sanitize facilities and equipment in hospitals.
Of course, the judgments of Revelation have not started yet. What we see in terms of what will be seen is just a foretaste. If you think it is bad now, dealing with a hostile environment that is just going to get worse, you do not want to be here when the seals get broken, the trumpets sounded and vials get dumped.
Accepting the free gift of salvation that Jesus provides now will keep you from having to navigate through the worst living conditions man has ever seen. If you wait until the meat grinder starts up to ask Jesus to forgive your sins, chances are good you will end up with your head cut off. That might actually be a good thing according to Revelation 7, to die during the seven year period of rule by the man of evil. The biggest problem with that strategy is the lying wonders that could deceive even those that belong to Jesus. If you wait, you might just miss the whole thing and end up on the wrong side of history.
Me personally, I do not want to see any of it. I would much rather spend that seven years in heaven with Jesus, getting ready for the second coming and the start of the 1000 year kingdom to come.
Print This Post
Filed under BibleStudies, CloserToGod, Eschatology, salvation
|
Comment (0)
Special Olympics: Apology not accepted
This is sadly, ironic. These progressives are showing their true colors.
Rahm Emanuel, and his boss, have both called people retards. What is sad, is the fact that they will apologize, and the very people they have disdain for, will vote for them again.
History is unchangeable, one only has to look at other progressive regimes this past century. Let us look hard at the esteem they gave those they considered less desirable. Those so-called less desirables, included people we now classify as challenged or special needs or some other politically correct term.
And my heart aches, because these people and those who advocate for them have fallen, hook, line and sinker, for the lies from the Democratic party and the scraps thrown to them. Government largess to those who are not able to provide for themselves is being curtailed rapidly. Those charities are having to scramble and cut back on services, yet like lemmings will pull the lever for the person with a D next to their name.
When folks have tribute extracted form their paychecks to be given to those charities on the government dole they feel no need to give another dime. Why? The charity has already taken what they need through the strong arm of the government!
Special Olympics: Apology not accepted [UPDATED] – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com
Print This Post
Filed under news, views
| Tags: charity, progressive, redistribution |
Comment (0)
Pride
Recently, a friend of mine posted a small treatise on pride. He rightly opined “Pride is one of those “seemingly” innocent, but UGLY sins. It always promotes “self”. Some are even “proud” of their “humility.”
It got me to thinking how the enemy has hidden this one sin under a cloak of innocence. Pride really is the root of all sin. It is the rejection of God, and placing yourself on that throne.
One may say that pride is a little sin… but reread how Satan tempted Eve. Was it not with pride?
Actually pride can also be classified as the rejection of everything God is… think of every name of God and what it means and the action behind the name.
It is also THE sin of Satan as he declared he would be like the Most High (Isaiah 14:12-15) When God says there is none like Him, that is something we can trust!
Pride is THE LIE.
Print This Post
Filed under news, views
| Tags: God, pride, sin, the lie |
Comment (0)
Oscars Target a Wider Audience – *YAWN*
I think I have reruns of Canon to watch that night.
Are there people who actually still watch the Oscars? I know I stopped many years ago. I really got tired of seeing a bunch of the silicon-collagen-and-Botox set give themselves, the ungrateful gentry, awards!
And when they accept the “coveted” award, they don’t thank those who spend their hard earned money on their “art” to support the stars’ lavish lifestyles. Instead they thank the Academy… the other people in their peer group who voted for them! And the acceptance speech is laced with wacko left-of-center political rants!
The kicker is when they gave an Oscar to Al Gore for a debunked documentary!
The Oscars have lost any credibility. Really, watching the champagne and caviar set laud themselves makes compelling television?
Hey, if watching the stars, and caring what they say or do is your bag, then go for it. If you like the progressive (read communist) social engineering that comes from Hollywood, tune in.
It ain’t for me, I don’t do that religion. They are just people, mostly, far less interesting and far less savvy than the regulars at the bagel nook on the corner.
Why not pick up the all-time best seller and read the book of John (John 1.) It will take less time, be more interesting, and might just change your whole perspective on life. Now that is compelling!
Check out what God has to say, he is far more real and personal than those who will appear on the Oscars!
‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker’ Lead Oscar Nominations – WSJ.com
Print This Post
Filed under news, views
| Tags: communist, CULTure, Hollywood, Oscars, progressive |
Comment (1)
