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2016-04-19T09:42:00-04:00

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Well done Garry Herbert

Last updated on: April 19, 2016 at 9:42 am By Dave Griffey

I don’t know anything about Governor Herbert. This is not an endorsement. I am not saying that he is the first perfect man since God. So dispense with any emails telling me that he cheated on a 2nd grade math test, or he didn’t do enough against abortion, or that he secretly supports gay marriage, or worse, Capitalism. I don’t know any of that. I just know in this case, he deserves a high five for wading into the holy... Read more

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2016-04-18T09:37:00-04:00

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I hate it when Internet Memes are right

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 9:37 am By Dave Griffey

Yep. I hate to turn to silly Facebook memes for insights and observations, but when they’re right, they’re right. The hypocrisy is almost nauseating. And yet, it’s what the Left has always been about. It was never about rights or freedom or diversity or liberty or tolerance. It was a new world order seeking to overtake and impose itself on society. The essence of the entire progressive movement has been to demand we accept Liberalism’s belief that nobody should be... Read more

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2016-04-18T09:29:00-04:00

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Words can’t express how much I love this story

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 9:29 am By Dave Griffey

That, kiddies, is why opening ideas to the Internet nowadays can be a risky thing. For my money, they need to stand by the poll. If they invite the public to christen a ship in the modern internet era, then they need to take what they get. Besides, read the article for all the new spins on this wonderfully hilarious turn of events. Read more

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2016-04-18T08:41:00-04:00

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George Clooney demonstrates the John Lennon principle of Liberalism

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 8:41 am By Dave Griffey

Nobody does it better than Mr. Clooney in this interview, in which he decries the “obscene” amount of money that he and his multi-millionaire colleagues raised for Hillary Clinton at a private, exclusive fundraiser. That’s Liberalism’s Lennon principle in a nutshell. Doesn’t matter what you do. It’s that you have your mind right and speak the words, that’s all that matters. So you can be friends with African Americans, you can marry an African American, you can employee African Americans,... Read more

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2016-04-18T06:44:00-04:00

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Context goes a long way

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 6:44 am By Dave Griffey

Another hat tip to Michael Flynn Absolutely true. How often are we willing to fall on the sword over things we’ve spent virtually no time studying or trying to understand, just because we saw someone in the news say so? And of course if they say what we hoped was true all along, that’s a bonus. Read more

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2016-04-18T06:35:00-04:00

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The Left was never about rights

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 6:35 am By Dave Griffey

The way every woman should look? Not civil rights. Not women’s rights. Not equal rights. It’s about a new world order that seeks to conquer and oppress, to eradicate all challengers and mandate conformity and obedience. Yes, it has piggy-backed on various liberal movements and ideals. To that end, it was more than happy to latch onto women’s rights here, or black rights there, or over there LGBTQ rights. With that last one, it has found what it’s been looking... Read more

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2016-04-18T06:00:00-04:00

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Muslims to pay reparations to Eastern Orthodox for conquest of Constantinople

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 6:00 am By Dave Griffey

Really, read it here. Oh, I’m sorry. That’s Georgetown being told to give it over to ancestors of slaves who were sold to keep Georgetown running back in the day when about 89% of the human race still engaged in slavery. Not saying that makes it right. Of course it was wrong. Dead wrong. Evil. Just like the Islamic conquest of the Byzantine Empire. Every time we hear ‘Istanbul’, shouldn’t we demand something? Hardly. The thought that any civilization... Read more

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2016-04-15T15:07:00-04:00

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Attention Bono

Last updated on: April 15, 2016 at 3:07 pm By Dave Griffey

Not that we shouldn’t take our cues from rock stars, even self-described important ones like Bono, but there comes a time. Bono recently made the circuits by suggesting that a way to combat the terrors of ISIS is through comedy. Yep. Use comedy, that should do it. Make them laugh. There seems to be a lot of htat in recent years. Laugh at Satan. Laugh at evil. Laugh at ISIS. That will make it what? Go away? Ahem. Allow me to... Read more

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2016-04-15T12:51:00-04:00

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Paintball Ho!

Last updated on: April 15, 2016 at 12:51 pm By Dave Griffey

So some friends at church invited my two middle boys to a birthday party that included an afternoon at a local paintball park. I’ve never been to one. I’ve never been to Laser Tag either. Nonetheless, they seemed to have had a blast. They also seem to have several welts and bruises, since apparently paintball pellets are less likely on cold days to explode when they hit. Still, a fun time was guaranteed for all. Paintball Warriors. Mine are the... Read more

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2016-04-15T12:28:00-04:00

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Watch out for those Conservative Catholics

Last updated on: April 15, 2016 at 12:28 pm By Dave Griffey

Is the underlying warning in this editorial at the NYT that gushes over Pope Francis’s Amoris Laetitia. Since it’s conservatives who are missing the point. Like a growing number in the secular media, the spin appears to be that even though Pope Francis didn’t do the right thing by declaring all religions the same and glorifying gay sex, he did the next best thing. He tore away at the Church’s ability to resist those changes in future generations. After the... Read more

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