Shout To The Lord

(Picture from Hartford Courant)

On my way into work this morning I was listening to an amazingly inspirational and well know song "Shout To The Lord", on my IPOD. Then when I arrive I pick up the Hartford Courant and find this headline: "Poll Finds Many In State Unsure About God". Discouraging to say the least.
Then as I burrow into the article Elizabeth Hamilton writes:

"... Connecticut (along with Rhode Island) ... ranks near the bottom of most indicators of religious fervor, compared with the rest of the United States.When asked how many of us are "absolutely certain" we believe in God or a universal spirit, only 57 percent responded yes. Only the folks in New Hampshire and Vermont scored lower, at 54 percent.Even the residents of Alaska, who pray less than we do and go to church less frequently, according to Pew, are more sure of God than we are, it seems. "

In fact New England states are at the bottom. I guess I should not be surprised. Pastors chalked it up to Yankee stoicism. I defer to their knowledge of course but I think its more a case of God not ranking high on the list of things to do in my day. It is a well written article ... Elizabeth is a fine reporter. It's worth the read.

Other headlines include the Globe:Americans see truth in a rangeof faiths, massive study finds
and the NY Times: Survey Shows U.S. Religious Tolerance
and the WaPo:Most Americans Believe in Higher Power, Poll Finds

Guess it depends on your perspective.

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Why Obama Must Go to Iraq

An Op Ed from Pete Hegseth from earlier in the month, a must read if you missed it. Read here

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New clue to Alzheimer's found

Anyone who's been touched by this disease knows how important this is. Read discovery here

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The Obama/Pooh Photoshop collection

Here's just some fun political humor courtesy of Michelle Malkin........

In response to Barack Obama’s foreign policy adviser endorsing Winnie the Pooh as a “fundamental text on national security” this week (yes, it’s true), readers and bloggers are having brutal fun with Photoshop.

Continue reading and see the rest of Photoshop pictures.......

Also continue looking at Michelle's site, she has a Jeramiah Wright update
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Airport volunteers welcome troops back stateside

Always a good story......read here

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Panda habitat damaged by China quake

80% of their habitat destroyed. I think the panda deserves a little more attention than the polar bear right now. Read article here

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Vandalizing Of Bristol Monument Decried

This is sad and disgusting but not surprising. The vandalized statue was a statue honoring deceased WWII veterans. While sometimes soldiers get warm reactions and appreciation, there's a entirely different side. A disappointing side. A side that makes you temporarily wonder why you risked your life for this great, and at times, ungrateful country. Here's a piece from the Courant article

Police are investigating the toppling of the life-size metal statue. The monument, a copy of the soldier on the town's Spanish-American War memorial dedicated in 1929 in Rockwell Park, was discovered Saturday morning bent on its stone pedestal, the legs shattered and other parts of the figure cracked.

"It looks like people rocked it back and forth to push it over," Swicklas said. "It's probably vandalism. Nothing was taken."

Read full article here

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Congrats Big Papi!!!

Red Sox slugger Ortiz sworn in as US citizen

BOSTON (AP)—Big Papi has found a new nation to call home.

David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

The 32-year-old slugger from the Dominican Republic posed for photographs and shook the hands of many other new citizens and their families before the ceremony.

“It’s a great country. I’m proud to be here,” said Ortiz, who wore a pinstriped suit and his signature dark sunglasses. He said he was eager “to be part of the American family.”

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OBAMA: MESSIAH OR SAME OLD SAME OLD?

Here's what we talked about this morning .... the CNN special report on the Messiah's experience as an old kind of politician in Chicago. It is stunning ... make sure you click here to see Ed Morrissey's take on this at Hot Air.

and then read this on Obama as a Lightworker?

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Deb and Seby's Real Deal On Global Warming

Here are the links to the book and the web site:

This is a great book for kids, offering the not often mentioned alternative view that man may not be behind Global Warming ... now held by thousands of scientists.

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Two Iraqi Shiite Militia Leaders Surrender

Stuff the MSM doesn't want you to see.....read here and notice, SURRENDER

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Inhumane

Watch the video. 83 year old man gets hit by racing cars on crowded city street. Cars keep going ... so does everyone else. Kinda makes you want to visit Hartford doesn't it?



That's what the Hartford Chief of Police calls it. I on other hand say its a symptom of an ever growing sociopathic society. One that does not care, shows no remorse and can't quite understand what the fuss is all about. Read more here.

Police say the video holds a sad truth about Connecticut's capital city. ``At the end of the day we've got to look at ourselves and understand that our moral values have now changed.'' Police Chief Daryl Roberts said. ``We have no regard for each other.''

So much for these little ethnic neighborhoods being communities huh? Police say everyone on Park Street knew him ... they just wouldn't help him.

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The Secret Tape

By now you have heard about the secret Michelle Obama tape where she allegedly uses the word "whitey". I have not referred to it on the show because I do not think this secret tape exists ... or it would be out by now. Jim Geraghty agrees with me. But Powerline has a pretty good substitute video.

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Obama and The Nanny State

Powerline has a nice anlaysis on the Obama speech ... comparing it with those of Jack Kennedy. Just not favorably. Here's a taste but read it all.

Whereas JFK's speech framed generational change defending and advancing liberty around the world, Obama's holds out generational change to support the causes of retreat abroad and unlimited government at home. The challenges outlined by Obama are to be addressed by government programs in which citizens become clients of the welfare state, as early in life as possible.

Here's some video from a part of the speech Scott references.

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RNC, Lieberman, Cantor React to Obama's Pledge on Iran

Expect to read more on this ... as I mentioned on the show about Obama's position on Iran ... he's beginning to back track ... but as Jim Geraghty points out ... Senator Lieberman won't let him get away on it.

Expect the big story coming out of AIPAC to be Obama's declaration that he thinks the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps ought to be designated a a terrorist organization... and how this balances with his vote against that exact designation less than a year ago.

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What The Democrats Think of Folks in West Virginia

This will slay you. Congressman James Clyburn on Morning Joe yesterday stunned me with this one yesterday. Pat Buchanan asked Clyburn what Obama needed to do to win the middle class white vote. Clyburn's response is classic and speaks volumes about what these Democrats think of country folk in West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.



So let's get this straight. You cousin kissin, sister marrying, gap toothed white folk can't identify with success, Harvard, a good education ... but you can identify with single parenthood, food stamps, and being passed off to grandparents. UNBELIEVABLE!

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If you missed it ...

One again ... Harriet Christian, the Clinton supporter who lost it at the Democrat Rules Committee Hearing talked about the event with Cavuto today on Fox ... click or scroll down to see and hear it all ... but here's my favorite part.



No ... she will not vote for Obama.

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We're Winning! A Strategic Retreat For Obama?

This will be interesting to see if Obama's position evolves here too. Powerline has a nice little analysis with video.

We wrote here about Barack Obama's Iraq dilemma. He has ridden the Democratic Party's defeatism to a virtual lock on the Presidential nomination, even as events in Iraq have proved his defeatism wrong. So what is he to do in anticipation of the general election, in which defeatism, on the most optimistic assumptions, will not be as popular as in the Democratic primaries?

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Lay off my ... ummm ... Candidate?

Just a great post from Conservative 24/7 ... it's a couple weeks old but work noting again. Here's the gist:

I have not had much time to post lately, but my new portal at work has been down for the last 30 minutes so I headed over to American Thinker and found this post concerning Obama’s changing opinions during the past 30 days.

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What The Media Tells You ... What really happens.

Nice post here from regular listener Ron Winter ... the media is in the tank ... they don't even care you know.

BTW ... regular listener Ali writes in an e-mail:

By the way. I think this is NOT an OBAMA vs. CLINTON race. This is a PELOSI vs. CLINTON fight. I can see PELOSI, her botoxed eyes and nostrils flared, and she's cracking the whip on the Superdelegates to back OBAMA because she is a QUEEN BEE who is NOT going to share power with another QUEEN BEE. And Obama will do whatever Pelosi says. Oh, he will. PELOSI will rule. That's why she's acting like head of state already going over to the Middle East. She knows that America will soon be hers to rule.

Trust me Jim, I know how harpies think. Pelosi is behind all this, mark my words. This is the BATTLE OF THE BEES! (forget Obama).

I love my listeners!

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