Another quality installment of ESPN's sports documentary series debuts at 8 Tuesday night.
"Little Big Men" follows the baseball team from Kirkland, Wash., which won the Little League World Series in 1982. The team, led by power-hitting pitcher Cody Webster, upended a team from Taiwan in the championship game -- but that's just part of the story.
Filmmaker Al Szymanski, with 11 Emmy Awards to his credit, capably recaps the team's upset victory in South Williamsport using game footage from ABC Sports (including TV sports legend Jim McKay) and goes beyond that to make the story more compelling and personal by following the team and its players after the victory.
Even two years removed from the U.S. hockey team in the Lake Placid Olympics, the Little League game did pack an nationalistic punch in 1982, which the film accurately conveys. Also, the general underdog story (teams from Taiwain had won five consecutive LLWS and 10 of of 12 before 1982) always makes for a good sports story.
As an added benefit, the film provides an interesting time capsule -- especially just two days after the latest Little League World Series concluded.
Specifically, the LLWS in 1982 included just one field, Lamade Stadium, and that was before the turf was so well manicured -- so viewers get a sense of the heat and dust that day 28 years ago.
Plus, the area around the ballpark was less commercialized and made-for-TV, but it was more cluttered than in recent years with fans. Back then, before the Internet, Twitter updates and even live broadcasts from the Series (it was tape delayed until the late 1980s), many baseball fans in central Pennsylvania were listening to the game on radio and as a victory for the U.S. team became more likely they did flock to the stadium.
To Szymanski's credit, the film feels right. It's not always easy to capture something like that years later, but that game that day was a remember-where-you-were moment for those involved and for many watching the game in person or on TV.
Emotional insights from Webster and his teammates about the aftermath of the victory only make the film more powerful -- because they touch on topics that always (unfortunately) remain timely, including how adults treat children and teenagers participating in sports.
Rebroadcasts of the film are scheduled: Sept. 1 (Midnight, ESPN2); Sept. 2 (11 p.m., ESPN Classic); Sept. 11 (1:30 a.m., ESPN2); Oct. 25 (Midnight, ESPN Classic); and Nov. 28 (1 a.m., ESPN Classic.)
WSJ Op-Ed Piece and Beck Introduces "The Blaze"
While listening to Glenn's radio show this morning, I learned about an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled Glenn's Happy Warriors: You probably couldn't have found a more polite crowd at the opera.
Excerpt:
Continue reading here.
I would have listed God first in that final sentence. However, it is very nice to finally have a positive piece of journalistic opinion about this awesome event shared by a mainstream media source.
Also, Glenn launched a new website called The Blaze. Just began exploring the site this morning. Check back for more information and commentary later.
Hat tips to both links.
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UPdate:
See the following blogs for comprehensive information, videos, photos, and opinions about the Restoring Honor Event:
Daily Thought Pad: 8.28 Not Accurately Reported… It Was All About Honor, Prayer and Saving America - Please Watch, Read and Decide for Yourself
New Zeal Blog: The Day Beck Shook America
Excerpt:
Pundits will debate whether the crowd at Glenn Beck's Saturday rally in Washington was the largest in recent political history, but it was certainly among the most impressive.
Mr. Beck is a television host and radio broadcaster with a checkered past and a penchant for incendiary remarks. But if he's judged by the quality of people of all colors that he attracted to the Lincoln Memorial, his stock can't help but rise.
Jason Riley discusses Glenn Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
One would not be able to find a more polite crowd at a political convention, certainly not at a professional sporting event, probably not even at an opera. In fact, judging by the behavior of the attendees following the event, you'd have a tough time finding churches in which people display more patience as others make their way to the exits.
This army of well-mannered folks that marched into Washington seemed comprised mainly of people who had once marched in the U.S. Army or other military branch, or at least had a family member who had. Perhaps that's not surprising, given that the event was a fund-raiser for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides scholarships to the children of elite troops killed in the performance of their duty. The day was largely devoted to expressions of gratitude for the sacrifices of U.S. soldiers, for great men of American history like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and for God.
Continue reading here.
I would have listed God first in that final sentence. However, it is very nice to finally have a positive piece of journalistic opinion about this awesome event shared by a mainstream media source.
Also, Glenn launched a new website called The Blaze. Just began exploring the site this morning. Check back for more information and commentary later.
Hat tips to both links.
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UPdate:
See the following blogs for comprehensive information, videos, photos, and opinions about the Restoring Honor Event:
Daily Thought Pad: 8.28 Not Accurately Reported… It Was All About Honor, Prayer and Saving America - Please Watch, Read and Decide for Yourself
New Zeal Blog: The Day Beck Shook America
Musburger, Oliver Display Midseason Form
Two of the weekend's more visible sports broadcasts featured two on-air personalities in mid-season form -- but that's not necessarily a good thing.
Play-by-play man Brent Musburger, who has perfected that high-volume, over-the-top approach, was in many ways perfect for the Little League World Series. Working games with 11-, 12- and 13-year-old participants requires positive energy because nobody's a loser at the Series and he's the perfect man to deliver that message.
He can talk about the "youngsters" with a jovial, upbeat approach and his presence brings additional credibility to an event that has established itself as a late-summer TV staple and a ratings winner.
In addition, Musburger can pontificate about the state of the sport or the impact of replay on baseball (as he did during the championship game Sunday) and it sounds important, and like he's championing change (which he was for Major League Baseball) without it really making an impact. Likewise, the games provide interesting competition with an international flair but they hardly matter overall.
Ironically, while Musburger gives the Little League World Series additional star power, it was that assignment that helped resurrect his career. After he left CBS Sports in well-publicized maneuver on April 1, 1990 -- he was made aware of the move that morning and hosted the championship game of the Final Four that night -- Musburger's first visible assignment with ABC Sports came covering the Little League World Series four months later.
Since then, he's again established himself as ESPN's lead college football play-by-play man and has hosted numerous other highly visible events.
Still, sometimes he just tries too hard to be the conscious of an event, or a champion for a cause and he did so again Sunday.
First, there was a positive (and correct) nod to the impact of replay at the LLWS and its potential in the big leagues. "It is clear that it can be used, as it has been here, with very little time delay," he said.
But, he later incorrectly lobbied for a coach in the championship game to use a replay challenge in the bottom of the fifth inning on a possibly trapped catch (it was not) that was not able to be challenged. Undeterred, Musburger said: "Well, if they ever expand it, that should be something that's part of it."
Sometimes, he would be so much better if he would just call the action. He certainly deserves room after a stellar career, but that over-the-top approach remains an Achilles heel.
Likewise, Fox Sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver made a cliche a reality Sunday night working the Steelers-Broncos game. It was a display of going to a sideline reporter who was apparently close to the action and might have information but the report added nothing.
Specifically, after an injury to Steelers linebacker James Farrior early in the game opened a large cut on his right forehead (he lost his helmet and was hit by an opponent among a of pile of players while making a tackle), viewers waited nearly a quarter to get an update on his condition from the field.
When the report came, Oliver stated only the obvious -- that Farrior had a laceration and would not return to the game.
Really? That's something everyone knew from almost the moment it happened -- and the lack of information provided only the latest example of sideline reporters not actually reporting. While the guys in the broadcast booth had already provided necessary context by mentioning a similar injury to Giants quarterback earlier in the preseason, Oliver was left with little. Especially because the Steelers might not have been forthcoming about the situation.
If that was the case, she should've put off any report that shared nothing. Or the game's producer and director should've ignored the issue if they were not going to get good information. Instead, because the sideline reporter's presence had to be justified, viewers got the same old superficial effort they usually get.
It's not entirely Oliver's fault. All sideline reporters get stuck in the same situation. Maybe someday some broadcast will find a way for them to shine with regularity but that's just not typically the case.
Play-by-play man Brent Musburger, who has perfected that high-volume, over-the-top approach, was in many ways perfect for the Little League World Series. Working games with 11-, 12- and 13-year-old participants requires positive energy because nobody's a loser at the Series and he's the perfect man to deliver that message.
He can talk about the "youngsters" with a jovial, upbeat approach and his presence brings additional credibility to an event that has established itself as a late-summer TV staple and a ratings winner.
In addition, Musburger can pontificate about the state of the sport or the impact of replay on baseball (as he did during the championship game Sunday) and it sounds important, and like he's championing change (which he was for Major League Baseball) without it really making an impact. Likewise, the games provide interesting competition with an international flair but they hardly matter overall.
Ironically, while Musburger gives the Little League World Series additional star power, it was that assignment that helped resurrect his career. After he left CBS Sports in well-publicized maneuver on April 1, 1990 -- he was made aware of the move that morning and hosted the championship game of the Final Four that night -- Musburger's first visible assignment with ABC Sports came covering the Little League World Series four months later.
Since then, he's again established himself as ESPN's lead college football play-by-play man and has hosted numerous other highly visible events.
Still, sometimes he just tries too hard to be the conscious of an event, or a champion for a cause and he did so again Sunday.
First, there was a positive (and correct) nod to the impact of replay at the LLWS and its potential in the big leagues. "It is clear that it can be used, as it has been here, with very little time delay," he said.
But, he later incorrectly lobbied for a coach in the championship game to use a replay challenge in the bottom of the fifth inning on a possibly trapped catch (it was not) that was not able to be challenged. Undeterred, Musburger said: "Well, if they ever expand it, that should be something that's part of it."
Sometimes, he would be so much better if he would just call the action. He certainly deserves room after a stellar career, but that over-the-top approach remains an Achilles heel.
Likewise, Fox Sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver made a cliche a reality Sunday night working the Steelers-Broncos game. It was a display of going to a sideline reporter who was apparently close to the action and might have information but the report added nothing.
Specifically, after an injury to Steelers linebacker James Farrior early in the game opened a large cut on his right forehead (he lost his helmet and was hit by an opponent among a of pile of players while making a tackle), viewers waited nearly a quarter to get an update on his condition from the field.
When the report came, Oliver stated only the obvious -- that Farrior had a laceration and would not return to the game.
Really? That's something everyone knew from almost the moment it happened -- and the lack of information provided only the latest example of sideline reporters not actually reporting. While the guys in the broadcast booth had already provided necessary context by mentioning a similar injury to Giants quarterback earlier in the preseason, Oliver was left with little. Especially because the Steelers might not have been forthcoming about the situation.
If that was the case, she should've put off any report that shared nothing. Or the game's producer and director should've ignored the issue if they were not going to get good information. Instead, because the sideline reporter's presence had to be justified, viewers got the same old superficial effort they usually get.
It's not entirely Oliver's fault. All sideline reporters get stuck in the same situation. Maybe someday some broadcast will find a way for them to shine with regularity but that's just not typically the case.
The Heart of the Wise
I have often wondered why it is that the conservatives are called the"right", and the liberals are called the "left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Mystery solved!
Hat Tip:
My hubby via email!
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Also, witness one of God's little miracles at the Restore Honor Rally:
And don't miss Dr. Alveda King's message at the rally! [See videos at bottom of Youtube post.]
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Update 2:
Speaking of foolishness, check out the misspelling of SEIU's "American Dream" sign:
Big Government: SEIU Misspells 'American Dream' at Rally
To Him That Overcometh
The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony.--Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God
that justifieth. Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also
maketh intercession for us.
Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it.
--That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
--In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.--Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. . . . And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.--But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Re 12:10,11 Ro 8:33,34 Col 2:15 Heb 2:14,15 Ro 8:37 Eph 6:11,17 1Co 15:57
Evening
The tree of life.
God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.--He gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.--As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them];
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. . . . As the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God.--In the midst of the street of it, and on either
side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of]
fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were]
for the healing of the nations.
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom. . . . Length of days [is] in her right
hand. . . . She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy
[is every one] that retaineth her.--Christ Jesus . . . is made unto us wisdom.
Ge 2:9 1Jo 5:11 Joh 3:16 5:21,26 Re 2:7 22:2 Pr 3:13,16,18 1Co 1:30
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Daily Light on the Daily Path Devotional
Saturday August 28, 2010
http://bible.christiansunite.com/devotionals.shtml
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They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony.--Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God
that justifieth. Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also
maketh intercession for us.
Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it.
--That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
--In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.--Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. . . . And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.--But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Re 12:10,11 Ro 8:33,34 Col 2:15 Heb 2:14,15 Ro 8:37 Eph 6:11,17 1Co 15:57
Evening
The tree of life.
God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.--He gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.--As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them];
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. . . . As the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God.--In the midst of the street of it, and on either
side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of]
fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were]
for the healing of the nations.
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom. . . . Length of days [is] in her right
hand. . . . She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy
[is every one] that retaineth her.--Christ Jesus . . . is made unto us wisdom.
Ge 2:9 1Jo 5:11 Joh 3:16 5:21,26 Re 2:7 22:2 Pr 3:13,16,18 1Co 1:30
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Daily Light on the Daily Path Devotional
Saturday August 28, 2010
http://bible.christiansunite.com/devotionals.shtml
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Here We Go Again
TWC Vs. Mickey
Poor Time-Warner Cable. Mickey Mouse is trying to rip them off.
Time-Warner Cable customers are getting email and spots are running on the cable that Disney, owner and operator of ABC TV, ESPN, and Disney Channels, is threatening to pull programming from Time-Warner. It’s another one of those revenue things that seem to happen with TWC every six months or so.
Of course, if Disney plays hardball, “Baseball Tonight” and “Desperate Housewives” could disappear from the cable line-up. (It seems that channels are disappearing from the standard line up all of the time. More about that later.)
“To connect you with all the shows you love to watch, we must pay the companies that own the broadcast TV stations and cable networks. We fight to keep those fees as low as possible, because they directly impact the cable bill you have to pay each month,” says TWC on its web site RolloverorGet Tough.com. “When all is said and done, Time Warner Cable earned a profit for its shareholders of about $0.06 for every dollar that we brought in during 2009. (That’s slightly below the average of 7% for the past 10 years among US companies in the S&P 500, according to the Wall Street Journal.)”
Let’s not forget that TWC is the second-largest cable company in the nation. The figures above notwithstanding, they make lots of money.
August 5, 2010, TWC reported its second-quarter profit rose 8.2%, as demand increased for its broadband and phone services and capital expenditures decreased, according to MarketWatch.com. “It earned $342 million, or 95 cents a share, compared with a profit of $316 million, or 90 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue rose 6% to $4.73 billion.”
They’re doing OK. Better than most of us. Viewers should keep these things in mind as they read their email and see the spots from TWC. Also keep in mind that ABC programming will be available off-the-air via your digital converter and antenna. Watching ESPN and other cable channels are more problematic. TWC makes a point of saying that it won’t do any good to switch since Disney already pulled its HD programming from Dish Satellite in June.
Meanwhile, a spat between the City of Austin and Time-Warner Cable is brewing. When Time-Warner wrote a new franchise contract, it included public access channels for the City of Austin, the Austin School District, Travis County, the state legislature and even ordinary citizens. As of October 1, 2010, those channels are slated to be boosted to the digital tier.
It will take a cable box to receive them. Those boxes cost $7 per month each. TWC says it will supply one box for varying periods of time to customers who have standard service. What about customers who have multiple televisions?
Stacy Schmidt, TWC spokesperson, says the cable company is moving the channels to increase services and speed. “It’s what customers are demanding”
To this writer and perhaps the City of Austin, the move of local access and government channels to the more expensive, digital tier violates the spirit of the original agreement that created them. The City of Austin is threatening to take TWC to court over the changes. Austin City Council and commission meetings are telecast on Channel 6.
© Jim McNabb, 2010
Restore Honor Rally Draws Huge Crowd!
Well, it didn't take long for the spinmeisters to start their spinning about the Restore Honor event in Washington D.C. this morning.
Legal Insurrection: Subliminal Deception has the proof!
Go to link above and see the photo of the ACTUAL ATTENDANCE crowd at the rally.
The leftists only seem to know how to lie, disparage, mock, spread evil and play the race card in life. I truly feel sorry for them.
Legal Insurrection has more:
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Saturday Night Card Game (Think Progress Forced To Fold At Restoring Honor Rally) - This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Think Progress tried really, really hard to cover the Restoring Honor rally ...
Also see:
Texas for Sarah Palin
Text of Gov. Palin's 'Restoring Honor' Speech - * Via Facebook, Gov. Palin has released the text of the speech she delivered at Saturday's Restoring Honor rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C...
Gateway Pundit
CROWD ROARS at Restoring Honor Rally as MLK’s Niece Alveda King Declares: “I Too Have a Dream!” (Video) - Alveda Celeste King, a pro-life activist and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, gave a powerful and moving speech to the 500,000+ patriots gathered in Washin...
JammieWearingFool
Make Believe Media: WaPo Claims Al Sharpton Brings Thousands to DC - Hundreds of thousands of Americans showed up in Washington today to see a rally held by Glenn Beck. So what does the Washington Post report? That Al Sharpton...
Big Journalism
Beck Rally in Washington: The View from the Crowd -
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Glenn Beck Rally Picture Guaranteed to Drive Media Crazy - This picture of the crowd that attended Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C., is guaranteed to drive liberal media members crazy (h/t N...
Atlas Shrugs
America on the Mall - Kudos to all Americans who took to the streets, the highways, and the byways and stood for America up at Beck's Restore America rally on the mall. Photo hat ...
Lloyd Marcus
Black Conservative Supports Glenn Beck Rally - Alleged civil rights leaders, including Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, are having a cow because Glenn Beck had the audacity to sche...
Hat tips to all links!
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In between cooking and blogging, I am just starting to read the blogs and comments out there about the rally. I was sorry to read that Alan Keyes is apparently disgruntled with Beck. Oh well - can't please everybody!
I found this link interesting:
Solomonia: Huge Turnout For Beck
I think that the huge turnout was for God, Jesus Christ, and America! Anyway, it was interesting to read this blogger's non-Christian take on the event.
Excerpt:
I must say that though I have a healthy respect for religion in public life, and I acknowledge that there was a religious revival aspect to this event, and meaning absolutely no disrespect to our Christian friends, but I could have done with a few less blessings on behalf of everyone in the name of Jesus Christ. Once or twice, OK, but after a few more times you start to get that nagging feeling that "Maybe I don't belong here." At an event billed as a sort of all-purpose patriotic thing, a little more...ecumenical approach might be in order. This is much like Jewish communal events where, though the vast majority do not keep kosher, yet still dietary laws are observed out of respect for keeping the event appropriate for all. A little more respect on the part of some speakers that while professions of faith seemed to be welcome, they were not actually preaching inside their own churches, might have been in order.
I mean this as a nit, however. Imagine the consternation of the MSM, their subscribers dwindling, to see this huge turnout. The thrashing and slandering on the pages of the New York Times has already begun.
Home run, Beck.
Well - at least he used a positive baseball analogy at the end.
I think that one of the commentators at the site echos what I, and many hundreds of thousands of Americans feel about what occurred at the rally today:
EscapeVeolocity wrote:
I understand your point Solomon. However, part of the problem with Western Civilization these days is that Christians (and Christianity)have been driven from public life. This re-invigoration is good news for defenders of Western Civilization. This is the re-emergence of a healthy cultural expression/confidence. This country is still at least 80% Christian.
The problem is that you are used to Christianity being sidelined. When you listen to pre 68 political speeches, by the likes of JFK and FDR, you will quickly realize that this lack of Christian public expression since the 60s is an outlier. Christianity has been on the defensive.
This is good news for Western Civilization.
Although dr kill??? disliked hearing the name of Jesus Christ mentioned so much (as a small "a" atheist...what does that mean?) he still wrote:
But I would rather see a bunch of avowed Xtian [sic] conservatives running the USSA in a manner they feel is consistent with founding principle than this current dirty bunch of lieing [sic]Progs.
Heh!!
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Update on 8/29/10 @ 9:40 a.m. PT:
As many will notice I have now added a photo (H/T Legal Insurrection) to my blog post. I was having blogger photo uploading issues yesterday so that is why I was unable to include the photo until now.
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This is an interesting comparison.
Gateway Pundit: A Tale of Two Rallies on the Mall: Clean Conservatives vs. Filthy Libs (Video)
It's weird. The libs claim to be very much involved with the "green" issues like climate change, recycling, carbon emissions etc.; yet they can't even pick up their own garbage after the inauguration of "The Won."
Can we Spike? Huh? Can We?
Pity the poor Houston Except that it doesn't. Not in any way that's meaningful to sports fans across the Country that is.
To Houston? You bet it matters. If you want to know why think about that picture above. On the one hand, you have Dallas. Cool, confident with a brawny National reputation that doesn't worry too much about what everyone else thinks. On the other hand you have Houston. Yappy, sometimes annoying, and way too concerned about being taken seriously by the big boys. Oh the travesty of the Texans not being given prime-time games (despite the fact that they sucked, and their brand of football was borderline unwatchable at times) during the early years of the franchise while Dallas hogged the airwaves. Dallas has gone 10 years without a playoff win...blah....blah....blah.
The hard facts are the Cowboys are still the premier team in Texas except for within the Houston Metro area. Even then there are people who grew up rooting for other teams who might follow the Texans (heck, we might even pull for them) but they're never going to replace the Cowboys (or, in my case, the 49ers) as team number one.
This is a PRE-season game. The only thing that matters is that the One's & Two's look good. Whoever winds up at the top of the scoreboard at the end of the game is inconsequential....unless you're trying to get the attention of the fans of the Big Dog that is*, then it might seem to you to be the most important thing in the world.
Perspective Texans fans. Perspective.
*Yeah, yeah I know...in the cartoon world Chester the Terrier eventually "bested" Spike and proved him to be a coward. But that's a child's game, in which we try to teach our kids that life doesn't suck and the good guys always win. In the REAL world, Spike beats the crap out of Chester 10 times and Sunday. The Texans want respect? Start winning some games.
'Exposure' Means Programming for ESPN
With eight games from five states in the next three days, ESPN and its family of networks help kick off high school football season aross the country.
With its "ESPN Rise High School Football Kickoff," the all-sports network presents games from California, Florida, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas. Games will air on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
According to the official news release: "ESPN RISE represents ESPN’s commitment to engage and elevate high school athletes by providing them with recognition, resources, information and inspiration that can motivate them to improve their skills and achieve their goals to be the best athletes they can."
Eight games in high definition on TV also mean something else for ESPN -- porgramming, which produces advertising revenue, and a chance to both self promote (which ESPN never avoids) and to create some media exposure loyalty with younger sports fans as well as top-notch competitors.
Eight of the teams competing in the televised this game fall in the top-50 rankings compiled by ESPN RISE. Also, seven individual players are ranked among the nation's top 150, according to ESPNU rankings. So, games brought to you by ESPN feature teams and players whose prowess has been verified by ESPN.
In its early years, ESPN did the same thing with its own separate college football rankings. The network eventually adopted Associated Press rankings like most other media outlets because it avoided confusion and was too transparent of an self-promoting act.
With high school football, though, there's no reason ESPN cannot position and promote itself as the authority. What other entity can compete nationally?
People watching the games might be inclined to visit online and check out ESPN's rating sytems or the other ESPN RISE assests -- which include ESPN RISE, GIRL, Hardwood and Gridiron magazines. There's also ESPNRISE.com and more than 160 high school events each year, including Elite 11, Elite 24, ESPN RISE Games, ESPN RISE National High School Invitational, Faster to First, Area Code Baseball and Nike Combines/Nike SPARQ Mini Camps.
Because ESPN televises the games, standout teams and student athletes then will know ESPN loves them and wants to promote them. Perhaps relationships will grow as a result.
Maybe when the recruits bound for Division I schools involved in this weekend's games declare their college intentions, they'll do so as part of a show on an ESPN network. Maybe they'll be featured on "SportsCentral" specials during their pro careers. Maybe they'll get a job as an analyst once their on-field careers end.
That's a big set of what-if dominoes and scenarios, though.
What if ESPN did not televise high school games (in any sport)? Would high school athletes not go to college? And the best of the best not advance beyond that? Or someday find a post-playing career job?
Of course not, on all counts. While ESPN and other outlets will not turn away from high school sports -- expect the growing trend to increase even more in coming years -- that does not mean it's a good thing.
Sure, the competitors get some measure of exposure, but any measurements about who truly benefits from such broadcasts invariably favors the all-sports network itself.
With its "ESPN Rise High School Football Kickoff," the all-sports network presents games from California, Florida, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas. Games will air on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
According to the official news release: "ESPN RISE represents ESPN’s commitment to engage and elevate high school athletes by providing them with recognition, resources, information and inspiration that can motivate them to improve their skills and achieve their goals to be the best athletes they can."
Eight games in high definition on TV also mean something else for ESPN -- porgramming, which produces advertising revenue, and a chance to both self promote (which ESPN never avoids) and to create some media exposure loyalty with younger sports fans as well as top-notch competitors.
Eight of the teams competing in the televised this game fall in the top-50 rankings compiled by ESPN RISE. Also, seven individual players are ranked among the nation's top 150, according to ESPNU rankings. So, games brought to you by ESPN feature teams and players whose prowess has been verified by ESPN.
In its early years, ESPN did the same thing with its own separate college football rankings. The network eventually adopted Associated Press rankings like most other media outlets because it avoided confusion and was too transparent of an self-promoting act.
With high school football, though, there's no reason ESPN cannot position and promote itself as the authority. What other entity can compete nationally?
People watching the games might be inclined to visit online and check out ESPN's rating sytems or the other ESPN RISE assests -- which include ESPN RISE, GIRL, Hardwood and Gridiron magazines. There's also ESPNRISE.com and more than 160 high school events each year, including Elite 11, Elite 24, ESPN RISE Games, ESPN RISE National High School Invitational, Faster to First, Area Code Baseball and Nike Combines/Nike SPARQ Mini Camps.
Because ESPN televises the games, standout teams and student athletes then will know ESPN loves them and wants to promote them. Perhaps relationships will grow as a result.
Maybe when the recruits bound for Division I schools involved in this weekend's games declare their college intentions, they'll do so as part of a show on an ESPN network. Maybe they'll be featured on "SportsCentral" specials during their pro careers. Maybe they'll get a job as an analyst once their on-field careers end.
That's a big set of what-if dominoes and scenarios, though.
What if ESPN did not televise high school games (in any sport)? Would high school athletes not go to college? And the best of the best not advance beyond that? Or someday find a post-playing career job?
Of course not, on all counts. While ESPN and other outlets will not turn away from high school sports -- expect the growing trend to increase even more in coming years -- that does not mean it's a good thing.
Sure, the competitors get some measure of exposure, but any measurements about who truly benefits from such broadcasts invariably favors the all-sports network itself.
A Willing Vessel Of Love For Reconciliation [Update 4]
UPDATE 4: Great news! The Restoring Honor event will be broadcast live on Facebook tomorrow! Go here for more information:
Glenn Beck.com - Watch Restoring Honor Live on Facebook
August 27, 2010 - 22:59 ET
8/28 Live! – Saturday, 10a-1p ET
Yes, 8/28 will be broadcast live on Facebook. We want as many people as possible to have the chance to view this event which is why it will be streamed FREE. Checkout our Facebook page on 8/28 to watch this event LIVE! Remember 10a ET. If you can’t be in Washington DC, join us on Facebook to watch it live!
Related: 8/28 Quick Links
Praying for safety and a great event for faith, hope, and charity to shine through despite all of the terrible vitriol that the left is spewing about Glenn Beck's 8/28/10 event - Restoring Honor rally in Washington D.C. this Saturday. I wish I could be there, but family obligations prevent me from attending. I will keep a close eye on the coverage of the event.
I find the criticisms of the rabid left against Glenn Beck, his guests, the distortions of his "reasons" for holding the event and the ugly rhetoric against him for having it at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s great speech there very disturbing, disheartening and quite sad.
Glenn interviewed Alveda King, Dr. Martin Luther King's niece on his show today. I cried throughout the program. How did our country become so messed up and mean spirited? To hear how she is being treated so horribly by the left is disgusting. She appears to be a wonderful, faithful Christian woman who is pro-life and runs an organization encouraging life for the unborn. Of course, she represents everything that the rabid left hates - including being a willing vessel of love for reconciliation between the races and all people.
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UPdate:
To watch today's show with guest Alveda King, go here:
Watch Glenn Beck: August 26, 2010 - Restoring Honor
Glenn Beck Show- August 26, 2010
Tonight: Glenn continues from D.C. as less than 40 hours remain until the Restoring Honor Rally. Tonight, Glenn will prepare you and lay out the real message behind the rally (despite what you might have heard in the media). Joining Glenn tonight for a good portion of the program is Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She has faced an enormous amount of criticism for agreeing to take part in and supporting the rally. We should keep her and all of those who have taken great risks to stand with Glenn in our prayers.
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Update 2:
A few weeks ago, I heard that Laura Ingraham may attend the rally on Saturday. I am currently reading her book, "The Obama Diaries" (it is EXCELLENT!) and on pages 324-325 she writes exactly why we need to keep up with the non-violent protests against the radical government agenda being hoisted upon us:
The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition - Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals
It is interesting that the very people who foment the anger in the country, the Democrats, are the ones wailing when the public reacts to their mischief. What did they think was going to happen when they refused to acknowledge the public outcry during the health-care debate?
It is hard to watch the persistent, radical agenda rolling out of this White House, whether it be health-care policy, immigration reform, cap-and-trade legislation, or the endless new taxes being proposed, without thinking that there is some plan underway. They are maliciously provoking a reaction, hoping for a violent response from the people, so they can use it to tarnish all dissent and finally silence criticism of their flawed policies. It is a textbook Saul Alinsky tactic.
Radical leftists thrive in conflict and chaos. In Rules for Radicals, Alinsky writes, "When those prominent in the status quo turn and label you an 'agitator,' they are completely correct, for that is, in one word, your function - to agitate to the point of conflict." In the midst of their premeditated conflicts, these leftists can do incredible damage. They will miss no opportunity to use the self-generated moments of strife to demonize their critics, restrain the people's freedom, and destroy their liberty. Should violence erupt or any social unrest break out as a result of their heinous policies, the liberals will proclaim themselves our protectors, and use the chaos as a justification to claim even greater control over our lives and our freedoms. For this reason, and so many others, violence must always be condemned and rejected, while every peaceful means of resistance should be utilized.
P.S. This blog post is currently listed here on the google blog search list, but I think that as posts on the Restoring Honor rally are added, the page number where it is listed may change.
I read some of the headlines and sentences from other blogs. The left-wing ones are doing EXACTLY what Laura Ingraham describes as the typical Saul Alinsky tactic (see quote and excerpt above in update 2) to cause the demonization of Beck and all who want to attend the event.
Knowing their tactics are a bogus attempt to cause strife and agitation takes the power away from their arguments and condemnation.
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Update 3:
I had to go three posts from the bottom of page 3 (at 9:15 a.m. PT) in order to find a blog post that wasn't disparaging the 8/28 Restoring Honor rally. What are these people so afraid of??
Will post the positive blog posts as I find them.
1. Mediaite: Glenn Beck Responds to Al Sharpton - What Part of Honor Are You Against?
2. MichNews: Black Conservatives Support Glenn Beck Event on MLK Anniversary
3. No Apologies
4. Facts Not Fairies: Glenn Beck 8/28 Rally - Its a Matter of Honor
5. Capitol Hill Blue (both positive and negative discussions).
6. Sirius XM News: Sirius XM Patriot to Broadcast Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally Live
7. Booker Rising: Lloyd Marcus on Glenn Beck Rally
More later...
Sharif El Gamal - Waiter Turned Millionaire Developer?
I know I keep saying that I have another MUST SEE video here at Talk Wisdom, but the information about where the funding is coming from for the Ground Zero mosque is being revealed in a fast and furious way on the blogs!
Nice Deb provides one of the latest very interesting and informative videos of Fox News Channel's Megan Kelly story about Waiter Turned GZ Mosque Developer, Sharif El Gamal. So where is this money coming from??
What is this?? It seems like a surreal money for nothing and your chicks (checks?) for free" kind of scenario. How does a waiter become a millionaire real estate mogul in just a few short years?
Probable Answer: Militant Islamic funding.
Hat Tip:
Nice Deb
Also, be sure to read about Hisham Elzanaty at I Own The World Blog
Also see JammieWearingFool: 'What I Can Say About Sharif is Nothing Good'
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Update:
Also see Fox News New York: Mosque Developer and Financial Backer
Why are these guys so camera shy? Why do they run away from reporters? Do they have something to hide?
Hmmmm....
America - keep on this! The truth is bound to come out. It probably won't be nice or pretty - either.
Trivia question:
Who was the actor and what film or show was he known for saying, "Run Away!"
Nice Deb provides one of the latest very interesting and informative videos of Fox News Channel's Megan Kelly story about Waiter Turned GZ Mosque Developer, Sharif El Gamal. So where is this money coming from??
What is this?? It seems like a surreal money for nothing and your chicks (checks?) for free" kind of scenario. How does a waiter become a millionaire real estate mogul in just a few short years?
Probable Answer: Militant Islamic funding.
Hat Tip:
Nice Deb
Also, be sure to read about Hisham Elzanaty at I Own The World Blog
Also see JammieWearingFool: 'What I Can Say About Sharif is Nothing Good'
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Update:
Also see Fox News New York: Mosque Developer and Financial Backer
Why are these guys so camera shy? Why do they run away from reporters? Do they have something to hide?
Hmmmm....
America - keep on this! The truth is bound to come out. It probably won't be nice or pretty - either.
Trivia question:
Who was the actor and what film or show was he known for saying, "Run Away!"
Obama - The Post Turtle
YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THIS RANCHER'S OUTLOOK & COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO LIFE .....
Ha ha haaaa!
Hat Tip:
My great & dear friend Kelly - who keeps me laughing - via email!
While suturing up a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, whose hand had been caught in the gate while working his cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama, and his being our president.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Obama is just a Post Turtle."
Now not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked,
What's a "Post Turtle?"
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. "You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, he sure as heck ain't goin' anywhere, and you just wonder what kind of dumb a** put him up there in the first place."
Ha ha haaaa!
Hat Tip:
My great & dear friend Kelly - who keeps me laughing - via email!
Thank You S.F. Liberals - You Die Last [Must see update!]
What do you think is the message of this protester who was seen at a San Francisco anti-Israel rally back in 2005 (guessing on the date)?
Notice what the man holding the sign is wearing. Can you tell what image is on the other man's red t-shirt?
What are your thoughts about such a blatant display? Comments?
Update: Just saw a video over at JammingWearingFool blog that made my jaw drop in disbelief! My heart sank as I witnessed a liberal left LUNATIC screaming at an old Holocaust survivor at the Ground Zero protest. It brought tears to my eyes! How could ANYONE BE SO CRUEL?? WARNING: TERRIBLE LANGUAGE. One of the reasons why I could not bring myself to post it here. You MUST SEE:
JammieWearingFool -
Ground Zero Mosque Supporter Curses Out Holocaust Survivor: 'Obviously He Didn't Learn His Lesson' - (LANGUAGE WARNING)Obviously a Michael Bloomberg and Barack Obama supporter. Classy guy. He calls the old man an unpatriotic, treasonous piece of garbage. A s...
And, if you missed it the second time I posted it here, you MUST view the following YouTube video (Viewed over 2 million times already!)
Of Mosques and Men: Reflections on the Ground Zero Mosque
And, if you missed it the first time I posted it here, you MUST view the following YouTube video and listen to the Sean Hannity interview between Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs and Michael Ghouse of the Muslim American Congress.
YouTube Video: Sean Hannity Show: Pamela Geller Debates Michael Ghouse (Muslim American Congress) 911 Mega Mosque
Tolerance is a crime when applied to evil (Thomas Mann).
(H/T - Atlas Shrugs)
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Some links to see:
The Post & Email
Is Obama effecting an Islamic takeover of the United States? - CELEBRATING RAMADAN, HOSTING IFTAR DINNERS, AND SUPPORT OF THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE REVEAL OBAMA’S MUSLIM AGENDA by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 24, 2010) —In 2007, ...
Nice Deb
Radical GZ Mosque Imam Claims Obama’s Cairo Speech Borrowed Talking Points From Cordoba Initiative. - Obama’s Muslim speech in Cairo was delivered to usher in a new era of peace and understanding between the United States and the Muslim world. But many par...
Alan Keyes is LOYAL TO LIBERTY
Ron Paul is wrong, GZM is not a Muslim right - According to Newsmax “Ron Paul unleashed a lengthy and at times angry statement on his website Friday that supports the rights of Muslims to build what’s...
VotingFemale Speaks!
ABC network actually thinks they have the power of Sharia Jedi Mind Control? hahaha Silly Socialists! ;) - From Media Research Center: ABC Works to Rehabilitate Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s Reputation After Pining for George W. Bush
Thinking Christian
Islam in America: Are We Ready? - We Christians have a bad habit of not paying attention. It has hurt us in the past, and it’s about to do it again. Our big social concern in the 1990s was ...
The Bumbling Genius
Religions Rule - How can it be that so many who are ardent enemies of religion are now siding with those who want to build a Mosque near Ground Zero? Considering also that ...
Jihad Watch
State Dept "aware" of Ground Zero Imam Rauf's Islamic supremacist remarks, but doesn't care - The renowned "moderate" Imam of the Ground Zero mega-mosque is suffering from some cracks in his facade of moderation. Pamela Geller broke the story here: ...
Investigating Obama
Listen to & Read Christine Brim’s Expose’ of Imam Rauf's Cordoba Initiative & Obama’s Complicity - The tweet: #IMGB Follow the Sharia & unholy alliance w/ globalists, Marxists, w/ Christine Brim – Tonight On Fan The Fire http://bit.ly/9PYLia You can lis...
Atlas Shrugs
On the bus...... - [image: Ground zero bus motion]
Answering Muslims
Pastor Haytham Abi-Haydar and the Road to Dhimmitude - I'm not surprised when Muslims condemn us, or when Muslims lie about us. Islam commands Muslims to subjugate unbelievers, through violence if necessary, an...
Wake up America
The Truth Behind The Ground Zero Mosque - By Findalis of Monkey in the Middle The ruins of the World Trade Center and the ground that they occupied are considered by many people (myself included)...
ZachJonesIsHome - Helping to Keep an Eye on the Larry Sinclair Allegations
Secret Life of “Taqiyya” B. Obama – America Does Not Believe Obama or Media – Obama’s a Moral Relativist (Every Behavior Can Be Rationalized – Exempli Gratia Man’s Country) – American Thinker – Father Morris – Obama Born in Muslim Country – The BOPAC Report - The BOPAC Report The Secret Life of “Taqiyya” B. Obama – When it comes to what people believe about Obama, the American Thinker has it about right. Le...
Works and Days
America — Compared to What? - While America debates whether a “bridge-building” Imam Rauf should erect his $100-million, 13-story outreach “Islamic complex” (is the name “Cordoba House”...
GINA COBB
News and Buzz Links of the Day - Obama's Point of No Return Advocating for the Ground Zero mosque Why Is It 'Bigoted' To Criticize Religion? Is it OK to condemn Mormons but not Muslims? Lo...
Hat tips to all links.
Little League Provides Cover for ESPN
At the start of an internally controversial week, with "Around the Horn" regular Jay Mariotti in trouble in Los Angelese because of a domestic disturbance charge involving his girlfriend, a little bit of Americana has provided at least some cover for ESPN.
With the Little League World Series already scheduled to preempt "Around the Horn," and with "Pardon the Interruption" on hiatus for the same reason, ESPN commentators and officials have been able to avoid the Mariotti matter (at least publicly) and keep it out of the limelight from two programs that would seem most likely to address the situation. Or at least shows, in the case of "Around the Horn," most impacted by the incident.
Granted, the World Series has some PR warts, especially in the eyes of people who want to argue against putting pre-teens (for the most part) in such high profile competitive situations, but it generally gets spun as a positive experience -- win or lose -- for participants. Plus, ESPN, with its vested interest in success makes judicious use of field microphones on coaches and managers, giving viewers plausibly live audio of the most encouraging and positive moments while avoiding inevitable harsh emotion or slips of the tongue.
Ironically, it's Mariotti's own tongue-lashing skills that might come back to bite him and his career depending on what happens with the charges in L.A. He's been a tough critic of athletes and sports types who put themselves in similar situations, so it'll be interesting to see how he reacts publicly, and it will happen at some point, and how ESPN handles the situation.
For at least a couple of days, though, the all-sports giant has some time to figure out its approach, though. And it can do who while Little League ballplayers get their annual moment in the spotlight.
With the Little League World Series already scheduled to preempt "Around the Horn," and with "Pardon the Interruption" on hiatus for the same reason, ESPN commentators and officials have been able to avoid the Mariotti matter (at least publicly) and keep it out of the limelight from two programs that would seem most likely to address the situation. Or at least shows, in the case of "Around the Horn," most impacted by the incident.
Granted, the World Series has some PR warts, especially in the eyes of people who want to argue against putting pre-teens (for the most part) in such high profile competitive situations, but it generally gets spun as a positive experience -- win or lose -- for participants. Plus, ESPN, with its vested interest in success makes judicious use of field microphones on coaches and managers, giving viewers plausibly live audio of the most encouraging and positive moments while avoiding inevitable harsh emotion or slips of the tongue.
Ironically, it's Mariotti's own tongue-lashing skills that might come back to bite him and his career depending on what happens with the charges in L.A. He's been a tough critic of athletes and sports types who put themselves in similar situations, so it'll be interesting to see how he reacts publicly, and it will happen at some point, and how ESPN handles the situation.
For at least a couple of days, though, the all-sports giant has some time to figure out its approach, though. And it can do who while Little League ballplayers get their annual moment in the spotlight.
Operation pictures
BEFORE
AFTER
As you can see by the pictures above, the surgery was successful in straightening my left arm to about a 90° angle. Now what that means in terms of function and ability we don't know yet. We won't really know until we see the full results after taking off the cast in September.
I still have a long way to go on this road towards recovery and independence. In all my surgeries, it's never been this difficult- with the pain, nausea and doubt. But God has seen me through it all, just as he has many times before. I have such wonderful family and friends that have stayed committed to me throughout the process with flowers, prayers and care.
With my upcoming months of therapy, I am still quite unsure about the process. But I am trying to remind myself who's ULTIMATELY in control. It's a hard thing, believe me
The Expression of Conquest and Supremacism of Islam
Pamela Geller has the following You Tube video on her website. It is a segment of a previous broadcast on Sean Hannity's radio show. You must take the time to listen to her EXCELLENT points as she debates a Muslim named Michael Ghouse about the objections towards the construction of a mosque near the sacred ground of the 9/11 Ground Zero site in Manhattan, New York.
Hat Tip:
Atlas Shrugs
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Update:
Another great interview on Huckabee:
Huckabee Interviews Pamela Geller
And, if you missed it the first time I posted it here, you MUST view the following YouTube video (Viewed over 2 million times already!)
Of Mosques and Men: Reflections on the Ground Zero Mosque
Hat Tip:
Atlas Shrugs
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Update:
Another great interview on Huckabee:
Huckabee Interviews Pamela Geller
And, if you missed it the first time I posted it here, you MUST view the following YouTube video (Viewed over 2 million times already!)
Of Mosques and Men: Reflections on the Ground Zero Mosque
Tolerance is a Crime When Applied to Evil (Thomas Mann).
That quote is something that every American must remember the next time you hear any radical Islamic terrorism-supporting imam (like Rauf), or the leftist media of mass deception pundits, or any other person who supports Rauf and his ilk!
From Atlas Shrugs:
Tolerance is a crime when applied to evil (Thomas Mann).
Hat Tip: Atlas Shrugs
From Atlas Shrugs:
Here is a so-called soundbite of "tolerance" - radical Muslim taqiyya style:.Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: "We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida has on its hands of
innocent non Muslims. You may remember that the US-led sanctions against Iraq led to the death of over half a million Iraqi children. This has been documented by the United Nations. And when Madeleine Albright, who has become a friend of mine over the last couple of years, when she was Secretary of State and was asked whether this was worth it, said it was worth it.
No mention of the 270 million victims of over a millennium of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilation and enslavement. No mention of the recent slaughter by Muslims of Christians, Hindus, Jews, non-believers in Indonesia, Thailand, Ethiopia, Somalia, Philippines, Lebanon, Israel, Russia, China................ no candor, no criticism of Islam
Tolerance is a crime when applied to evil (Thomas Mann).
Hat Tip: Atlas Shrugs
NO mosque at Ground Zero! Blog Posts of Protest
Yesterday, there was a huge protest at Ground Zero. Thousands of Americans DO NOT WANT the construction of a building that would mock and claim victory for the horrendous 9/11 terrorism attack against America that happened as a result of the radical Islamic political religion's trail of hate, destruction, and death.
Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs has done the brilliant investigative reporting that the lying media of mass deception continues to refuse to do about imam Rauf!
Atlas Shrugs
ATLAS EXCLUSIVE! GROUND ZERO MOSQUE IMAM FEISAL'S EXTREMISM EXPOSED: IN HIS OWN WORDS: "the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida," Elimination of Israel, and the N-Word - The media frenzy to destroy good, decent Americans who oppose a 15-story mega-mosque on Ground Zero is rabid. Even for them. Despite red flags everywhere and...
What more do we need to know about this man and his fraudulent claims of "peace," "tolerance," "understanding," and "bridge building" between various faith communities? It's a BIG FAT TAQIYYA LIE! When you read Pamela latest article (link above) you will most likely agree - unless you are a complicit supporter of radical Islam.
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More VERY IMPORTANT blog posts on the subject:
Northeast Intelligence Network
The document that should stop the Islamic “Victory Mosque” - By Douglas J. Hagmann 23 August 2010: Racists, Xenophobes and bigots. Those are just a few terms used to describe the opponents of the Islamic center plann...
Moral of the story: Don't fall for the false propaganda by the lying Islamic propagandists!
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In the following post you will see the propagandists themselves attempting to label the protesters as propaganda agents. Sheesh! Do these muslims ever experience any shame, whatsoever, at what they lie about and do?? Of course not - it's called "taqiyya" liars syndrome and it was born right out of hell.
Frugal Café Blog Zone
Muslim Leaders Call Mega Mosque Opposition “Beyond Islamophobia” & Shows Hate of Muslims, Similar to Persecution of the Jews (video) - Considering the rabid hate that many Muslims have expressed, without remorse or shame, against Jews and Israel, for them to now declare that those who want...
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And look see what happens in Pakistan against the "infidels." You call that tolerance and peace?
Jihad Watch
Islamophobes murder 15 inside Pakistan mosque -- no, wait... - Once again it was Islamic jihadists, misunderstanding their peaceful religion. One wonders how many thousands of such stories are going to come across the ...
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There were far more sane people protesting the building of a mosque than those brain-dirtied lunatics who support it:
Patriots and Liberty
Mosque Foes & Backers Clash at Ground Zero (Video) - New York Post By REUVEN FENTON, PERRY CHIARAMONTE and JEREMY OLSHAN Rage-filled Ground Zero mosque foes and supporters yesterday hurled insults at each oth...
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Since the Bush-bashing Dem leftist rhetoric is so obviously not working with the American public anymore, we have idiots like Roger Ebert attacking Sarah Palin!
Gateway Pundit
Roger Ebert: Calls Sarah Palin Hitler, Says America Is At Fault for GZ Mosque Troubles - -By Warner Todd Huston Roger Ebert is nothing if he isn’t a knee-jerk leftist, absolutely without a single original political or cultural thought in his he...
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Voting Female sees right through the leftist Alinsky-style LYING RHETORIC!
VotingFemale Speaks!
HuffPo’s Michael Hughes plays Radical Islamic Recruiting roll calling American Public abhorrent reactionaries and hideous bigots for GZM opposition - By forcefully endorsing the Islamic Erection called the Ground Zero Mosque, I firmly believe Obama intentionally, deliberately, and strategically created a...
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Zach Jones is keeping up with all the latest news from Obamaland:
ZachJonesIsHome - Helping to Keep an Eye on the Larry Sinclair Allegations
Obama’s ‘Taqiyya Two Step’? – Mystery solved! Why Americans think president is Muslim – WND – Philip Berg Comments – CitizenWells – Lt. Col. Lakin – Profile in Courage – PostEmail – Anti-Mosque Rally 9/11 – American Thinker – The BOPAC Report - The BOPAC Report The Secret Life of “Taqiyya” B. Obama – Everything continues to be a mystery about Obama. World Net Daily reveals one more layer of cr...
Hat Tips to all links.
Check back for updates.
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Update:
This post just speaks for itself...
Figures. Support For Ground Zero Mosque Plummets After Obama Weighs In
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 55 minutes ago
77% of mainstream Americans oppose the Ground Zero Victory Mosque. But, Barack Obama thinks it’s a nifty idea. (LA Times) More Americans than ever are opposed to the Ground Zero Victory Mosque now that Pre...
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Something to remember the next time you hear any radical Islamic terrorism-supporting imam (like Rauf), the leftist media of mass deception pundits, or any other person who supports Rauf and his ilk:
Tolerance is a crime when applied to evil (Thomas Mann). (H/T - Atlas Shrugs)
Anti-Christian Islamic Symbolism Surrounds Obama
There are polls showing that many Americans think that Obama is a "secret" Sunni Muslim while others admit not knowing what religion he practices. Can't blame the "don't know" people since Obama obviously doesn't practice biblical Christianity. At the same time, all that he does politically, socially, religiously, and foreign policy-wise gives Americans the additional tell-tale pro-Islamic impression that he hates the Jewish State of Israel.
Since I have been utilizing Hi stats and monitoring what visitors are viewing here at Talk Wisdom, there has been constant interest in a post that was written here way back in March of 2009 entitled Obama - Save Yourself.
Notice in that post's comment section that I mention that in another video (besides the "Save Yourself" YouTube video) there is proof presented of Islamic symbolism in Obama's now familiar campaign logo. Watch the video below and see where the symbolism is found. [Note: I do not subscribe to the video maker's view that Obama is THE "Antichrist" of the book of Revelation. However, his motives and actions are anti-Christ in nature - that is for sure!]
Jesus warned us that there would be many antichrists in the world.
Obama certainly fits that description.
Take a look at the notes from my NIV Study Bible on 1 John 2:18-23 -
When you view the video, you may find it amazing to look back at all of the broken promises that Obama made!
P.S. If you just want to skip to the Islamic symbolism portion included in the video, go to about 3:15 into the video.
The young girl singing at the end of the video is still a very creepy thing to see...just as it was the very first time I saw it! It is truly a sad and scary thing to see a child brainwashed in this way!
What is the best way to counter such deception? Share the truth of God through His Word - the Bible! The following notes share how to avoid deception:
Since I have been utilizing Hi stats and monitoring what visitors are viewing here at Talk Wisdom, there has been constant interest in a post that was written here way back in March of 2009 entitled Obama - Save Yourself.
Notice in that post's comment section that I mention that in another video (besides the "Save Yourself" YouTube video) there is proof presented of Islamic symbolism in Obama's now familiar campaign logo. Watch the video below and see where the symbolism is found. [Note: I do not subscribe to the video maker's view that Obama is THE "Antichrist" of the book of Revelation. However, his motives and actions are anti-Christ in nature - that is for sure!]
Jesus warned us that there would be many antichrists in the world.
1Jo 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
1Jo 2:22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
1Jo 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
2Jo 1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Obama certainly fits that description.
Take a look at the notes from my NIV Study Bible on 1 John 2:18-23 -
John is talking about the last days, the time between Christ's first and second comings. The first-century readers of 1 John lived in the last days, and so do we. During this time, antichrists (false teachers who pretend to be Christians and who lure weak members away from Christ) will appear. Finally, just before the world ends, one great antichrist will arise (Revelation 13; 19:20; 20:10). We do not need to fear these evil people, however. The Holy Spirit shows us their errors, so we will not be deceived. However, we must teach God's Word clearly and carefully to the peripheral, weak members among us so that they won't fall prey to these teachers who "come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves" (Matthew 7:15).
When you view the video, you may find it amazing to look back at all of the broken promises that Obama made!
P.S. If you just want to skip to the Islamic symbolism portion included in the video, go to about 3:15 into the video.
The young girl singing at the end of the video is still a very creepy thing to see...just as it was the very first time I saw it! It is truly a sad and scary thing to see a child brainwashed in this way!
What is the best way to counter such deception? Share the truth of God through His Word - the Bible! The following notes share how to avoid deception:
Apparently the antichrists in John's day were claiming faith in God while denying and opposing Christ. To do so, John firmly states, is impossible. Because Jesus is God's Son and the Messiah, to deny Christ is to reject God's way of revealing himself to the world. A person who accepts Christ as God's Son, however, accepts God the Father at the same time. The two are one and cannot be separated. Many cultists today call themselves Christians, but they deny that Jesus is divine. We must expose these heresies and oppose such teachings so that the weak believers among us do not succumb to their teachings.
These Christians had heard the gospel, very likely from John himself. They knew that Christ was God's Son, that he would return and establish his kingdom in its fullness. But their fellowship was being infiltrated by teachers who denied these basic doctrines of the Christian faith, and some of the believers were in danger of succumbing to false arguments. John encouraged them to hold on to the Christian truth they heard at the beginning of their walk with Christ. It is important to grow in our knowledge of the Lord, to deepen our understanding through careful study, and to teach these truths to others. But no matter how much we learn, we must never abandon the basic truths about Christ. Jesus will always be God's Son, and his sacrifice for our sins is permanent. No truth will ever contradict these teachings in the Bible.
AP Top 25
Here 'ya go...
Same thing I said about the USA Today Poll: Florida, Texas & Oregon are all overrated. Georgia, Oregon State & Georgia Tech are underrated. USC should not be on there.
Pre-season polls are meaningless, and they shouldn't have them until after the 4th week of the season.
1 Alabama
2 Ohio State
3 Boise State
4 Florida
5 Texas
6 TCU
7 Oklahoma
8 Nebraska
9 Iowa
10 Virginia Tech
11 Oregon
12 Wisconsin
13 Miami (FL)
14 USC
15 Pittsburgh
16 Georgia Tech
17 Arkansas
18 North Carolina
19 Penn State
20 Florida State
21 LSU
22 Auburn
23 Georgia
24 Oregon State
25 West Virginia
Same thing I said about the USA Today Poll: Florida, Texas & Oregon are all overrated. Georgia, Oregon State & Georgia Tech are underrated. USC should not be on there.
Pre-season polls are meaningless, and they shouldn't have them until after the 4th week of the season.
Ug...ly
That's just about the only way to describe the Houston Texans' 38-20 pre-season drubbing by the Saints on Saturday. What a difference a week (and an opponent) makes eh? Last week I Tweeted that some perspective was in order. After all, the Cardinals are going to be lucky to finish 6-10. Against a playoff team, a team that's good, the Texans looked like.....a team that's going to finish somewhere between 6-10 & 8-8 but no better.
Thoughts:
- The Trindon Holliday experiment is a failure. If August 31st is not his last day with the Texans Rick Smith & Kubiak should be given exams for mental distress.
- Mario Williams is still a 40% of the time good player. That's not good enough.
- The Kubiak praise by Houston media is overblown. Coach Peyton is in his 5th year with the team as well. He's got a Super Bowl Championship to show for it, Kubiak has a non-losing record....overrated.
- The running game for the Texans is still a crap-shoot. Foster is young, Slaton is a shell & Tate is on the shelf for the year. Ugh.
- The Texans' defense is still a soft, soft unit who has trouble stopping a stiff Jr. High unit on 3rd down.
Looks like another year of Sundays spent doing anything other than watching bad football on TV. On the bright side, my yard should look great.
Thoughts:
- The Trindon Holliday experiment is a failure. If August 31st is not his last day with the Texans Rick Smith & Kubiak should be given exams for mental distress.
- Mario Williams is still a 40% of the time good player. That's not good enough.
- The Kubiak praise by Houston media is overblown. Coach Peyton is in his 5th year with the team as well. He's got a Super Bowl Championship to show for it, Kubiak has a non-losing record....overrated.
- The running game for the Texans is still a crap-shoot. Foster is young, Slaton is a shell & Tate is on the shelf for the year. Ugh.
- The Texans' defense is still a soft, soft unit who has trouble stopping a stiff Jr. High unit on 3rd down.
Looks like another year of Sundays spent doing anything other than watching bad football on TV. On the bright side, my yard should look great.
Do Americans Know What We Are Up Against?
There has been a lot of buzz on the T.V. news shows, blogs, Facebook and Twitter lately about how the public now thinks that Obama is really a Muslim. I'm sure that his comments during a Muslim Iftar dinner at the White House - showing support for the Constitutional right to build a mosque near Ground Zero - fueled the sentiments of many more Americans that Obama not only sympathizes with Muslims, but might also, in fact, be one of them.
Our good ole' Lame Cherry blogger - a.k.a. Mr. Exclusive in some blogging circles - claims to have solved the mystery over Obama's Muslim upbringing through his post Is Obama Sunni or Shia Muslim?
I read his essay days ago, but this morning I found myself thinking about how easily (and quickly) Obama put out a "kill or capture" order for American-born Islamic terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki back in April, 2010. Yet, when Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas, in which 13 people died last November was shot but captured alive (and paralyzed), Obama and his cohorts didn't have nearly the same reaction towards the perpetrator of that horrible massacre. No one in the administration (AFAIK) was saying that Hassan should get the death penalty for what he did. If the death penalty was ever warranted, the Ft. Hood case should certainly qualify. Why was Obama mum on this terrorist's fate, yet put out a "shoot to kill" directive on al-Awlaki?
Excerpt from link:
Admittedly, I need to do more research to find out which kind of Muslim Hassan is, and whether or not al-Awlaki is Shia or Sunni. Is one Sunni and the other Shia? Is that the reason why Obama has purposely treated them differently? Lame Cherry has surmised that because Obama is purportedly Sunni Muslim (again - Talk Wisdom Reports - You Decide) he wrote this:
What an absolutely chilling scenario - if true. It would certainly explain the obvious "marriage" that Obama has brought about through his criminal associations with, as Lame Cherry describes it, the "massive warring faction in Islam of Sunni against Shia and Shia against Sunni, melded now with Obama black liberation, Marxism and Fascism of the Nazi order."
I certainly hope that Mr. Lame Cherry is wrong in his analysis - but the evidence of Obama's actions appear to show his analysis is...pardon the pun...dead on.
Hat tips:
Lame Cherry
TimesOnline UK
Our good ole' Lame Cherry blogger - a.k.a. Mr. Exclusive in some blogging circles - claims to have solved the mystery over Obama's Muslim upbringing through his post Is Obama Sunni or Shia Muslim?
I read his essay days ago, but this morning I found myself thinking about how easily (and quickly) Obama put out a "kill or capture" order for American-born Islamic terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki back in April, 2010. Yet, when Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas, in which 13 people died last November was shot but captured alive (and paralyzed), Obama and his cohorts didn't have nearly the same reaction towards the perpetrator of that horrible massacre. No one in the administration (AFAIK) was saying that Hassan should get the death penalty for what he did. If the death penalty was ever warranted, the Ft. Hood case should certainly qualify. Why was Obama mum on this terrorist's fate, yet put out a "shoot to kill" directive on al-Awlaki?
Excerpt from link:
The Obama Administration has taken the unprecedented step of authorising the killing of a US citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, linked to the plot to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day.
The move to place Mr. al-Awlaki, 38, on a hit list was taken after a White House review concluded this year that he had moved from inciting terrorist attacks to taking part in them.
The decision is extraordinary not only because Mr. al-Awlaki is believed to be the first American whose killing has been approved by a US President, but also because the Obama Administration chose to make the move public.
Admittedly, I need to do more research to find out which kind of Muslim Hassan is, and whether or not al-Awlaki is Shia or Sunni. Is one Sunni and the other Shia? Is that the reason why Obama has purposely treated them differently? Lame Cherry has surmised that because Obama is purportedly Sunni Muslim (again - Talk Wisdom Reports - You Decide) he wrote this:
B. Hussein Obama was born Muslim, taught Islam, prayed Muslim and bows to Islam in taking their finances, to rewarding Islamocommunists portions of the Israelite state. He is Muslim and there is no denying that fact.
Khadaffi who Obama released a Libyan terrorist mass murdering Americans to, defines Obama as an African Muslim.
What requires understanding in this is Kenyans are Sunni Muslims who Obama is born from. Indonesians are Sunni Muslims who Obama was adopted into. Malcolm Little or X was a convert to Sunni Islam who Obama learned to be black from according to David Remnick. Louis Farrakhan or Louis Eugene Walcott, who Obama had Walcott's followers intimidate reporters in Chicago moved the Nation of Islam Mooselums closer to Sunni theology.
Barack Obama Soetoro was financed by Saudi Sunni Islam, the same sects as Sheik bin Laden, for his schooling.
So to answer the question as to which branch of Islam that Obama's loyalties lay, the answer is he is a Sunni Muslim.
This might not sound that big of a deal to westerners, until one remembers what that little Irish tiff was about in Catholics at war with Protestants, or the Inquisitions of the Catholic religion of olde against Protestants. There is a massive warring faction in Islam of Sunni against Shia and Shia against Sunni, melded now with Obama black liberation, Marxism and Fascism of the Nazi order.
The entire basis of this split is Shia Muslims believe that the only people who should lead Islam at the head are to be descendants of Muhammed, as in his kindred, while Sunni believe anyone can be the leader.
The shahadah or declaration in Sunni is simple:
"There is no god but Alláh, Muhammad is the Messenger of Alláh.
The Shia shahadah expands what most have heard.
"There is no god but Alláh, Muhammad is the Messenger of Alláh, Alí is the Friend of Alláh. The Successor of the Messenger of Alláh And his first Caliph."
Do you comprehend now why this blog has been posting exclusively that Barack Hussein Obama has been dragging America into the middle of an Islamic tribal war of genocide?
This is what the entire basis of Obama has been about and is about. His entire heritage, religion and financial backing has been Sunni in the fascist Muslim Brotherhood order. He has no place for Shia Muslims any more than what Mark Halperin blurted out to Charlie Rose's horror in "Obama has no affinity for the GOP Gulf States as they did not vote for him".
So why in this world when the Saudi Royal Family is busy warning the world that a nuclear Persia of Shiites Muslims is about to launch a genocidal war, equal to the Muslim wars of antiquity, is Obama being a benefactor of Iran?
The answer will be exclusive here, as it was exclusively here proven that Obama warned the Iranians of the French outing them in their nuclear bomb factory. Proven in Obama was using Twitter to assist Iran in rounding up to murder Iranian Patriots and proven that Obama has been assisting the Persian Islamocommunist regime in their production of nuclear weapons by dithering.
The answer is based in an exclusive analogy of this blog that a nuclear pollution of the central Asian region is what Putin was fomenting as much as Iran, because polluting the Middle East, means driving America from the region.
Zbigniew Brzezinski in his chessboard knows all of this, and there were attempts already to foment a nuclear exchange between Indian and Pakistan in Obama's first year. The entire purpose is to pollute the region to dislodge that wilderness of being a terrorist breeding ground.
In a global order as this blog was exclusive in noting, that radioactive fall out will also punish and implode the communist Chinese. Dying Chicoms and massive population shifts, as into Russian wilderness, all of a sudden has Peking worried about keeping it's head, and Moscow worried about becoming a Texas Mexican state speaking Chinese.
Methods to this globalist madness are based in sound strategic planning and Muslim Obama is more than a willing conduit in this, as by assisting the aggression of the Persian communists, sitting back and allowing the Bashrher reactor to be fueled, this means that when a strike does occur, that nuclear pollution will certainly follow. Pollution spreading into Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xianxang Province in China where Sheik bin Laden and Dr. Zawarhiri have been living for the past almost decade.
This is a nuclear domino effect. Obama can with his Sunni benefactors set off a chain reaction of global proportions, sending shockwaves all through Eurasia, all for the central European cause.
Never forget in this though, that Barack Hussein Obama was the one and was highlighted here by ABC news in using the defining term MOOSELUMS. Mooselums are a black revolutionary socialist group, which due to monetary support Louis Farrakhan and black Muslims have been moving towards. They too want their figurehead leadership, and if the Arab Sunni eats radiation to get it while Shia Persians are bleeding at the gums, then this is more of that German Philosopher Kant in the ends justify the means mentality infusing all branches of Islam in these radicals of Islam.
Make no mistake, Barack Hussein Obama is not just a radical, he is not just a black revolutionary of change, he is an Islamic radical with the same ideology as Louis Farrakhan.
Barack Hussein Obama is a black Mooselum, by his pronunciation and declaration in publicly scoffing at the name Muslim and choosing Mooselum to send a message to the follower in code early in his tenure at the White House.
He is based in Sunnism, and their intent is to conquer and destroy Shia Persians, and nothing says destruction like a Chernobyl crater melting down after the Russians and Chincoms go off to spread cancer somewhere else.
What an absolutely chilling scenario - if true. It would certainly explain the obvious "marriage" that Obama has brought about through his criminal associations with, as Lame Cherry describes it, the "massive warring faction in Islam of Sunni against Shia and Shia against Sunni, melded now with Obama black liberation, Marxism and Fascism of the Nazi order."
I certainly hope that Mr. Lame Cherry is wrong in his analysis - but the evidence of Obama's actions appear to show his analysis is...pardon the pun...dead on.
Hat tips:
Lame Cherry
TimesOnline UK
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