Posted on November 30, 2008 by palmofdeborah
With the Iowa State Supreme Court set to begin hearing arguments next month on Iowa’s gay marriage ban and the whole chaos erupting over Proposition 8 in California, there is are some lingering questions I have about the issue of marriage as a “right”. At this point it is hard to change anybody’s mind on the [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2008 by Iowans Rock
I wasn’t planning on posting over the Thanksgiving holiday, but word was received that Mike Huckabee’s book Do the Right Thing made the New York Time’s Best Seller List. It became official today and his book debuted at #5. Congratulations, Governor!
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
1. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell
2. TOO FAT TO FISH, by [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2008 by callmecrusader
Today I caught a few moments of Rush Limbaugh reading from an article by Quin Hillyer. I share below some of the article. One thing that captured my attention is the suggestion by Hillyer that is will take “very focused, very intelligent, very skillful actions by conservatives to stop this creeping subversion of a free [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by callmecrusader
This morning it was a nice treat to find a copy of the Des Moines Register on my front step. All was well until I happened upon the Opinion section and a letter written by Corning and Pederson. Gay rights supporters could not let a Thanksgiving go by without attempting to push their opinions about [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by callmecrusader
With news via TV of the horror in India in the back ground I also type to add my greetings for Thanksgiving. Tragedy does not take a holiday- tragedy from terrorists is especially horrible.
I have long loved this holiday which seems to be more and more crowded out by Christmas every year. I remember the [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by Iowans Rock
My 1st grade daughter brought home a list she made yesterday of things to be thankful for. I can’t give her all of the credit for thinking up these thirteen things because she told me that the students gave suggestions for the list and the teacher wrote them on the board for them. She also [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2008 by Al Bregar
I just wanted to take a few brief moments of time to wish everyone Happy Thanksgiving. I wish you a joyous and safe holiday celebration with your family and friends.
Happy Thanksgiving
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by Al Bregar
This morning I read a column by Leonard Pitts. That column was about his religious belief and why he believes. In short he states that he believes in God because nothing else makes sense. You can read the column for yourself, I am not going to criticize or explain his position. His column got me [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by Iowans Rock
In the end of January the Republican National Committee will pick their new chairman. My support goes out to former Tennessee Republian Party Chairman and former Mike Huckabee Campaign Manager, Chip Saltsman. While he headed the Tennessee GOP he handed Al Gore a loss in his home state and Saltsman was one of the main components of [...]
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Posted on November 25, 2008 by callmecrusader
This morning on Fox and Friends I enjoyed an interview with author Reb Bradley.
It was an fascinating few minutes and peaked my curiosity to find out more about Bradley’s new book Born Liberal, Raised Right. I will share a paragraph here, hoping it will get others interested in Bradley’s book.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81872
Reb Bradley explains why so many [...]
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