tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50422222008-03-18T09:53:18.910-07:00Vindicated CynicThe Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1154923008076617722006-08-06T20:41:00.000-07:002006-08-06T21:06:31.496-07:002006-08-06T21:06:31.496-07:00Another way of duping ChristiansJames Cameron sees the pot of gold in Christian moviegoers' hands and wants to cash in: In The Exodus Decoded, a 90-minute documentary that will be shown in America this month, Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici, the Canadian film producer, claim a volcanic eruption on the Greek archipelago of Santorini triggered a chain of natural catastrophes recorded in the Bible as the 10 plagues that God visited The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1154859718955255292006-08-06T01:48:00.000-07:002006-08-06T04:43:22.926-07:002006-08-06T04:43:22.926-07:00Bleeding-heart or Good Samaritan?From RedBlueChristian, a reference to the 'nonpartisan' A Covenant
for a New America, which purports to be interested only in being the good samaritans of our community, without regard to political affiliation.
How convenient it is that every problem and solution points to our Benevolent Government..
This is a trap laid for good-natured but ignorant Christians, and this philosophy is gaining a The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1114509152882755452005-04-26T02:52:00.000-07:002005-04-26T02:52:32.883-07:002005-04-26T02:52:32.883-07:00The Wynn looks pretty coolWynn Las Vegas: The Unveiling - RGT OnlineWynn spent the past five years planning, designing and developing the 215-acre site that had been home to the Desert Inn. This time, the resort carries his signature: Wynn Las Vegas.
The cost, $2.7 billion, makes the 2,716-room hotel-casino the most expensive Strip endeavor of its kind.
Wynn has again changed the look of the Las Vegas skyline withThe Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1114506229436005162005-04-26T01:45:00.000-07:002005-04-26T02:11:33.936-07:002005-04-26T02:11:33.936-07:00For the recordI think I said before - but won't bother to look for it - that there is NO DOWNSIDE to the Republicans fighting for the President's judicial nominees.
However, I have already stopped giving to the NRSC and I won't give them another dime unless and until they actually use the legislative power I helped to give them by my vote and my money to actually ACT LIKE THE MAJORITY.
I have been more and The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1113336838274208502005-04-12T13:08:00.000-07:002005-04-12T19:26:17.000-07:002005-04-12T19:26:17.000-07:00Fahrenheit 9/11 was SO important, why not report this little tidbit?Michael Moore and the Myth of Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 never had the sort of national appeal that its maker and its publicists claimed. The truth was just the opposite; deep inside the dense compilations of audience research figures that are used by movie studios to chart a film’s performance was evidence that Fahrenheit 9/11’s appeal was narrowly limited to those areas that were already The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1113276595789010762005-04-11T20:29:00.000-07:002005-04-11T20:30:33.380-07:002005-04-11T20:30:33.380-07:00Hey terrorists, quiet down for a little while and we'll leave, ok?Xinhua - English: "General George W. Casey Jr., the top commander in Iraq, said two weeks ago that if all went well, the Pentagon should be able to make some fairly substantial reductions in the size of American forces by this time next year."Look. I get the whole deal about being confident and forward-thinking. But why, for goodness' sake, telegraph to all the terrorists that if they'll just The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1113275606786185822005-04-11T20:13:00.000-07:002005-04-11T20:14:51.486-07:002005-04-11T20:14:51.486-07:00I love Tiger WoodsIt Gets Greener on Woods's Side (washingtonpost.com)
"He kept saying he was close, and that became a joke. He knew it was coming. He could feel it coming."Wouldn't it have been SO difficult over two-and-a-half years to not lose confidence in such a dry spell of retooling your swing, NOT for the purpose of beating others (which you were already doing handily), but just to defeat your old self?
The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1112682768052271182005-04-04T22:01:00.000-07:002005-04-04T23:54:55.630-07:002005-04-04T23:54:55.630-07:00*chirp chirp* The Notebook *tweet tweet*So, first, I haven't written anything much political, and I haven't yet gotten my fill of ranting to people in person about 'The Notebook', by penultimate tear-jerker himself, Nicholas Sparks.
I was sitting at dinner with my family and at some point someone asked somebody else if he/she had seen the flick. And I'm like, "Oh jeez, is that the one about the whole, she lost her first love and neverThe Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1112585299845379242005-04-03T20:21:00.000-07:002005-04-03T20:28:19.846-07:002005-04-03T20:28:19.846-07:00I have no title; I have no deedWe are like the Levites.
We have no inheritance among the entire world. We live to serve God and have no home nor flocks but receive what God takes from the abundance of His world and though we have nothing to claim as our own, our inheritance is the amazing gift of His presence, which we are welcomed into having been anointed as priests to enter into the Holy of Holies to worship and adore him.The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1112330379038414262005-03-31T21:09:00.000-07:002005-03-31T21:39:39.040-07:002005-03-31T21:39:39.040-07:00brick by brickMy friend,
Do you wonder at God's constant abuse of you? Does it feel that just when He has surely made you see clearly, He proceeds to rain down beatings on you anew?
Are you rushing from place to place frantically trying to keep yourself from collapsing entirely?
Have you truly realized the work God must perform in you before you may be a useful servant to Him?
We think of the The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1112241870533260862005-03-30T21:04:00.000-07:002005-03-30T21:05:30.560-07:002005-03-30T21:05:30.560-07:00The danger of perception[Lk 8:24] The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we're going to drown!”
He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. [25] “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.
Why would Jesus suggest that what really appeared to be a legitimate fear (Luke even says 'they were in great danger') was a lack of faith? Time and time and timeThe Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1111555451028408462005-03-22T22:15:00.000-07:002005-03-22T22:29:47.823-07:002005-03-22T22:29:47.823-07:00Terry SchiavoBack...
June 4, 2004 I said Do you realize that Terry Schiavo is likely to be murdered by her husband as sanctioned by the government? She is not in a vegetative state, as many doctors and nurses and her parents will attest. Look at the picture of Terry in this story - is that "vegetative"??? She is the perfect example of the helpless and the weak - that we are supposed to protect. And do you The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1111210310650125182005-03-18T22:30:00.000-07:002005-03-18T22:31:50.656-07:002005-03-18T22:31:50.656-07:00Who we rest upon makes ALL the differenceIn Numbers 21:4, it is recorded that Israel traveled, shortly after the utter defeat of one particular enemy, toward the Red Sea - something they had already seen as they first came out of Egypt. God was literally leading them 'wandering in the desert' for forty years so that the Israelites that had been afraid to take the land God gave them would die off before they did take the land He'd The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1091217522997093562004-07-30T12:58:00.000-07:002004-07-30T13:10:41.103-07:002004-07-30T13:10:41.103-07:00It seems we should be losing, but we just keep kicking their #$@This is one of the most satisfying things about being a Republican. The raw potential in every election favors Democrats, yet Republicans win again and again.
For example:
Kansas City Star 07/30/2004 Party courts single women
There is nothing more attractive right now to Democrats than single women.
In sessions, caucuses, rallies, concerts and speeches multiple times a day — from The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1091214845977270902004-07-30T12:14:00.000-07:002004-07-30T12:32:15.473-07:002004-07-30T12:32:15.473-07:00internal inconsistenciesText of John Kerry's speech at Democratic convention: I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a vice president who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a secretary of Defense who will listen to the best advice of our military leaders. And I will appoint an Attorney General who actually upholds the The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1091207831606900892004-07-30T10:17:00.000-07:002004-07-30T12:33:12.916-07:002004-07-30T12:33:12.916-07:00it's a difference of worldview altogetherOk, so I have to be eviscerated by a libertarian for challenging the philosophy as morally bankrupt. I admit it gets my gander when people make silly challenges to serious arguments.
A Stranger In A Strange Land: A Weak Analogy on Libertarianism
The fact that this individual puts the word freedom in scare quotes is odd to me.Freedom is a real thing. I am referring to what Libertarians call The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1091107018878315542004-07-29T06:16:00.000-07:002004-07-30T09:05:42.050-07:002004-07-30T09:05:42.050-07:00Libertarianism is fraudulentEDIT:
At The Volokh Conspiracy - More on the Moral Foundations of Libertarianism, Randy Barnett argues that Libertarianism is not amoral, precisely because it doesn't involve itself with morality. It's tough to summarize the post, so go read/consider it, but he quotes another blogger that:
the sparse libertarian framework can be affirmed from a multiplicity of different points of view, The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1089256192875979022004-07-07T20:07:00.000-07:002004-07-07T20:12:18.090-07:002004-07-07T20:12:18.090-07:00that about sums it upIn case you hear it nowhere else, How does Edwards stack up?The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1089255238482572512004-07-07T19:53:00.000-07:002004-07-07T20:01:20.716-07:002004-07-07T20:01:20.716-07:00Here's why I beat it to deathIn ten years, my uncles, my grandmother, coworkers, and acquaintances will remember the quote LIE!!@#$@!!! that George W. Bush told about Iraq attempting to buy uranium through Niger. But they will not remember the truth that came after. And neither will ordinary Americans that only passively pay attention to the 'news'.
Why? Because of two weeks of misrepresentation on the part of the press.The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1089253758464394302004-07-07T19:29:00.000-07:002004-07-07T19:43:51.393-07:002004-07-07T19:43:51.393-07:00As I predictedIn National Review Online, Kate O'Beirne laments the dominance of liberal Republicans at the coming convention:
Kate O'Beirne on Republican Convention on National Review Online:"The decision to showcase rogue elephants as representatives of the modern Republican party is not the mark of a self-confident party establishment. If the lineup is intended to make an overwhelmingly conservative partyThe Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1089253125962888982004-07-07T19:18:00.000-07:002004-07-07T19:19:51.710-07:002004-07-07T19:19:51.710-07:00Just to help exercise proper perspectiveVia HughHewitt.com, Mickey Kaus (a leftist) and PowerlineBlog (righty-blog) point out the LA Times' absurd abandonment of responsible reporting.
I've pointed this out quite a bit, but I have learned that one must frequently reinforce a proper disconnection from the liberal media's perversion of reality.
Mickey Kaus: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Zarqawi Aides Increasingly Confident, says LAT::The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1088921135704217992004-07-03T23:05:00.000-07:002004-07-03T23:05:35.703-07:002004-07-03T23:05:35.703-07:00who always hates the good guys?(this is my first attempt blogging via bluetooth phone via pocket pc, so if it royally gets screwed, forgive me.)
I saw a taxi on the way here (Starbucks), which I misinterpreted to be a cop car - so when I saw it's 'How Am I Driving' bumper sticker, I sort of chuckled imagining if cops had to drive around the city passively asking the world to grade their driving skills.
Then I realized The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1088034624250875212004-07-01T22:50:00.000-07:002004-07-01T23:59:52.753-07:002004-07-01T23:59:52.753-07:00for my flight attendant momFighting the friendly skies?:Patricia Friend, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, is not very happy with the training she and her fellow flight attendants are receiving. They’re taught to fight fires, but not terrorists. Instead, flight attendants are still being taught to cooperate and remain complacent with hijackers. Adding insult to injury, air marshals are being taught to “The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1088747004540081022004-07-01T22:43:00.000-07:002004-07-01T22:55:53.003-07:002004-07-01T22:55:53.003-07:00What does the press focus on in a Hong Kong rally for freedom?Here's another prime example of why you should ignore the mainstream media - (and for goodness' sake, stop thinking of it as 'news' as if you're getting relevant information).
Hundreds of thousands of protestors show up in Hong Kong, demanding democracy (coincidentally, the shift toward democracy is going on this very minute under the vision of our very own president...), and what does the The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042222.post-1088730759013515612004-07-01T18:12:00.000-07:002006-11-04T16:05:57.930-07:002006-11-04T16:05:57.930-07:00Michael Moore is a garbage salesmanJust a few stories, only one of which is from the 'right', that explode the absurd distortions and lies of Michael Moore's film. Read these - they will help you to understand why it matters so much to study and know and argue these points, instead of passively disagreeing with idiot liberals like Moore:
Baloney, Moore or Less (washingtonpost.com)Moore's depiction of why Bush went to war is so The Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826156791728278556noreply@blogger.com