Archive for March, 2008



When Senator Obama’s preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father — Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer — denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.
Every Sunday thousands of right wing white [...]

Lieutenant Commander Brian K. Waite has bought himself quite an education. It’s starting to fall apart.
The wise inherit honour, but fools he holds up to shame. Proverbs 3:35

 March  3rd CTV yanked an ad off it’s regional affiliate MCTV out of Sudbury Ontario after receiving complaints about content.
Lifesite, a Catholic website run out of Kingston Ontario interviewed webmaster, Jason James of Life Productions.  His interview has all the lingo, “we’re persecuted, this is about free speech, there are activists and a homosexual agenda.” [...]

Here is a law run amok, a prosecutor run amok: address drug abuse with legal abuse.  Alabama  has charged  pregnant women with chemical endangerment of a child.
And imprisoned them.
The law being used is Section 26-15-3.2 (Act 2006-204, §2) of the Code of Alabama, which makes it a felony to expose a child to a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia. The [...]

May God bless you with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths,
And superficial relationships
So that you may live deep
Within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
At injustice, oppression,
And exploitation of people,
So that you may work for justice,
Freedom, and peace.
May God bless you with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain,
Rejection, hunger, and war,
So that you may reach out [...]

Glenn T. Stanton wrote an article last week for Focus on the Family’s Citizen Link.
You aren’t going to find the original article. It’s been re-worked without a peep.
Glenn T. Stanton is a Research Fellow, Global Family Formation, Focus on the Family, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada.
He has written 3 books, and knows better than [...]

A sitting PM is suing members of the Official Opposition. The court papers were filed in Ontario Superior Court this afternoon. Kady O’Malley at Macleans:
The Prime Minister has finally launched his lawsuit against Dion, Ignatieff and various other Liberals for exactly the same amount that Brian Mulroney sued the government way back before he admitted taking cash-stuffed envelopes [...]

The Christian community in Iraq have recovered the body of Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul Paulus Faraj Rahho. The 65 year old was kidnapped a couple of weeks ago in Mosul, his two bodyguards and driver were shot in the face by the kidnappers. According to a Catholic news agency it appears the Archbishop who had [...]



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