Morning Briefing
For December 20, 2013
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1. An Early Christmas Present (for me)
I have written plenty of times that I don’t
believe in setting life goals. When I was a lawyer, one of the partners
encouraged the associates to set out goals broken into three, five, and
ten year plans.
Everyone I knew who did that was miserable. I
realize it may be simplistic, but I just believe if I work diligently
and hard enough and the good Lord wills it, I’ll get where He wants me
to go.
But
there is one thing I’ve always wanted to do. Really — just one thing.
Back in 1991, my dad and I did the college tour and I heard Rush
Limbaugh for the first time. At that point, I wasn’t even thinking of a
career in radio. But I knew I wanted to sit in the Atilla the Hun Chair
behind the golden EIB microphone.
Today is the day. I’m going to fill in for Rush Limbaugh while he is on vacation today and on Christmas Eve. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Evil Preaches Tolerance Until It Is Dominant, Then Seeks to Silence Good
In
1987, Andre Sarano took a photograph of Christ on the cross in a jar of
urine. It won the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art’s “Awards in
the Visual Arts” competition, which was sponsored in part by taxpayers.
Outraged
Christians were told they didn’t have to see it. They did not have to
go to the museum. Their money, of course, had to fund the National
Endowment for the Arts, but they themselves just needed to ignore it.
Christians needed to show tolerance to for the diversity of others’
thoughts.
Robert
Maplethorpe spent many years touring the United States with artwork
depicting, among other things, people drinking urine, bondage and
sadomasochism, and a picture of himself with a whip inserted in that
part of his body Phil Robertson does not find very attractive.
Conservatives offended by this were instructed to be tolerant, not go to the exhibit, and just turn the other cheek.
In
1996, Chris Ofili created a painting of the Virgin Mary. He pornographic
images and elephant dung. Rudy Giuliani, then Mayor of New York City,
tried to yank funding for the Brooklyn Museum because of the painting.
Giuliani was pilloried in the press for doing so. Tolerance was
demanded. Christians did not have to go to the museum if they wanted.
And now we’ve reach a new level. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Cue Faux “Christian” Handwringing
We
are just into the first full day of the A&E / Duck Commander
controversy and already weak-kneed “Christian leaders” are lining up to
apologize for Phil Robertson and what he said. These
perfectly manicured, soft-spoken, self-appointed Christian spokesmen –
often with hair that can withstand gale force winds – are only too happy
to jump in front of a camera or on the radio waves to soften the
plainspoken Word of God. These
well-groomed and often academically titled men almost seem offended
that a mere rustic – more resembling of John the Baptist or an Old
Testament prophet than the hipster pastors and bloggers of today – would
dare to boldly proclaim the Word of God to the liberal media complex. Thus,
instead of supporting Mr. Robertson and boldly proclaiming the Word of
God, they scuttle about and curry favor with the press by attacking the
messenger, the message, or both. It is worth taking a look at some of their arguments because we need more boldness, not less. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Hyper-regulated lawlessness
Josh
Levin at Slate has a long, interesting article – more like a short
online book – about the original “welfare queen,” a Chicago woman named
Linda Taylor. She did a lot more than just scam welfare benefits, but that’s what she became most infamous for, back in the 1980s. Actually,
I’d wager most modern readers don’t realize there was a specific person
behind the phrase “welfare queen” – which, as Levin points out, was
coined by the Chicago Tribune, not Ronald Reagan. Most
people would nevertheless get a fairly accurate idea of Taylor’s
marquee crime just by hearing that phrase, which conjures images of
someone living high on the hog while soaking up welfare benefits. As
Levin notes, despite stubborn efforts by some on the Left to claim the
“welfare queen” was apocryphal, or an unfair characterization created
for political purposes, that’s exactly what Taylor did, and to put it
mildly, she didn’t show any remorse about it when she got caught. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Obama to Youth of America: You Should TOTES Get Obamacare. I’m Super Cereal!!
Obama
is tuned in, people. He’s got a good bead on things. The truth is, he’s
Mr. Cool. I mean the man took a selfie at a funeral. If that’s not
wicked chill then what is??
In
point of fact, the entire administration is cool. They’re like a bunch
of little Fonzies up there. And what’s Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda,
what’s Fonzie like?
Correctamundo. Cool. And that’s what Prez and the Barackolytes are. Cool. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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