A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...08-10-06....JohnHuang's ~ My Two Cents

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[dutchess]

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Here's a shocker. Read on.
by JohnHuang2

Right now, the one question on everyone's lips seems to be, 'Will there be a ceasefire?' The more relevant question is: Can there be peace? If history is any guide, the answer is yes, but only when a clear winner emerges. At any rate, far from a lull in the fighting, the conflict continued to rage this past week, escalating into some of the fierciest battles since the fighting began, with each side vowing to fight to the finish. Even amid rising calls for an immediate halt to hostilities, each side pounded the other side, trading blow for blow, hit for hit. punch for punch, counterpunch for counterpunch.

But enough about Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont. By the way, do you know how far to the left this guy is? For starters, he denounced Bush's tax cuts. He denounced Bush's marriage Amendment. He denounced Bush on global warming. He denounced Bush's stance on stem cell research. He condemns proposed drilling in Alaska. He's for racial quotas. He's anti-gun. He's pro-abort. But enough about Joe Lieberman.

As for Ned Lamont, the pride of the nutroots, he's with Lieberman on abortion, guns, quotas, abortion, global warming, gay rights, abortion, taxes, stem cell research, not drilling for oil. But Lieberman agrees with Bush on one issue -- Iraq. Which makes Lieberman Bush's 'lap dog.' Nothing epitomizes how utterly deranged the Democrat Party has become than the just-concluded Lieberman-Lamont Senate primary race in Connecticut. The Hezbollah wing of the Democrat Party is bound and determined to finish off what remains of the Democrat Party. And it isn't exactly helpful these days to be 'Joooooish' in a party that has a teenage crush on Hezbollah.

(To be fair, most Democrats will concede Jews are people, too . . . people who need to be purged, people who need to be drummed out of the party . . . those kinda people.)

With Hezbo 'fighters' getting their brains knocked out of their rear-ends by those "Zionist Pigs," the Connecticut primary gave Hezbollahcrats a juicy shot at taking down a "Zionist Pig" of their own. Democrats call this a very good start. For peace.

Illustrating the trouble Lieberman was in with the party's psychotic base, in June Lieberman led cable guy Lamont by 15 percentage points, 55%-40%. Then Lieberman is caught red-handed by his party making statements deemed pro-American. Statements like 'Osama is the enemy, not Wal-Mart or Bush.' Couldn't have been slips of the tongue. And there was that image of Lieberman puckering up and kissing pResident Evil. And, of course, the nagging suspicion he watches Fox News. So, the race becomes a toss-up.

Then a Lamont blogger, projecting the party's image of tolerance, posted a doctored photo of Lieberman in blackface. Democrats were appalled. Lieberman's a BLACK JEW?! Or is it Reuters? The blogger, Jane Hamsher, tried to whitewash the whole thing. But the damage to Lieberman was done.

The way things are going with Democrats, Lieberman would've been better off saying he kissed another man because he's gay or puckered up to Arafat's wife, Suha. A Cindy Sheehan rant about 'Jews causing all of the world's wars!', and he'd have won in a landslide.

With Lamont, Democrats return to their roots. Lamont loved his nearly all-white country club, the Round Hill (though, in fairness, he recently dropped his 16-year membership in the racist club to show he's more progressive than Lieberman who never belonged to a racist club.) Lamont told the New York Times he had just discovered the club wasn't 'diverse' enough (although, by 'diversity' and 'people of color,' Lamont probably means white guys in blackface.)

In a true sign he's a man of the people, Lamont's net worth is valued to be somewhere between $90 million and $300 gazillion. The struggling Greenwich proletarian's chief accomplishment in life is being J.P. Morgan & Co. honcho Thomas Lamont's great-grandson.

As for the war in Iraq, Ned Lamont was so distraught at the idea of 'war profiteers' that he decided to become one, buying up to $50,000 in Halliburton stock via one of the more than a dozen accounts handled for him by Goldman Sachs.

Summing up, a war profiteer is the big cheese of the 'peace movement' which also calls itself a 'populist movement' which picked a zillionaire upper class patrician because upper class patricians are where you go for someone in touch with the people. It's a sign that Democrats really learned their lesson from 2004 that they go from John Kerry, who mooched off his wife, to Lamont who mooched off his ancestors.

On issues, after warrantless searches for Bush scandals turned up nothing, Democrats, showing their usual flair for winners, are back to propping up that same dead horse -- the war in Iraq. It proved such a huge success for president Kerry.

Along these lines, the Washington Post noted on Sunday how the 'peace' libbies, who are "driven by their intense anger at President Bush and fierce opposition to the Iraq war, are on the brink of claiming their most significant political triumph" with Ned Lamont, which is nearly two years after being on the brink of claiming their most significant triumph with John Kerry, which was two years after being on the brink of claiming their most significant triumph with Tom Dashcle. So, four years ago, Democrats went over the brink, the GOP won the Senate back that November (2002) and John Kerry became a footnote in French history two years later. Now, with Ned Lamont to take them over the brink, the 'peace Democrats' can focus on losing decisively to Lieberman in November.

In the meantime, what does the growing civil war between the Shiite and Sunni Democrats in Connecticut and elsewhere mean? If you listen to the mythological talking points of the party grandees, Lamont's win has national implications which can be extrapolated to the entire party but DON'T CALL US THE PEACE PARTY since Lamont's win in one small state can't be extrapolated to the entire party.

E.J. Dionne said on Hardball that he thinks the headline from all this should be, Connecticut Voters Send a Message to Bush and Republicans better start worrying in the Fall. I doubt that's the message you can glean from a closed Democrat primary in a state not widely known for its unswerving devotion to Republicans -- a state where Bush, in a three-way matchup, would lose decisively to Mullah Omar and mad cow disease.

Political scientist Larry Sabato, who "scientifically" predicted Kerry would beat Bush, noted that Lamont's win is terrible news for Republicans. "The real question is what happens with Bush and Iraq through November." Bush may not even get on the ballot! So, let's do the liberal math: Democrats eating their own + split on the war + returning to McGovern roots + shouting match + beating each other up all the way to November = bad news for Republicans. Breaks my heart.

Karl Rove couldn't have planned this any better. Have a happy civil war, libbies.

Anyway, that's...

My two cents

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[dutchess]

I pledge allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
One Nation, Under God,Indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for All.

[dutchess]

It's ANOTHER TELL IT LIKE IT IS JOHNHUANG 2 ESSAY AT THE FINEST....enjoy!!!!

[gonzo]

BANG!!..............FRegards

[jeremiah]

It was quite grand, until a picture of Bush is added. Don't get me wrong, but something about lying turns me off.

[Lily4Jesus]

Lying????????

[jwfiv]

Thank you, Miss D ... for delivering to us JH2's priceless pennies.

Thank you, JH2.

Watching the news about the terror busts in Britain.

My nephew, his bride and their darlin' little baby boy are scheduled to fly from Ireland to London and then to LA next week.

Makes me worry.

Makes me mad ... at the terrorists ... at the Dems and Lefties who believe that Dubya, Israel and America are the enemy.

Makes me real mad.

[MEG33]

Indeed..I share your anger.

[MEG33]

Thank you dutchess, great presentation!..John ..I despair of understanding dems..Great essay!

[The Mayor]

August 10, 2006

A Fragile Stone

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READ: Matthew 16:13-20

Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” —Matthew 16:16

When writing on the life of Simon Peter, songwriter and author Michael Card described the apostle as “a fragile stone.” It is a term filled with contrast, yet one that aptly describes Peter.

Throughout Peter’s life, we see this contrast lived out as he displayed moments of courage followed by spiritual failure. After his declaration of Christ as the Son of God, Jesus said to him, “I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). A rock. A stone. Peter, whose name means “a small stone,” proved to be fragile when he tried to dissuade Jesus from going to the cross, and when he denied Him three times after His arrest.

Peter, the “fragile stone,” reminds us that no amount of personal strength or talent can make us adequate for this life and its challenges. Only as we rest in the strength of Christ will we find His provision. When we acknowledge our frailty and dependence on Him, Christ’s strength can empower us for the troubles life throws our way.

Like Peter, we are all “fragile stones.” How grateful we can be for His strength that is made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). —Bill Crowder

God uses weakness to reveal
His great sufficiency;
So if we let Him work through us,
His power we will see.  —Sper

Only when we acknowledge our weakness can we be strong in the Lord.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 79-80; Romans 11:1-18

[DollyCali]

wonderful job Dutchess & John! smiles along the way & great illustrations. thank you ..

and thanks for again the cuppa this AM Rus.. didn't comment the other day, but appreciate the posting of your speech etc.. thank you & you know we here are ALL pulling for you

[dutchess]

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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[.30Carbine]

Only when we acknowledge our weakness can we be strong in the Lord.

I was in the town of Brisol yesterday afternoon on an errand. As I got out of my vehicle I could hear a brass band striking up. The melody sang to my heart: They were just beginning, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," and I stood rejoicing, bathed in the reminders and the prayer, and glorying, giving praise to God on High for the large and diverse crowd gathered to hear. How I wish everyone there had also heard the lyrics:

I am weak, but Thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.
Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.
When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.
CyberHymnal

[The Mayor]

That's a Great song!

Thank you.

[MHGinTN]

In my best Emeril voice ... BAM! John, would that all America read your columns each week. Oh wait, that would awaken the finally going extinct kneejerk democrat party voters who vote by directions (if it has a "D" after the name, they vote their conscience don'tchaknow!). I suppose I'd settle for every none democrat voter to read your wisdom each week ... but then I live in Oz and have only two old cats to jerk me back to reality.

[Billie]

Oh, what a good 'un! Of course, I'm so surprised. LOL

This is terrific, you two, and Dutchess, your illustrations are perfect - as well as perfectly color-coordinated! :)

[Billie]

Excuse me?

It was quite grand, INCLUDING the picture of Bush.

[stopem]

I was worried today to but my relative arrived safe and sound from NYC 4 hours late but safe, he had to throw away about $80 in toiletries at the gate in NY.

I too said the same thing this morning...
I hate terroists!!!

[dutchess]

Thanks for stopping gonzo. John is always a pleasure to read!

[dutchess]

Hi JW...Will be praying for your nephew and family. Yes the terrorists make me steaming mad too!!!!

[dutchess]

Hey meg...thanks for stopping. Am heading back to the folks place and "dial up" for a week. :o(