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For nearly two centuries the debate of how life was formed has raged. Did it occur through evolution or by creation? For many the debate is a theological one. Many Christians reject evolution holding that this theory is contrary to the Bible. Evolutionists often cite their theory as one refuting the existence of God. But can one believe in a creator while simultaneously accepting evolution?

4 speech writers, 10 rewrite speech writers, 3 opposition research consultants, 1 right-wing camouflage consultant, 2 Miss Universe beauty consultants (post-speech only), 3 door openers, 4 personal security personnel, 6 people to keep the little people from asking questions, 25 people beefing-up audience to start spontaneous cheers, 2 people to note which Democrats aren't cheering sufficiently, 1 person to flick lights to indicate when spontaneous cheering should stop, 2 people to carry backup FBI records on enemies, 1 "accounts receivable" bookkeeper, 1 person to pop balloons of suspected Republican children, 2 Van Jones look-alikes to throw off the FBI, 1...

Friday’s cable TV news ratings are out. The No. 1 show was Glenn Beck — at 5 pm. Hahahahahahahaha. Once again, the moronic attempt to boycott a network TV show has backfired. Big time. Not only that but the White House operative who arranged that leaning on advertisers — Van Jones — is out of his job.

LOS ANGELES—A group of Southern California residents opposed to the way checkpoints were being conducted in Latino neighborhoods have sued Pomona police officers, accusing them of intimidation. The plaintiffs include more than 50 people who attended an August 2008 community meeting to discuss the checkpoints, which some residents say targeted Latinos. They say police officers in plainclothes came to the meeting at a local religious center and threatened and intimidated participants. The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses the officers of interfering with their rights to free speech, assembly and religion at that meeting. "We...

Why this man feels the need to fire at other talk show hosts on the Conservative side is anyone's guess, This is coming from a former huge fan of Savage, until he started daily criticizing Rush, Hannity and the others, then I hit the off button...sorry if it offends anyone..(Audio from tonights show mocking Beck)

I and many other concerned veterans and citizens attended the hearing today in Federal Court in Santa Ana in the lawsuit against Barack Obama to determine his eligibility to be President and Commander in Chief. About 150 people showed up, almost all in support of the lawsuit to demand that Obama release his birth certificate and other records that he has hidden from the American people. Judge David Carter refused to hear Obama’s request for dismissal today, instead setting a hearing date for Oct. 5, since Obama’s attorneys had just filed the motion on Friday. He indicated there was almost...

College students frequently complain about the high cost of textbooks, and they have a point. As the top chart above shows, the cost of college textbooks (BLS category "educational books and supplies") has risen much higher than the overall CPI since 1978, almost 7% annually on average for textbooks versus less than 4% for all goods and services. Although not quite as high as the average annual inflation rate for college tuition (almost 8%), textbook prices have increased faster than even the cost of medical care (6%). The bottom chart above shows annual inflation rates for tuition and textbooks...

In case your only source of news is ABC, CBS, NBC and/or The New York Times or, as the White House was hoping, you were out doing things with your family this long weekend and didn't check the news (which was released after midnight Sunday so it wouldn't be in any papers) the green jobs "czar," special adviser to the president, Van Jones has resigned. But here's The One Thing: My phone, e-mail and Twitter were hammered all weekend with people offering congratulations. First, let me say I'm not the one to congratulate. I can go on and on about...

"Gold and other commodities rose along with stocks as investors returned from the long holiday weekend willing to add some risk to their portfolios. Silver and copper hit new highs for the year as gold futures topped $1,000 during the day for the first time since February. Oil futures were up 4.5%."

August 2009 saw a modest fall in the global average tropospheric temperature anomaly, from +0.41 deg. C in July to +0.23 deg. C in August. The tropical and Northern Hemispheric troposphere remain quite warm, but the Southern Hemisphere cooled by over 0.4 deg. C in the last month.

As the Examiner is such a new platform, the quality of stories ranging from entertainment to political is much higher than many sources that the public unfortunately turns to. You know the sites, there is no need to mention them here. Of course, there are always a few exceptions and individuals who wish to express their hatred for others as I have pointed out in the past. As a result, you have an opportunity to help turn the Examiner into a site built upon quality editorial content that encourages critical thinking rather than libelous attacks or propaganda. If you have...

3-year old Mauled by Family Pit Bull KTLA News 3:19 PM PDT, September 8, 2009 Click here to find out more! FULLERTON -- A 3-year-old girl is hospitalized in intensive care after being mauled by the family pit bull. It happened around 8:00 p.m. Monday at the family’s home in the 200 block of Costa Court. Investigators say the girl and her mother took food to the dog, which was tied up in the backyard The mother went back inside the house, leaving her daughter outside with the dog, said Fullerton Police Sgt. Mike MacDonald. Minutes later the girl’s 11-year-old...

The state of Maryland has recently received a crash-course in Macroeconomics 101. Amidst a budget deficit last year, the politicians in Annapolis created a new tax bracket for the wealthiest 0.3% of earners. The new millionaire tax bracket raised the top marginal income-tax rate for the state to 6.25%. Democrats praised the new tax, predicting that it would bring an additional $106 million to the state coffers. In true Marxist fashion, Governor Martin O’Malley declared that these taxpayers were "willing and able to pay their fair share." A funny thing happened this past tax season, however. According to the state...

We MUST stop the madness! TickerGuy lays more truth on the table with credit, income, asset and delinquency data. The "Ticker" for this is at...

Starting in paragraph 5, Ms. Paglia sounds more ... Republican, more aware of American liberties, and frankly far more ready to stand up and say so, than just about anyone the GOP has out there. Decide for yourselves: (full article at the link) I'm really not trying to be subversive here. I realize she's a liberal. A democrat. But she's written a homerun here:

Today, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett vs Obama. We were there. Midway through the hour-and-change hearing, it became clear that in Taitz's mind, today was going to be a day straight out of a Dean Koontz-Dan Brown mash-up novel. It didn't quite turn out that way. A few weeks ago, a YouTube video surfaced showing what was purported to be Barack...

Just thought you all might like to jump over and see the auction site for Sarah.....

Those days are gone forever that Lieutenant General Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller, USMC in 1953 glorified when he said: "The days of eloquent speeches and oratory are outmoded. What the public wants and demands today are sincere statements and facts from men who have the experience and the knowledge of what they are talking of." Au contraire! Our President and leader speechifies eloquently (according to his worshipers). Yesterday he addressed the Unions in his thrall, today he’ll be heard by public school children across America and tomorrow he stands before the Joint Session of Congress. Obama personifies what Chesty abhorred...

All to Easy Predictions: What will our favorite MSM Libs say when they reflexively praise Obama's speech? my no brainer prediction: No matter how incoherent the speech is, CNN will have an all Lib panel (i.e. the Lib David Gergen, Gloria Borger, Roland Martin, Paul Begala) calling it a masterpiece and stating that Obama changed the game and rose to the occasion. Stephanopolous will give him an A+ and compliment Rahmbo the following day on his daily call.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care The president's proposals would give unelected officials life-and-death rationing powers. By SARAH PALIN Writing in the New York Times last month, President Barack Obama asked that Americans "talk with one another, and not over one another" as our health-care debate moves forward. I couldn't agree more. Let's engage the other side's arguments, and let's allow Americans to decide for themselves whether the Democrats' health-care proposals should become governing law. Some 45 years ago Ronald Reagan said that "no one in this country should be denied medical care because of a...