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Warning: Graphic Content Len Crenshaw, the man accused of cruelty to a family pet, says he never intended to hurt the animal. CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - Len Crenshaw, the man accused of cruelty to a family pet, says he never intended to hurt the animal. Crenshaw was arrested this week and charged with general ill treatment of animals/torture. The Horry County Police Department says officers found Crenshaw's dog "Buddy" in the back yard with multiple collars that were too small and embedded in the skin around the dog's neck. Crenshaw said in an interview Friday he was upset about Buddy's...

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.(Proverbs 12:8)One of the pitfalls of our times, is the exaltation and even empowering of ‘evil men’. Just perusing the headlines, yields surreal evidence that this is true of our society. A few examples would suffice; “Sir” Elton John, and his homosexual partner announce the birth of their baby,(by surrogate mother).The National Review, (a conservative publication), celebrates the fact that ‘gay couple’ are new Bourgeoise, . The repeal of DADT has opened the doors to the homosexualisation of our military. Left or right, Democrat or Republican, is irrelevant, all...

Link to page with YouTube Video.(Video caption: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) speaking at a forum on national housing policy on December 11, 2006. Three weeks after making this speech at the Treasury Department, Frank became Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Frank on Democrats taking over regulatory reform:“You will see far less difference with Democrats taking over in the Financial Services regulatory area than in virtually any other area of public policy, because we did work together on things like regulatory relief and we have more to do yet in the deregulation. One of the things we did was...

This is the guy who is telling you what kind of lightbulbs you need in your home and what kind of car you should drive..(Photos)

First the liberals destroyed the value of our money - principally through the policies of Roosevelt, Johnson and Carter, which led to hyper-inflation. This is happening again under Obama. Then the liberals destroyed our culture, glorifying the use of abortion as a birth-control method, and glorifying the use of drugs and casual sex. The result of this glorification of abortion, drugs and hook-up sex can be seen all around us as our civilization crumbles. Our movies and television programs reflect this crumbling. Then the liberals destroyed our schools and our colleges, dumbing down the curricula and substituting the study of...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she was not aware of any allegations of misconduct against Rep. Eric Massa, a day after the freshman Democrat from New York announced his retirement from Congress. Massa told reporters Wednesday that he is retiring for health reasons. He has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. But House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D) said Wednesday night that Massa was also facing an ethics investigation over allegations of misconduct. Hoyer did not detail the allegations of misconduct but said his office became aware of them nearly a month ago. Pelosi (D) said that she had not...

The middle distance between truth and error is still error, but Barack Obama can't even get there. He is the self-appointed custodian of "common ground" while not moving an inch towards it, as evidenced by the fact that the most controversial element in his plan, abortion funding, remained in it up to the day of the summit. That Obama considers the taking of unborn life essential to "health care" explodes the conceit of the whole discussion, namely, his great concern, supposedly superior to the concern of Republicans, for the lives and welfare of the American people. He tosses and turns...

When the Congressional Black Caucus wanted to pay off the mortgage on its foundation’s stately 1930s redbrick headquarters on Embassy Row, it turned to a familiar roster of friends: corporate backers like Wal-Mart, AT&T, General Motors, Coca-Cola and Altria, the nation’s largest tobacco company. ...Most political groups in Washington would have been barred by law from accepting that kind of direct aid from corporations. But by taking advantage of political finance laws, the caucus has built a fund-raising juggernaut unlike anything else in town. ...From 2004 to 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus’s political and charitable wings took in at least...

My brother Marc loves setting the Psalms to music. Over the last 30 years, he's come up with settings for perhaps half the 150 psalms, including the entirety of Psalm 119. Usually, Marc's melodies are an obvious fit to the theme of the psalm: joyful melodies for psalms of praise, mournful melodies for psalms of repentance, stirring melodies for psalms of victory. His treatment of Psalm 12 is particularly effective. Marc's melodies follow precisely the mood changes of the Psalm, the plea for help, confidence in the Lord's victory and a reflection on the enduring power of God's Word. But...

Now the Dem libs have gone way over the line with California Senator Diane Feinstein laying out the devil’s doctrine. She focuses especially regarding abortion.

On CSPAN, Just announced that the final Vote will happen by Mid-night

The only way to deter Iran's quest for regional dominance should diplomacy fail is the threat of force. Mr. Gates essentially took that off the table when he told CNN that "there is no military option that does anything more than buy time." If Tehran does not think diplomacy is backed by the threat of force, there is no credible way to make the nation reconsider its ambitions.

Have any of you seen Wicked? I saw it for the first time about two months ago. For those of you that haven't, Wicked is the revisionist story of L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz. It follows the life of the intelligent, green-skinned Elphaba---the future Wicked Witch of the West. With creative clarity the musical shows how Elphaba's character was publicly smeared by a plotting, lying Wizard so that he could continue his plans for a corrupt government. The Wizard targeted Elphaba because she dared to stand against him. It is an incredible musical and I highly recommend it. You...

Note: The following text is a quote: Wife of Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Charges On the day her trial was to begin in U.S. District Court in Lubbock, Texas, Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) member Marie Chavez, aka "Shorty," the wife of an alleged ALKQN leader Jose Nava, aka "Chino," pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment charging her and 16 co-defendants with various offenses related to alleged narcotics and weapons trafficking and violent activities. Specifically, Chavez, 28, of Lubbock, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms...

Once upon a time, there was a country called the United States of America. This fairy tale land was founded by giants. But these giants were unlike those mean giants who grind men’s bones to make their bread. These giants respected all men’s bones, no matter how very small they were. In fact, these giants went to war against a wicked King who lived across an ocean, a King who was stealing the money of the little men to pay for things he wanted. When the good giants won the war, the little men were so grateful that they offered...

Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad taunts 'wicked' President George W Bush By Harry de Quetteville in Berlin Last Updated: 3:28PM BST 11/06/2008 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad taunted "wicked" George W Bush on Wednesday, just hours before the US president warned that Iran could face military action over its nuclear programme. The two men exchanged barbs on Wednesday morning, with Mr Bush saying on a visit to Germany that "all options are on the table" to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. After meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel north of Berlin, he insisted that "both the Chancellor and my first choice of course...

Firings are urged over misuse of foster kids' money L.A. County supervisors also want child welfare workers to return funds spent on lunches, musical events. By Jack Leonard Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 8, 2007 Los Angeles County child welfare workers who misused thousands of dollars meant for foster children should be fired and forced to return the money, county supervisors said Wednesday. Supervisor Gloria Molina described the practices highlighted in a county audit released a day earlier as a "new version of taking candy from children." The audit showed some employees bought themselves lunches and attended musical events...

L.A. workers use gift cards meant for foster children Audit shows that child welfare employees spent thousands on meals and tickets to musical events. By Jack Leonard Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 7, 2007 Los Angeles County's child welfare workers spent thousands of dollars in gift cards and entertainment tickets earmarked for foster children to buy themselves meals and attend musical events, according to an audit released Tuesday. Among the most serious problems cited by auditors, county workers bought 160 tickets in July to see the hit musical "Wicked." County officials said the purchase was part of a gala...

Man On Trial For Sex With Dog TACOMA, Wash. - Jury selection began this week in Tacoma for the trial of the first person charged in Washington under a new law that made bestiality a felony. Twenty-six-year-old Michael Patrick McPhail is accused of having sex last October with his family's dog, a pit bull named Sarah. He has pleaded innocent to animal cruelty. If convicted he could be sentence to a year in jail. The bestiality law took effect in June. It was passed by the Washington Legislature because of the death of a man who had sex with a...

Subject: Don't take hubby shopping Dear Mrs. Fenton, It has come to our attention that over the past six months, your husband, Mr. Bill Fenton has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. We have identified and classified 15 objectionable types of conduct, to date, summarized below in the attched memo from our Internal Security Dept.Based on this continuing egregious pattern of conduct, harmful to our company's reputation, we regrettably must ask, no, we must insist that you please refrain in the future from bringing your husband along with...