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For all the geeks like me who saw Fellowship of the Ring and nearly broke into tears upon the realization that we had to wait a whole year to see the sequel: the teaser is out and it looks good!
Check it out! (Note: You will need the Quicktime viewer to see the trailer. Enjoy.)
For those of you who failed to see it, Ann Coulter stood her ground against an aggressive Katie Couric, matching wits, and demonstrating effectively through the interview the media bias that she discusses in her book, Slander.
Watch the interview.
Hey, everyone. I would like to thank everyone for their patience and persistence in visiting my blog during the last few Internal Server Error days.
Welcome back and drinks are on the house!
Saturday night, my wife, family, and I returned from our vacation down in Seagrove, Florida. Seagrove is a town that abuts Seaside. We rented a beachside condo with my wife's parents, sisters, and brother.
The Lord provided us with much needed R and R that was a long time coming, but was worth the wait!
On Monday, I went deep sea fishing with some of my in-laws. The captain was a slightly crotchety ole' fellow but led us to some great fishing spots from which we caught red and black snapper, grouper, king mackeral, and bonita.
Each night, we played great games together, such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Hearts, Spoons, etc. Also, my girls and boy had a blast playing on the beach and in the pool.
We are so blessed to live in this great country where people can take vacations and enjoy the beauty and riches of God's creation.
Here are the lyrics to Toby Keith's Song.
Courtesy Of The Red White And Blue (The Angry American): Toby Keith.
(This transcript taken from a live recording which may differ slightly from the studio release)
Written by Toby Keith.
(© Tokeco Tunes.)
From "Unleashed", © 2002, Dreamworks.
American girls and American guys, will always stand up and salute.
We'll always recognize, when we see ol' glory flying,
There's a lot of men dead,
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our heads.
My daddy served in the army where he lost his right eye,
But he flew a flag out in our yard 'til the day that he died.
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me.
To grow up and live happy in the land of the free.
Now this nation that I love is fallin' under attack.
A mighty sucker-punch came flying in from somewhere in the back.
Soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye,
Man, we lit up your world like the fourth of July.
Hey, Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.
Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue.
Instrumental break.
Oh, justice will be served and the battle will rage:
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage.
An' you'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A.
'Cos we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.
Hey, Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list,
And the Statue of Liberty started shaking her fist.
And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.
Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the red, white and blue.
Oh, oh.
Of the red, white and blue.
Oh, hey, oh.
Of my Red, White and Blue.
ABC apparently reneged on its request to have Toby Keith perform his song "Courtesty of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" at the behest of Peter Jennings.
Keith said that he was told that Jennings, upon hearing the song, said that they were not going to have it on "my show".
I am getting really frustrated with people in the media who have lost the outrage against terrorism and the sense of patriotism that had followed the WTC bombings.
On a related note, let Zacarias Moussaoui defend himself. We won't have slick lawyers manipulating our legal system to let this killer terrorist off the hook. If his opening remarks are any clue as to how his trial will proceed, Mr. Moussaoui should get what he desires: martyrdom.
Over the past few days, the server has apparently had some trouble over there at danchan.com. As a result, I had no choice but to take a little blogcation.
I could tell you all the things that I did while away from my blog, but that would cause needless depression on your part. No, instead, I will tell you things that I COULD have done while away from my blog.
Top Five Things I Could Have Done On My Blogcation:
1. Written a book about blogging, i.e. the ups and downs, the trials, the constant hand-wringing, web surfing, news reading, etc. Would have been a bestseller and I might have made millions.
2. Started my very own bug collection.
3. Gone public with an impressively-named dot-com, made even more dough, sold my dot-com, and conducted interviews with CNN discussing how the eventual failure of my dot-com was due to the lack of visionary leadership that plagued the company after my departure.
4. Organized "THE STACK" that sits like a voracious parasite upon my desk. Or sold pictures of my desk to Franklin Covey to use in their "before Franklin-Covey" advertisements.
5. Duh. Started another blog.
I am not a hundred percent sure that I should be doing this, but I am linking to the site where you can view Daniel Pearl's murder by Pakistani terrorists. This is very graphic, so please, viewer beware.
We cannot forget what we are up against. As liberals smirk at Bush's use of the words "axis of evil", we need to be reminded that this really is an insidious form of evil that seeks to destroy America's freedoms.
The video is a stark reminder of who these people really are, and should make us thankful that but for God's grace to us in Christ Jesus, we would be left to the baser lusts and wickedness of the sinful nature.
As I was listening to the radio the other day, I heard Dire Strait's "I want my MTV" and thought, "This has to be one of the best rock intros of all time.
Thus was born today's Top Five:
Top Five Rock Intros Ever:
1. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns and Roses
2. I Want My MTV - Dire Strait
3. Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith
4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
5. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
One problem is that this list is subject to my recollection and thus has a 50% margin of error. I could have totally overlooked some great song, but this gets the ball rolling.
Scott Cunningham, who is beginning graduate school in Athens, GA, has decided to forego his most worthy and excellent blog to concentrate on his family and studies.
Scott, we will miss your commentary and hope that you will make excursions to our blogs when you can find some time. Having had the opportunity to have worked with Scott one summer at a little camp on Lookout Mountain, I can tell you that this is one special guy who loves God and his fellow man. May the Lord bless you richly in all your endeavours.
Here is a partial playlist from one of the best radio stations in Nashville, 93.7 the Pheonix:
Artist - Song Title
Ryan Adams - Answering Bell
Jimmy Buffett - Savannah Fare You Well
The Chieftains - Redemption Song
Patty Griffin - Chief
Nanci Griffith - Lost Him In the Sun
Indigo Girls - Moment of Forgiveness
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Van Morisson - Meet Me In The Indian Summer
Todd Snider - Vinyl Records
If you would like to give this awesome station a listen, click on the banner.
Other disturbing news from Baton Rouge. A recent MBA graduate from LSU, Charlotte Murray Pace, 21, from Jackson, MS, was killed savagely last Friday around 12 to 2p.m.
Kathleen and I lived in the little neighborhood where she was killed (called Sharlo) for a year while I was at LSU and this news has profoundly disturbed us.
Anyway, this is really sad news for her family in Mississippi and those who knew her down in Baton Rouge.
Vernon Roger, the Cajun Chef, of WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, hanged himself this past weekend.
For those of us who enjoyed watching this consummate chef and reporter, this comes as a great shock and a sad loss.
Roger would always end his show with him sampling his fair saying, "mmmm, mmmmmmm, hoooooowhee!"
Now, evolutionary theory explains and justifies why women are unfaithful to their husbands. Apparently, evolution has an answer for each of the ten commandments.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before me.
*According to evolutionary theory (ET), there is no God or gods and religion is a concept dreamed up by men to help them cope with the daily stresses of chipping out stone wheels on the assembly line or nearly getting stepped on by wooly mammoths. Coping through religion helps the man's chances at survival by giving him the will to get up in the morning and face the saber-toothed tigers within himself.
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
*Again, according to ET, there is no God to punish sins. This is only a concept derived by evolutionary man as a device for controlling other individuals through fear and intimidation. The fear of punishment actually prevents men and women from successfully fulfilling their evolutionary duties to procreate with as many healthy individuals as possible, therefore ensuring the continued power-control and dominance of political and religious establishments.
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
*Cursing is a natural habit that encourages good health by allowing men and women to blow off steam in a way that does not incur physical harm to themselves. Physically fighting increases the risk of harm to oneself, which could lead to weakness which would limit their ability to compete and survive. Every day must be a work day if a person is to ensure their survival. Resting will only enable the competition to get a leg up and will set you back in the survival of the fittest contest.
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
*Yes, your mother and father give you the good genes that you need to survive, according to ET, but when it comes time to compete and survive, they become competitors. Since they no longer contribute to the production of offspring, their importance is diminished to the level at which they can gather food and firewood for the tribe.
You shall not murder.
*Murder is an essential part of the survival of the fittest. If one is to mate with the female of the species, it may be necessary to kill any males who may also be vying for her affections. If the female cannot produce suitable offspring, then the male may kill her to prevent her from being a non-productive drain on the resources of the male's clan. Females may also kill other females for competitive reasons and may destroy males that she feels are threats to the survival or reproductive furtherance of her children.
You shall not commit adultery.
If you read the article mentioned above, you will see the evolutionary reasons. To put it in a nutshell, women commit adultery when they are the most fertile with the man that they feel is the most healthy candidate with the best overall genes. Men commit adultery because they have the natural desire to pass their genes on through as many offspring as they can make. This would naturally make being faithful to one woman a detriment to the propagation of his good genetic material.
You shall not steal.
*Stealing is a natural thing to do, and, according to ET, is actually a very SMART technique. That is because the thief allows the competitor to do all the work in gathering food, supplies, resources, etc., but the thief has to expend relatively little energy in stealing from his competitor. This frees the thief up with more time and energy to mate with many more females than his competitor.
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
*There is nothing wrong with lying because it allows the liar to continually present his best side to the one being lied to. This could enable the liar to get out of sticky and dangerous situations, trick unwitting females into mating with the liar, and to manipulate most situations to their favor which in turn, helps to ensure his or her survival.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
*Lastly, coveting is a good sign of the competitive spirit within an evolving individual. It means that he or she is cognizant of the possessions of his or her neighbor and knows at what level they must compete to survive and produce the maximum number of healthy offspring.
Thank goodness we have evolutionary theorists to show us the true way.
In case you have not heard, the Bush administration (President Bush and whoever else that refers to) has announced a major policy change in regard to the so-called "global warming" weather phenomenon.
Rush Limbaugh is blasting Bush (thank goodness!) and wondering (as we all are) why Bush is caving to the greenies on this issue. Needless to say, many folks have become increasingly disenfranchised with the direction that the Bush administration has been taking.
Bush was not elected on moderate issues. Why does he feel the need to cater to moderates now?
After the success of the "Loose Lips Sink Ships" ad campaign during World War II, the NSA has launched a new campaign with the same intent, to encourage our military personnel to protect our country's vital secrets.
The new slogan is "Information Security Begins With You". I am glad to see this, but I must admit that it is not quite as catchy as its rhyming predecessor.
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