Friday Funnies

Why Liberals will never win back the religous voter

There is now and has been ever since the losses of 2004 a massive effort underway by democrats to ferret out the reasons why people of faith voted and still continue to vote Republican in very large numbers. In an article out today from Time/CNN this fact becomes totally apparent from lines like these,

"Clinton has hired Burns Strider, a congressional staffer (and evangelical Baptist from Mississippi) who is assembling a faith steering group from major denominations and sends out a weekly wrap-up, Faith, Family and Values. Edwards has been organizing conference calls with progressive religious leaders and is about to embark on a 12-city poverty tour. In the past month alone, Obama's campaign has run six faith forums in New Hampshire, where local clergy and laypeople discuss religious engagement in politics. "We talk about ways people of faith have gone wrong in the past, what they have done right and where they see it going in the future," says his faith-outreach adviser, Joshua DuBois."

Full Article at time.com


So, I think it is safe to say they are serious. But with that said, it all begs the question, why did the dems lose the faith vote in the first place? Well, speaking as a person of faith and as someone who knows many devout people of faith, we vote against them not because they do not appear religious, but because they have no Christian walk to speak of, values voters vote on the basis of #1. what have you done, #2. what are you saying you'll do and #3. have you been true to what scripture says about a particular issue? No "faith steering groups", "faith-outreach-advisor's", or "faith forums" are going to replace a simple statement of your faith as it relates to the important issues like abortion, gay marriage, poverty, immigration and education that face our nation evidenced in ...wait for it... your voting record. Yes folks, it does matter to us backward religious idiots what you actually voted for in Congress or when you were Governor, Mayor, etc... It does not matter to us how religious you appear, nor does it matter how many ordained liberal hypocrites you can get to say you are a God fearing person. It also looks especially lame and desperate to me personally that they are trying so hard, and spending so much money to win something that frankly does not take money to win, but Truth, Values and an adherence to God's sovereign word.

Review: Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix

I went and watched on the opening night, because, yes, I am a Potter addict. But before you ask, NO I do not find a conflict between my Christian faith and my love of the Potter series. But that is neither here nor there for the purposes of this post. I am here today to write a review. Honestly I was impressed for the most part with this adaptation and applaud the endeavor in the first place. However, from this movie comes the problem with using a different director for each new film. You never know what you are going to get. This time unfortunately we got less than we bargained for in a variety of areas.

#1 Realizing it would have had to be a 4 hour movie to include everything, this director excluded far too many important parts that were in the book. If you had not read any of the books and were following the movies by them selves this movie would have done nothing but confuse you.

#2 THEY CHANGED THE BLOODY STORY! Honestly guys , leave what you have to on the cutting floor, but you CAN'T change the actual story. To name just a few things, they were not at all true to the book regarding Harry's failed relationship with Cho, nor with the cause of the DA's eventual discovery. The plot point with the Centaurs was not at all there or aloud to develop nor was the reason for Harry's initial coldness toward Ron and Hermione which would have I am sure seemed extremely odd on screen to someone who had not read the book prior. Most noticeable though was the complete transformation of the end scenes from the book in the Ministry/Dept. Of Mysteries. They absolutely ripped it apart and ruined what was one of the most entertaining and gripping pieces of literature yet written by Rowling. From their entrance to the death of Sirius, to the battle climax between Voldemort and Dumbledore, in a series of scene that seemed to last around 10 minutes there were maybe 60 seconds of actual book in there. Very, very, disappointing. Don't let them push you around next time J.K., it was right the way it was written.

As for character casting I wanted to mention that I appreciated very much the way Dolores Umbridge was portrayed by Imelda Staunton. Though she should have been a tad more toady looking in the end she did a wonderful job. Also big nods to Evanna Lynch as Lunna Lovegood who though introduced entirely improperly and who's character was not given any chance to properly develop as in the book, did a superb job. Though I do seem to remember Luna wearing some sort of x-ray specs or something throughout much of the story. Nods also to Natalia Tena as Tonks and Helena Carter as Bellatrix. Nice work on Grawp and the Thestrals, Grawp looked like Alfred E. Neuman which was kind of distracting, but the effect was still good. Not so much on the Centaurs and the Sirius face in the fire effect. Both have been done much better in prior movies and should have stayed that way. Also, my misgivings about story changing aside it was very cool to see the grown up wizards fight one another. That was the bread and butter of the whole final sequence and it just ended way to fast.

All in all as I originally said, an entertaining film, but this director/screenwriter, etc... let the story down to a certain extent and did not do it complete justice by any means.

An All Gay Debate?!?%*##

Well that's just plain gay(lame), not to be confused with gay(homosexual) or gay(extremely happy).

Come to think of it that is rather confusing... Does this mean that the dems will hold a debate that not only caters to homosexuals, but also lame idiots and extremely happy people alike? I wonder if Hillary will go the extra mile like she did down south? Maybe slick back the doo and dress up in spikes while refering to all her staffers as "My B*tch" and instructing Bill to speak with a lisp. Edwards won't have to do really anything, cept' maybe schedule a hair and nail appointment one week prior.

The Only Reason To Watch Live Earth

Nuff Said!!

Happy 4th Of July!!

Happy Birthday America!! This is one of my favorite holidays here at UT's so I put together some pictures and links

What Is Independence Day??

Famous Facts:

Patriotism

Revolutionary War

Founding Fathers

Myth and Truth about Independence Day

Faith's role in our Independence

Hey! You got Great Satan Chocolate in my Liberal Peanut Butter

...No! You got Liberal Peanut Butter in my Great Satan Chocolate. Good thing at least one of these two dummies doesn't see what a classic combination they'd make!

From news24.com

Iran rejects Stone film request

This is the most classic line in the article but you should really read the whole thing.

"We have already seen his documentaries - even though Stone is considered a member of the opposition group in the US, it is still part of the Great Satan"




After this and hearing that Rosie O'Donnell got turned down for the Price Is Right job, I am starting to think that old prince of darkness is slippin' a bit.