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Thanks to Shortstuff for the inspiration! Unlike many of the talking heads who now appear on various "news" shows, Edward R. Murrow was a journalist with integrity who not only fought for free speech, but for TRUTH in journalism as well. He once said at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago in 1958 to a group of fellow journalists: "It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to...

A few thoughts on yesterday's "Restoring Honor" rally turned tent revival meeting in Washington, D.C. Estimates on the crowd size vary greatly, as you might expect. Free Republic said 2 million, Gateway Pundit reported 500,000, CBS News (that evil librul media) put the estimate at between 78,000 and 96,000 based on these aerial photos:For comparison, My DD has a photo of the 1963 March on Washington where the estimated crowd size was 250,000:I see a...

Franklin Graham on President Obama's "problem." Also notice how Mr. Graham dances around the question of whether or not he believes what the president says. Graham launches into a sermon followed by a couple of "ifs" which says to me he doubts that the president is telling the truth. <br />Unlike Mr. Graham, I believe what President Obama says about his Christian faith because, also unlike Mr. Graham, I haven't been appointed judge over who's...

Bryan Fischer is a nut. Capital N, capital U, capital T, NUT. For those not familiar with Mr. Fischer and his work, he's the director of issues analysis for the American White Straight Christian Family No Others Need Apply Association of Racists, Xenophobes, Homophobes, Religious Bigots and Other Assorted Screwballs and Lunatics---American Family Association for short. A couple of examples. Fischer from April of this year:"Bottom line: you want to know who's now running the...

If you can't win a case based on the merits of the law, then the next logical step is to publicly discredit those we trust to uphold it, right?  That seems to be the Rovian strategy coming from Fox News - who preemptively published a bash piece by Gerard Bradley about U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker - alleging that his ruling was possibly biased because he is openly gay. I'm sure that most people would question...

From the Huffington Post:"Evangelical Christian minister Tim LaHaye says that the policy initiatives put forth by the Obama administration are bringing the country "closer to the apocalypse."LaHaye issued the dire warning in an appearance this week on Mike Huckabee's talk show on Fox News..."Our present president doesn't seem to get it," LaHaye explained. "He doesn't understand that some of the things he's introducing that many of us call 'raw socialism' -- it's a different name,...

. From TPMDC:   "Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, currently running third in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary race, says he's not sure if Constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion apply to the followers of the world's second-largest faith, Islam. At a recent event in Hamilton County, Ramsey was asked by a man in the audience about the "threat that's invading our country from the Muslims." Ramsey proclaimed his support for the Constitution and the...

God's Own Party is on the march. Sharron Angle, speaking to Ralph Reed:Reed: Sharron, you really came, maybe not out of nowhere but the back of the pack to win the Republican primary here in Nevada. There is a new poll out this week that shows you leading Harry Reid by 7 or 8 points. How do you explain all this? Your now a national story, are you kind of overwhelmed by it all?Angle: Not...

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, Or else I'll bust a cap in somebody's ass. Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law one of the more controversial bills from the recent legislative session, one allowing guns to be carried into houses of worship.[...][State Representative Henry] Burns' [R-Haughton] bill would authorize persons who qualified to carry concealed weapons having passed the training and background checks to bring them to churches, mosques, synagogues or other houses...

UPDATED: I'm listening to Joe Scarborough right now and his mantra of "We never hear about threats or violence if it's a Republican" and "We have these people on both sides," referring to the rash of violence and threats against Democratic representatives after the health care vote on Sunday.  Ed Schultz got into a shouting match last night with former right wing congressman and now radio talker Ernie Istook when Istook also falsely claimed that...