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Former President Donald Trump slammed Republican infighting Tuesday as some House Republicans banded with Democrats to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership. Ahead of the vote to oust McCarthy, Trump posted on Truth Social, saying that Republicans should focus on fighting the "Radical Left Democrats who are destroying our Country." "Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves, why aren’t they fighting the Radical Left Democrats who are destroying our Country?" Trump posted. Trump has been a supporter of McCarthy for House speaker, backing him in January during his prolonged fight for the speakership. House Democrats...

He seemed to drop right off the face of the earth. I wonder if he will ever come back. I'm neutral on this. He might come back and be redeemed. Or maybe he may never will and go down in history as a villain. Either way, Trump will triumph in the end. I'm putting this in Bloggers and Personal because I'm thinking anything goes in here and humblegunner won't care that I'm trying to send clicks to my personal blog.

Hmm, whom are we going to believe? The occupant of the Throne of St. Peter or the current laureate in Politifact’s “Lie of the Year” award? Here is CNN’s reporting of the clashing accounts given by President Obama and Pope Francis of their conversation Thursday: The two men greeted each other with a smile and a handshake and posed for pictures before sitting down across a table from each other. They spoke privately for nearly an hour. When they emerged from the meeting, the President and the Vatican had slightly different takes on the tenor of their discussions, especially when...

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Has Obama endangered public safety, national security? ICE Council President Chris Crane reacts

Corruption: The inspector general's report on the IRS targeting of conservatives makes it seem like a case of bureaucratic bumbling. But the more we learn, the more it looks like a concerted effort to hobble Obama's political foes. 'Inappropriate criteria," "insufficient oversight" and "lack of managerial review." That's what led the IRS to target hundreds of conservative groups for intrusive, costly and lengthy scrutiny during their application for tax-exempt status, according to the IG report released on Tuesday. In other words, it wasn't a politically motivated attack on conservative groups during a presidential campaign. It was just a case of...

I. And the first step, which I hope is an obvious one but becomes crucial as we move ahead, the first step is for us to recognize that the Bible teaches that our convictions are not to be based upon human wisdom! Human wisdom isn’t always wrong; sometimes people used their intellect and their independent ability to research, and find facts and come to truths which are very valuable. The problem is not that human wisdom is always wrong. The problem is that human wisdom is (1) fallible, and (2) not a sufficient foundation for believing anything about God. Because...

I recall when Bush and Rumsfeld would make statements about our foreign policy and the state of the war and our troops. Almost immediately, ABCCBSNBCCNNPMSNBCNYTIMESWASHPOST et al. would have interviews with soldiers and soldiers families disputing the notion. Even retired generals would be brought on to say, "The President is politicizing this..." ....and today, Hussein wants to use the military as a social experiment classroom--and his worshipful suckass media can't find anyone who disagrees with him.

We dance around this topic each time on the RF of FR, so let's have a focused discussion on this Is sola fide scriptural or unscriptural? Let's take a few verses from scripture in context: Matthew 25:31-46 - 31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,...

1. Where does the Bible claim sola scriptura? 2. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteous- ness; That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." --> it doesn't say that Scriptura is sufficient, just that it is profitable i.e. helpful. the entire verse from 14 to 17 says "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou...

While many Americans believe the national press is biased toward the left, a more damning charge is now being debated: Are U.S. media outlets actually corrupt? Those who believe they are point to the cheerleading of Barack Obama's presidential campaign and to the recent reportage on the Tea Party movement. As you may know, the Tea Party people have been branded in some media quarters as a bunch of racist, far-right loons. TV commentators on MSNBC and CNN have actually called the Tea Party folks dirty names on the air -- all in an attempt to diminish the growing influence...

Did Barack Obama Lie About His Birth To Become President? DAVID JONES, 27th November 2009. As a highly regarded young detective, Neil Sankey was once seconded to elite Scotland Yard units hunting down IRA bombers, dangerous anarchists and organised crime barons. Today, however, almost 30 years after quitting Hampshire constabulary to become a private investigator in California, he is wrestling with an inquiry that is as controversial as it is complex; one that makes that his former police work seem mundane by comparison. Now aged 64, and semi-retired, Mr Sankey is attempting to prove that Barack Obama is guilty of...

"Is Anderson Cooper gay?" That's the big question once again circulating around the Web ... only this time it's not so much is he, but who is he dating and why hasn't he come out yet. Last week, Gawker, Page Six and Perez Hilton started buzzing about supposedly closeted Cooper's rumored new beau, and the glut of attention was accompanied by an almost crushing sense of déjà vu. Why? Because Cooper's sexuality is hardly a fresh topic. As Gawker's Brian Moylan said in an October 29th post on the subject: "Saying Cooper is gay is no longer a scoop. It's...

TV has at least three levels and one more. High-Intellect: Brett Baier, Krauthammer & Co., Chris Wallace, WSJ Report, Cavuto Middle-Intellect: Sean Hannity; Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck; Greta Sustersen Low-Intellect: Huckabee Carnival Barker: Geraldo

President Obama should have passed on the Nobel Peace Prize. Among other reasons, such as not being especially deserving, accepting this accolade will now merge him even more forcefully in Americans' minds with Jimmy Carter, who was awarded the same honor in 2002. That is a fate that Obama should avoid at all costs. Many of us remember Carter's presidency as a time of unimaginable embarrassment for the United States. The Iran hostage crisis, and Carter's ineffectual efforts to rescue our citizens who were detained for 444 days, will stand forever as testament to the consequences of trying to befriend...

The administration's handling of Afghanistan policy has been amateur hour. The leak of General Stanley McChrystal's assessment of the dire situation there faces President Obama with by far his most serious foreign-policy challenge. It's also a challenge to what appears to be his whole approach to foreign policy. ...who's responsible for allowing President Obama to get into this mess? What mess? That, of course, is the administration's immediate spin. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even maintained...that while Gen. McChrystal might be making one set of recommendations, the administration is talking with others who disagree. Really? Is Obama running an administration...

By Charles Krauthammer Friday, September 18, 2009 You lie? No. Barack Obama doesn't lie. He's too subtle for that. He . . . well, you judge. Herewith three examples within a single speech -- the now-famous Obama-Wilson "you lie" address to Congress on health care -- of Obama's relationship with truth. (1) "I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits -- either now or in the future," he solemnly pledged. "I will not sign it if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future. Period." Wonderful. The president seems serious, veto-ready,...

Is President Obama an economic illiterate? Harsh as that sounds, there's growing evidence he understands little about economics and even less about economic growth or job creation. Yet, as we saw at last week's presidential press conference, he's undeterred from holding forth, with seeming confidence, on economic issues. Obama professes to believe in free market economics. But no one expects his policies to reflect the unfettered capitalism of a Milton Friedman. That's too much to ask. Demonstrating a passing acquaintance with free market ideas and how they might be used to fight the recession--that's not too much to ask. But...

Polling Point Do you think that homosexual behavior is morally wrong? Morally wrong Not morally wrong Not sure Do you think that sexual orientation (e.g. whether a person is homosexual) is genetically determined? Genetically determined Partly genetic, partly by upbringing Determined by upbringing Not sure Do you think that people ever change sexual orientation after they have reached maturity? Yes No Not sure Would you look down on someone who had an affair while married? Yes No Not sure Do you believe that sex before marriage is morally wrong? etc.etc.etc. ad nauseum

Few things in this life are more politically divisive than guns. Generally speaking, liberals hate them and conservatives love them. Yet both history and experience teach us that few things are as integral to freedom as guns. Therefore, when liberal politicians push for more gun control, freedom-loving Americans panic because they know that an assault on guns is an assault on freedom. Our Founding Fathers were confident of the connection between guns and freedom, and they were convinced that the American people were freer than others because of the right to keep and bear arms. Said [1] James Madison: “[The...