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BTW: Pat Abendroth hosts a radio show on http://www.kcro.com on Saturdays at 5 pm central time, it is a good show BTW BTW I wish there were more pastors like Abendroth here in the Omaha area ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Rob Bell makes me angry: a pastoral response to Velvet Elvis April 14, 2008 [Pat Abendroth, the Senior Pastor of Omaha Bible Church wrote a helpful review of Rob Bell's book Velvet Elvis] Due to its helpfulness and Bell's increased popularity, I wanted to include it here. It is a tad long, but I trust you'll find it worth the read…] Time...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A man on his way to anger management class became angry and struck a woman, authorities said. Justin John Boudin, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to fifth-degree assault in Ramsey County District Court and can expect to face a sentence for time served in jail, at least 120 days, and probation when he is sentenced May 5, the county attorney's office said. According to a criminal complaint, Boudin was waiting at a bus stop on Aug. 29 when he accosted a 59-year-old woman and others. “Why don't you show me some respect?” he allegedly yelled at the...

Man 'torched £350,000 home to stop his wife getting it in divorce' By CHRIS BROOKE Last updated at 00:57am on 21st November 2007 A furious husband burnt down his £350,000 home to stop his wife receiving it in a divorce settlement, a court heard. Gary Hooley, a builder, had previously threatened to "knock the house down brick by brick" during one of many heated rows with his wife Michelle. With the short marriage heading for divorce, he set fire to the house they shared in a callous act of retribution committed while drunk, Sheffield Crown Court was told. The detached...

When President Clinton walked into the third floor ballroom at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square on Friday, he proved one thing — nobody in politics does it like Bill Clinton. The political skills of the current crop of candidates — Republicans and Democrats — are vastly inferior to those of the former president. Armed with only a single sheet with notes scrawled in blue ink, Mr. Clinton waxed poetic on health care, the environment, nuclear proliferation, and economic development. The crowd of policy wonks, Harvard staffers, and general enthusiasts treated Mr. Clinton with a rock star status, greeting his...

McCain’s sneak attack: Arizona senator launches campaign ‘Express’ in Bay State By Laurel J. Sweet Monday, January 29, 2007 - Updated: 01:25 AM EST U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has elected the home of his Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney to host his campaign’s inaugural get-out-the-vote meeting. And Romney, 59, after stumping today and tomorrow in South Carolina, will actually be in Massachusetts when the “McCain Express” rolls into the American Legion Hall in Dedham on Wednesday night. “This is the first state where we are holding such a meeting so we want it to be a great success,” longtime...

BORDERS LANGUAGE CULTURE BE HERE OR BE NOWHERE!!!

Richards, Jackson to discuss racist rant By MEGAN REICHGOTT, Associated Press Writer Sun Nov 26, 1:28 AM ET CHICAGO - Michael Richards will appear on the Rev. Jesse Jackson's nationally syndicated radio program to discuss his racist rant at a Los Angeles comedy club, the civil rights leader said Saturday. Richards' participation in the "Keep Hope Alive" program is a chance to reach out and apologize to the black community, Jackson said. "He is embarrassed," said Jackson, who spoke to Richards by telephone this week after being contacted by the actor's publicist. "I think he wants to recover from the...

WEIRD BUT TRUE By MARSHA KRANES and Wire Services November 18, 2006 -- Why was the turkey crossing the road? That's what Steven Lapre of Springfield, Vt., would like to know. He's been charged with deliberately running over the turkey - on his way to an anger management class.

WASHINGTON — The race to be the No. 2 House Democratic leader turned nasty Tuesday, with challenger Rep. John Murtha accusing opponents of "swift-boat style attacks" that hark back to his days being investigated in the FBI's 1980 Abscam sting.

Washington – Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, assorted right wing nut-jobs, and right wing talk show hosts desperately distorting Kerry’s comments about President Bush to divert attention from their disastrous record: “If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy. This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. I’m sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but...

The Corner is reporting that John Kerry will hold a news conference at 2PM to discuss his recent comment.

Paging Dr. Freud. Alec Baldwin may have requested last year that his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, be forced to undergo psychological evaluation, but a Los Angeles court has instead ordered the 48-year-old actor to consult a therapist before he is allowed extra visits with his 10-year-old daughter, Ireland, L.A. City News Service reported Friday. Though neither member of the estranged pair was in court today, L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Maren E. Nelson gave Baldwin a week to consider whether he would allow a sit-down with a court-appointed psychologist. Nelson said in court that she wants a professional to help judge whether...

GERONA, Philippines (Reuters) - Ardith Vescara is an angry young woman. On top of family and academic pressure, the 13-year-old Filipino says boys tease her at school. But instead of letting her emotions eat away at her, she is treating herself to an unusual form of anger management. At the Isdaan restaurant in Gerona, about three hours north of Manila, Vescara and other patrons work out their stress for 15 pesos (30 U.S. cents) a go by hurling plates at the "wall of fury" emblazoned with words such as ex-wife, boss and lover. A shout of "tacsiyapo" -- or "shame...

We've all heard that liberalism is a mental disorder. Regular readers of the DUmmie FUnnies already know this to be true. We have seen thread after thread posted in DUmmieland about the vast numbers of meds they take, how they consult astrology to predict the end of the EVIL Bush Regime, or how they are creating their own alternate reality in which either Al Gore or John Kerry is President. The insanity list goes on and on and on. However, we now have testimony from the DUmmies themselves that they suffer from from a mental disorder as a result...

Responding to Republican claims that she may be too angry to win national office, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience Monday to wear such criticism as "a badge of honor" and suggested that gender played a role in the attacks. "When you run as a Democrat, and in particular, when you run as a Democratic woman, whether you're running at the local, state or national level, it's likely you're going to draw some unfriendly fire," Clinton said at a breakfast fund-raiser hosted by black and Hispanic women supporters. "People will be attacking you instead of your ideas; they may...

By the time this column is printed, Justice for All's cultish tribute to the fetus will have left the grass of our campus. While the right wing whack-jobs are now gone from our fading campus lawns, the ghosts of their messaging haunt me. What we saw when Justice for All came to Auraria was complete and utter disrespect. Not only were we visually assaulted by an enormous display of gory images with questionable validity and undeniable shock value; the women who make up our student body, faculties and staff had the essence of their freedom questioned. This is not something...

Sen. John McCain admitted Tuesday morning that he has anger management issues, confessing that it's a problem he's had to work on for many years. "I constantly, throughout my career, have had to work on getting angry and frustrated and losing my temper," McCain told Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade, who was filling in on Tony Snow's radio show. "I'm happy to say that I've managed almost always not succumb to that problem," the top 2008 presidential contender explained. But McCain said his temper was particularly raw after he lost the GOP presidential nomination to President Bush five years ago....

Breaking in DFW, Texas Rangers Pitcher Kenny Rodgers attacks Fox Reporter and others. Did anyone in the DFW area just see it on the news? Reporters have the right to be on the field.. He totally lost his cool. One reporter left on a stretcher. Charges will be filed.

Got this from a friend today. It's sort of fun and a great way to waste time :-) Chose your side and throw tomatoes! http://www.peltthepundits.com/Default.aspx

Pol hit by new accusation. An ex-aide accused state Sen. Kevin Parker of putting her into a headlock in an angry confrontation two years ago that foreshadowed Parker's slugfest this week with a traffic agent, sources said yesterday. The Senate's Democratic leader, Sen. David Paterson of Manhattan, confirmed that Parker's aide, Neysha Williams, reported the March 2003 incident to his staff, but said he did not know of the alleged headlock. Williams alleged Parker (D-Brooklyn) shoved her out of his office during a "screaming, finger-pointing" confrontation, said Paterson. "She said the shoving could have been inadvertent, so she wasn't...

WOODLAWN, Maryland (AP) -- A brawl broke out during an anger management assembly at a suburban high school.Two people were arrested and 11 students were suspended after a shoving match escalated into a melee during Thursday's assembly.Authorities said a confrontation between a student's mother and a group of girls who had been bothering her daughter turned into a shouting match, and led to pushing and hitting, before the crowd of 750 students erupted into "chaos," said C. Anthony Thompson, principal of Woodlawn High School.The melee began as students on stage acted out peaceful ways to resolve conflict during the assembly...

Two people are arrested in brawl, including parent; 11 students suspended By Julie Bykowicz Sun Staff Originally published April 2, 2004 Woodlawn High School ninth-graders who gathered yesterday for an assembly on anger management instead got an up-close lesson in violence, when a shoving match grew into a melee that led to two arrests - including one student's mother - and 11 suspensions. As students on stage acted out peaceful ways to resolve conflict, one student's mother confronted a group of girls who had been bothering her child, authorities said. Screaming quickly escalated into pushing and hitting, and school officials...

Cheerleader's Mom Ordered Into Anger-management Class Bentonville (AP) - A judge ordered the 33-year-old mother of a junior high school cheerleader into anger management classes. The Benton County woman was accused of harassing the sponsor of her daughter's team. Melissa Leach was also fined $500 and given a suspended 30-day jail sentence for pushing and shouting at Lincoln Junior High cheerleading coach Helen Campbell last August. Campbell had disciplined Leach's daughter for skipping practices. Leach, who pleaded guilty in Bentonville District Court on Tuesday, must attend anger management classes and perform some public service.

<p>The Texas Tech coach got into a verbal spat with the university chancellor at a grocery store Monday, prompting a review by school officials.</p> <p>Tech spokeswoman Sally Logue Post said she did not know details of the encounter between Knight and Dr. David Smith. No one was injured, she said.</p>

JAMES BROWN TO RUN DEAN CAMPAIGN Will Help Candidate Control Temper, Says Godfather of Soul Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean shook up his campaign staff yet again today, naming “Godfather of Soul” James Brown his new campaign manager. While Mr. Brown admitted he had no experience running a national political campaign, he told reporters in South Carolina today that he was optimistic that he could right Mr. Dean’s ship in the crucial weeks ahead. “I feel good,” Mr. Brown said. In a joint appearance before the press, Mr. Dean told reporters that the campaign under Mr. Brown’s management would become...

<p>Could Al Franken's life take an unfunny turn? The liberal comedian may have crossed the line after brawling with hecklers during a Howard Dean rally in New Hampshire.</p> <p>Though accounts of the fracas vary, the beefy comedian essentially bearhugged, then brought down an agitated Lyndon LaRouche supporter who screamed Mr. Dean was "a liar" from the back of the Palace Theatre in Manchester, where the Democratic presidential hopeful took questions.</p>

My, how many tens of thousands of words the punditocracy has churned out since Monday night to explain why the presumed Democratic front-runner, Howard Dean, got tromped in the Iowa caucuses. The poor fools. They should have asked me. It's all so simple. The day of the caucuses, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Dean, if elected president, would appoint Paul Krugman his "foremost economic policy adviser." That's all it took. From frontrunner to "run screaming" in a single day. Apparently having America's most dangerous liberal pundit actually influencing real-world economic policy is too horrifying even for Democrats to contemplate....

First there was house arrest. Now there's yoga. A judge ordered a man convicted today of slapping his wife to take a yoga class as part of his one-year probation. "It's part of anger management," County Criminal Court at Law Judge Larry Standley said of the ancient Hindu philosophy of exercise and well-being. "For people who are into it, it really calms them down." " I've thought about taking it myself, but I've got a pretty bad back," Standley said. Standley, a former prosecutor, has sometimes imposed year-long jail sentences for similar misdemeanor domestic assaults. But he said the case...

LAFAYETTE -- Through a series of presentations coordinated by Faith House, a shelter for battered women, many elementary school children have recently learned a brief but lasting lesson: Hands are not for hitting. Counselors at various schools have teamed up with the children's program at Faith House to pass the message on to kids. "We wanted to get out there and make children aware of the positive ways they can release their emotion or anger without using violence," said Dawn Guidry, the Faith House children's program director. Guidry and other child advocates turned that plan into action by discussing their...

At-Risk Children’s Drama Group In Jeopardy Children from "Angry Theater" role play to learn how to handle potentially dangerous situations. The program targets youths from violent neighborhoods. By MICHAEL CHANDLER Contributing Writer Friday, October 10, 2003 A single bulb lights up the stairwell in a West Oakland housing project just before two X-Men characters, Magneto and Wolverine, come to life. They battle fiercely, Wolverine struggling to defend himself against Magneto's mutant powers. But before long, Wolverine is backed into a corner, Magneto poised to lunge after him. "Freeze!" yells UC Berkeley senior Katherine Morgan. "Now, de-escalate!" Magneto backs away...

<p>Talk about sore losers. Arnold Schwarzenegger won more votes on Tuesday than Gray Davis received in support of his staying in office. After absentee votes are counted his share of the vote will approach 50%. But many Democrats are bound and determined to fight the new governor, despite the state's fiscal crisis.</p>

MERIDIAN, Miss. - Doug Williams sat in a meeting with managers at his factory job, listening to them explain the importance of being honest and responsible in the workplace. Also on the agenda: getting along with co-workers, regardless of their sex or race. AP Photo Reuters Slideshow: Gunman Kills 5, Self at Lockheed Plant Gunman Kills 5, Self at Miss. Factory (AP Video) But at some point during the meeting Williams had heard enough. He walked out of the room, telling co-workers, "Y'all can handle this." Minutes later, he returned with a shotgun and a rifle. He sprayed the room...

Nicholson gets court rage Nicholson rarely misses a home Los Angeles Lakers game Actor Jack Nicholson was almost evicted from an NBA basketball game after stepping onto the court and shouting at a referee. The Oscar-winning star and Los Angeles Lakers fan was watching the drama of his team's playoff game against the San Antonio Spurs. He got out of his seat and yelled at referee Mark Wunderlich during a break in the action after Lakers player Shaquille O'Neal was called for his third foul in the second quarter. Officials said Nicholson - who plays an anger management therapist in...

I need some Anger Management. Why? Because I feel a hell of a lot of RAGE at all the movie critics who slammed Anger Management. It almost caused me to avoid this movie. Instead I disregarded the movie critics' commentaries and went to see Anger Management. It turned out to be the FUNNIEST movie I've seen in years. I laughed my ass off! However, even though I am a former vice president of the United States, the movie companies don't invite me out to the premiers and yet I will still allow them to use the previous quote in...

(Grand Rapids-AP, July 7, 2002, 8:30 a.m.) A Grand Rapids-area man is going to prison for using a hammer to beat his parents' dog to death -- because they invited his ex-wife to dinner. Mark William Kruithoff was convicted of a felony count of animal cruelty. The 36-year-old Jenison resident was sentenced yesterday to 18 months to six-years in prison. Prosecutors said Kruithoff became outraged when he arrived at his parents' home in April 2001 and discovered them having dinner with his ex-wife. They said he grabbed a hammer and smashed the dog's head with it at least five times...

Chief of JACNET won't face disciplineAnderson returns to full duty a month after shooting at a man who threw food at himBy SARAH LEMON Medford Mail TribuneNo disciplinary action will be taken against Lt. Jim Anderson for flipping off and firing a shot at a Hispanic man armed with Chinese food last month.The Jackson County Sheriff's Office absolved Anderson on Tuesday of any wrongdoing according to the department's policies and procedures. Commander of the Jackson County Narcotics Enforcement Team, Anderson was back on full active duty after being confined to administrative tasks for about a month. Cop's intended target will...