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“Limehouse Blues”

(I posted this at VS back on Thursday, but am posting it here today due to travel and a sloooow dial-up connection.)

It’s one of the chief reasons I love the internets, but the liberal blogosphere in particular. I can read a piece such as “The atheist delusion” in Salon, get annoyed by John Haught’s straw man arguments, and feel the urge to rebut them - but then I’ll find someone else, in this case Brian at Incertus, has already done so. It’s a really sharp (and quick) dissection. Check it out. As he concludes:

My point here is that while I appreciate Haught’s efforts in bringing religious belief more in tune with scientific understanding–he was the only theologian to testify in the 2005 Dover, PA case about ID in the schools–he really needs to lay off of us atheists, especially if he’s not going to actually address our stances and opinions.

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Why go hi-tech? Get all “fire and brimstone” on their asses! Two armed Pinkerton guards standing either side of the display would solve the problem. Or, better yet, surround the nativity scene with hidden bear traps! Any would-be Jesus thieves would instantly get their legs snapped off.

Does sound a little too harsh though, I suppose. Maybe leave a plate of arsenic-laced cookies nearby?

After all, we must ask ourselves “What Would Jesus Do?”

Baby Jesus Statue Gets GPS for Christmas

BAL HARBOUR, Fla. (AP) — A baby Jesus statue here is getting a Global Positioning System for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will be equipped with the device after the previous statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.
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The Mary and Joseph statues will also be fitted with GPS devices, she said.

The devices are being bought using residents’ contributions and Cellini’s own money.

Cellini has also installed a Plexiglas screen in front of the display.

Chip Reid, a reporter with CBS is travelling with the Edwards campaign, wrote this piece about Edwards. He states Edwards doesn’t give him much news to write about……news being any mistakes or missteps Edwards may make. It’s so very clear that the big boys don’t want Edwards to be our next President. The lack of coverage on him is not just because he doesn’t make mistakes, but because he truly wants to fight the big boys and take this country back. I so hope he wins.

Full article here

Sunday Talk

MTP: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX); CNBC & NYT’s John Harwood and NBC News’ Chuck Todd on the pres. campaign

FTN: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL); Mike Huckabee (R-AR)

This Week: Rudy Giuliani (R-NY); roundtable of WaPo’s EJ Dionne, ABC’s Torie Clarke, Cokie Roberts and George Will; Caroline Kennedy (author, “A Family Christmas”)

FNS: Gen. David Petraeus on latest Iraq report; pastor Joel Osteen; Worcester Health president Morrill Worcester

Late Edition: year-end special featuring clips of previous interviews

TV ALERTS

Political Capital w/ Al Hunt (Bloomberg, repeats throughout weekends): Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte; a report on Hillary Clinton

Chris Matthews Show 12/22-12/23: Dan Rather, Katty Kay, Andrew Sullivan, Norah O’Donnell discuss “Highlights of 2007″

Newsmakers (C-SPAN, 10am, Sunday): Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) on ethics enforcement

60 Minutes (CBS, Sun): Preacher Joel Osteen; Using DNA to trace ancestry; Tom Brady

Q&A (C-SPAN, Sun, 8pm): Dir. of National Security Archive Thomas S. Blanton

“In God’s Name” CBS, 12/23, 9pm.

“Rescuing Youssif” on CNN, 12/24, 10pm. Special on helping a 5 year-old Iraqi boy

Today Show: David Hume Kennerly on “Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford” 12/26

Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 12/26, 9pm.

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