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Conversion by the Sword

Posted in Political Musings, Theological Questions, tagged , , , on December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Recently, I thought back to an event here in Harrisonburg with Dinesh D’Sousa.  At one point during the speech, he mentioned how it was a good thing that his ancestors were converted to Christianity (presumably not as a result of their own wish) as it resulted in his faith today.  Regardless of whether or not [...]

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‘Tis The Season Part 2

Posted in General Thoughts, tagged , on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Part 2:  My War Against Santa
One might think it strange for me to title this section “My War Against Santa”, after all, who could be against Santa?  Doesn’t he bring joy and hope to millions of children?  Or perhaps you would compare this feud to Dan Quayle’s against the fictitious Murphy Brown?  In any event, [...]

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‘Tis The Season Part I

Posted in General Thoughts, tagged , on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Good afternoon, readers.  I’ve been thinking about what to write lately, as the political season is a bit slow this time of year.  Of course, in Virginia there is no off year as we have state elections on odd years and national elections on even years.  Nevertheless, other than the recent auto bailout and the [...]

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Republican Networking

Posted in Political Musings, Virginia Politics, tagged on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Although most of you have no doubt heard of the Republican Party of Virginia’s new site, it seems that still some of you out there have not.  Simply put, it is a social networking site for Republicans and Republican-leaning folks in the state of Virginia.  I suppose that you can compare it to a kind [...]

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Comic Diversion

Posted in Political Musings, tagged , , , on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Ok, I admit it.  When I was growing up every time I got hold of the paper, I’d go straight for the comics’ section. I can’t say exactly why, though I suspect it was out of a simple desire for entertainment.  One of my early favorites was Jim Davis’ Garfield.  I still own a sizable [...]

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