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Roman Catholics: 1.13 billion
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Muslims: 1.3 billion
I have a really big problem with this Reuters story about the above statistics. The Vatican, using hard to verify UN statistics, indicates that the world’s Muslim population has eclipsed Roman Catholicism as the world’s largest religious sect.
I’m not concerned about nor am I playing a “my religion’s bigger than yours” game, [...]
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So, how’s your bracket (pdf)?
One of things I’ve learned the hard way over the years is that never before have four #1 seeds ever met together in one season’s Final Four. In the last eight years I’ve had two brackets where #1 seeds make the Final Four (granted I was very new at the whole thing). I was [...]
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Back on March 19, the lovely Elizabeth Hasselbeck, “The View’s” token conservative and fellow Rhode Island transplant, made a great point about the double standard Obama has on race: Obama condemned Don Imus, who had been on radio since 1968 and made an inappropriate three-word joke in bad taste that got him fired within a week, but Barry O [...]
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We all love Nicholas Sarkozy for single-handedly making it OK to like the French again, and giving the Republicans here in America a model to win in November. But, we didn’t know much about his wife Carla until her recent trip to the UK this week.
Carla Sarkozy, formerly Carla Bruni (supermodel, poet, musician, actress, trysty lover of [...]
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We’ve finally learned something (on the record for a change) about Democrat’s vision for the today’s ailing economy! Here’s a sample of Obama’s take on what he to do in tough economic times:
“To renew our economy — and to ensure that we are not doomed to repeat a cycle of bubble and bust again and again — we need [...]
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The first sign of Spring in America
New York Yankee’s Co-Owner Hank Steinbrenner: “Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of (expletive) that is…. Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats and jackets. This is a Yankee country. We’re going to put the Yankees back on top [...]
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This report from the Gallup organization has to have McCain feeling pretty good today, and also shows how the Uncivil War is doing potentially lasting damage to the Democrats. According to the article, 19% of Obama supporters would desert and vote for McCain if She Who Must Not be Named were nominated, while 28% of [...]
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The Supreme Court voted 6-3 today to strike down President Bush’s adherence to a 1963 International Treaty where aliens caught committing a crime must be aware that they are entitled to legal counsel/advice when tried in American courts. In today’s case, Medellin v. Texas (2008), the defendant argued that he was not made aware of this detail after his arrest (even though he [...]
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So says a Harvard study on that very topic.
I guess it takes a study by a group of leftist Ivy-League brainiacs (economists of all people!) to figure something out that makes perfect sense to us normal folk: “anti-resolve” statements in our press correlate to increased attacks by insurgents in Iraq, who by and large have access to [...]
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She Who Must Not Be Named’s tale of dodging sniper fire in the Bosnian war zone is merely one in the infinite line of lies flying of her mouth during this campaign. For that reason, I thought nothing of the fairy tale the first time I heard it. I simply laughed out loud [...]
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It’s still a tough fight in Iraq as the MSM’s obsession with death counts is renewed today as the total American death toll in Iraq hits roughly 4000 soldiers (including non-combat dead). While every death has meaning and is tied to a family’s sorrow, historically compared to other wars this number is quite low, reflecting only a tough [...]
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The coolest and longest mass of the Catholic year officially begins the Easter celebration!
So, what’s news about Easter Vigil Mass?
Roman Catholics will tell you that there are Baptisms, First Communions, and Confirmations performed at this mass, along with fires, candles in the dark, Gregorian Chant-style readings and lots of Latin. It’s also 2-3 hours depending [...]
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I am recommending the book ”Real Change” by Newt Gingrich. Newt paints a picture of a Red, White and Blue America (clever) where on so many issues, the American people are astoundingly on the same page: that many media-driven divisions don’t really exist on a host of cultural and domestic issues like religion, immigration, the broader War [...]
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How the mighty have fallen. In 2001, Osama Bin Laden actively and openly led a sophisticated international terrorist network that was disciplined, organized, well-financed, supported by evil regimes, and successful in carrying out terrorist attacks on American soil. After President Bush responded to the September 11 attack with a multi-pronged strategy including two [...]
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The Iraq War turns five today. On the evening of March 19, 2003, President Bush notified the American people that Saddam’s regime was about to face American/Coalition might after repeated human rights violations and ignoring 17 UN Resolutions — in a post-9/11 world America was not going to ignore gathering threats like we did back [...]
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Again, another high-profile Democrat politician whose potentially clean slate was soiled when New York Governor David Paterson became a bona fide self-professed member of the cheater’s club. Paterson’s “ick” factor, of course, only increased when “Governor”, ”Days Inn“, and “many affairs” enter into the conversation.
AP photo.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Today everyone in America becomes honorarily Irish (hiccup!) to share in the spirit and culture of the American Irish. So, get together with some good friends, have some corn beef and cabbage, be careful not to fill up on soda bread and scones, and be sure to wash it all down with [...]
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The Advocate, a pro-life student magazine at UCLA, has been making phone calls to Planned Parenthood branches in seven states trying to embarrass and ultimately discredit the organization. It’s the same tactic used by the ACLU and their ilk in looking for ways to discredit everything they can. Yet, the lefties don’t like when you use their own tactics against [...]
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New violence this week in Tibet reminds the world what a repressive place China remains. China says ten people have died, the Dalai Lama’s people say 30, with hundreds under arrest for protesting 49 years of Chinese repression on the anniversary of China’s brutal crackdown and the political exile of the Dalai Lama. In this matter I [...]
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Ashley Alexandra Dupre is the infamous prostitute ”Kristen” that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had solicited, which led to his disgrace and resignation from office. A high end prostitute is still a prostitute, it’s all just a matter of haggling price. I don’t care that she was just 22 years old — she’s an adult who sold her body for [...]
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Finally! After mulling it over for a few days, facing impeachment charges by the brave Republicans in the NY State Legislature, and realizing two days after everyone else that his political career in New York is over, Client #9 Eliot Spitzer resigned his office today, effective Monday to accommodate a smooth transition.
Good.
Spitzer broke the law, [...]
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I stumbled across this article about Graham Calvert, a compulsive gambler from the UK who took his bookie to court, blaming him for the two million pounds he lost, declining health, and damaged marriage. What struck me was that the article did not even suggest that the gambler himself might actually be responsible for [...]
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When Jimmy Carter and other like-minded liberals fantasized about closer relations between America and France, I don’t think they were talking about the two countries seeing eye-to-eye on Israel and the Iranian threat. Fortunately for the civilized world, Nicolas Sarkozy is not your typical French President or incompetent American one.
During Shimon Peres’ recent visit [...]
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A Pennsylvania high school student’s parents are pursuing a lawsuit because their son refused to turn his shirt inside-out after administrators deemed it was inappropriate. The student says he wears it in honor of his uncle who’s serving in Iraq. The t-shirt said:
“Special Issue — Resident — Lifetime License —
United States Terrorist Hunting Permit —
Permit No. 91101
Gun [...]
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