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Ben Stein's Diary
Orphan Obama
Has anyone ever seen such chutzpah?
Monday
There is an old Jewish joke about
a boy who murders his parents, then throws himself on the mercy of
the court as an orphan. It is a great joke and applies in a huge
way to Mr. Obama, Mr. Axelrod, and their posse.
This morning, as I was battling the invasion of ants that is tormenting all of Southern California as we go through by far the worst heat wave I have seen in my 36 years here, I picked up and read the front page of my beloved former employer, the Wall Street Journal.
Sho’ ‘nuff, there was a story about new holes in the Obama administration’s pitiful cover-up of the terror murders in Libya. The administration is just falling apart in its attempt to explain why it was covering up for murderers in Benghazi, and the GOP is attacking the administration for their lies and miscues.
Here comes the good part. The Democrats are firing back by saying that the GOP is trying to “politicize” a tragedy. YES!!! The Democrats in the Obama regime screw up horribly in Libya, then lie about it. They are the ruling party in a democracy. But they are not allowed to be criticized by the main opposition party. If anyone tries to point out the President’s lies, that person is “playing politics” with foreign policy!
Mr. Obama, sir, we still live in a free country. We are supposed to point out the mistakes of the rulers. We are supposed to hold them to certain minimum levels of honesty and statesmanship.
That’s not “playing politics” as you call it. That’s life in a free nation with the rights of free expression and freedom of speech and thought.
When you Democrats endlessly raked Nixon over the coals about Vietnam, did anyone try to stop you by saying you were “playing politics”? When Bush 43 was being tormented for his misadventures in Iraq, did anyone try to shut up Harry Reid or Mr. Obama by saying that no debate was possible about anything that happens overseas?
When I contemplate that the Democrats are trying to shut off debate over something as basic as foreign policy and defense against terrorism, my blood runs cold. And Mr. Obama says he was a Constitutional Scholar? What Constitution? The Soviet Constitution of 1935?
Meanwhile, that nutty local man who made the Internet trailer about Mohammed, whom Muslims call The Prophet, languishes in jail. What happened to his First Amendment rights? How can he be in jail for free expression about a subject of worldwide controversy?
I know I have mentioned this before, but can anyone recall a time when an American was put in jail for a trivial probation issue as a sop to foreign terrorists? TERRORISTS. Not the Queen of England. Card Carrying Terrorists demanded punishment of this poor wretch — and we went along with it, sending out sheriffs at midnight with guns to bring him in.
It keeps getting hotter and hotter here in Los Angeles, and now I am starting to find ants inside my freezer. What does that mean? Those of us familiar with Revelation, tell me: what does this all mean?
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Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu. He writes “Ben Stein’s Diary” for every issue of The American Spectator.
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Gary B| 10.2.12 @ 7:35AM
The first affirmative action president is unimpeachable. We'll have to wait for the election to see just how crazy our country has become.
Cobalt| 10.2.12 @ 7:49AM
Perhaps the ants in your house are expecting an earthquake. Are your dogs acting strangely?
Obama is a malignant narcissist with no shame, so nothing he does is surprising.
Howard| 10.2.12 @ 8:04AM
I remember vividly when the Left talked about protest being the highest form of democracy. Obviously, that only applies when a Republican is in office.
Ralph Sidway | 10.2.12 @ 8:16AM
Dear Mr Stein, I am always edified and moved to thoughtfulness by your writings. You ask at the end of this essay, 'What does all this mean?' I can't really answer that, but I do think we are living in a time spoken of by the 4th century monk, Antony the Great. From a saying attributed to him: "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us'."
Do we not see this all around, in the Islamists, the Liberals, the Media? God help us persist in sanity, when all the world rushes towards insanity! ~ Warm Regards, Ralph Sidway
Pecos Pete| 10.2.12 @ 8:22AM
RS: Excellent!
irish19| 10.2.12 @ 5:51PM
+1 on that assessment.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 6:32PM
I'd second the nomination also, except Tim has consigned me to a foxhole by myself.
HILARIOUS!
Von Mises Jr| 10.2.12 @ 8:42AM
I think what we are seeing is the forming of totalitarianism. Arendt in "The Origins of Totalitarianism" talks about "atomizing" the masses creating isolation, while at the same time using mobs to create chaos and terror to create fear.
These totalitarians studied Stalin and Hitler. The regime Czars has a lust for Mao. They talk of "collective salvation" that means you better do what I say for everyone's good while they rub elbows with Islamist following their statist design of Sharia Law.
The arrest of the film maker is a threat. You may be next. Better join our "collective salvation."
In Russia where the heroes of the regime perfected totalitarianism, if a woman's husband disappeared, he would never be mentioned again for fear of reprisal. It is as if he never existed. Now that's isolation and atomization sprinkled with fear.
Al Adab| 10.2.12 @ 11:18AM
Jr:
He promised to "rule" differntly. He promised to "fundamentally transform America" so why is anyone surprised that this budding Bonaparte shows his true nature?
DesertFlower| 10.2.12 @ 6:10PM
"I think what we are seeing is the forming of totalitarianism."
I knew this when I saw the giant Greek columns at The One's inauguration. And earlier ... who but a narcissist with grand totalitarian aims says "we are the ones we've been waiting for" or claims the capacity to control the rise & fall of the oceans?
RCV| 10.2.12 @ 7:03PM
"Forming of totalitarianism". What nonsense! Guess what? Unlike Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia, the GOP, the Libertarian Party and you personally are free to organize, urge other candidates to run, and to try to convince the citizens of this country that you have better ideas to put forth. You failed to do that in 2008, and you're utterly failing to do that again in 2012.
That's what's bothering you. Sour grapes, not totalitarianism.
Sheesh, what little whiners.
Crassus| 10.2.12 @ 10:22AM
You hit a grand slam, Ralph. Unfortunately.
Aristocat| 10.3.12 @ 2:57AM
Ralph: That was a good comment...
Spock put it like this: "In an insane world, the sane man will appear to be insane."
Cat Shot| 10.2.12 @ 8:34AM
Mr. Stein, I used to think you were a daffy old coot. Now I'm beginning to think you're not so daffy.
vtwin| 10.2.12 @ 8:41AM
Islamic extremist kill four people in the Middle East, Armageddon? Ben, maybe you are getting too much sun.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 9:23AM
That's right vtwin, keep telling yourself all is well in the land of Islam, as it burns in front of your eyes.
Stein may be getting too much sun, but you need to put your Obozo tire gage away, because the fumes from your tricycle are rotting your brain.
Hey vtwin, you and your biker pals can be the first to wear burkas on your daily rides, kinda like what your fellow Democrats used to do in the south years ago. Ah yes, symmetry.
cuban pete| 10.2.12 @ 11:54AM
Quite nicely said,Anthony.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 2:18PM
Very nicely said.
Well done.
WhiteBikerTrash| 10.2.12 @ 2:51PM
I take offense to your "Hey vtwin, you and your biker pals" comment. V-Twin would not fit into any "Biker" group I know of. He would be the beat up guy in the parking lot with his "Sons of Anarchy" shirt ripped off his body. We as a group are Classic Liberals as our forefathers were and before the Liberal label was appropriated by the Progressives and besmirched. V-Twin is a Honda desiring wanabe and a troll. "If you don't understand, I can't explain."
Frekki| 10.2.12 @ 3:26PM
I drive '60's BMW's and Vorkrieg Zundapps. I would happily punch V-Twin in the nose. Just for the fun of it, just to see him squirm.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 4:17PM
WhiteBikerTrash, No offense intended to honest, true Americans, such as yourself. You should know however that early on when vtwin first came to this site he used to brag about being a biker and his "gang" in San Fran.
Hence, my constant reference to vtwin, his tricycle, and the Obozo tire gauge. He has since stopped referring to being a biker, but I like to remind folks, especially about vtwin's defense of Obozo's tire gauge solution to our energy problem a few years back.
Hope this helps.
Stephie| 10.2.12 @ 12:24PM
2000 dead in Afghanistan war. MSM, silent.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 2:36PM
That's right, Stephie.
When GWB was President, we got A DAILY BODY COUNT, with George Stuffitupmyass putting the Pictures of these Dead Soldiers at the end of each Show.
Everyday we were forewarned of an Upcoming "Milestone Number".
They don't do that, anymore.
They DON'T CARE, anymore, how long it takes their President to show up in Louisiana, after a Torrential Hurricane Slams into that City.
They DON'T CARE how many rounds of Golf their President plays, while there are American Troops in Harm's Way.
They DON'T CARE that their President flew off to Las Vegas to FUNDRAISE, while our Embassies are still Smouldering, and our Ambassador is still DEAD.
They DON'T CARE about Deficits, the National Debt, Unemployment Numbers, Gas Prices, Food Prices, Bankruptcies, Homelessness, the Value of our Dollar, the Number of Americans on Food Stamps, Two Credit Downgrades, and the Number of Americans living AT, or BELOW the Poverty Level.
Welcome to BIZZARRO AMERIKA.
It would be Funny, if it wasn't so SAD.
VOTE!
Do it for The Children.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 4:47PM
So true, TLP. Obozo and the media whores have blood on their hands.
Because Obozo lied, four died.
Their call for aid,
the pretender-in-chief stayed.
It wasn't the video Obama,
it was you bragging on Osama.
Four dead in Lybia Obama made.
No matter to the media, go to fade.
Agents Terry and Zapata are in the grave,
but Obozo's and Holder's asses must be saved.
Election day is near,
I'll vote for Romney, never fear.
RCV| 10.2.12 @ 7:06PM
Right, Steph. I guess you learned about those casualty figures from a secret network of spies. I happened to read about them in the New York Times and on NBC nightly news. Silence! You guys get nuttier by the minute.
CJW| 10.2.12 @ 1:48PM
vtwin
It does not matter to you that the "four people" were four AMERICANS who died because of the incopetence of Obama, and Obama has tried to cover up by blaming it on a video, instead of his polciy of apology, accomodation, and appeasement?
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 2:20PM
CJW, vtwin can't connect the dots, cuz he has his burka on backwards.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 2:38PM
It's hard to do anything, with your Head Up You Ass.
But then, we're talking about vtwin.
aka - Obama'sofficialdicklicker.
CJW| 10.2.12 @ 2:50PM
vtwin and the lefties actually believe the Dem Convention hype that Al Quaeda is dead because Osama is dead. They bragged all week about killing Osama, and then our embassies and consulates are attacked on Sept 11, and four Americans killed. Now Obama does his BenghaziGate coverup blaming it on a video, and the lefties fall in line.
But the coverup is unraveling, as is the Fast and Furious coverup. It took Univision, a Latino tv, to ask Obama the tough questions about sending guns to Mexico, which have resulted in the death of Mexicans.
spike59| 10.2.12 @ 4:29PM
another border agent killed today, near Naco...i wonder, if the killer is caught and the weapon used is recovered, if it will also have Eric Holder's fingerprints all over it????
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:38PM
Contest on Friday.
Anthony| 10.2.12 @ 4:31PM
Between the ambassador and the 4 other American embassy staff, along with the two American agents, Zapata and Terry, and the 100's of Mexicans dead from Fast & Furious, this president has a lot of blood on his hands.
They impeached Nixon for a bungled burglary; Obozo & Holder need prison cells for life.
RCV| 10.2.12 @ 7:09PM
Oh, CJW, you mean the "appeasement" that includes relentless and successful attacks on Al Qaeda figures by drones wherever they hide, and the incursion into Pakistan to kill Bin Laden without tipping off the complicit Pakistanis? If that's "appeasement", then please, let's have more of it.
CJW| 10.2.12 @ 9:19PM
The drone attacks have killed several hundreed, but how many were actual terrorrist leaders, and how many were collaterals of no significance?
These drone killings did not seem to have any effect on the Al Quadea attacks in Libya, nor the Muslim brotherhood attacks in Egypt, nor on the rise in casualties in Aghanistan due primarily to our so called allies. In Afghan O announced an withdrawal date which is a slow surrender. He should withdraw tomorrow instead of leaving our troops at risk to protect his re-election chances.
I approve of the drone attacks, but what have they accomplished? And you Dems complained about the enhanced interrogation and the torture chambers of Gitmo, but you approve of drone killings? If Bush were doing these, you know the lefties in your party would be calling Bush a murderer. How do you reconcile that, especially the killings of collaterals witht the targeted terrorrists?
Obama spent several hundred thousand dollars on ads on Paki tv apologising for the video, Hillary apologized to anyone who would listen to her, and O apologized again at the UN. I would call that appeasement. And further, why is he apologizing for Americans exercising their First Amendment rights?
RCV| 10.3.12 @ 1:03AM
You never seemed to worry about "collateral damage" when Bush was conducting his wars, CJW.
The Drones are about as targeted as one can get in fighting a war. It's not exactly the firebombing of Dresden, is it?
CJW| 10.3.12 @ 7:10AM
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were authorized by the Congress, including many Dems. They are not Bush's wars, they are America's wars, regardless of what we now think about them. Is this now Obama's Afghan war or America's war?
Dresden, as part of WW II, was also authorized by Congress. FDR did not pick out cities for destruction without a declaration of war.
Obama picks and chooses targets, including Americans, throughout the world and kills them. This does not bother you Dems but interrogation does?
You did not answer how you reconcile the drone killings with your (Dems) attacks on Bush over the enhanced interrogation. Whenever the Dems cannot answer then blame Bush.
gene| 10.2.12 @ 9:03AM
Revelation is in the New Testament. Mr. Stein keeps referring or quoting the N.T. on a regular basis. Of course, with current events as they are, I can fully understand it. Traditional Jews are awaiting the first arrival of the Messiah to usher in a period of peace on the planet. Messianic Jews know that Yeshua (Gentiles call Him Jesus) is the Messiah and are awaiting the Second Coming, and before that Second Coming, there will be Tribulation. Just like Revelation has predicted. A real roller coaster. Mr. Stein. You already know what it means.
Pss.46
[10] "....Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth......."
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 11:49AM
I have this sneaking feeling that Jews, by and large, don't believe in Jesus or Yeshua (or whatever name) as the Messiah. I strongly suspect that they're still waiting for the Messian prophesied in the Old Testament.
gene| 10.2.12 @ 12:46PM
http://www.bethadonai.com/FAQ_.....evers.html
"... it has been estimated by many of those involved in the movement (and even by those outside the movement), that there are at least 175,000 Jewish believers in the Messiah
Yeshua in the United States alone, and this number is growing all the time. Rabbinic Judaism estimates over One Million Jewish people around the world believe that Yeshua is the Messiah. There are also over 300 Messianic Congregation throughout the US and over 75 in Israel. You can find Messianic Congregation in almost every country. These numbers are growing all the time. I strongly suspect that these numbers are even higher on those waiting for Yeshua the Messiah.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 1:49PM
Yes, I'll bet that for Jews, they're substantially higher. Not to mention Muslims and all other non-Christian religions.
Occam's Tool| 10.2.12 @ 3:23PM
175,000 out of roughly 6 million is not that high a percentage, really.
But that's not the point, here. The point here is that we've got to start banging the terrorists and other Islamofascist states the way that Rocky Marciano banged around the men he fought for the Heavyweight championship---only one man went the distance, and he was KO'ed in the second fight they had. La Starza---TKO. Archie Moore---KO. Charles---Unanimous decision fight one, KO fight two. Cockell TKO round 9. Rematch with Joe Walcott---Ko 1st round. Marciano won the Fights of the Year in 52, 53, and 54.
He always equalized to win. Only one of his fights was a split decison, and that was with LaStarza, who he beat to a bloody pulp in the rematch.
We need to start hitting our enemies harder.
TLP| 10.2.12 @ 4:48PM
Never gonna happen.
Born to a Muslim Father.
Adopted by an Indonesian Stepfather.
Raised in the Mislim Schools and Mosques, of Indonesia.
Knelt on his Prayer Rug, facing Mecca, and Prayed to his God of Murder.
"The Muslim Call to Prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world."
He's one of them.
Hamas believes that he is their Deliveror, sent by Allah to Destroy the Jews, and Deliver Jerusalem back into the hands of the Muslims.
It's just that simple.
And, I'm getting sick of this POS taking my Posts down.
cuban pete| 10.2.12 @ 5:00PM
OT
Madison Square Garden
October 26,1951
Marciano v Louis
"The referee stops the bout.The time, 2:36 of the eighth round. Winner by a TKO Rocky Marciano."
I also believe almost killed an opponent, Carmine Wingo. He said if Wingo dies I'll quit. Wingo recovered and the rest is history.
CJW| 10.2.12 @ 5:17PM
Was Roland LaStarza on the old tv show Combat with Vic Morrow? Just saw the show on cable and I thought I saw LaStarza's name.
wandergoyl| 10.2.12 @ 9:23AM
"So when you see standing in the holy place the 'abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel -- let the reader understand..." Jesus speaking in Matthew 24 describing the signs of the End of the Age.
Obama-nation?
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 10:48AM
I believe this is referring to the 1st century destruction of Jerusalem.
gene| 10.2.12 @ 12:51PM
If you do not take it out of context and read it, Jesus also says:
"...[21] For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.[22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened....." "...nor shall ever be...."? WWI and WWII and the Holacaust were worse than the 1st century destruction of Jerusalem. Common sense states that the Big Guy of all Big Guys is referring to something else. Read the entire chapter ofMatt 24 and it is obvious that He is referring to something else. (Unfortunately)
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 1:38PM
And yet Jesus said that this generation would not pass until ALL those things had taken place. Please make allowance for symbolism and prophetic imagery when interpreting Matt. 24. Philip Schaff has a good discussion of this in his History of Christianity.
gene| 10.4.12 @ 1:16PM
Once again. Do not take out of context. JUST before your quote read what He says:
32] Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
[33] So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
[34] Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
[35] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
[36] But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father .
Throughout the Bible the symbollism of the "FIG TREE" has always meant Israel. From 1948 A.D., THAT generation will not pass away before all is fulfilled.
RCV| 10.2.12 @ 7:11PM
You are spot on once again, Mr. Crisler.
Appleby| 10.3.12 @ 6:49AM
What is it that is standing in the Holy Place -- built on Temple Mount? That's what I call an abomination, and the desolation is spreading.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 9:34AM
It's not environmentally correct, but a good way to get rid of ants is to pour a cupful of gasoline down the anthole. Wear gaiters or some other protective leg gear, because they come out of that hole in a huge swarm and will get you. So don't stick around too close. But they'll abandon their anthole community and move elsewhere.
Cabermon| 10.2.12 @ 10:36AM
Bill8472, would this work in Egypt? Pakistan? Tehran? Just a thought.
Alej| 10.2.12 @ 11:38AM
"Bill8472, would this work in Egypt? Pakistan? Tehran? Just a thought."
Heavens ! You are talking about people... not ants.
Nerve gas.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 11:44AM
Remember, we have some potential friends in Egypt and Iran. I don't know about Pakistan, but there have to be some there who like America, since they were first among the very few who were willing to leave the baseball stadium in Mogadishu and risk their armor in order to provide support and rescue to our Delta and Rangers under attack there. You could probably talk me into some sort of anthill attack in Somalia.
Paul McGrath| 10.2.12 @ 12:13PM
As I've said before, there are plenty of individucals in Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Libya and elsewhere who look to America as their salvation. But if we're not even going to stand up for ourselves, they know that they have no choice but to quietly go about their business. Nobody is going to protect them.
Alej| 10.2.12 @ 11:33AM
Use an iron or other stiff rod to jam down the center of the anthill; keep poking through the chambers until you hit hard bottom... may be four feet deep. That's where the queen is. Then withdraw the rod and pour gas down the hole and cover the hole back up to trap the vapors. Kills the queen and most of the soldiers... the survivors have no baby-makeing queen, so the nest dies out, instead of migrating and starting anew.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 11:35AM
GREAT IDEA!
gene| 10.4.12 @ 1:24PM
Not a great idea. I posted this on the other Stein Article: You have received all kinds of advice on dealing with ants. Most deal with killing the colony and its queen.There are advertisements for compounds that ants take back to the colony and kill the queen. I've lived in the country for years and every year dealt with ants. There is a balance in nature. When you try to completely remove a part of the food chain, you create havoc everywhere. ? I never want to kill the colony. I just want them the H*ll out of my house. There are easy, harmless natural compounds that will deter ants. You can put them all around the foundation. AND then check bushes,shrubs and trim them accordingly. I once got rid of all of my ants and 2 weeks later they returned. I found out a bush in my front yard had grown long enough for a branch to touch my house above the foundation. Ant Scouts had found the "NORTHWEST PASSAGE" and were marching on this one branch. Five minutes of trimming, and spraying the ones inside the house and using natural compounds where they entered and exited and I was on top again. Enough of this killing the queen and colony nonsense. Keep the little SOB's out of the house? - Yes. A few minutes of "Googling and Surfing the Net" and you will have everything you need. I once kept these critters from crawling under my Kitchen window by applying dishwashing detergent to the sill and part of the frame. To them it was a barrier they would not cross. As for the rest of this nonsense?
Alej| 10.2.12 @ 11:36AM
making
Tom Kyba| 10.2.12 @ 8:29PM
No No No you evil despoiler of the earth! What must be done is Ben must donate his property to the county, designate the property as an ant preserve, take part in the photo op with GreenPe*is and the Sierra Cult and move on, taking solace in the knowledge that he has done his little part to save and treasure Gaia. Or something like that.
Bill8472| 10.3.12 @ 9:45AM
...Then hang himself with a hemp rope, made with fibers from organically-grown hemp, which is thrown over the branch of a tree that is part of an old-growth forest.
Lyneuss Fields | 10.2.12 @ 9:34AM
Pay attention to the Obama Administration's drone policy and the fear it's putting into Al Qaeda's agenda throughout the mid-east. The secrecy behind this operation could be what is causing the hush throughout Congress and "All The President's Men".
http://lyneussfields.blogspot......gious.html
mwv| 10.2.12 @ 10:03AM
Where are those martyrs of free speech, The Dixie Chicks, when we need them?
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.2.12 @ 10:50AM
I think they won't come out of hibernation until they've change their names to the Dixie Vaginas, after seeing the publicity that Pussy Strike or Riot or whatever got.
Occam's Tool| 10.2.12 @ 3:25PM
Are they still together as a band? Haven't heard from them in years. Karma, ya know.
PolishKnight| 10.2.12 @ 10:12AM
I remember the whining from the left about how when the right simply asked them to be respectful of the president's office when directing criticism at his war policies, they shrieked that they were being repressed. Saying they are against the war and that it's a misadventure is reasonable. But they crossed the line and often cheered on the body count and put up the faces of fallen soldiers as cheap emotional ploys. Remember the body counts in major newspapers of the casualties during the Bush era? What happened to them the day after the Nobel Peace prize winner took office? Exactly. Taken down.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 11:39AM
I remember the headlines in the papers and the spots on the news TV shows: "One Thousand Americans Dead" then time passed and it was "Two Thousand Dead," then more time and "Three Thousand Dead," then somehow it fell off. I think that was after Barack Obama got elected President. You didn't see it or hear about it any more.
Houdini| 10.2.12 @ 10:37AM
Someone should post the rant by Hillary when she screamed about free speech.
ansonheath| 10.2.12 @ 11:43AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 11:54AM
On reflection, Ms. Clinton would undoubtedly change her language to say "any REPUBLICAN administration" rather "any administration."
Tim_CA| 10.2.12 @ 12:01PM
"It keeps getting hotter and hotter here in Los Angeles, and now I am starting to find ants inside my freezer. What does that mean?"
It is L.A. - I'd keep my eyes open for locusts, plagues and/or life-like statues made of salt.
Just sayin'.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 1:50PM
Obviously we're in the Last Days.
vigilant| 10.2.12 @ 12:18PM
Ben, you have an honest and searching heart. I like that. I'd like to suggest that you ponder the implications of Chapter 26 of the book of Leviticus, especially verse 19 as it applies to climatic conditions. God has always used natural phenomena, including weather changes, as warnings to us puny creatures when we shake our fists at our Creator. We are seriously off-course as a nation. Time will tell whether eyes will be opened and our land healed. Personally, I think we're going to see an increase in right becoming wrong and wrong right, until the Restrainer (and those He works through) is removed. And all Hell breaks loose. Please come with us, Mr. Stein.
Stephie| 10.2.12 @ 12:30PM
We're already seeing the increase of right being wrong and visaversa. I thought this the first year of obama's reign. Things are backward, lies are okay and some times even good, men are women, women are men, they have children.
We're in a mess folks and I don't think just getting rid of this harpie in the White House is going to make a big change.
It will make me happy though, not having to see his face and hear his lying voice anymore.
ansonheath| 10.2.12 @ 12:48PM
Ben, most of Revelation was fulfilled in 70 AD. I am sure you know what happened then in Jerusalem. As a recovering 'prophecy addict', who used to use every major news event as a launching pad for the next prediction of the return of Christ (Messiah), I am now sure that your ants in the freezer are just looking to cool their heels. We have our share here in AZ as well. If and when our paths ever cross in Sandpoint, maybe we can talk. We hope to be there again next May and June. My son-in-law met you this past summer and enjoyed your company.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 1:51PM
I'm not; what happened in 70 A.D. in Jerusalem?
DRed| 10.2.12 @ 2:12PM
The Romans sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple.
Bill8472| 10.2.12 @ 3:37PM
Thank you. I could have looked it up on Wikipedia. It was lazy of me not to have done that.
Occam's Tool| 10.2.12 @ 3:27PM
And then that Emperor died shortly therafter. About a year or 2 later, I believe. Titus. Young man. Pretty much forgotten now, while his enemies still live. Am Yisroel Chai!
Controse| 10.2.12 @ 3:28PM
So does this mean your going to start listening to Rush Limbaugh on a regular basis? Are you going to start encouraging all your friends and family to listen to Rush Limbaugh on a regular basis? You do of course remember Rush famously said "I hope he fails." Rush was right over three and a half years ago wasn't he Ben? How about writing a piece about how all of America should start paying attention to Rush?
SUBVET| 10.2.12 @ 9:08PM
Way before Rush it was.........Beck...we got more inside dope on this Regime from Glenn.
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 3:32PM
"Chutzpah"? Some of us call it simply BULLS**T!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 10.2.12 @ 3:34PM
Next this administration will claim that the Holocost never happened......wait their PROPHETS have already claimed that....shazam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack in Phoenix| 10.4.12 @ 1:10PM
Ben - You should go out to your home in the desert. It's quite dry out here (Phoenix isn't much different from Palm Springs.) and I find it to be wonderful sleeping weather when I turn off the A/C and turn on the evaporative cooler. It's amazing how much better one can rest under a nice warm blanket.
It's a good day. Mr. Romney scored big last night.
Sometimes, ants are just ants, Ben.
Faith| 11.8.12 @ 9:50AM
You'd like Elaine Pagels's book on Revelation, Ben. She explains that Revelation is an extended political cartoon. Jesus's early followers divided over whether the movement should be restricted only to observant Jews, or whether the movement could include Gentiles who did not follow Jewish law (particularly circumcision). Revelation's author, John of Patmos, was in the former camp, and wrote Revelation as red meat for his base.
Pagels says that Revelation made it into the canonical literature because many find within it “the promise, famously repeated by Martin Luther King Jr., that the ‘arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ . . . This worst of all nightmares ends not in terror but in a glorious new world, radiant with the light of God’s presence, flowing with the water of life, abounding in joy and delight.” It is two days after the election, and America is now living in the worst of all nightmares. I pray that Dr. King is right, and the majority of Americans will, in time, remember the values that made this country great -- liberty, ingenuity, freedom. The Republican party offers them, but they are harder to sell than entitlements.