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Tag Archives: barack obama
Judge rejects inaugural lawsuit
This is no surpise. “A federal judge on Thursday refused to order the words ‘so help me God’ taken out of President-elect Barack Obama‘s oath of office next week or to prevent ministers from praying at the inauguration celebration.” Even … Continue reading
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Tagged barack obama, inauguration, michael newdow, so help me god
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Hitchens on Rick Warren
Christopher Hitchens delivers his latest blast of nontheistic spleen-venting against Rick Warren (who will offer up the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration). Leave it to ol’ Hitch to come up with phrases like “happy-slappy Sunday ‘Churchianity’ mega-feel-good fiestas.”
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Tagged barack obama, christopher hitchens, rick warren
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Rick F**king Warren???
What the hell is Barack Obama thinking? Rick “The Purpose-Driven Hammerhead” Warren is going to deliver Obama’s inauguration invocation? (We could talk about why there’s an invocation to start with, but that’s another matter…)
Posted in christianity, civil rights, commentary, gay rights, news, politics, religion
Tagged barack obama, inauguration, purpose driven life, rick warren, saddleback church
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Will Pres. Obama be unchurched?
Oh, the scandal! Since the election, Pres. Elect Obama is opting for the gym rather than a pew. Could this be a taste of things to come? I predict Pres. Obama will be generally uninterested in church and in the … Continue reading
What was that about clinging to guns and religion?
Well, now. It looks like when now-President-Elect Barack Obama said, referring to certain voters, ”…it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them…” that it wasn’t a gaffe, … Continue reading
Endgame
Well, now. Finally Finally FINALLY Campaign 2008 is at an end. It’s all over but the voting. We hope. It doesn’t appear, at this point, that there’ll be any significant shenanigans or electoral squeakers. And the end result seems like … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, news, politics
Tagged barack obama, john mccain, presidential campaign
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Lincoln-Douglas they ain’t, but…
…we’ll be having three presidential debates (plus one VP debate) between now and election day. If you can stomach the canned statements, repetitive platitudes and non-confrontational moderators, set your VCRs (does anyone still use VCRs anymore?) and DVRs as follows:
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Tagged barack obama, joe biden, john mccain, presidential debates, sarah palin, vice presidential debates, vp debates
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Obama Answers Science Debate 2008
Science Debate 2008 reports that Senator Barack Obama has answered their 14 questions, and they say Senator John McCain has promised to answer them. Half a loaf is better than none, I suppose, but they didn’t call this thing Science … Continue reading
Podcast #24 – Saddleback Forum
Saddleback Civil Forum – On August 16, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain appeared on stage together at Saddleback Church to be questioned by Pastor Rick “Purpose Driven” Warren. We analyze their performance, especially on matters of church-and-state. But … Continue reading
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Tagged barack obama, church and state, debate, john mccain, purpose driven life, rick warren, saddleback church, saddleback forum
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Gay bishop to speak at Obama event
According to an Associated Press article, “The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama‘s first inauguration events.”