Hillary Clinton gets religion and an AK47

Gerard Baker

January 28, 2005

Hillary Clinton gets religion and an AK47
Gerard Baker
How far will the liberal New York senator go in her quest to become America’s first female president?
ACCORDING TO The New York Times (January 25, 2005):

“Senator Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the opposing sides in the divisive debate about abortion should find ‘common ground’ to prevent unwanted pregnancies and ultimately reduce abortions, which she called a ‘sad, even tragic choice to many, many women . . . ’ Mrs Clinton, widely seen as a possible candidate for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2008, appeared to be reaching out beyond traditional core Democrats . . . (She offered praise) for the influence of ‘religious and moral values’ on delaying teenage girls from becoming sexually active.”

The Times
April 25, 2005

Senator Clinton yesterday delighted delegates to the annual convention of the National Rifle Association when she expressed her unstinting opposition to the proposed ban on new classes of lethal assault weapons and dedicated herself to securing the right of every American to own “a fully stocked arsenal” if necessary in defence of his freedoms.

Raising aloft what she described as one of the favourites from her collection of AK47 automatic weapons, Mrs Clinton declared to wild cheers: “If they think some unelected judge in Washington is going to take away my constitutional rights, let them think again! Let them try! Let them come! I’d like to see them. They’ll have to prise this beauty from my cold, dead hands.”

Mrs Clinton has recently been reaching out beyond the Democratic Party’s core supporters on the gun control issue. Last week she was filmed while hunting in upstate New York, and was later seen dragging a dead deer to her new, five-litre Ford Exterminator sports utility vehicle.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 15, 2005

At a public ceremony near Waco, Texas, Senator Clinton was received yesterday into full communion with the Church of Jesus Christ of the Repenting Transgressors.

As her sponsors, the Rev Jerry Falwell and the Rev Pat Robertson looked on lovingly, the New York senator was fully immersed in the swirling waters of the Brazos River. A gospel choir sang a collection of spiritual hymns, including, Lo, the Yankee Queen In Bright Array, Rises and It Takes a Village to Smite the Evil.

Mr Falwell welcomed Mrs Clinton, dressed in a white toga, as a reformed sister in the family of former sinners.

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Voter,” he said. “The prodigal daughter has come home to the Lord! The sheep that was lost is found.”

Mrs Clinton has recently been reaching out beyond the Democratic Party’s core supporters on religious values. At a news conference after the baptismal ceremony, Mrs Clinton announced that she is to begin hosting a television show next month on Mr Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network. Cookies for Christ will feature her favourite housewife recipes for spiritually appropriate confectionery, including Rock Cakes of Ages and Apocalypse Apple Fritters.

The Times
January 17, 2006

Mel Gibson, the actor and film director, announced yesterday that he had concluded an agreement with Hillary Clinton to make a biographical movie about her life as first lady and senator of the United States.

Called, tentatively, The Passion of the Wife, the film will star Arnold Schwarzenegger as Bill Clinton, Scarlett Johansson as Hillary and Glenn Close as Monica Lewinsky. It tells the story of how Mrs Clinton fought for eight years while in the White House for tougher abortion laws and an end to Church-State separation. It also describes her long campaign to cleanse her husband of perverted and sinful desires.

Mrs Clinton has recently been reaching out beyond the Democratic Party’s core supporters to embrace ethnic groups. In an unusual move for a mass audience motion picture, Mr Gibson plans that the film will be entirely in biblical Greek.

The San Francisco Chronicle
May 23, 2006

Senator Clinton yesterday led a defence-of-marriage vigil on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco. As supporters waved banners that said “Queer? Not here,” Mrs Clinton said marriage was a sacrosanct institution and urged gays: “If you want to get hitched, try the Lord.”

Mrs Clinton has recently been reaching out beyond the Democratic Party’s core supporters, and has been campaigning across the nation for a federal ban on gay marriage.

The Washington Post
September 16, 2006

Senator Clinton yesterday urged a chastened Donald Rumsfeld, the Defence Secretary, to stop “pussyfooting around” and get on with the long-deferred invasion of Iran.

At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the growing tension between Washington and Tehran, Mrs Clinton, dressed head to toe in desert khaki fatigues, rounded on a plainly intimidated Defence Secretary and said that she had had enough of Mr Rumsfeld’s insistence on pursuing a diplomatic approach to the nuclear crisis in the country.

“Are you a man or a mouse, Mr Secretary?” she asked. “Rummy or Runny? There’s only one language these people understand. And let me tell you, it isn’t Farsi!” Mrs Clinton has recently been reaching out beyond the Democratic Party’s core supporters on defence and national security issues. Last month she joined the US National Guard and quickly impressed her commanding officers with her tactical genius.

The Des Moines Register
November 30, 2006

On her seventeenth trip this month to Iowa, Major-General Hillary Clinton (221st Battalion, New York Army National Guard) was introduced to Julia Ericsson, who according to Senate aides is Mrs Clinton’s seventh cousin, twice removed. Mrs Ericsson, a native of Dubuque, seemed a little nonplussed by the New York senator’s warm embrace. A tearful Mrs Clinton said that she had longed for this day when she would be reunited with her long-lost Iowa family.

The Union Leader,
Manchester, New Hampshire
April 10, 2007

While anointing sick children on a visit to New Hampshire yesterday, Senator Clinton announced that she was moving to Manchester.

“It’s actually a lot closer to New York than most people think; I can be in Manhattan in less than four hours. Besides, I just love the idea of living in a state where there is no income tax. In a way it chimes perfectly with the values I have always held dear throughout my long career in public service.”

gerard.baker@thetimes.co.uk

Web Site

I worked on my web site some more. I added a new page for Gary Hamner, the man we take our pottery classes from. I've also added my links I enjoy. I have a lot more to do on that page.

See the entire site at

www.maclectic. com

Bob

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I've always known that elephants were smarter than cats. Here's an elephant in Thailand who has been trained to use an outdoor toilet. They are training all of them to do so. Can't figure out why. The funny thing is that before he sat down, a cat jump up on the seat! :-)

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I want this T-shirt. :-)

Goodbye Johnny

I was really surprised last night to hear Johnny Carson had died. I suppose I can blame him for the fact that I can't get to sleep before midnight any given night. I watched him for years and he made me laugh more than most. His comedy was clean and middle America. He was friends with people like Jack Benny, George Burns, and Bob Hope. I think he was the last of the comedians with their kind of timing and insight.

You never really knew where Johnny stood politically. He was pretty fair on getting at them all. But his political humor was sharp.

He was a classy guy. He left tv before he got embarrassing. He could have gone on for more years if he had wanted to, but he chose to step out while he was on top.

Good-bye Johnny

Bye Bye CNN

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005�

Sometimes life is fair and balanced!

CNN LOSES 63% OF AUDIENCE OVER INAUGURATION 2001
Fri Jan 21 2005 23:52:24 2005

CNN hemorrhaged more than half their audience from the 2001 Inauguration, overnights show. The troubled news network only averaged 779,000 viewers during yesterday's Inauguration coverage from 10am-4pm with just 168,000 of those viewers landing in the coveted 25-54 demo.

Like CNN, MSNBC also suffered major losses, only averaging 438,000 viewers throughout yesterday's coverage (141,000 in 25-54), down a whopping 68% over 2001 and faring even worse in primetime with just 385,000 viewers.

In contrast, Fox News averaged 2,581,000 viewers from 10a-4p (up 30% over 2001) and their 25-54 demo average of 705,000 came close to CNN's total coverage ratings yesterday.

PRIMETIME:

FNC -- 2,439,000 (up 57% OVER '01)
CNN -- 1,353,000 (down 14% over '01)
MSNBC -- 385,000 (down 47% over '01)

Am I that Bad?

I'm beginning to think my school curriculum company, AOP, is out to get me! First they published a picture of me holding one of their products and endorsing it with a quote. Then I was credited as being the principal of GRADE Christian School.

Then the other day I was sent some software from them. My name on the envelope was Robery Rockhill!

Look for me in the slammer any day now.

Preacher Dies During Sermon About Heaven

Preacher Dies During Sermon About Heaven - EarthLink - Strange News: "Preacher Dies During Sermon About Heaven
January 10, 2005 10:43 PM EST

OVIEDO, Fla. - A Presbyterian minister collapsed and died in mid-sentence of a sermon after saying 'And when I go to heaven ...,' his colleague said Monday.

The Rev. Jack Arnold, 69, was nearing the end of his sermon Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church in this Orlando suburb when he grabbed the podium before falling to the floor, said the Rev. Michael S. Beates, associate pastor at Covenant Presbyterian.

Before collapsing, Arnold quoted the 18th century Bible scholar, John Wesley, who said, 'Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus,' Beates said in a telephone interview.

Several members of the congregation with medical backgrounds tried to revive the minister and paramedics were called, but Arnold appeared to die instantly, Beates said.

Arnold had been the senior minister at the church until the late 1990s when he began traveling to Africa and the Middle East to teach pastors. The cause of death was believed to be cardiac arrest. He had bypass surgery five years earlier.

Beates also recounted Arnold's death in an e-mail he sent to members of the Central Florida Presbytery.

'We were stunned,' Beates said. 'It was traumatic, but how wonderful it was he died in his own church among the people he loved the most.'"

I Love a Rainy Night

It's been a long time since it has rained like this in So. Cal. Our front yard is beginning to look like a swamp. Our pool has filled to the top. The Creek down the street is rising. And now I'm hearing instruction about what to do if a tornado strikes! I've lived in this area my entire life and I don't ever remembering hearing about a tornado warning.

Mr. Kneeland is supposed to be coming to our school today. I'm wondering if he'll even be able to travel down here. I imagine that he came yesterday because he's way up north, but lots of roads are closed. I won't be surprised if he has to postpone his trip.

Dad Update

As some of you might have heard, Dad took a fall again while walking outside. Basically, he fell at the same place as last time. He cut his forehead open enough to need stitches. He also broke some teeth.

He's in the hospital. He has more fluid on his heart. It looks like he will be having surgery sometime today to drain the fluid and then they are going to try and seal the membranes where the fluid is escaping to, so that it will stop. At least that is what I heard last night.

Please keep him in your prayers.

Bob

This is SOOOO Dumb. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim????

THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

ANAHEIM Orange County’s decades-long effort to emerge from the shadow of Los Angeles regressed Monday when Angels owner Arte Moreno carried through with his promise to change the name of the region’s beloved baseball team to "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."
Angst poured out of Orange County’s office towers, government halls and sports bars as people either blasted the move or acquiesced to the change as a necessary step toward more championship seasons.
The "Los Angeles" label disappointed business leaders who believe Orange County has developed plenty of economic and social clout to stand on its own. Orange County is one of the most densely populated places in the nation and, if it were a nation, would rank close to No. 35 in the world in gross domestic product.
The city of Anaheim protested Moreno’s action and plans to request a temporary restraining order by the end of the week to prevent the elimination of "Anaheim Angels" from Major League Baseball.
Some fans said a team’s record is far more important than its name. They listened to Moreno explain how the team might boost revenue by presenting itself as a player in Los Angeles, the secondlargest television market in the nation. If the "L.A." tag means that Moreno can pay better players to win more games, those fans were willing to support the change.
Regional economists wondered why Moreno, in the face of community opposition, didn’t call them "The O.C." Angels if he wanted more national visibility. And people who have spent their careers promoting the region as one of the major U.S. tourist destinations fretted over what they see as a step backward.
"This is really a heartbreaker for us, a place that has worked so hard to establish its identity," said Charles Ahlers, the 12-year president of the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau. "For years, we’ve worked to separate ourselves from Los Angeles. We’re different. We have different products. And frankly, O.C. is niftier than L.A.
"As a marketing destination, this is like losing an asset. It’s like moving Disneyland to San Diego."
James Fallon, a professor of anatomy and neurobiology at UC Irvine’s school of medicine, said he will continue to use his season tickets, but he doesn’t understand why Moreno wants to "be like L.A."
"Arte had us locked in. He had Orange County in love with him, and now they’re just really ticked off. People here have antibodies built up against L.A.," Fallon said.
Added Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle: "The city’s moving forward. That’s the oddity of all of this. The National Football League and other major entities are looking at the center of the Southland being in Anaheim.
"This is just disrespect – unawareness of the changes of the Los Angeles marketplace."
The city contributed $30 million, mostly in stadium renovations, in exchange for the name change from California Angels in 1996. Moreno assumed that contract in 2003.
Ironically, the Angels’ stature as world champions was one of the factors that helped the county stand on its own and gain national status. The team became "part of our personality and the complexion of the community," Ahlers said.
Other assets Orange County has used to sell itself include the largest convention center on the West Coast, a world-class "shopping resort" (South Coast Plaza has that trademarked), 42 miles of prime beaches, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the Disneyland Resort that now includes a second theme park, a professional hockey team and a world champion baseball team.
The Angels have the potential to thrust "Anaheim" into the news throughout the baseball season, and that name recognition goes a long way when people are making vacation decisions. It’s particularly significant to Anaheim, which generates most of its revenue from hotel bed taxes.
Some say Moreno, who grew up in Tucson, Ariz., might have underestimated how the World Series victory unified the county in a way that had never happened.
"Once we got that World Series, we were our own identifiable sports monster," said UCI’s Fallon. "We arrived. So, the idea that people don’t know us or where we are is absurd. I watched the last two games of the World Series in New Zealand, and people there knew what O.C. was."
Some people resigned as Angels fans Monday.
Allan Moline of Garden Grove, a 30-year county resident, said he will quit his two-decade tradition of going to games with his family.
"We are the Anaheim Angels, and that’s the way it has to be," said Moline, 73, a planning consultant.
Natalie Caldera said she and her children are "disappointed" but they’ll still go to games and buy new jerseys and hats with the team logo.
"It’s just going to be different. It’s not going to be ours anymore. Now, they belong to the world, or they want to be."