Theme of Absence

Focus on the Family website yanks Glenn Beck interview

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Why? Because he's a Mormon.

Cough ... bigots ... cough!

Focus on the Family, the evangelical organization founded by James Dobson, has removed from its website an interview with former CNN host Glenn Beck following complaints over the politically conservative TV personality's Mormon faith.

The original article about Beck's best-selling new book, "The Christmas Sweater," appeared on the ministry's CitizenLink website Dec. 19, but three days later an article published on ChristianNewsWire criticized Focus for promoting a Mormon "as a Christian."

"While Glenn's social views are compatible with many Christian views, his beliefs in Mormonism are not," writes Steve McConkey of Underground Apologetics on ChristianNewsWire. "The CitizenLink story does not mention Beck's Mormon faith, however the story makes it look as if Beck is a Christian who believes in the essential doctrines of the faith."

Focus on the Family website yanks Glenn Beck interview

Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +0000

It looks like God just played a prank New Year's prank on America.

Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota | U.S. | Reuters

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

... and all that crap, from us over here at ThemeOfAbsence.com.

Hope you all had a successful, happy and healthy year.

Media Research Center’s Best Notable Quotables of 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:13:00 +0000

The Media Research Center today announced its Best Notable Quotables of 2008: The 21st Annual Awards for the Year’s Worst Reporting, and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews “won” the dubious honor of Quote of the Year for gushing over a Barack Obama speech back in February: “I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often….And that is an objective assessment.”

Top runner-up for Quote of the Year went to Reuters for this ridiculous post-election headline: “Media bias largely unseen in U.S. presidential race.”

Click the link to read the whole article.

Statement of Brent Bozell on the Death of Paul Weyrich

Dems to push for "Fairness" Doctrine

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:21:00 +0000

It's official. The dems will be proposing the censorship of political speech.

Who needed that pesky First Amendment anyhow, right?

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (pictured), D-Palo Alto, said Monday she will work to restore the Fairness Doctrine and have it apply to cable and satellite programming as well as radio and TV.

“I’ll work on bringing it back. I still believe in it,” Eshoo told the Daily Post in Palo Alto.

The Fairness Doctrine required TV and radio stations to balance opposing points of view. It meant that those who disagreed with the political slant of a commentator were entitled to free air time to give contrasting points of view, usually in the same time slot as the original broadcast.

San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: Rep. Eshoo to push for Fairness Doctrine

UFO's in Earth's History

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:49:00 +0000

I'm sure I've posted this before, but it has really cool pictures. :)

UFO's in Earth's History - Crystalinks

Nassau Cops: PTA Mom, Boy Found Half Naked In Car

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Can someone please explain to me what it is that women in their 30's and 40's find attractive about 13 year-old boys? Is it some kind of Freudian "wanting to sleep with their son" kind of thing?

Very sick.

wcbstv.com - Nassau Cops: PTA Mom, Boy Found Half Naked In Car

Street Fighter II HD: Best trailer ever

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:19:00 +0000

You've gotta love that song :)

Street Fighter II HD: Best trailer ever - Xbox 360 Fanboy

Wikipedia lies, slander continue

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:01:00 +0000

Check out what Wikipedia had posted for WorldNetDaily.com founder, Joseph Farah...

"Joseph Francis Farah is an Evangelical Christian American journalist and noted homosexual of Lebanese and Syrian heritage."

This is pretty good example of why you can't take Wikipedia seriously. When you have a supposedly factual, unbiased "encyclopedia", you just can't leave it open to the world to anonymously edit.

Wikipedia lies, slander continue

Obama to stay deep in the Middle East

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:19:00 +0000

It's starting to look more and more like Obama won't keep a lot of his campaign promises.

Thank God.

Gates warns enemies not to test Obama | U.S. | Reuters

O'Reilly on Letterman (1 of 2)

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:26:00 +0000

Here's O'Reilly's appearance on Letterman from a month or two ago. Worth a watch.

YouTube - O'Reilly on Letterman (1 of 2)

YouTube - O'Reilly on Letterman (2 of 2)

Hearst 'News' Corp Bans Rense

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:40:00 +0000

While I really have no idea what Hearst News is, each time another organization bans Rense.com, I makes me just that much more certain that the Rense site knows what it's talking about.

First, the US State Department names Rense the world's number one source of 'misinformation' and now the Hearst Corporation bans Rense outright. We also have been informed that many US Military bases ban Rense as do...you're not gonna believe this...some US libraries. We also hear that France bans the site in several areas. Oh, and let's not forget to mention that fading Mideast Disneyland, Dubai, is also afraid of Rense.com content and has banned the site, as well.

Hearst 'News' Corp Bans Rense!

YouTube - The Wrestler Trailer (HQ)

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:52:00 +0000

A serious movie about professional wrestling? Can't wait!

YouTube - The Wrestler Trailer (HQ)

Hot Chicks with Douchebags

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:04:00 +0000

I think I posted this before, but it's worth reposting. Enjoy.

Hot Chicks with Douchebags

Farah: Targeting the Electoral College

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:51:00 +0000

Sigh.

Instead of pressuring the Republican Party embrace the long-forgotten philosophy of limited government so that they can actually compete in two years, Farah and WorldNetDaily.com are wasting day after day trying to get Obama thrown out on a technicality.

A technicality that the Supreme Court has already refused to hear, no less.

Targeting the Electoral College

Oh My God!

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:14:00 +0000

Awesome. PW Insider.com is reporting that JBL was doing a bunch of typical JBL crap to Joey Styles during the Iraq tour, so Joey punched him out and gave him a black eye.

Student Newspaper : Justice and Mercy

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:12:00 +0000

There's a brand new student newspaper at UNL. It's called the "Student Newspaper" and is hoping to become the conservative alternative to the Daily Nebraskan.

I wish 'em well, but they have a lot of work to do. Right now, the paper is just four pages and most commentary with summaries of articles from WorldNetDaily.com.

Click the link to view their blog, and send them an encouraging email while you're at it.

UNL Student Newspaper : Justice and Mercy

Alan Colmes to Depart Top Rated Hannity & Colmes

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:51:00 +0000

I'm not too happy to hear that Alan is leaving the show, but I think I'll like his new role on the FNC.

Colmes will continue to have a presence on FNC as he will serve as a liberal commentator on a variety of FOX News programming, including Foxnews.com’s The Strategy Room and continue hosting his radio program, The Alan Colmes Show on FOX Talk, a division of FOX News Radio. He will also begin developing a weekend program.

I wonder who they'll replace him with. I'm putting my money on Bob Beckel.

Alan Colmes to Depart Top Rated Hannity & Colmes

Huge Buried Water Glaciers Discovered on Mars

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Color me silly, but I can't stop hoping that they find evidence of past life there.

And pyramids.

Huge Buried Water Glaciers Discovered on Mars | Wired Science from Wired.com

For your listening enjoyment...

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:18:00 +0000

YouTube - Saw Theme Music (Extended)

Walter Williams: Why socialism is evil

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:34:00 +0000

Right on the money here.

I don't believe any moral case can be made for the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another. But that conclusion is not nearly as important as the fact that so many of my fellow Americans give wide support to using people. I would like to think it is because they haven't considered that more than $2 trillion of the over $3 trillion federal budget represents Americans using one another. Of course, they might consider it compensatory justice. For example, one American might think, "Farmers get Congress to use me to serve the needs of some farmers. I'm going to get Congress to use someone else to serve my needs by subsidizing my child's college education."

Why socialism is evil

Crazy Conspiracy Site of the week: cuttingedge.com

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:22:00 +0000

This is pretty awesome. They lay out all of the old Illuminati Cards from 1995 is "proof" that the September 11 attacks were pre-planned.

Also, if I may brag for a second, I am a proud owner the full set of Illuminati cards. :P

SMOKING GUN PROOF THAT THE ILLUMINATI PLAN TO ATTACK ON 9/11 AND BEYOND WAS WELL KNOWN AS FAR BACK AS 1995

Weaning Off Lincoln

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:02:00 +0000

I did something kind of sad the other day. I canceled my membership at UNL's Campus Rec Center and joined in gym in Omaha. I've been going to the Rec Center for almost ten years, but living in Omaha, I just don't get to lift as much as I need to.

This way I can work out on weekends more and get back on a good mass-building program again. And that, combined with the karate, will make it easier to fight off the government thugs when they come to take away our guns.

:)

Election results...

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:56:00 +0000

Hopefully I'll get around to writing about the election results in the next day or two. Until then, you can probably guess what I'll have to say anyhow :)

Oooh! It's that time of year again!

noreply@blogger.com (Jason) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:24:00 +0000

It's November and you know what that means? That means it's time for the annual NetHack Tournament at devnull.net!!!!!

/dev/null/network: NetHack