Won Forgiven One: September 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed)

Nice presentation. Worthwhile comments follow the video HERE.
So sorry Sagan was such an avowed atheist, all he studied about and pointed to in nature, implied beautiful, even loving design by our Creator.

For text go HERE

Obama Isn’t “Cool” – He’s Cold and Ruthless (Title linked to article. Please read.)
Tonight Bill O’Reilly had a segment of his show dealing with tomorrow’s 8-year anniversary of 9-11. Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters was O’Reilly’s guest, and commented about how unfortunate it is that the details and the horror of this pivotal event in American history have been muted and nearly forgotten in the minds of far too many Americans. Certainly, as Lt. Col. Peters observed, while the mainstream media has been loathe to remind viewers of the details regarding this horror, they have gleefully reported virtually any story about alleged assaults on the civil liberties of enemy combatants held at Guantanemo. Similarly, any opportunity to portray the recent Bush administration as corrupt has not been missed. Peters went further, stating that we now have a President who seems unconcerned with the pain or the lessons of 9-11.

When O’Reilly responded that saying this about Obama “might not be fair”, Lt. Colonel Peters responded:

“Well that’s YOUR opinion, Bill. After 8 years, we still haven’t rebuilt Ground Zero. Al Qaeda attacked us, not the Taliban. That’s who we should be going after.”

O’Reilly: ”So you don’t give the President any credit for continuing the war in Afghanistan?

Peters: ”None whatsoever. He made a campaign promise regarding Afghanistan, and now he’s confused by it.”....(Continue article here)