The Plaid Rhino
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your energy" (Eccl 9:10)
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I’m not Catholic. I’ll presume for a moment that Ron Howard isn’t either. But when I read about Ron Howard’s latest movie “Angels and Demons,” it made me wonder what he has up his sleeve. In reading just a little bit of the background and storyline of the movie in the news (you can follow […]

Last week the Miss USA beauty pageant made headline news.  It was, of course, no surprise that the event drew attention in the national media; it always does.  As you already know, unless you were really avoiding the news, Miss California was asked for her thoughts about gay marriage.  And you undoubtedly already know that her […]

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Read yet another report about how the US government, in this case it was the FBI, has begun actively investigating war veterans as part of an overarching concern about militant/terrorist groups. (You can read it by clicking on this link.) These people were labeled as being part of “white supremacist” groups. The thought I occurred […]

Years ago states in the US began establishing “Do Not Call” registries. Eventually, the federal government awoke to the idea and established a federal list. Since that time, tens of millions of Americans have been able to eat supper in relative peace and quiet without having someone ask them to buy life insurance, take a […]

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Why do they stone their women for protesting against what they consider to be unjust laws? You can read the details at this link. Which I suppose begs the further question, if Islam is such a great religion, why do they want to kill people who wish to leave it? In my mind, truth stands […]

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So Obama’s Homeland Security Chief, Janet Napolitano, decided that people who disagree with the big socialist agenda of the Obama administration are terrorists. Didn’t know that? Read the article at this link for more information. (You can find a lot of other comments online, I’m sure.) You’ve got to love quotes like these: Rightwing extremism […]

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After posting the original article about continuing to receive unwanted mailings from American Bible Society, a gentleman named Joey Pierce apparently was notified of the blog entry and took the time to respond via the comment form. Joey and I spoke on the phone and had quite a pleasant conversation. Interesting things I learned during […]

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NEWS FLASH! Federal prosecutors within the Obama administration today announced the indictments handed down by a secret grand jury against talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, TV news host Sean Hannity and online news media editor Joseph Farah. Todd Blassman, press agent for the prosecutors office of the 7th District, stated that the three media giants […]

So apparently a lot of people worldwide are planning to save the earth by turning their lights off for one hour Saturday night. I’m going to show how much I believe in saving the earth. I plan on turning my lights off for 7 to 8 hours! That’s right. I plan on going to bed […]

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It’s official: Tiller the Killer has been found not guilty in a trial which could (should) have put him behind bars for breaking Kansas law regarding abortions. You can read more by following this link. The setup couldn’t have been weighted in Tiller’s favor more — unless Kathleen Sibelius had been the judge or jury […]

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Ten years ago Tony Martin of Norfolk, England shot a gun in the direction of two burglars. He didn’t miss. The rest was “made for the tabloids,” as they might say in Britain. He was made a scapegoat for all the outlandish gun control and criminal’s rights thinkers in the whole of Britian. For defending […]

A news report located at this link details how police officials in Tenaha have taken the state’s asset seizure law to heart: They are using it to target mainly non-white travelers in order to force them to hand over money, cellphones, cars, and anything else valuable the police want. Many of the times, the police […]