http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/ ancient1's Blog en-us © 13:02:05 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, Feb 13:02:05 8 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/risen.html I lost my faith, in college. I lost it because of a subtle psychological pressure. It was all right to believe in Jesus as a "good and wise" teacher, and elevate Him on an equal plane with Mohammed, who founded the Islamic faith, with Gautama Buddha, who was a prince of India and founded Buddhism, with Confucius of China (more of a political philosopher, really) whose sayings affect so much of that portion of the world – in short, with any respectable founder of a religion. I could put J ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/risen.html#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:50:15 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/real_plague_continues_spread.html "Democratic Party financier George Soros, who puts much of the blame for Islamic terrorists on America and former president George W. Bush, can celebrate his first foothold inside the Pentagon," writes columnist Rowan Scarborough. "It is in the person of Rosa Brooks, far-left former Los Angeles Times columnist." Brooks was also a lawyer for Soros' Open Societies Institute, which in turn is sugar daddy for MoveOn.org. She will now be "principal adviser" for Undersecretary of Defense Michele ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/real_plague_continues_spread.html#comments Sun, 3 May 2009 23:07:54 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/swine_flu_ruse_.html Swine flu claimed eight lives in Mexico (one of whom made it to Texas for treatment before succumbing) this week and, as of Friday morning, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed more than 300 cases around the globe -- more than 100 in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control. But it is the media coverage and government action that is perhaps the biggest story. The Associated Press is predicting "two million dead," while the WHO raised its alert level to the second hig ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/swine_flu_ruse_.html#comments Sat, 2 May 2009 20:37:21 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/disorganizer_chief.html "How many in-your-face radical leftist appointments must Obama make before some realize this apparently conciliatory man is indeed a polarizing radical? Let's just look at the [Harry] Knox appointment [to his Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships]. ... Knox is the militant homosexual activist who, just last month, called Pope Benedict XVI and certain Catholic bishops 'discredited leaders' for opposing same-sex marriage. He said the Knights of Columbus are 'foot sold ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/disorganizer_chief.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:18:25 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/newsweek_top_dunces.html "Newsweek greeted the coming of Easter with a black cover, and the headline 'The Decline and Fall of Christian America,' spelled out in red in the shape of a cross. Inside, it was more declarative: 'The End of Christian America.' Why? Because they found that the percentage of self-identified Christians had fallen 10 points since 1990. Okay, then let's compare. How much has Newsweek's circulation fallen since 1990? Just since 2007, their announced circulation has dropped by 52 percent. It w ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/newsweek_top_dunces.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:14:07 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/constitutional_ignorance_contempt.html "In addition to an abhorrence of democracy, and the recognition that government posed the gravest threat to liberty, our founders harbored a deep distrust and suspicion of Congress. This suspicion and distrust is exemplified by the phraseology used throughout the Constitution, particularly our Bill of Rights, containing phrases such as Congress shall not: abridge, infringe, deny, disparage or violate. Today's Americans think Congress has the constitutional authority to do anything upon whi ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/constitutional_ignorance_contempt.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:11:19 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/worthless_words.html "Actions do deter; words are much less effective. Regimes like those in North Korea and Iran are not likely to be deterred from becoming nuclear powers -- aggressive nuclear powers -- by just words, however smooth this president's. John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations and current prophet without honor in his own country, noted that President Obama had said North Korea's firing its (misguided) missile would be a 'provocative' act. Yet when it did, that regime su ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/worthless_words.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:07:20 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/gun_control.html "Some of our biggest political fallacies come from accepting words as evidence of realities. ...[For example,] 'gun control' laws do not control guns. The District of Columbia's very strong laws against gun ownership have done nothing to stop the high murder rate in Washington. New York had very strong gun control laws decades before London did. But the murder rate in New York has been some multiple of that in London for more than two centuries, regardless of which city had the stronger gu ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/gun_control.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:03:00 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/tax_cuts.html "The point of the tea parties is to note the fact that the Democrats' modus operandi is to lead voters to believe they are no more likely to raise taxes than Republicans, get elected and immediately raise taxes. Apparently, the people who actually pay taxes consider this a bad idea. Obama's biggest shortcoming is that he believes the things believed by all Democrats, which have had devastating consequences every time they are put into effect. Among these is the Democrats' admiration for ra ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/tax_cuts.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:01:24 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/real_threat_america.html "The idea that American 'hate groups' are right-wing and bristling with vets got new life with JFK's assassination at the hands of a disgruntled vet named Lee Harvey Oswald. Everybody knew right away that Oswald was an agent of 'hate' -- and hate was code for right-wing and racist. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren summed up the instantaneous conventional wisdom when he blamed the 'climate of hatred' for Kennedy's death. Everybody knew that the right was involved. There was just one ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/real_threat_america.html#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:56:29 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/search_plan.html Four central banks in Europe lowered their benchmark interest rates on Thursday. The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.5 percent, Swedish Riksbank by 1.75 points (a record cut) to 2 percent, the Danish central bank by three-quarters of a point to 4.25 percent, and the Bank of England (BOE) by 1 point to 2 percent (the lowest rate since 1951). New Zealand’s central bank also cut its rate by 1.5 points to 5 percent — a record and the ba ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/search_plan.html#comments Sat, 6 Dec 2008 05:10:36 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/india_pakistan_update.html A day after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited New Delhi in an attempt to restrain India from taking aggressive action against Pakistan, Indian media began leaking reports Dec. 4 alleging that Pakistan's spy agency had trained the militants involved in the Mumbai attacks. According to India's NDTV, anonymous sources said India has proof that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was behind the deadly attack and knows the names of the attackers' trainers and the ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/india_pakistan_update.html#comments Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:50:35 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/vigilance_understanding_geopolitics.html The world grew more complicated during the American Thanksgiving holiday. On Wednesday night, Nov. 26, a group carried out a complex terrorist-style attack in Mumbai, India. In addition to seizing two luxury hotels and a Jewish facility, the attackers carried out a series of random attacks throughout the city, using automatic weapons and hand grenades. Current evidence indicates that at least one group came to Mumbai from Karachi, Pakistan, via ship, then hijacked an Indian vessel and land ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/vigilance_understanding_geopolitics.html#comments Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:48:07 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/understanding_women.html A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. All of a sudden he said out loud, "Lord, grant me one wish." Suddenly the sky clouded above his head, and in a booming voice the Lord said, "Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish." The man said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over anytime I want to." The Lord said, "Your request is very materialistic. Think of the logistics of that kind of undertaking. The supports required to ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/understanding_women.html#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:23:46 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/audacity_deception.html If you are perplexed, even bewildered, by the number of Americans who normally make logical and rational decisions but now support Barack Obama, I refer you to a lucid explanation for this phenomenon in the opening pages of the candidate’s political autobiography, The Audacity of Hope. He writes, “I am new enough on the national political scene that I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views... I am bound to disappoint some.. ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/audacity_deception.html#comments Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:30:11 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/recession_politics.html "Consumers this summer pulled back on spending by the most since 1980, driving the economy into what analysts expect to be one of the nastiest recessions in decades," the Washington Times reports. What passes for journalism in today’s “major newspapers” is laughable. The figures for third quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) have come in, and they show the economy has contracted by 0.3 percent. This is not the final number; there will be two additional revisions in the coming mo ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/recession_politics.html#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:49:56 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/pumpkin_contest_entry.html This is my entry...... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/pumpkin_contest_entry.html#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:01:00 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/europeanness_envy.html “While we’re on the symbolism, let me remind you how many Europeans see U.S. voters—as a trigger-happy bunch with a Bible in one hand and a rifle in the other... Does either of you senators have any serious plans to reduce the number of guns available in the U.S. or even dare to suggest it? That really would impress the Europeans, that you stand for change.” —CNN European political editor Robin Oakley to Obama and McCain http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/europeanness_envy.html#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:11:47 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/times.html Since nobody knows when Jesus is going to return… Jesus said even He doesn’t know. Which means Satan doesn’t know either; and has always had to be prepared for any eventuality. That means that for two thousand years, he has had to have at least one Antichrist on the earth, in position, ready to go, in every generation since the Resurrection. So, there has to be someone out there, this very minute, waiting, plotting, preparing… It may be someone you know. For most of us, such though ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/times.html#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:31:43 GMT http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/nanna_turns_banker.html “The government’s role will be limited and temporary... These measures are not intended to take over the free market but to preserve it.” So promised President Bush, the day after Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson outlined plans to “invest” $250 billion to bail out the U.S. banking system. This measure, part of the recently enacted $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TRAP, er, TARP), is ostensibly designed to encourage banks to resume lending to each other and to customers. ... http://my.greasy.com/ancient1/nanna_turns_banker.html#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:02:17 GMT