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Connections I. – “Dinosaurs Aren’t Gone….They Just Grew Feathers.”

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

Have you ever given much thought to “connections,” thoughtful reader? There are all kinds of vital, essential connections in Life, planet Earth, and the Universe. “Ecosytems” are all about connections between life forms, habitat, climate and weather. “Food chains” are … Continue reading →

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Facts, Opinions, Truth, Rhetoric, Bias, Reality….It’s Not Just Whatever I Want to Make of It

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

Remember, long-suffering reader, the old television show Dragnet, starring Jack Webb? Among other things, a stock feature of the early “cop show” was Webb in his role as a Los Angeles police detective questioning the witness of a crime and … Continue reading →

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More on Celebrity, News Media, Sensationalism, Being Outrageous, Feeding Bigotry, and It’s All About the Money

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

Recently, on November 18, I posted on this blog and admit to being rather hard on the stupid celebrity phenomenon in our American society. I’m probably being too impatient, but now on the third day following I’m still waiting and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accomplishment, all about the money, American society, Andrea Mitchell, attack dog, bigoted, bigotry, billionaire, Bob Woodward, brouhaha, Carl Bernstein, celebrity, commandments, common good, Dancing with the Stars, death camps, devil worship, dirty-dealing, DWTS, Edward R. Murrow, elitism, eternal life, evil, expertise, factual, fear-mongering, Fox News, George Soros, Germany, give to the poor, Glenn Beck, hateful, heavenly kingdom, holocaust, Hugh Downs, humanity, humankind, Hungary, illegal, immoral, inflammmatory, integrity, intelligence, Jewish Funds for Justice, Jewish leaders, Jews, liars, liberal elite, liberal politics, love your neighbor, low-blow, money, nature abhors a vacuum, Nazis, new as entertainment, News, news media, no publicity is bad publicity, no shame, not true, out-of-bounds, outrageous, personal attack, political celebrities, prejudice, professional, progress, progressive utopia, put God first, reality shows, rhetoric, rock stars, Rupert Murdoch, sales, scandalous, sell what you own, sensationalism, shame, shameful, Simon Greer, slandering, style, substance, the needy, treasure in heaven, true, unscientific, victimizing the victim, Walter Cronkite, Washington Post, what sells, Wolf Blitzer, World War II | 3 Comments

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Connections I. – “Dinosaurs Aren’t Gone….They Just Grew Feathers.”

Facts, Opinions, Truth, Rhetoric, Bias, Reality….It’s Not Just Whatever I Want to Make of It

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