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Will Hillary Clinton become Secretary of State? And What is it about politicians fighting and then making up? Are they a bunch of phonies? Stan and Larry also discuss some of the absurd examples of social decay and disorder. Read More…
Posted under Clinton, Hillary, Digest Subjects, Faith, Pride, Smoking, Socialism, Transgender
This post was written by Stan and Larry on November 23, 2008
I want to talk a minute about what I call the Big Fish in the Small Pond syndrome. I am sure that most of our listeners have heard of this. Sometimes it can be a cute thing. Do you notice that babies, no matter how small or young they may be, always want to mother a child smaller or younger than themselves? I guess it is a natural thing for anyone to want to be the dominant one. The one in charge. The one in control.
Sometimes this can be less cute. When my oldest son was a junior, their basketball team (a team that was not very good, by the way), entered a holiday tournament filled mainly with teams from small private schools. Early in the tournament our team, which had only won a couple of games all year, played a team that consisted mainly of beginners. Some of these kids could barely even dribble. As the game progressed, and our kids got out to a large lead, some of them started to talk trash, and ridicule the other team. They were acting like they were the best team to ever step on a basketball court, even though a week earlier they were the ones that were being demolished on the court. Read More…
Posted under Digest Subjects, Pride, Stan's Rants
This post was written by Stan on November 23, 2008
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Finally, we get away from election talk, and cover a “hodge podge” of different issues. The President-elect is still top on the list, but we talk basketball, stem cell research, abortion, Sarah Palin, Providence, Toothless and Hairless Dogs, and Gay Marriage. Now you understand the title! Read More…
Posted under Abortion, Children, Digest Subjects, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Obama, Barack, Palin, Sarah, Parenting, Politics, Providence, Socialism, Stem Cell
This post was written by Stan and Larry on November 16, 2008
You may call this a recurring theme, but I sure do get frustrated at parents. The scripture teaches parents to bring their children up in the Lord’s admonition and teaching (Ephesians 6). One thing that it takes to do this is involvement!
My son Joshua is in his first year of teaching at Castleberry High School. Castleberry is in an independent school district, and there are a lot of advantages to having your children in a relatively small school district. However, at Castleberry there has been a real change in demographics in the past decade or so, that has led to a real problem with the lack of parental involvement. Read More…
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This post was written by Stan on November 16, 2008
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Larry and Stan give a post mortem on the election of Barack Obama. Though disappointed in the election results, both of them are surprisingly upbeat as they contemplate the future. What is their secret? Listen and find out! Show Notes after the jump! Read More…
Posted under Charisma, Digest Subjects, Economy, Election, Foreign Policy, Hope, Obama, Barack, Political Pandering, Providence, Racism, Socialism, Stan's Rants
This post was written by Stan and Larry on November 9, 2008
I was thinking earlier this week, around Tuesday, about Charisma. I have to say that Charisma has me a bit irritated. You know, “a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others.” (That’s the definition of the word).
Now, there is nothing wrong with Charisma per se. It’s not a personality fault, or something that you want to try to hide, if you have it.
The problem is, too many people place too much emphasis upon it, or the lack thereof. Charisma has absolutely no bearing upon a person’s rightness or wrongness, nor upon a person’s qualifications and experience. Unless, of course, a primary qualification for a person to be successful in his or her pursuit is the attribute of charisma itself! Read More…
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This post was written by Stan on November 9, 2008
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Larry and Stan discuss baseball, football, politics, and the Supreme Court. Also, why does society inconsistently define who is and who is not human? Sometimes in the eyes of the law a fetus is a human being, and sometimes it is not. Of course, in the eyes of God, an unborn child is always a child. Read More…
Posted under Abortion, Digest Subjects, Election, Obama, Barack, Politics, Socialism, Supreme Court
This post was written by Stan and Larry on November 2, 2008
As of the recording of this edition of Watchman Digest, the election is only 5 days away. I’m sure that you, like me, are glad that this process is nearing its end. I am also glad that I live in Texas, which is not a battleground state. Obama long ago determined he had no chance of winning the Texas’ electoral votes, and has not actively campaigned in the state. McCain has likewise focused elsewhere, and so we Texans have been spared the incessant campaign advertising that Pennsylvanians, Ohioans and Floridians have suffered in the last couple of months.
It seems like every election cycle I start off excited and interested, and end up burned out and irritated. I imagine that others feel the very same way. I think what irritates me most are the party loyalists. Those eager individuals in each party that put spin on every event, and argue incessantly on news networks like CNN, MSNBC and FOXNews. They have their talking points, and their candidate is the second coming, while the opponent is a minion of Satan. Read More…
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This post was written by Stan on November 2, 2008
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First, sorry for the microphone issues with Stan. We will get them fixed as soon as possible. Other than that, enjoy! Larry and Stan discuss some of the things that Democrats have said the past couple of weeks that give rise to the possibility of a McCain win. We discuss quotes from Obama himself, Joe Biden and Jack Murtha. Read More…
Posted under Digest Subjects, Economy, Foreign Policy, Obama, Barack, Parenting, Political Pandering, Racism, Socialism, Terrorism
This post was written by Stan and Larry on October 26, 2008
Do you remember the adults in all of the Charlie Brown TV specials? They were never seen, and when they spoke offscreen, all you heard was, “Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah.”
Charles Schultz’ point was clear. In this little universe, it was all about the kids. Adults existed simply to accommodate Charlie and his friends, and were only tangential to their lives.
And, this seems to be true in our universe as well. Every day I get in my car to go pick up my children from school. When driving my car at the school, I constantly have to hit the brakes, and be on the lookout, because the kids are oblivious to the traffic. The parents in their cars exist to serve them, and they will be looking out for them, so why be concerned? It seems crazy that a 7th grade boy, weighing in at 100 lbs. soaking wet, with his pants perched halfway down his backside, would stroll insolently across the street, not even acknowledging the 2,000 lb. hunk of metal that has to quickly stop to let him pass. A honk on the horn gets only a disdainful glance. Or perhaps, a quick middle finger to impress his friends. Read More…
Posted under Children, Digest Subjects, Parenting, Respect, Stan's Rants
This post was written by Stan on October 25, 2008
