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Hosts: Larry Fain & Stan Cox
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! (more…)
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Hosts: Larry Fain & Stan Cox
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. (more…)
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. (more…)