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Al Gore has brought peace to our time. So says the Nobel Prize committee. Just one of many accomplisments in his vast array of varied and all equally amazing feats. From inventing the Internets, to discovering the Love Canal, to winning an Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar, the Nobel Peace Prize. One small problem - the President of the Czech republic asks the very important question!

2:30pm: 
How has America's "Arrested Development" brought down Western Civlization? Diana West, TownHall.com columnist answers that question simply, she says - it's the "Death of the Grown-Up." Extended Adolescence sometimes into their 40's and 50's, has caused America to be at greater risk of cultural overthrow and possibly even Islamic invasion vis-a-vis Europe. A fascinating discussion with Diana West live. 800.345.WMCA.

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Ann Coulter is back in the headlines. The same day she was with us - one week ago today - she taped segments with Donny Deutsch of CNBC. Where she said the most outrageous things. Last night - it was merely the anti-Christian bigoted blogs that were outraged. 800.345.WMCA.

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Vanities of vanities, women have so much vanity! Why do you ladies wear the shoes that hurt your feet, only to later complain about how much your feet hurt? Why - when you now know that lipstick has lead in it - will you refuse to stop wearing it? Vanities of vanities, why are you ladies filled with Vanity? 800.345.WMCA.

3:55pm: The McCULLOUGH PUNCH
School Notes Etiquette!

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PAINFUL FRIDAY FUNNY

Allah called it the greatest pageant performance since Miss Teen South Carolina! Actually I think YOU should decide... comment your choice below.

UPDATE BONUS: The Lovely Bride said that folks should also have the chance to vote for favorite STAR WARS theme as well:

Bill Murray Sings Star Wars

"Smiling Faces tell lies..."

It may be the first time ever the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a fiction film producer. But this morning it did happen, the "scientifically inaccurate sentimental 'mush'" of a film (in the words of British educators) helped perhaps the world's biggest imaginary pretender win a prize that supposedly has helped the world bring about "Peace."

Which when you think about is really just as likely that his monotone could ever win a Grammy, or that he would take home the Oscar in a category other than fiction/comedy. And yet he did...

Hmmm... funky Friday - here we are!

When my friend Ann Coulter came to see us in studio on Friday she mentioned the blind-siding that she had just experienced with Danny Deutsch of CNBC.

In her own words, he led her down this path to ask her what the world would look like if she had the chance to be for sake of a better way of putting it Queen for the day. She relayed to me then that what unfolded she was truly taken off guard by.

Ann had done Deutsch's show previously. They are philosophical opposites on almost everything yet had always maintained a healthy even friendly respect for each other - or so she thought.

What happened during the taping aired this week. See for yourself as Deutsch begins to work her over until he feels like he's drawn sufficient blood. Because of their past relative friendly history - Ann bit her tongue and did not unleash the fury that Deutsch had coming. Long story short the transcript is now circulating online on blogs, and talk radio shows. MOST are condemning Ann in grotesque manners.

As long as I have known Ann, I can vouch for her dependence upon her Christian faith as perhaps the most meaningful part of her life. She is an uber-lawyer but less sophisticated theologian, still she holds up under the rapid fire of Deutsch's relentless tirade of gotcha. She even invites him to go to church with her in the near future. And along those lines I would say that she is purporting the Christian view. I would have not used the term "perfected" though in the most technical sense of the word it IS what she means.

In essence the Christian view holds that Jesus was the promised Messiah and the New Testament was the instruction book for Christians, as well as Messianic Jews to live accordingly - in order to be ultimately respectful to God the Father. Ann had it right - even to the mention of Falwell. Deutsch showed his true bigotry in the interview - and its not the first time, he hit my other friend Stephen Baldwin with a similar tactic.

Consider the source... and remember because of large lawsuit losses that tabloids have found themselves victim too. Surely understanding that this man - above all others will hit them with a "slip and fall" faster than he can fork over $400-$1200 for a haircut... when you've got e-mail that says this...

Well, let's put it this way - if there's even a sniff of proof to this - Barack Obama just sealed up a whole buncha percentage points of that anti-Hillary primary vote!

This will be awesome!

My very good friends at The King's College here in New York are hosting an event to absolutely not miss this coming Monday night:

New York—On Monday, October 22, The King’s College will sponsor a debate between cultural critics Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 64th Street and Central Park West at 7:30 PM. The debate will address the question, “Is Christianity the problem?”

C'mon you KNOW you wanna be there! Free and Open to the Public!

In this corner:

Christopher Hitchens, a staunch critic of Christianity, has recently gained much attention for his bestselling 2007 book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Known for his sharp wit and fiery atheism, Hitchens is a columnist for Vanity Fair and a former columnist for The Nation. His writings have also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Slate, Newsweek, Harper’s, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and The Weekly Standard. While possessing a deep disdain for Christianity (and Catholicism, in particular), Hitchens is an equal-opportunity critic of religious faith, claiming that “all religious belief is sinister and infantile.”

And in that corner:

Dinesh D'Souza believes Christianity to be the ultimate hope of mankind. Referred to as one of the “top young public-policy makers in the country” by Investor’s Business Daily, he has taken on today’s leading critics of the faith in his new book, What’s So Great about Christianity. His 1991 book, Illiberal Education, was one of the first studies to publicize the phenomenon of political correctness, and his writings and bestselling book, What’s So Great about America, are recognized for their influence on public opinion and policy.

Did I mention FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC?

"Is it proper for Christians to promote the new Tony Kaye documentary showing both sides of the abortion debate in graphic detail - even filming an abortion start to finish. (Especially knowing it is illegal to film a murder in the United States?)"

VOTE HERE, SCROLL DOWN, RIGHT SIDE...

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Is it fair to, as I have - and continue to do, equivocate the noose left on the door of the female African American professor and the invitation of the satanic Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the campus of Columbia University? I'm adamant that the two incidents represent the same evil. Some feel differently, but what do you say? 800.345.WMCA!

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This weekend 60 Minutes will feature Dr. Michael S. Horton of the White Horse Inn to set the record straight on the "name it claim it - new breed theology - of Joel Osteen." Is that the essence of Christianity? Dr. Horton joins us live to discuss.

2:45pm:
The Boy Scouts of America are under attack - but here's a way we can fight, and enjoy some fun entertainment as well.

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How comfortable should "rule of law" abiding conservatives, as well as "biblically minded" Christians be with showing a murder on the big screen? I'm not comfortable watching murder happen, it's illegal. Period. And won't the pro-aborts simply say its a misrepresentation of a private procedure anyway? 800.345.WMCA

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Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade sits down with us to talk about the VALUES we pass on to our sons, and specifically the great moments of sports history that have done so through the generations. Some you've heard of, many you haven't. All part of "It's HOW You Play the Game!" 800.345.WMCA.

3:55pm: The McCULLOUGH PUNCH
When stupid people need OBVIOUS laws!

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A Southern Baptist Liberal I support less than a Mormon!

Click above to see, hear, and live the pain of President Buffoon strike again. It makes me want to put a fork through my hand sometimes! Auuuggghhhh!

It seems to me that this very question is bound to put social conservative, bible thumpers like me in a bit of a dilema. The law clearly states that one can not film the murder of a human being. There are good reasons for this - the life, liberty, and dignity of the individual foremost among those reasons.

Yet in the new - what looks to be - most graphic (and probably most accurate) documentary about the subject ever made - the producer has filmed an actual abortion taking place?

So here's the $6,000,000 question... Should "rule of law" conservatives endorse this movie - even though it purposefully breaks the rule of law, while we justify its end saying that it will "show the truth" and "convince the masses?

A question certainly worth asking!

Something about the triangulation of the recent Dr. Dobson/Fred Thompson kerfuffle, the 3rd party/Rudy "I'm better than Hillary - so vote for me anyway eggheads...", and now this prominent evangelical leader's statement originally sent to 150 prominent evangelicals, and now being circulated by the New York Times, and in its entirety by our own Hugh Hewitt that is causing me to think these events might not seem as random as they appear.

Some of the more convincing graphs of the letter - and it is hard logic to argue:

As a Southern Baptist evangelical and political conservative, I am convinced I have more in common with most Mormons than I do with a liberal Southern Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic or a liberal from any other denomination or faith group.  The question shouldn’t be, “could I vote for a Mormon,” but, “could I vote for this Mormon?”  After all, Mitt told me there are Mormons he couldn’t vote for (I presume Harry Reid, for example); and there are Southern Baptists I couldn’t vote for (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, to name a few).

Incidentally, if one-third of “white evangelicals” voted for Bill Clinton, the second time (a Southern Baptist who doesn’t share our values on most issues); can we not at least consider supporting a Mormon who does share our values?  Noted conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote this month that Mitt Romney is “the only Republican candidate unequivocally opposed to gay marriage and the only one who signed the no tax increase pledge.”

On May 17, my friend of nearly 30 years, Jerry Falwell, went to Heaven.  In addition to being my first employer and like a second father following the death of my father in 1979, Jerry was my political mentor in many ways.  I learned from him, some 25 years ago, the value of working closely with people of other faiths and religions who shared our convictions about the sanctity of life, support for the state of Israel, the sacredness of marriage and the importance of the family unit, the dangers of pornography, and the value of God in public life.  Consequently, the Moral Majority (and many subsequent organizations) was built with coalitions of evangelicals and like-minded Roman Catholics, Jews and yes, Mormons.

Just about six months before his death, Jerry accepted my invitation to a meeting with Gov. Romney at his home outside Boston.  He joined me, and about 15 other evangelicals, for an intimate discussion with the Governor and his wife Ann.  Jerry was one of several that day who said, “Governor, I don’t have a problem with your being Mormon, but I want to ask you how you would deal with Islamic jihadists…or with illegal immigration…or how you would choose justices for the Supreme Court…,” and so on.

While Jerry Falwell never told me how he intended to vote in the upcoming election, I think I know how he would not have voted.  I also know he would not have “sat this one out” and given up on the Supreme Court for a generation.

I am wholeheartedly convinced that Mitt Romney can be trusted to uphold the values and principles most important to me as a political conservative and an evangelical Christian.  Again, I am not being paid, and I am not interested in a job in a Romney Administration (I would not accept one even if offered, as I’m still raising three teenagers).  Neither is my public relations firm involved in any way.  I am involved because I believe the stakes are high, perhaps higher than ever before in my life.

As it pertains to my own vote, I am still waiting to see what emerges out of Iowa. I have the luxury of being in New York/New Jersey where our primaries run a bit later. Should an evangelical the likes of which I could support mainly Governor Huckabee, or an idealogical conservative that would be perhaps most in keeping with me on nearly every issue Duncan Hunter - break out and win Iowa, then this idea of choosing between Rudy and Mitt will not rage, simply because of the win.

However, having said that should the choice come down to it as a contest of Mitt v. Rudy - responsible Christians HAVE to vote Mitt. Simply because he has greater moral clarity than Rudy. And while Rudy may in fact be willing to bomb Iran if the need arises, I believe Mitt would too - but with a greater moral code in place - Mitt's basis for such a decision would be with less question than a man who has had less than absolute integrity in his marriage(S), on the issue of innocent life, on the issue of marriage, and whether or not we even have the right to own guns to defend ourselves.

Talk about your truly no-brainer ideas!

I proffered the moral dilema that Columbia University has faced over the last couple of days pretending to be so utterly offended and outraged by the hangman's noose on an African American professor's door while allowing one of the biggest signs of racism and bigotry to be given supreme limelight and a featured guest speaker only days previously.

In my e-mail bag I got this today...

Hello, Mr. McCullough:

I wanted to submit a comment on your post "Columbia U: Nazi Terrorists welcome, Klansmen not...", but was unable to do so and decided to email you instead.

You miss a fundamental distinction between the noose incident and President Ahmadinejad's speech.  Leaving the noose was a threat of violence against Prof. Constantine.  It was more than just speech that she found offensive; it was a crime just like any other credible threat of violence. (This is true even if it turns out not to rise to the level of a hate crime.)  Ahmadinejad said highly offensive things to be sure, but he didn't tell his audience to fear that he would kill them. 

There is a world of difference between offending someone and threatening them with harm.  The law recognizes this difference, and so does common sense.  It's easy to draw false equivalencies, but I hope you will see things differently in light of my comments.

Kindly,
Ed

Here's why I believe Ed is mistaken... To believe that fundamentally somehow Mahmoud Ahmadinejad represents something, somehow more benign than the noose is ignorant.

A noose was used to send the message to blacks in the Reconstruction and post-reconstruction era's that the "better play the game" or "get in line." It was actually used as a tool to "recruit" (more like threaten) blacks to join the Democratic party of the early 1900's. It was used to intimidate people who had been freed because of laws following the civil war in which every single guarantee of the U.S. Constitution was extended to people who had previously had them kept from them. 

Democrats knew that the Republican anti-slavery, anti-klan, and anti-segregation laws were beloved by blacks and that it gave Republicans a sizable voting block that blacks saw with their own eyes could be trusted because of their attempts to even the playing field. 

The racist Democrats - did several things in that era - they founded the Ku Klux Klan, began lynchings, rape, and hangings to intimidate blacks to vote with them, and simultaneously started taking away the voting, commerce, freedom of association and gathering - and dozens more rights that had been conferred upon them post civil war. 

The "noose" was vital to this effort. It is a despicable sign that represents the most vile period of our own history. A period in which democrats would kill to threaten people into submission - and later testify before Congress in the "Klan Hearings" that they were proud of those methods used.

But I ask you to consider how that can be any more morally offensive than Ahamdinejad speaking to a group of Jews and Americans who he has threatened with complete annihiliation nearly a dozen times over the past two years? Ed's e-mail claimed that Ahmadinejad was merely "offensive" while the noose represented violence and murder. 

Does threatening to nuke Israel off the map not just constitute murder but MASS murder not qualify by the most legal and strict understanding of the words - a worse crime? 

I think it does. And Columbia yawned at it - and told him to come speak anyway.

Columbia University can't have it both ways. You can't feign indignation at some symbols of violence and murder and yet yawn at others. Since you are reportedly an institution of higher learning  such hypocrisy sends the distinct double message that "blacks" are a protected race while "jews" aren't.

And that is every bit as offensive as allowing the practice of slavery, the birth of the klan, and the use of intimidation in the political process - as the Democratic party did. ("Does" actually - remembering that the Democratic Party to this day has never condemned the actions of the Klan...)

...Or did he? Bryan Preston and AllahPundit have dug up the truth. And it appears that if he did not actually accuse the Duke players - he at the very minimum took the side of the accuser long before the facts were adequately established.

On a side note - it seems that born-again Christian Elizabeth Hasselbeck is so much more relaxed without Rosie on the set doesn't she?

6 in 10 women have had an affair with a co-worker? 89% say its not frowned upon? And 50% find the "love of their lives?"

What can I say - it worked for me and the Lovely Bride - and gave us an excuse to invite half of Salem Communications to the wedding...